nus quam prior Tomus Homiliarum, quæ editæ funt tempore Edwardi fexti: Itaque eas in Ecclefiis per miniftros diligenter, et clare, ut a populo intelligi poffint, recitandas effe judicavimus.

XXXVI. De Epifcoporum et Miniftrorum confecratione. IBELLUS de confecratione Archiepifcoporum, et Epifcoporum, et de ordinatione Prefbyterorum et Diaconorum, editus nuper temporibus Edwardi VI. et authoritate Parliamenti illis ipfis temporibus confirmatus, omnia ad ejufmodi confecrationem et ordinationem neceffaria continet, et nihil habet, quod ex fe fit, aut fuperftitiofum, aut impium: itaque quicunque juxta ritus illius libri confecrati aut ordinati funt, ab anno fecundo prædicti regis Edwardi, ufque ad hoc tempus, aut in pofterum juxta eofdem ritus confecrabuntur, aut ordinabuntur, rite atque ordine, atque legitime ftatuimus effe, et fore confecratos et ordinatos.

XXXVII. De civilibus Magiftratibus.

REGIA Majeftas in hoc Angliæ regno, ac cæteris ejus dominiis, fummam habet poteftatem, ad quam omnium ftatuum hujus regni, five illi ecclefiaftici fint, five civiles, in omnibus caufis, fuprema gubernatio pertinet, et nulli externæ jurifdictioni eft fubjecta, nec effe debet.

Cum Regiæ Majeftati fummam gubernationem tribuimus, quibus titulis intelligimus animos quorundam calumniatorum offendi, non damus Regibus noftris, aut verbi Dei, aut Sacramentorum adminiftrationem, quod etiam Injunctiones ab Elizabetha Regina noftra, nuper editæ, apertiffime teftantur: fed eam tantum prærogativam, quam

in facris Scripturis a Deo ipfo, omnibus piis Principibus,
videmus femper fuiffe attributam : hoc eft, ut omnes fta-
tus atque ordines fidei fuæ a Deo commiffos, five illi ec-
clefiaftici fint, five civiles, in officio contineant, et contu-
maces ac delinquentes gladio civili coerceant.

Romanus pontifex nullam habet jurisdictionem in hoc
regno Angliæ.

Leges regni poffunt Chriftianos propter capitalia, et
gravia crimina, morte punire.

Chriftianis licet, ex mandato magiftratus, arma portare,
et jufta bella administrare.

XXXVIII. De illicita bonorum communicatione.

FACULTATES et bona Chriftianorum non funt com-
munia, quoad jus et poffeffionem, (ut quidam Ana-
baptiftæ falfo jactant,) debet tamen quifque de his quæ
poffidet, pro facultatum ratione, pauperibus eleemofynas
benigne diftribuere.

XXXIX. De jurejurando.

UEMADMODUM juramentum vanum et temera-
rium a Domino noftro Jefu Chrifto, et Apoftolo ejus
Jacobo, Chriftianis hominibus interdictum effe fatemur:
ita Chriftianorum Religionem minime prohibere cenfe-
mus, quin jubente magiftratu in caufa fidei et charitatis
jurare liceat, modo id fiat juxta Prophetæ doctrinam, in
juftitia, in judicio, et veritate.

HIC

Confirmatio Articulorum.

IC liber antedictorum Articulorum jam denuo ap-
probatus eft, per affenfum et confenfum Sereniffimæ
Reginæ Elizabethæ Dominæ noftræ, Dei gratia Angliæ,
Franciæ, et Hiberniæ Reginæ, defenforis fidei, &c. reti-
nendus, et per totum regnum Angliæ exequendus. Qui
Articuli et lecti funt, et denuo confirmati fubfcriptione
D. Archiepifcopi et Epifcoporum fuperioris domus, et to-
tius Cleri inferioris domus, in Convocatione, Anno Do-
mini 1571.

CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION,

Herefies gave the rife to larger Articles,

A form of doctrine fettled by the Apoflles,

Bifbops fent round them a declaration of their faith,

Thefe were afterwards enlarged,

This done at the Council of Nice,

5

Many wild Seats at the beginning of the Reformation,

And many complying Papifts put them on framing this col-

lection,

6

7

The Articles fet out at firft by the King's Authority,

A question whether they are only Articles of peace or doctrine,

They bind the confciences of the Clergy,

The Laity only bound to peace by them,

ibid.

8

ibid.

The fubfcription to them imports an affent to them, and not
only an acquiefcing in them,

ΙΟ

But the Articles may have different fenfes; and if the words
will bear them, there is no prevarication in fubfcribing them
jo,

This illuftrated in the third Article,

ibid.

II

The various readings of the Articles collated with the MSS.

An account of thofe various readings,

ARTICLE I.

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20

22

That there is a God, proved by the confent of mankind, ibid.

Obj. 1. Some nations do not believe a Deity. This is answered,

23

Obj. 2. It is not the fame belief among them all. This is an-

fwered,

The visible world proves a Deity,

Time nor number cannot be eternal nor infinite,

Moral arguments to prove that the world had a beginning,

Such a regular frame could not be fortuitous,

Objection from the production of infects answered,

Argument from miracles well attefted,

God is eternal, and necessarily exists,

Argument from the idea of God examined,

24

ibid.

25

26

27

ibid.

28

29

ibid.

The

Phrafes in Scripture of these explained,

Some thoughts concerning the power and wifdom of God, 36

True ideas of the goodness of God,

Of Creation and Annihilation,

Of the providence of God,

Objections against it answered,

Whether God does immediately produce all things,

Thought and liberty not proper to matter,

Whether beafts think, or are only machines,

How bodies and fpirits are united,

The doctrine of the Trinity,

Whether revealed in the Old Teftament, or not,

The doctrine flated,

Argument from the form of Baptifm,

Other arguments for it,

This was received in the first ages of Christianity,

Some attempt to the ftating true ideas of God,

ARTICLE II.

Chrift, how the Son of God,

Argument from the beginning of St. John's Gospel,

Reflections on the ftate of the world at that time,

Arguments from the Epistle to the Philippians,

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Other arguments complicated,

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Argument from adoration due to him,

62

The filence of the Jews proves this was not then thought to be