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A04118 Articles of religion agreed vpon by the archbishops, and bishops, and the rest of the clergie of Ireland, in the conuocation holden at Dublin in the yeare of our Lord God 1615. for the auoyding of diuersities of opinions: and the establishing of concent touching true religion.; Articles. 1615 Church of Ireland. 1628 (1628) STC 14261; ESTC S107433 14,133 38

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ARTICLES OF RELIGION AGREED VPON BY The Archbishops and Bishops and the rest of the Clergie of Ireland in the Conuocation HOLDEN AT DVBLIN IN The yeare of our Lord God 1615. for the auoyding of Diuersities of Opinions And the establishing of Concent touching true RELIGION LONDON Printed by R.Y. for T. Downes and are to be sold at the great North doore of Paules 1628. C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE COR VNVM VIA VNA Articles of Religion agreed vpon by the Archbishops and Bishops and the rest of the Clergie of Ireland in the Conuocation holden at Dublin in the yeare of our Lord God 1615. for the auoyding of Diuersities of Opinions and the establishing of Consent touching true RELIGION Of the holy Scripture and the three Creeds article 1 THe ground of our Religion and the Rule of Faith and all sauing Truth is the Word of God contained in the holy Scripture article 2 By the name of holy Scripture we vnderstand all the Canonicall Bookes of the Old and New Testament viz. Of the Old Testament The 5. Bookes of Moses Iosua Iudges Ruth The first and second of Samuel The first and second of Kings The first and second of Chronicles Esra Nehemiah Esther Iob. Psalmes Prouerbs Ecclesiastes The song of Salomon Isaiah Ieremiah his prophesie and Lamentation Ezechiel Daniel The 12. lesse Prophets Of the New Testament The Gospels according to Matthew Marke Luke Iohn The Acts of the Apostles The Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes Corinthians 2. Galathians Ephesians Philippians Colossians Thessalonians 2. Timothie 2. Titus Philemon Hebrewes The Epistle of S. Iames. Saint Peter 2. Saint Iohn 3. Saint Iude. The Reuelation of S. Iohn All which wee acknowledge to bee giuen by the inspiration of God and in that regard to be of most certaine credit and highest authority article 3 The other Bookes commonly called Apocryphall did not proceed from such inspiration and therefore are not of sufficient authoritie to establish any point of Doctrine but the Church doth reade them as Bookes containing many worthy things for example of life and instruction of manners Such are these following The third Book of Esdras The fourth Booke of Esdas The Booke of Tobias The booke of Iudith Additions to the book of Esther The booke of Wisedome The booke of Iesus the Sonne of Sirach called Ecclesiasticus Baruch with the Epistle of Ieremiah The song of the three Children Susanna Bell and the Dragon The Prayer of Manasses The first booke of Macchabees The second booke of Macchabees article 4 The Scriptures ought to be translated out of the originall tongues into all languages for the common vse of all men neither is any person to be discouraged from reading the Bible in such a language as he doth vnderstand but seriously exhorted to reade the same with great humilitie and reuerence as a speciall meanes to bring him to the true knowledge of God and of his own duty article 5 Although there bee some hard things in the Scripture especially such as haue proper relation to the times in which they were first vttered and prophesies of things which were afterwards to bee fulfilled yet all things necessary to be known vnto euerlasting saluation are cleerely deliuered therein and nothing of that kinde is spoken vnder dark mysteries in one place which is not in other places spoken more familiarly and plainly to the capacitie both of learned and vnlearned article 6 The holy Scriptures containe all things necessary to saluation and are able to instruct sufficiently in all points of faith that wee are bound to beleeue and all good duties that we are bound to practise article 7 All and euery the Articles contained in the Nicen Creede the Creede of Athanasius and that which is commonly called the Apostles Creede ought firmely to be receiued and beleeued for they may be proued by most certaine warrant of holy Scripture Of faith in the holy Trinity article 8 THere is but one liuing and true God euerlasting without body parts or passions of infinite power wisedome and goodnes the maker and preseruer of all things both visible and inuisible And in vnity of this Godhead there bee three persons of one and the same substance power and eternity the Father the Son and the holy Ghost article 9 The essence of the Father doth not beget the essence of the Son but the person of the Father begetteth the person of the Sonne by communicating his whole essence to the person begotten from eternity article 10 The holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son is of one substance maiestie and glory with the Father and the Sonne very and eternall God Of Gods eternall decree and Predestination article 11 GOD from all eternity did by his vnchangeable counsell ordaine whatsoeuer in time should come to passe yet so as thereby no violence is offered to the wils of the reasonable creatures and neither the liberty nor the contingency of the second causes is taken away but established rather article 12 By the same eternall counsell God hath predestinated some vnto life and reprobated some vnto death of both which there is a certaine number known only to God which can neither be increased nor diminished article 13 Predestination to life is the euerlasting purpose of God wherby before the foundations of the world were layed he hath constantly decreed in his secret counfell to deliuer from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankinde and to bring them by Christ vnto euerlasting saluation as vessels made to honour article 14 The cause mouing God to predestinate vnto life is not the foreseeing of faith or perseuerance or good works or of any thing which is in the person predestinated but onely the good pleasure of God himselfe For all things being ordained for the manifestation of his glory and his glory being to appeare both in the workes of his Mercy and of his Iustice it seemed good to his heauenly Wisedome to choose out a certain number towards whom he would extend his vndeserued mercy leauing the rest to be spectacles of his iustice article 15 Such as are predestinated vnto life be called according vnto Gods purpose his spirit working in due season and through grace they obey the calling they be iustified freely they be made sons of God by adoption they be made like the Image of his only begotten Son Iesus Christ they walke religiously in good workes and at length by Gods mercy they attaine to euerlasting felicity But such as are not predestinated to saluation shall finally be condemned for their sins article 16 The godly consideration of Predestination and our election in Christ is full of sweete pleasant and vnspeakeable comfort to godly persons and such as feele in themselues the working of the spirit of Christ mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members and drawing vp their minds to high and heauenly things as well because it doth greatly confirme and establish their