CONTENTS. Of the Holy Scriptures and the Three Creeds. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity.. Of God's Eternal Decree and Predestination....... Of the Creation and Government of all things.. Of the Fall of Man, Original Sin, and the State of Man Of Christ, the Mediator of the second Covenant... Of the Communicating of the Grace of Christ ............ 9 Of Justification and Faith.... Of Sanctification and Good Works .......... Of the Service of God ........ Of our Duty towards our Neighbours....... Of the Church and outward Ministry of the Gospel ...... 18 Of the Authority of the Church, General Councils, and Of the State of the Old and New Testaments Of the Sacraments of the New Testament... Of the State of the Souls of Men, after they be departed out of this Life, together with the General Resur- rection and the Last Judgment...... ARTICLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. PAGE. 29 ... ...... 39 41 1. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity.. 30 3. Of the going down of Christ into Hell... 31 4. Of the Resurrection of Christ. 31 5. Of the Holy Ghost......... 32 6. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation 32 7. Of the Old Testament..... 33 8. Of the Three Creeds ..... 35 9. Of Original or Birth Sin.... 35 10. Of Free Will..., 36 11. Of the Justification of Man before God........... 37 12. Of Good Works ....... 38 13. Of Works before Justification. 39 14. Of Works of Supererogation . 15. Of Christ alone without Sin.... 40 16. Of Sin after Baptism ........ 17. Of Predestination and Election...... 42 18. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the name of 43 19. Of the Church.. 44 20. Of the Authority of the Church. ... ... .. 44 21. Of the Authority of General Councils,... 45 22. Of Purgatory.............. 23. Of Ministering in the Congregation........ 46 24. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the people understandeth...... 46 25. Of the Sacraments.. 47 26. Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacraments 48 27. Of Baptism ...... 49 28. Of the Lord's Supper. 49 29. Of the wicked, which do not eat the body of Christ in the use of the Lord's Supper......... 50 Christ ....... ...... 45 ............. ........... ...... PAGE. 51 ............ 51 51 52 52 30. Of both kinds ........ avoided. ... 53 54 55 56 56 57 a The Ratification THE CONFESSION OF FAITH OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. 58 62 64 67 68 Chap. 1. Of the Holy Scripture.... thereof.. 70 72 74 77 78 80 82 82 83 84 86 88 89 91 PAGE. ........ Chap. 20. Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience..... 94 21. Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day....... 96 22. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows 99 23. Of the Civil Magistrate. 101 24. Of Marriage and Divorce 103 25. Of the Church.......... 105 26. Of Communion of Saints...... 107 27. Of the Sacraments... 108 28. Of Baptism 109 29. Of the Lord's Supper..... 111 30. Of Church Censures... 114 31. Of Synods and Councils. 115 32. Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead....... 116 33. Of the Last Judgment. 117 ......... DECLARATION OF FAITH OF THE CON GREGATIONAL OR INDEPENDENT DIS- 119 ARTICLES, &c. ARTICLES OF RELIGION AGREED UPON BY THE ARCH BISHOPS AND BISHOPS, AND THE REST OF THE CLERGY OF IRELAND, IN THE CONVOCATION HOLDEN AT DUBLIN, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1615, FOR THE AVOIDING OF DIVERSITIES OF OPINIONS, AND THE ESTABLISHING OF CONSENT TOUCHING TRUE RELIGION. N. B. In these articles are comprehended, almost word for word, the nine articles, agreed on at Lambeth, the 20th of November, 1595. This mark * points at each of them, and their number, OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AND THE THREE CREEDS. 1. The ground of our religion, and the rule of faith, and all saving truth, is the word of God, contained in the Holy Scripture. 2. By the name of Holy Scripture we understand all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, viz. OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. The five books of Moses, The first and second of Kings, B |