XV. Of Christ alone without Sin.
Christ in the truth of our nature was
made like unto us in all things, sin only except, from which he was clearly
void, both in his flesh, and in his spirit. He came to be the Lamb without
spot, who, by sacrifice of himself once made, should take away the sins of
the world; and sin (as Saint John saith) was not in him. But all we the rest,
although baptized, and born again in Christ, yet offend in many things; and
if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.