2.—Of the Work of Christ.

It might reasonably enough be argued that the account furnished in Chapter VIII., s.s. 3-8. of the Westminster Confession of the redemption work of Christ the Mediator is unnecessarily detailed and elaborate; but its singular clearness and impressiveness no one can challenge. Set alongside of it the New Zealand Article looks extremely meagre, and even limp. Beyond stating that the Lord Jesus Christ as Mediator was anointed with the Holy Spirit (whether in measure or without measure, whether as the Hebrew Prophets were, or in an exceptional manner, peculiar to Himself is left undeclared), the New Zealand Article supplies no indication of the qualification Christ possessed for this office through having in Himself all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, of His appointment to the office through the call of His Father, of the way in which He discharged the office, or of the manner in which He applied the benefits of His redemption work before His incarnation in the O.T. Church, page 37 and applies them since His resurrection in the New—all of which points are handled in the Westminster Confession. The Westminster Confession, of course, may be wrong, or at least open to correction, in all or some of these points, bat it may prove instructive to note how widely different a document it is in respect of this theme from the New Zealand Creed.