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A72015	Articles agreed upon by the arch-bishops and bishops of both provinces, and the whole clergie in the convocation holden at London, in the yeer 1562. For the avoiding of diversities of opinions, and for the stablishing of consent touching true religion. Re-printed by his Majesties commandment: with his royall declaration prefixed thereunto.; Thirty-nine Articles. English	Church of England.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1638 (1638)	STC 10060; ESTC S125374	10,343	42

2. Book of Chron. The 1. Book of Esdras The 2. Book of Esdras The Book of Hester The Book of Iob. The Psalmes The Proverbs Ecclesiast or Preacher Cantica or songs of Solom 4. Prophets the greater 12. Prophets the lesse And the other Books as Hierome saith the Church doeth read for example of life and instruction of manners but yet doeth it not apply them to establish any doctrine Such are these following The 3. Book of Esdras The 4. Book of Esdras The Book of Tobias The Book of Iudeth The rest of the Book of Hester The Book of Wisdome Iesus the sonne of Sirach Baruch the Prophet The song of the three children The Story of Susanna Of Bell and the Dragon The prayer of Manasses The 1. Book of Maccabees The 2. Book of Maccabees All the Books of the New Testament as they are commonly received we do receive and account hem Canonicall 7. Of the Old Testament THe Old Testament is not contrary to the New for both in the Old and new Testament everlasting life is offered to mankinde by Christ who is the onely Mediator between God and man being both God and man Wherefore they are not to be heard which feigne that the old fathers did look onely for transitory promises Although the Law given from God by Moses as touching Ceremonies and Rites do not binde Christian men nor the civill precepts thereof ought of necessity to be received in any Common wealth yet notwithstanding no Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the Commandments which are called Morall 8. Of the three Creeds THe three Creeds Nice Creed Athanasius Creed and that which is commonly called the Apostles Creed ought thorowly to be received and beleeved for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture 9. Of originall birth or sinne ORiginall sinne standeth not in the following of Adam as the Pelagians do vainly talk but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man that naturally is ingendred of the off-spring of Adam whereby man is very farre gone from originall righteousnesse and is of his own nature enclined to evill so that the flesh lusteth alwayes contrary to the spirit and therefore in every person born into this world it deserveth Gods wrath and damnation And this infection of nature doth remain yea in them that are regenerated whereby the lust of the flesh called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which some do expound the wisdome some sensuality some the affection some the desire of the flesh is not subject to the law of God And although there is no condemnation for them that beleeve and are baptized yet the Apostle doth confesse that concupiscence and lust hath of it self the nature of sinne 10. Of free-will THe condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself by his own naturall strength and good works to faith and calling upon God Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God without the grace of God by Christ preventing us that we may have a good will and working with us when we have that good will 11. Of the Iustification of man WE are accounted righteous before God onely for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ by faith and not for our own works or deservings Wherefore that we are justified by faith onely is a most wholesome doctrine and very full of comfort as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Iustification 12. ¶ Of good works ALbeit that good works which are the fruits of faith and follow after Iustification cannot put away our sinnes and endure the severity of Gods Iudgement yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith in so much that by them a lively faith may be as evidently knowen as a tree discerned by the fruit 13. ¶ Of works before Iustification WOrks done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his Spirit are not pleasant to God forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Iesu Christ neither do they make men meet to receive grace or as the School-Authors say deserve grace of congruitie yea rather for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done we doubt not but they have the nature of sinne 14. ¶ Of works of Supererogation VOluntary works besids over and above Gods Commandments which they call works of Supererogation cannot be taught with our arrogancie and impietie For by them men do declare that they do not onely render unto God as much as they are bound to do but that they do more for his sake then of bounden duety is required Whereas Christ saith plainly When ye have done all that are commanded to you say We are unprofitable servants 15. Of Christ alone without sinne CHrist in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all things sinne onely except from which he was clearly void both in his flesh and in his Spirit He came to be a Lambe without spot who by sacrifice of himself once made should take away the sinnes of the world and sinne as Saint John saith was not in him But all we the rest although baptized and born again in Christ yet offend in many things and if we say we have no sinne we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us 16. Of sinne after Baptisme NOt every deadly sinne willingly committed after Baptisme is sinne against the holy Ghost and unpardonable Wherfore the grant of repentance is not to be denyed to such as fall into sinne after Baptisme After we have received the holy Ghost we may depart from grace given and fall into sinne and by the grace of God we may arise again and amend our lives And therfore they are to be condemned which say they can no more sinne as long as they live heer to denie the place of forgivenesse to such as truely repent 17. 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 counsell secret to us to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankinde and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation as vessels made to honour Wherefore they which be indued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to Gods purpose by his Spirit working in due season they through grace obey the calling they be justified freely they be made sonnes of God by adoption they be made like the Image of his onely begotten Sonne Iesus Christ they walk religiously in good works and at length by Gods mercy they attain to everlasting felicitie 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