The Maxims of Thy Gospel ?

O Christ ; and the priest kisses the book in reverence of those sacred words he had been reading out of it. Then upon all Sundays, and many other festival days, standing in the middle of the altar, he recites the Nicene Creed, kneeling down at these words, He toas made man, in reference to the great mystery of our Lord’s In- carnation. ®jre JJirm toil. I believe in one God, the Father al- mighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begot- ten Son of God, bom of the Father be- fore all ages. God of God; Light of Light ; true God of true God ; begotten, not made ; consubstantial to the Father, oy DEVOTIONS FOR MASS. 55 by whom all things were made. Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary : and he was made man.* He suffered also for us under Pontius Pilate ; was cruci- fied and buried. The third day he rose again according to the Scriptures ; and he ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of the Father, and he is to come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead ; of whose kingdom there shall be no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son : who together with the Father and the Son is adored and glori- fied ; who spake by the prophets. And one holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen