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A72013	Articles, whereupon it was agreed by the archbishoppes and bishoppes of both prouinces, and the whole cleargie, in the Conuocation holden at London in the yere of our Lorde God. 1562. according to the computation of the Churche of Englande for the auoiding of the diuersities of opinions, and for the stablishyng of consent touching true religion. Put foorth by the Queenes aucthoritie.; Thirty-nine Articles. English	Church of England.	1571 (1571)	STC 10038.9; ESTC S124523	8,937	29

are not done as GOD hath wylled and commaunded them to be done we doubt not but they haue the nature of synne Of workes of supererogation VOluntarie workes besydes ouer and aboue Gods commaundementes which they call workes of supererogatiō can not be taught without arrogancie and impietie For by them men do declare that they do not onely render vnto God as muche as they are bounde to do but that they do more for his sake then of bounden duetie is required Wheras Christe sayth playnly When ye haue done al that are commaunded to you say We be vnprofitable seruauntes Of Christe alone without sinne CHriste in the trueth of our nature was made lyke vnto vs in al thinges sinne only except from which he was clearey voyde both in his fleshe in his spirite He came to be the lambe without spot who by sacrifice of hym selfe once made shoulde take away the sinnes of the worlde and sinne as S. Iohn sayeth was not in hym But al we the rest although baptized and borne agayne in Christe yet offende in many thinges and if we say we haue no sinne we deceaue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. Of sinne after Baptisme NOT euery deadly sinne willingly committed after baptisme is sinne agaynst the holy ghost and vnpardonable Wherefore the graunt of repentaunce is not to be denyed to such as fal into sinne after baptisme After we haue receaued the holy ghost we may depart from grace geuen and fall into sinne and by the grace of God we may aryse agayne and amend our lyues And therefore they are to be comdemned whiche say they can no more sinne as long as they lyue here or denie the place of forgeuenesse to suche as truely repent Of predestination and election PRedestination to lyfe is the euerlastyng purpose of God wherby before the foundations of the world were layd he hath constantly decreed by his councell secrete to vs to deliuer from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christe out of mankynde and to bryng them by Christe to euerlastyng saluation as vessels made to honour Wherfore they which be indued with so excellent a benefite of God be called accordyng to Gods purpose by his spirite workyng in due season they through grace obey the callyng they be iustified freely they be made sonnes of God by adoption they be made lyke the image of his onelye begotten sonne Iesus Christe they walke religiously in good workes and at length by gods mercy they attaine to euerlastyng felicitie As the godly consyderation of predestination and our election in Christe is full of sweete pleasaunt and vnspeakeable comfort to godly persons and such as feele in them selues the working of the spirite of Christe mortifying the workes of the fleshe their earthlye members and drawing vp their mynde to hygh and heauenly thinges aswell because it doth greatly establyshe and confirme their fayth of eternall saluation to be enioyed through Christ as because it doth feruently kindle their loue towardes God So for curious and carnal persons lacking the spirite of Christe to haue continually before their eyes the sentence of Gods predestination is a most daungerous downefall whereby the deuyll doth thrust them either into desperation or into rechelesnesse of most vncleane liuing no lesse perilous then desperation Furthermore we must receaue Gods promises in such wyse as they be generally set foorth to vs in holy scripture and in our doynges that wyl of God is to be folowed which we haue expreslye declared vnto vs in the worde of God. Of obtaynyng eternall saluation only by the name of Christe THey also are to be had accursed that presume to say that euery man shal be saued by the lawe or sect which he professeth so that he be diligent to frame his lyfe accordyng to that lawe and the lyght of nature For holy scripture doth set out vnto vs onely the name of Iesus Christe whereby men must be saued Of the Church THe visible Church of Christe is a congregation of faythfull men in the which the pure worde of God is preached and the Sacramentes be duely ministred accordyng to Christes ordinaunce in all those thynges that of necessitie are requisite to the same As the Church of Hierusalem Alexandria and Antioche haue erred so also the Church of Rome hath erred not only in their lyuing and maner of ceremonies but also in matters of fayth Of the aucthoritie of the Church THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies and aucthoritie in controuersies of fayth And yet it is not lawfull for the Church to ordayne any thyng that is contrarie to Gods worde written neyther may it so expounde one place of scripture that it be repugnaunt to another Wherefore although the Churche be a witnesse and a keper of holy writ yet as it ought not to decree any thing agaynst the same so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be beleued for necessitie of saluation Of the aucthoritie of generall Counselles GEnerall Counsels may not be gathered together without the commaundement and wyll of princes And when they be gathered together forasmuche as they be an assemblie of men wherof all be not gouerned with the spirite word of God they may erre and sometyme haue erred euen in thinges parteynyng vnto god Wherfore thinges ordayned by them as necessary to saluation haue neyther strength nor aucthoritie vnlesse it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture Of Purgatorie THE Romishe doctrine concernyng purgatorie pardons worshipping and adoration aswell of images as of reliques and also inuocation of Saintes is a fonde thing vainly inuented and grounded vpon no warrantie of Scripture but rather repugnaunt to the worde of God. Of ministryng in the congregation IT is not lawful for any man to take vpon hym the office of publique preachyng or ministring the Sacramentes in the congregation before he be lawfully called and sent to execute the same And those we ought to iudge lawfully called and sent whiche be chosen and called to this worke by men who haue publique aucthoritie geuen vnto them in the congregation to call and sende ministers into the Lordes vineyarde Of speakyng in the congregation in such a tongue as the people vnderstandeth IT is a thing playnely repugnaunt to the worde of God the custome of the primitiue Churche to haue publique prayer in the Churche or to minister the Sacramentes in a tongue not vnderstanded of the people Of the Sacramentes SAcramentes ordayned of Christe be not onely badges or tokēs of Christian mens profession but rather they be certaine sure witnesses and effectuall signes of grace and Gods good wyll towardes vs by the which he doth worke inuisiblie in vs and doth not only quicken but also strengthen and confirme our fayth in hym There are two Sacramentes ordayned of Christe our Lorde in the Gospell that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lorde Those fyue commonly called Sacramentes that is to say

Confirmation Penaunce Orders Matrimonie and extreme Vnction are not to be compted for Sacramentes of the gospel being such as haue growen partly of the corrupt folowing of the Apostles partly are states of life alowed in the scriptures but yet haue not lyke nature of Sacramentes with Baptisme and the Lordes Supper for that they haue not any visible signe or ceremonie ordayned of God. The Sacramentes were not ordayned of Christ to be gased vpon or to be caryed about but that we should duely vse them And in such only as worthyly receaue the same they haue a wholesome effect or operation But they that receaue them vnworthyly purchase to them selues damnation as S. Paul sayth Of the vnworthynesse of the ministers which hinder not the effect of the Sacramentes ALthough in the visible Churche the euyl be euer myngled with the good sometime the euyll haue cheefe aucthoritie in the ministration of the worde Sacramentes yet forasmuch as they do not the same in their owne name but in Christes and do minister by his commission and aucthoritie we may vse their ministerie both in hearing the word of God in the receauing of the Sacramentes Neither is the effecte of Christes ordinaunce taken away by their wickednesse nor the grace of Gods gyftes diminished from such as by fayth ryghtly do receaue the Sacramentes ministred vnto them which be effectuall because of Christes institution and promise although they be ministred by euyll men Neuerthelesse it apparteyneth to the discipline of the Churche that enquirie be made of euyl ministers and that they be accused by those that haue knowledge of their offences and finally beyng founde gyltie by iust iudgement be deposed Of Baptisme BAptisme is not only a signe of profession and marke of difference whereby Christian men are discerned from other that be not christened but is also a signe of regeneration or newe byrth whereby as by an instrument they that receaue baptisme rightly are grafted into the Church the promises of the forgeuenesse of sinne of our adoption to be the sonnes of God by the holy ghost are visibly signed and sealed fayth is confyrmed and grace increased by vertue of prayer vnto god The baptisme of young children is in any wyse to be retayned in the Churche as most agreable with the institution of Christe Of the Lordes supper THE Supper of the Lord is not only a signe of the loue that Christians ought to haue among them selues one to another but rather it is a Sacrament of our redemption by Christes death Insomuch that to suche as ryghtlie worthyly and with fayth receaue the same the bread whiche we breake is a partrakyng of the body of Christe and likewyse the cuppe of blessing is a parttakyng of the blood of Christe Transubstantiation or the chaunge of the substaunce of bread and wine in the Supper of the Lorde can not be proued by holye writ but is repugnaunt to the playne wordes of scripture ouerthroweth the nature of a Sacrament and hath geuen occasion to many superstitions The body of Christe is geuen taken and eaten in the Supper only after an heauenly and spirituall maner And the meane whereby the body of Christe is receaued and eaten in the Supper is fayth The Sacrament of the Lordes Supper was not by Christes ordinaunce reserued caryed about lyfted vp or worshipped Of the wicked which do not eate the body of Christe in the vse of the Lordes Supper THE wicked and suche as be voyde of a liuelye fayth although they do carnally and visibly presse with their teeth as Saint Augustine sayth the Sacrament of the bodye and blood of Christ yet in no wyse are they partakers of Christe but rather to their condemnation do eate and drinke the signe or Sacrament of so great a thing Of both kindes THE cuppe of the Lorde is not to be denyed to the laye people For both the partes of the Lordes Sacrament by Christes ordinance and commaundement ought to be ministred to all Christian men alike Of the one oblation of Christe finished vppon the Crosse THE offering of Christ once made is the perfect redemption propiciation and satisfaction for all the sinnes of the whole worlde both originall and actuall and there is none other satisfaction for sinne but that alone Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses in the which it was commonly said that the Priestes did offer Christe for the quicke and the dead to haue remission of payne or gylt were blasphemous fables and daungerous deceites Of the mariage of Priestes BYshops Priestes and Deacons are not commaunded by Gods lawe eyther to vowe the estate of single lyfe or to abstayne from mariage Therefore it is lawfull also for them as for all other Christian men to mary at their owne discretion as they shall iudge the same to serue better to godlynesse Of excommunicate persons howe they are to be auoyded THat person whiche by open denuntiation of the Churche is ryghtly cut of from the vnitie of the Churche and excommunicated ought to be taken of the whole multitude of the faythfull as an Heathen and Publicane vntill he be openly reconciled by penaunce and receaued into the Churche by a iudge that hath aucthoritie thereto Of the traditions of the Churche IT is not necessarie that traditions and ceremonies be in al places one or vtterly like for at all times they haue ben diuerse and may be chaunged accordyng to the diuersitie of Countreys times and mens maners so that nothing be ordeyned against Gods worde Whosoeuer through his priuate iudgement wyllyngly and purposely doth openly breake the traditions and ceremonies of the Church which be not repugnaunt to the worde of God and be ordayned and approued by common aucthoritie ought to be rebuked openly that other may feare to do the lyke as he that offendeth agaynst the Common order of the Churche and hurteth the aucthoritie of the Magistrate and woundeth the consciences of the weake brethren Euery particuler or nationall Churche hath aucthoritie to ordaine chaunge and abolishe ceremonies or rites of the Churche ordeyned onlye by mans aucthoritie so that all thinges be done to edifiyng Of Homilies THE seconde booke of Homilies the seuerall titles wherof we haue ioyned vnder this article doth conteyne a godly and wholesome doctrine and necessarie for these tymes as doth the former booke of Homilies whiche were set foorth in the time of Edwarde the sixt and therefore we iudge them to be read in Churches by the Ministers diligently and distinctly that they may be vnderstanded of the people Of the names of the Homilies 1 Of the right vse of the Churche 2 Agaynst perill of Idolatrie 3 Of repayring and keping cleane of Churches 4 Of good workes first of fastyng 5 Agaynst gluttony and drunkennesse 6 Against excesse of apparell 7 Of prayer 8 Of the place and time of prayer 9 That common prayers and Sacramentes ought to be ministred in a knowen tongue 10 Of the reuerente estimation of Gods worde 11 Of almes doing 12