I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

_What is meant by this Article?_

_Ans._ I believe that God has created me and all that exists; that He
has given and still preserves to me my body and soul with all my limbs
and senses, my reason and all the faculties of my mind, together with my
raiment, food, home, and family, and all my property; that He daily
provides me abundantly with all the necessaries of life, protects me
from all danger, and preserves me and guards me against all evil; all
which He does out of pure, paternal, and divine goodness and mercy,
without any merit or worthiness in me; for all which I am in duty bound
to thank, praise, serve, and obey Him. This is most certainly true.

SECOND ARTICLE.--OF REDEMPTION.

And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the
Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He
rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the
right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to
judge the quick and the dead.

_What is meant by this Article?_

_Ans._ I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father
from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord;
who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned creature, secured and
delivered me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil,