CONTENTS. ARTICLES OF THE IRISH CHURCH. Of the Holy Scriptures and the Three Creeds...... ......... Of God's Eternal Decree and Predestination.... Of the Creation and Government of all things. Of the Fall of Man, Original Sin, and the State of Man before Justification....... .................. ........... Of Christ, the Mediator of the second Covenant.. Of the Communicating of the Grace of Christ.. Of Sanctification and Good Works.................. Of the Service of God........ Of the Civil Magistrate.. Of our Duty towards our Neighbours...... PAGE. 1 3 4 6 789 10 12 13 16 17 Of the Church and outward Ministry of the Gospel...... 18 Of the Authority of the Church, General Councils, and Of the State of the Old and New Testaments. Of Baptism Of the Lord's Supper.............. ........... Of the State of the Souls of Men, after they be departed out of this Life, together with the General Resurrection and the Last Judgment... The Decree of the Synod......... ARTICLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 1. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity... 2. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man.......... 3. Of the going down of Christ into Hell........... 4. Of the Resurrection of Christ 5. Of the Holy Ghost....... 6. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation 7. Of the Old Testament....... 8. Of the Three Creeds....... 9. Of Original or Birth Sin.. 10. Of Free Will...... 11. Of the Justification of Man before God....... 12. Of Good Works........ 13. Of Works before Justification.. 14. Of Works of Supererogation. 15. Of Christ alone without Sin....... 16. Of Sin after Baptism........ 17. Of Predestination and Election...... 18. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the name of Christ 19. Of the Church..... 20. Of the Authority of the Church......... 21. Of the Authority of General Councils,.......... 22. Of Purgatory.............. 23. Of Ministering in the Congregation...................... 24. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the people understandeth........... 25. Of the Sacraments.. ............ 26. Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacraments 27. Of Baptism....... 28. Of the Lord's Supper. 29. Of the wicked, which do not eat the body of Christ in the use of the Lord's Supper......... PA PAGE. 51 30. Of both kinds...... .... 31. Of the one oblation of Christ, finished upon the cross 51 32. Of the Marriage of Priests........ 51 33. Of Excommunicate Persons, how they are to be avoided....... 34. Of the Traditions of the Church....... 35. Of Homilies.............. 36. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers. 37. Of the Civil Magistrates.. ....... 52 52 53 54 55 ...... 38. Of Christian Men's goods, which are not common... 39. Of a Christian Man's Oath......... The Ratification 6. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof.. 70 7. Of God's Covenant with Man... 72 8. Of Christ the Mediator........... 9. Of Free Will.......... 10. Of Effectual Calling 11. Of Justification 12. Of Adoption.... 13. Of Sanctification 14. Of Saving Faith...... 15. Of Repentance unto life........ 16. Of Good Works ....... 17. Of the Perseverance of the Saints...................... 18. Of Assurance of Grace and Salvation 19. Of the Law of God.......... Chap. 20. Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience..... 21. Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day........... 22. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows 23. Of the Civil Magistrate...... 24. Of Marriage and Divorce 25. Of the Church........... 26. Of Communion of Saints...... 27. Of the Sacraments.. 28. Of Baptism 29. Of the Lord's Supper....... 30. Of Church Censures...... 31. Of Synods and Councils........ 32. Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resur rection of the Dead...... 33. Of the Last Judgment.. DECLARATION OF FAITH OF THE CON GREGATIONAL OR INDEPENDENT DIS SENTERS. .......... ......... ARTICLES, &c. ARTICLES OF RELIGION AGREED UPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS, AND THE REST OF THE CLERGY OF IRELAND, IN THE CONVOCATION HOLDEN AT DUBLIN, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1615, FOR THE AVOIDING OF DIVERSITIES OF OPINIONS, AND THE ESTABLISHING OF CONSENT TOUCHING TRUE RELI GION. N. B. In these articles are comprehended, almost word for word, the nine articles, agreed on at Lambeth, the 20th of November, 1595. This mark * points at each of them, and their number. OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AND THE THREE CREEDS. 1. THE ground of our religion, and the rule of faith, and all saving truth, is the word of God, contained in the Holy Scripture. 2. By the name of Holy Scripture we understand all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, viz. |