quam in Sacris Scripturis a Deo ipso omnibus piis principibus videmus semper fuisse attributam; hoc est, ut omnes status atque ordines fidei suæ a Deo commissos, sive illi Ecclesiastici sint, sive Civiles, in officio contineant, et contumaces ac delinquentes gladio civili coer-5

ceant.

Romanus Pontifex nullam habet jurisdictionem in hoc regno Angliæ.

Leges Civiles possunt Christianos propter capitalia, et gravia crimina, morte punire.

Christianis licet, ex mandato Magistratus, arma portare, et justa bella administrare.

Christianorum bona non sunt communia.

Facultates et bona Christianorum non sunt communia quoad jus et possessionem, ut quidam Anabaptistæ jac-15 tant; debet tamen quisque de his quæ possidet, pro facultatum ratione, pauperibus eleemosynas benigne distribuere.

Licet Christianis jurare.

Quemadmodum juramentum vanum et temerarium a 20 Domino nostro Jesu Christo, et Apostolo ejus Jacobo, Christianis hominibus interdictum esse fatemur: ita Christianam Religionem minime prohibere censemus, quin jubente Magistratu in causa fidei et charitatis jurare liceat, modo id fiat juxta Prophetæ doctrinam, in justitia, 25 in judicio, et veritate.

Hos Articulos fidei Christianæ continentes in universum novendecim paginas in autographo quod asservatur apud Reverendissimum in Christo patrem Dominum Matthæum Cantuariensem Archiepiscopum, totius Angliæ Primatem 30 et Metropolitanum, Archiepiscopi et Episcopi utriusque Provinciæ regni Angliæ in Sacra Provinciali Synodo legitime congregati unanimi assensu recipiunt et profitentur,

et ut veros atque orthodoxos manuum suarum subscriptionibus approbant, vicesimo nono die mensis Januarii, anno Domini secundum computationem ecclesiæ Anglicanæ, millesimo quingentesimo sexagesimo secundo: universusque clerus Inferioris domus eosdem etiam unani-5 miter et recepit et professus est, ut ex manuum suarum subscriptionibus patet, quas obtulit et deposuit apud eundem Reverendissimum, quinto die Februarii, anno prædicto.

Quibus omnibus Articulis Serenissima princeps Eliza-10 beth Dei Gratia Angliæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Regina, fidei Defensor &c. per seipsam diligenter prius lectis et examinatis Regium suum assensum præbuit.

Excusum Londini

apud Reginaldum
Wolfium, Regiæ
Majest. in Latinis
typographum.

Anno Domini 1563.

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Archiep. Cant.

MATTH. PARKER 3.

THERE

wherevpon it was agreed
by the Archbishoppes, and
Bishops of both the prouin-
ces, and the whole Cleargie,
in the conuocation holden at
London, in the yere of our
Lorde God .M.D.LXII. accor-
ding to the computation of the
Churche of Englande, for the
auoydyng of the diversities
of opinions, and for the

stablishyng of con

sent, touchyng
true reli-

gion.

Put foorth by the

Queenes auc

thoritie.

¶Of fayth in the holie Trinitie.

HERE is but one lyuyng and true God, and he is euerlasting, without body, partes, or passions, of infi-25 nite power, wisdome and goodnesse, the maker and pre

Articles whereupon] This reprint of the thirty-nine Articles is taken from an edition of Jugge and Cawood, put forth by the queen's authority about the year 1563, a copy of which is preserved in the library of Christ Church among the books of archbishop Wake. There 30

seruer of all thynges, both visible and inuisible. And in vnitie of this Godhead, there be three persons, of one substaunce, power, and eternitie, the father, the sonne and the holy ghost.

That the word or sonne of God was made very man. 5

The Sonne, whiche is the worde of the father, begotten from euerlastyng of the father, the very and eternall GOD, of one substaunce with the father, toke mans nature in the wombe of the blessed virgin of her substaunce: So that two whole and perfect natures, that 10 is to say, the Godhead and manhood were ioyned together in one person, neuer to be diuided, whereof is one Christe, very God, and very man, who truely suffered, was crucified, dead, and buryed, to reconcile his father to vs, and to be a sacrifice for all sinne, both originall and 15 actuall.

is no direct information as to the persons by whom the translation was made; but it is reasonable to suppose that the same bishops who compiled the Articles in their original Latin, would provide an English translation of them, and all parties alike might derive assistance from 20 the English Articles of 1553. There is internal evidence to shew that it was made by members of the convocation, rather than under the direction of the queen's council. It is a remarkable fact, consistent with this view of the case, but not otherwise easily explained (Dr. Lamb's Articles, p. 34.), that this translation does not contain the 25 memorable clause on the authority of the church; but whoever were the translators, it is plain that they were acquainted with the alterations made by the queen, after the Articles had been approved by the convocation, (see the preceding No. p. 38.); for although they omit the clause above mentioned, they also omit the Article "Impii non mandu- 30 cant &c." which the convocation had authorized, but the queen's council had expunged. The Articles therefore in this edition are in reality only thirty-eight in number.

Archbishop Laurence says in his Bampton Lectures (p. 304) that some of the copies differ materially from others; but I have collated 35 the copy belonging to the Library at Christ Church with the fac-simile

Of the

goyng downe of Christ into hel.

¶ As Christe dyed and was buryed for vs: so also it is to be beleued that he went downe into hell.

Of the Resurrection of Christe.

¶ Chryst dyd truely ryse agayne from death, and toke 5 agayne his body with fleshe, bones, and all thynges apperteining to the perfection of mans nature, wherwith he ascended into heauen, and there sitteth, vntyll he returne to iudge al men at the last day.

Of the holy ghost.

¶The holy ghost proceading from the father and the sonne, is of one essence, maiestie, and glory, with the father and the sonne, very and eternall God.

of another edition given in Dr. Lamb's work, and though the latter is the more correct of the two, the differences are all of such a nature as 15 to be errors of copy or printing. The book from which Dr. Lamb has printed is probably the later impression of the two. It appears also from a collation of four peculiar readings in the Ch. Ch. copy with the copy preserved in the University Library at Cambridge, that they also are of different impressions; so that there were at least 20 three different editions of the English Articles by Jugge and Cawood at this period. The four readings are the following:

love that Christistians.

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Of the Lord's Supper. Another question however of much importance remains to be considered. We have already described the document that received the signatures of the convocation, and the printed form which, as bearing the queen's ratification, became in consequence the record of authority, to govern the proceedings of the church in its spiritual character. 35