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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

faith of eternall saluation to bee enioyed through Christ as because it doth feruently kindle their loue towards God and on the contrary side for curious and carnall persons lacking the spirit of Christ to haue continually before their eies the sentence of Gods predestination is very dangerous article 17 We must receiue Gods promises in such wise as they be generally set forth vnto vs in holy Scripture and in our doings that will of God is to be followed which wee haue expresly declared vnto vs in the Word of God Of the creation and gouernment of all things article 18 IN the beginning of time when no creature had any being God by his word alone in the space of sixe dayes created all things and afterwards by his prouidence doth continue propagate and order them according to his owne will article 19 The principall creatures are Angels Men. article 20 Of Angels some continued in that holy state wherein they were created and are by Gods grace for euer established therein others fell from the same and are reserued in chaines of darknesse vnto the iudgement of the great day article 21 Man being at the beginning created according to the Image of God which consisted especially in the Wisedome of his minde and the true Holinesse of his free-will had the couenant of the Law ingrafted in his heart whereby God did promise vnto him euerlasting life vpon condition that he performed entire and perfect obedience vnto his Commandements according to that measure of strength wherewith he was endued in his creation and threatned death vnto him if he did not performe the same Of the fall of man originall sinne and the state of man before iustification article 22 BY one man sinne entred into the world and death by sinne and so death went ouer all men for as much as all haue sinned article 23 Originall sinne standeth not in the imitation of Adam as the Pelagians dreame but is the fault and corruption of the nature of euery person that naturally is ingendred and propagated from Adam whereby it commeth to passe that man is depriued of originall righteousnesse and by nature is bent vnto sinne And therefore in euery person borne into the world it deserueth Gods wrath and damnation article 24 This corruption of nature doth remaine euen in those that are regenerated whereby the flesh alwayes lusteth against the spirit and cannot bee made subiect to the Law of God And how soeuer for Christs sake there bee no condemnation to such as are regenerate and doe beleeue yet doth the Apostle acknowledge that in it selfe this concupiscence hath the nature of sinne article 25 The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turne and prepare himselfe by his owne naturall strength and good workes to Faith and calling vpon God Wherefore wee haue no power to doe good works pleasing acceptable vnto God without the grace of God preuenting vs that we may haue a good will and working with vs when we haue that good will article 26 Workes done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his spirit are not pleasing vnto God for as much as they spring not of faith in Iesus Christ neither do they make men meet to receiue grace or as the Schoole-Authors say deserue grace of congruity yea rather for that they are not done in such sort as God hath willed and commanded them to be done we doubt not but they are sinfull article 27 All sinnes are not equall but some far more heynous than others yet the very least is of its owne nature mortall and without Gods mercie maketh the offendor lyable vnto euerlasting damnation article 28 God is not the Author of sinne howbeit he doth not onely permit but also by his prouidence gouerne order the same guiding it in such sort by his infinite wisedome as it turneth to the manifestation of his owne glory and to the good of his Elect. Of Christ the mediator of the second Couenant article 29 THe Son which is the Word of the Father begotten from euerlasting of the Father the true and eternall God of one substance with the Father tooke mans nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin of her substance so that two whole and perfect natures that is to say the Godhead and Manhood were inseparably ioyned in one person making one Christ very God and very man article 30 Christ in the truth of our nature was made like vnto vs in all things sinne only excepted from which he was clearly voide both in his life in his nature He came as a Lambe without spot to take away the sins of the world by the sacrifice of himselfe once made and sin as S. Iohn saith was not in him He fulfilled the Law for vs perfectly For our sakes he endured most grieuous torments immediatly in his soule and most painfull sufferings in his body He was crucified and died to reconcile his Father vnto vs and to be a sacrifice not only for originall guilt but also for all our actuall transgressions He was buried and descended into hell and the third day rose from the dead and tooke againe his body with flesh bones and all things appertaining to the perfection of mans nature wherewith he ascended into Heauen and there sitteth at the right hand of his Father vntill he returne to iudge all men at the last day Of the communicating of the grace of Christ article 31 THey are to be condemned that presume to say that euery man shall bee saued 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 vnto vs onely the name of Iesus Christ whereby men must be saued article 32 None can come vnto Christ vnlesse it bee giuen vnto him and vnlesse the Father draw him And all men are not so drawne by the Father that they may come vnto the Sonne Neither is there such a sufficient measure of grace vouchsafed vnto euery man whereby hee is enabled to come vnto euerlasting life article 33 All Gods elect are in their time inseparably vnited vnto Christ by the effectuall and vitall influence of the holy Ghost deriued from him as from the head vnto euery true member of his mysticall body And being thus made one with Christ they are truely regenerated and made partakers of him and all his benefits Of Iustification and Faith article 34 WE are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ applyed by faith and not for our owne workes or merits And this righteousnesse which we so receiue of Gods mercy and Christs merits imbraced by faith is taken accepted and allowed of God for our perfect and full iustification article 35 Although this iustification be free vnto vs yet it commeth not so freely vnto vs that there is no ransome paid therfore at all God shewed his great mercy

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