SERMONS ON THE APOSTLES' CREED. SERMON I. INTRODUCTORY. "FOR with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."-ROMANS X. 10. I COMMENCE this evening a series of sermons on the Apostles' Creed-the Creed of our Baptism-the Creed we recite in all our public services in the sanctuary-the Creed, therefore, whose words have been familiar to us from our earliest childhood. Some may perhaps deem such a series unnecessary, supposing that they fully understand words so often on their lips; and yet, my brethren, it is not at all impossible, or improbable, that if we only inquired more diligently into the truths conveyed by the articles of our Creed, we should find much to be learned from them, which had hitherto escaped our notice, and perhaps some difficulties to be explained which had never troubled us, because we had been resting contented with a superficial knowledge of its Articles of our belief. The Eighth Article of the Church of England, on the subject of the Three Creeds, says, "The Three Creeds, Nicene Creed, Athanasius's, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and be B |