# Iii. Of The Restoration Of Man Through The Promise Of The Coming Christ.

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Concerning the restoration of the first man and
his posterity we confess and believe, that God, notwithstanding
their fall, transgression, and sin, and
their utter inability, was nevertheless not willing to
cast them off entirely, or to let them be forever lost;
but that he called them again to him, comforted
them, and showed them that with him there was yet
a means for their reconciliation, namely, the immaculate
Lamb, the Son of God, who had been foreordained
thereto before the foundation of the world,
and was promised them while they were yet in paradise,
for consolation, redemption and salvation, for
themselves as well as for their posterity; yea, who
through faith, had, from that time on, been given
them as their own; for whom all the pious patriarchs,
unto whom this promise was frequently renewed,
longed and inquired, and to whom, through
faith, they looked forward from afar, waiting for the
fulfillment, that he by his coming, would redeem,
liberate, and raise the fallen race of man from their
sin, guilt and unrighteousness. John 1:29; 1 Pet.
1:19; Gen. 3:15; 1 John 3:8; 2:1; Heb. 11:13,39;
Gal. 4:4.



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