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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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