Question 19

Whence knowest thou this?

From the holy gospel, which God himself first revealed in Paradise;⁵⁷⁵⁷    Gen. 3:15. and afterwards published by the patriarchs⁵⁸⁵⁸    Gen. 22:18; Gen. 12:3; Gen. 49:10, 11. and prophets,⁵⁹⁵⁹    Isa. 53; Isa. 42:1–4; Isa. 43:25 ; Isa. 49:5, 6, 22, 23; Jer. 23:5, 6; Jer. 31:32, 33; Jer. 32:39–41; Mic. 7:18–20; Acts 10:43; Rom. 1:2; Heb. 1:1; Acts 3:22–24; Acts 10:43; John 5:46. and represented by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law;⁶⁰⁶⁰    Heb. 10:1, 7; Col. 2:7; John 5:46. and lastly, has fulfilled it by his only begotten Son.⁶¹⁶¹    Rom. 10:4; Gal. 4:4, 5; Gal. 3:24; Col. 2:17.