Question 27
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 27
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Wherein did Christs Humiliation consist?
Christs Humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the Law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the Cross, in being buried and continuing under the power of death for a time.
Which is Christs first estate as our Redeemer?
His estate of Humiliation.
Wherein be the four Degrees of it?
In his Birth, Life, Death, and after Death.
What was the first Degree?
His being born.
In what condition was he born?
In a low condition.a
Vnder what was Christ made?
Under the Law.b
What is the second Degree?
The miseries of this life.
What miseries were they?
All those miseries which belong to the nature of man, as hunger,c thirst,d and weariness;e and those that are incident to Mans condition in the World, as want,f poverty, and reproach.g
What miseries did not Christ undergo?
Personal Miseries, such as Diseases, Monstrosity, Lameness.
What else then did he undergo?
The wrath of God.h
What is the third Degree?
Death.i
What kind of death did Christ undergo?
The most shameful, painful, and accursed death of the Cross.j
Wherein consisted the last Degree of Christ’s Humiliation after Death?
In his being buried,k and continuing under the power of Death for a time.
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