Lord’s Day 6, Chapter 3: The Holy Gospel (1)

"Whence knowest thou this?" Whence knowest thou that our Lord Jesus Christ is "that Mediator, who is in one person both very God, and a real righteous man?" And whence knowest thou that this Mediator is "of God made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption?" To this question the Catechism gives one of the finest answers in the whole book of instruction: "From the holy gospel, which God Himself first revealed in Paradise; and afterwards published by the patriarchs...