[Sidenote: Gal. 4.]
[Sidenote: Luc. 1, 2.]
[Sidenote: Esai.]
Quhan the fulnes of tyme came, God send his Sone, his Eternall
Wisdome, the substance of his awin glory, in this warld, quha tuik the
nature of manheid of the substance of ane woman, to witt, of ane
Virgin, and that be the operatioun of the Holie Ghost: And sa was
borne the just seid of David, the angell of the greit counsall of God;
the verray Messias promesit, quham we acknawledge and confesse
Emanuell; verray God and verray man, twa perfyte naturis unitit and
joynit in ane persona. By quhilk oure confessioun we dampne[223] the
damnabill and pestilent hereseyis of Arrius, Marcion, Eutiches,
Nestorius, and sick utheris, as either deny[224] the eternitie of his
Godheid, either the veratie of his human nature, either confound
thame, either yit devyde thame.
[223] In the old printed copies, "condempne."
[224] In the old printed copies, "did deny;" and "or," instead of
"either," in the two next lines.
QUHY IT BEHOVIT THE MEDIATOUR TO BE VERRAY GOD AND VERRAY MAN.--CAP.
VII.
We acknawledge and confesse, that this maist wonderous conjunctioun
betwix the Godheid and the Manheid in Chryst Jesus, did proceid frome
the eternall and immutabill decree of God, quhence alssua oure
salvatioun springis and dependis.[225]
[225] In the edition 1561, and MS. G, "whence also our salvation
springeth, and dependeth;" in the Acts of Parliament 1567, "fra quhilk
all our salvatioun springs and depends."