CONTENTS. ARTICLES OF THE IRISH CHURCH. Of the Holy Scriptures and the Three Creeds....... ......... Of God's Eternal Decree and Predestination........ before Justification...... PAGE. 1 3 4 6 Of Christ, the Mediator of the second Covenant.. 8 9 17 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 Bishop of Rome........ Of the State of the Old and New Testaments. Of the Sacraments of the New Testament... Of Baptism ......... Of the Lord's Supper....... ......... Of the State of the Souls of Men, after they be departed out of this Life, together with the General Resur- The Decree of the Synod......... 23 25 27 28 ARTICLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 1. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity........ .......... PAGE. 29 2. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man........ 3. Of the going down of Christ into Hell.. 4. Of the Resurrection of Christ...... 5. Of the Holy Ghost.......... 6. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation 32 7. Of the Old Testament.... 33 35 35 36 11. Of the Justification of Man before God............... 37 18. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the name of 45 46 22. Of Purgatory........................................ 23. Of Ministering in the Congregation....................... 24. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the people understandeth........ 25. Of the Sacraments.. 46 47 ... 26. Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders 29. Of the wicked, which do not eat the body of Christ in the use of the Lord's Supper............ 50 PAGE. 51 30. Of both kinds........ 55 31. Of the one oblation of Christ, finished upon the cross 51 32. Of the Marriage of Priests........ 33. Of Excommunicate Persons, how they are to be avoided....... 51 52 52 53 54 55 38. Of Christian Men's goods, which are not common... 56 39. Of a Christian Man's Oath....... The Ratification 56 57 6. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment 17. Of the Perseverance of the Saints........ 18. Of Assurance of Grace and Salvation 19. Of the Law of God.......... 58 62 64 67 68 Chap. PAGE. 20. Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience..... 94 21. Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day.......... 22. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows 23. Of the Civil Magistrate...... 24. Of Marriage and Divorce.. 25. Of the Church......... 26. Of Communion of Saint.......... 27. Of the Sacraments... 28. Of Baptism . 96 99 101 103 105 107 108 109 ... 32. Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resur rection of the Dead.......... 116 33. Of the Last Judgment... . 117 DECLARATION OF FAITH OF THE CON- SENTERS. ........ ......... 119 ARTICLES, &c. ARTICLES OF RELIGION AGREED UPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS 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 RELI GION. 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. |