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2. Human Testimony.

Confessions. 2 Helvetic, c. x.

Augsburg, Art. xx.

PROP. XIII. In our actions that will of GOD is to be followed, which we have expressly declared to us in the Word of GOD.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Ps. cxv. 3, "But our God is in the heavens; He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased."— See also Isa. xlvi. 10. Micah vi. 8.

B. New Testament. Phil. iii. 15, 16, "Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, GOD shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing."-See Matt. iii. 17. Luke x. 25-28. Acts xvii. 11, 12. Rom. ix. 15.

2. Human Testimony.

A. Father. August. de Dono Perseverant, vol. x. 56, 57, 62.
B. Confession. Saxon, Art. iii.

ARTICLE XVIII.

ARTICULUS XVIII.

De speranda æterna Salute tantum

in nomine CHRISTI.

SUNT et illi anathematizandi,

qui dicere audent unumquemque in lege, aut secta quam profitetur esse servandum, modo juxta illam, et lumen naturæ accurate vixerit ; cum sacræ literæ tantum JESU CHRISTI nomen prædicent, in quo salvos fieri homines oporteat.

The Phraseology of this Article.

ARTICLE XVIII.

Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of CHRIST.

THEY also are to be had accursed, that presume to say, that every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of JESUS CHRIST, whereby men must be saved.

The language of this Article is the same as in Article XVIII. of those of 1552.

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I. They are to be had accursed, that presume to say, that every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law and the light of Nature.

II. Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the name of JESUS CHRIST, whereby men must be saved.

PROP. I. They are to be had accursed that presume to say, that every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law and the light of Nature.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament. Jer. xvii. 5, "Thus saith the LORD,
Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh
flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the
LORD."-See also Exod. xv. 2. Job xl. 14. Ps. iii. 8;
xviii. 2; xxv. 5; xxxiii. 16, 17; xxxvii. 39; lii. 7, 8;
lx. 11; lxii. 6, 7; lxv. 5; lxviii. 20; lxix. 9; cxviii.
8,9; cxlvi. 3, 4. Prov. xi. 28; xxviii. 26. Isa. ii. 22;
xxviii. 16; xliii. 11; xlv. 22; xlvii. 10; lix. 16. Jer.
iii. 23; xvii. 5, 6; xlviii. 7. Ezek. xvi. 6. Hos. xiii.
4, 9. Jonah ii. 9.
Hab. iii. 18, 19.

B. New Testament. Mark xvi. 16, "He that believeth

and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."-See also Matt. iii. 9. Luke i. 68-79; ii. 30-32; iii. 6.

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Col. ii. 16, 20.

John iii. 8, 16, 36;

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1 Tim. vi. 17. Heb. vi. 17, 18.

1 Pet. i. 3. 2 Pet. ii. 1. 1 John iv. 10, 11; v. 11.

Rev. vii. 10.

2. Human Testimony.

A. Fathers. August. de Fid. ad Pet. Diac. 81, vol. VI. app. "Hold most firmly, and nothing doubt, but that not only all pagans, but also all Jews, heretics, and schismatics, that finish their present life without the Catholic Church, shall go into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."

B. Confessions. Augsburg, Art. xlv. Wirtemburg, Arts. v. vi. 1 Helvetic, Art. xii. 2 Helvetic, c. xii. Bohemian, c. vi. Gallican, Arts. xxii. xxiii. Belgic, Art. xxii. Sueveland, c. iii.

PROP. II. Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of JESUS CHRIST, whereby men must be saved.

1. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament.

Gen. xii. 3, "And I will bless them

that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."-See also Gen. xviii. 18; xxii. 18.

B. New Testament. Acts iv. 12, "Neither is there salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”See also John iii. 18; v. 11, 12; xiv. 6. Acts x. 43. Rom. i. 16. Heb. x. 10. 1 John. v. 11, 12.

2. Human Testimony.

A. Fathers. Ignat. Epist. ad Smyrn. c. vi., "Let no one be deceived; unless they believe in the blood of CHRIST, both the beings which are above the heavens, and the glory of angels, and power whether visible or invisible, shall receive condemnation."-See also Epist. ad Philad. c. ix. Barnab. (?) c. xii. Epist. ad Diogn. c. ix. c. Orig. Super JESUM Nave, Hom. III. 5, vol. i. Cyprian. Epist. ad Pompon. IV. Testim. ad Querin. lib. III. c. xxiv. August. de Rectit. Cath. Convers. 5, vol. VI. app.

B. Confessions. 1 Helvetic, Arts. x. xi. 2 Helvetic, cc. xi. xiii.

Augsburg, Art. iii. Wirtemburg, c. viii. Basil, Art. iv.
Bohemian, cc. iv. vi. x. Gallican, Arts. xiii. xvi. xvii.
Saxon, Art. iii. Sueveland,

Belgic, Arts. xvii. xx. xxi.
Art. ix. Scotland, c. xvi.

ARTICLE XIX.

ARTICULUS XIX.

De Ecclesia.

ECCLESIA CHRISTI visi

bilis est cœtus fidelium, in quo verbum DEI purum prædicatur, et1 Sacramenta, quoad ea quæ necessario exiguntur, juxta CHRISTI institutum recte administrantur.

Sicut erravit Ecclesia Hierosolimitana, Alexandrina, et Antiochena; ita et erravit Ecclesia Romana, non solum quoad agenda, et cærimoniarum ritus, verum in his etiam quæ credenda sunt.

The Phraseology of this Article.

ARTICLE XIX.

Of the Church.

THE visible Church of CHRIST

is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of GOD is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministred according to CHRIST's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.

As the Church of Hierusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith.

The language of this Article is the same as of Article XX. of those of 1552.

When the Latin and English are compared with each other.

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in his quæ credenda sunt in matters of faith.

1 Ut, Day, 1571.

Exigantur, Day, 1571.

3 Council of Nice, Canons vi. and vII., supplies us with evidence of the estimation in which these Churches were holden.

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