Sermons. Volume the Second

SUCH is the Catholic Faith touching the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ--a doctrine defined by the Holy Ghost, and declared by the beloved disciple; such was the prophecy of Isaiah--"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call his name Immanuel;" [1] such was the salutation of the angel Gabriel--"Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. . . . . . . The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God:" [2] such is the witness of the apostles--"God was manifest in the flesh." [3] Again--"In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."