2. Proved from our ignorance as to the manner in which they

TO SCRIPTURE.

1st. With respect to purgatory.

1. The distinction upon which it is founded is invalid.

Heb. viii. 12.

Objections refuted.

2. There is no intermediate state. Luke xxiii. 43. 2 Tim.

iv. 8. Phil. i. 23. 2 Cor. v. 8.

Objections refuted.

2nd. With respect to pardons.

3rd. With respect to worshipping of images. Ex. xx. 4. Is.

xl. 18. Ps. cvi. 20. Hos. viii. 4. Acts xvii. 16.

Rom. i. 21.

Objections refuted.

4th. With respect to worshipping of relics.

2 Kings xviii. 4. Acts viii. 2.

Deut. xxiv. 6.

II. THESE DOCTRINES ARE CONTRARY TO THE SENSE OF THE

PRIMITIVE CHURCH.

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ARTICLE XXIII.

OF MINISTERING IN THE CONGREGATION.

I. IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR MEN TO ASSUME, WITHOUT DUE CAL-

LING, THE DISPENSING THE THINGS OF GOD.

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1. This is proved from Scripture. John xx. 21. 2 Tim. ii. 2..

1 Tim. ii. 1. Tit. i. 5. 1 Cor. xii. 8.

II. WHAT CONSTITUTES A LAWFUL CALLING.

1. Definition supported by Scripture.

OF SPEAKING IN THE CONGREGATION IN SUCH A

TONGUE AS THE PEOPLE UNDERSTANDETH.

THE PRACTICE OF HAVING PUBLIC PRAYERS IN AN UNKNOWN

TONGUE IS CONDEMNED.

404

OF THE SACRAMENTS.

1. DEFINITION OF A SACRAMENT.

Objections refuted.

II. THIS DEFINITION APPLIED TO THOSE CALLED SACRA-

MENTS.

1st. Baptism and the Supper of the Lord are Sacraments.

Matt. xxviii. 19. 1 Pet. iii. 21. 1 Cor. xii. 13.

Luke xxii. 19. 1 Cor. x. 17.

2nd. The five added by the Church of Rome are not Sacra-

ments.

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1°. With respect to Confirmation.

1. It has not the parts of a true Sacrament.

2. The parts assigned to it are inadmissible.

OF THE UNWORTHINESS OF THE MINISTERS

WHICH HINDERS NOT THE EFFECT OF THE

SACRAMENTS.

I. ITS EFFECT ON THE RECEIVER IS INDEPENDENT OF THE

CHARACTER OF THE MINISTER.

1. Proved by Scripture. Matt. vii. 22.

2.

the consequence of the opposite opinion.

II. THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH WITH RESPECT TO MI-

2. The internal end. Tit. iii. 5. 1 Pet. iii. 21.

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469

II. PROPRIETY OF INFANT BAPTISM.

1. Proved from analogy. Gal. v. 3. Acts ii. 39.

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OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.

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I. THE NATURE OF THIS SACRAMENT.

1o The doctrine of the Church of England.

1st. Proved from its institution.

2nd.

3rd.

xi. 23.

our Saviour's discourse in John vi. 32.

the words of St. Paul. 1 Cor. x. 16.

2o. The doctrine of the Church of Rome.

1st. The objections against the parts assigned to this Sa-

crament.

2nd. The general objections against the doctrine.

1. It is opposed to philosophy.

2. It contradicts the evidence of our senses.

Objections refuted.

3. It contradicts the nature and end of miracles.

4. It contradicts Scripture.

5. It is opposed to the doctrine of the Primitive

Church.

(1.) Presumptive proofs.

(2.) Direct proofs.

Objections refuted.

II. THE MEAN OF RECEIVING IT IS FAITH.

III. THE USE OF THE SACRAMENT.

ARTICLE XXIX.

OF THE WICKED WHICH EAT NOT THE BODY OF

CHRIST IN THE USE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.

THE WICKED ARE NOT PARTAKERS OF CHRIST.

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1. Proved by the doctrine of the preceding Article.

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OF BOTH KINDS.

THE NECESSITY OF ADMINISTERING THE CUP TO THE LAITY. 543

1st. Proved by Scripture. Matt. xxvi. 28.

Objections refuted.

2nd. Proved from the nature of a Sacrament.

THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST ONCE MADE IS THE ONLY SATIS-

FACTION FOR SIN.

1st. The doctrine of the Church of England.

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ARTICLE XXXII.

OF THE MARRIAGE OF PRIESTS.

I. IT IS NOT INCUMBENT UPON THE CLERGY TO ABSTAIN

FROM MARRIAGE.

1st. With respect to the laws of Scripture. Heb. xiii. 4.

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1 Cor. vii. 9. 1 Tim. iii. 2.

2nd.

the Church.

1. The law, if made, is not perpetual.

2. The Church has no right to make such a law.

3. The law of celibacy was not sanctioned by the Primitive

Church.