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A32928 Articles agreed upon by the archbishops and bishops of both provinces and the whole clergy in the convocation holden at London in the year MDLXII for the avoiding of diversities of opinions and for the stablishing of consent touching true religion. Church of England.; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1688 (1688) Wing C4007; ESTC W479527 8,856 16

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are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done we doubt not but they have the nature of Sin. XIV Of Works of Supererogation VOluntary Works besides over and above God's Commandments which they call Works of Supererogation cannot be taught without Arrogancy and Impiety For by them men do declare that they do not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do but that they do more for his sake than of bounden duty is required whereas Christ saith plainly When ye have done all that are commanded to you say we are unprofitable servants XV. Of CHRIST alone without Sin. CHRIST in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all things Sin only except from which He was clearly void both in His flesh and in Spirit He came to be a Lamb without spot who by Sacrifice of Himself once made should take away the sins of the World and Sin as St. John saith was not in Him. But all we the rest altho' Baptized and born again in Christ yet offend in many things and if we say we have no s●● we deceive our selves and the Truth is not in us XVI Of Sin after Baptism NOt every deadly Sin willingly committed after Baptism is Sin against the Holy Ghost and unpardonable Wherefore the Grant of Repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism After we have received the Holy Ghost we may depart from Grace given and fall into sin and by the Grace of God we may arise again amend our Lives And therefore they are to be condemned which say they can no more sin as long as they live here to deny the place of Forgiveness to such as truly repent XVII Of Predestination and Election PRedestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of GOD whereby before the Foundations of the world were laid He hath constantly Decreed by His Counsel secret to us to deliver from Curse and Damnation those whom He hath chosen in Christ out of Mankind and to bring them by Christ to everlasting Salvation as vessels made to Honour Wherefore they which be endued with so excellent a Benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by His Spirit working in due season they through Grace obey the Calling they be justified freely they be made sons of God by Adoption they be made like the Image of His only begotten Son JESUS CHRIST they walk religiously in Good Works and at length by GOD's Mercy they attain to everlasting Felicity As the godly Consideration of predestination and our Election in Christ is full of sweet pleasant and unspeakable Comfort to godly persons and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ mortifying the works of the Flesh and their earthly Members and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things as well because it doth greatly establish confirm their Faith of eternal Salvation to be enjoyed through Christ as because it doth frequently kindle their Love towards God So for curious and carnal persons lacking the Spirit of Christ to have continually before their eyes the sentence of God's Predestination is a most dangerous down-fall whereby the devil doth thrust them either into desperation or into wretchlesness of unclean Living no less perilous than Desperation Furthermore we must receive God's Promises in such wise as they be generally set forth to us in Holy Scripture and in our Doings that Will of God is to be followed which we have expresly declared unto us in the word of God. 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 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. XX. Of the Authority of the Church THe Church hath Power to decree Rites or Ceremonies and Authority in Controversies of Faith And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written neither may it so expound one place of Scripture that it be repugnant to another Wherefore although the Church be a Witness and a Keeper of Holy Writt yet as it ought not to decree any thing against the same so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to believed for necessity of Salvation XXI Of the Authority of General Councils GEneral Councels may not be gathered together without the Commandment and Will of Princes and when they be gathered together forasmuch as they be an assembly of men whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of GOD they may err sometime have erred even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to Salvation have neither Strength nor Authority unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture XXII Of Purgatory THe Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory Pardons Worshipping and Adoration as well of Images as of Reliques and also Invocation of Saints is a fond thing vainly invented grounded upon no Warranty of Scripture but rather Repugnant to the Word of God. XXIII Of Ministring in the Congregation IT is not lawful for any man to take upon him the Office of publick Preaching or Ministring the Sacraments in the Congregation before he be lawfully Called and sent to execute the same and those we ought to judge lawfully called sent which be chosen called to this work by men who have publick Authority given unto them in the Congregation to call and send Ministers into the Lords Vineyard XXIV Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the People understandeth IT is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God the Custom of the primitive Church to have publick prayer in the Church or to Minister the Sacraments in a Tongue not understood by the People XXV Of the Sacrament SAcraments ordained of Christ be not only Badges or tokens of Christian mens Profession but rather they be certain sure Witnesses and effectual Signs of Grace and God's Good Will towards us by the which He doth work invisibly in us and doth not only quicken but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in Him. There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called