Of the aucthoritie of the The Church hath power Of the Authority of the The Church hath power Habet Ecclesia Ritus statuendi ius, et in fidei contro- to decree Rites or Ceremo- to decree Rites or Ceremouersijs autoritatem, quamuis nies, and aucthoritie in con- nies, and authority in ConEcclesia non licet quicquam trouersies of fayth: And troversies of Faith: and yet instituere, quod verbo Dei yet it is not lawfull for the it is not lawful for the scripto aduersetur, nec unum Church to ordayne any Church to ordain any thing scripturæ locum sic exponere thyng that is contrarie to that is contrary to God's potest, ut alteri contradicat. Gods worde written, ney- Word written, neither may Quare licet Ecclesia sit di- ther may it so expounde it so expound one place of uinorum librorum testis et one place of scripture, that Scripture, that it be repugconseruatrix, attamen vt ad- it be repugnaunt to another. nant to another. Whereuersus eos nihil decernere, Wherefore, although the fore, although the Church ita præter illos nihil creden- Churche be a witnesse and be a witness and a keeper dum de necessitate salutis a keper of holy writ: yet, of Holy Writ, yet, as it debet obtrudere. XXI. Generalium. as it ought not to decree ought not to decree any any thing agaynst the thing against the same, so same, so besides the same, besides the same ought it ought it not to enforce any not to enforce any thing thing to be beleued for to be believed for necesnecessitic of saluation. sity of Salvation. De autoritate Conciliorum Of the aucthoritie of generall Of the Authority of General Counselles. Generalia Concilia sine Generall Counsels may not iussu et uoluntate princi- be gathered together without pum congregari non pos- the commaundement and wyll sunt, et vbi conuenerint, quia of princes. And when they ex hominibus constant, qui be gathered together (forasnon omnes spiritu et uerbis muche as they be an assemDei reguntur, et errare pos- blie of men, whereof all be sunt, et interdum errarunt, not governed with the spirite etiam in hijs quæ ad nor and word of God) they may mam pietatis pertinent: ideo erre, and sometyme haue quæ ab illis constituuntur, erred, euen in thinges par Councils.' 'The Twenty-first of the English Articles is omitted in the Amer. ed., because it is partly of a local and civil nature, and is provided for, as to the remaining parts of it, in other Articles. ENGLISH ED. 1571. ED. LAT. 1563. AMERICAN REVIS, 1801. fluxerunt, partim uita sta- partly of the corrupt folow- partly of the corrupt foltus sunt in scripturis qui- ing of the Apostles, partly lowing of the Apostles, dem probati, sed sacramen- are states of life alowed partly are states of life altorum eandem cum baptismo in the scriptures: but yet lowed in the Scriptures; et cœna Domini rationem haue not lyke nature of but yet have not like nanon habentes: quomodo nec Sacramentes with Baptisme ture of Sacraments with Pænitentia, ut quæ signum and the Lordes Supper, for Baptism, and the Lord's aliquod uisibile seu cæremo- that they haue not any vis- Supper, for that they have niam a Deo institutam non ible signe or ceremonie or- not any visible sign or cerehabeat. dayned of God. mony ordained of God. The Sacraments were not The Sacramentes were Sacramenta non in hoc instituta sunt à Christo, ut not ordayned of Christ to ordained of Christ to be spectarentur, aut circumfe- be gased vpon, or to be gazed upon, or to be carrentur, sed ut ritè illis ute- caryed about; but that we ried about, but that we remur: et in hijs duntaxat shoulde duely use them. should duly use them. And qui dignè percipiunt, salu- And in such only, as wor- in such only as worthily retarem habent effectum: qui thyly receaue the same, ceive the same, they have verò indigne percipiunt, they haue a wholesome a wholesome effect or operdamnationem (ut inquit effect or operation: But ation: but they that rePaulus) sibi ipsis acqui- they that receaue them ceive them unworthily, vnworthyly, purchase to purchase to themselves them selues damnation, as damnation, as Saint Paul S. Paul sayth. runt. saith. XXVI. XXVI. Ministrorum malitia non tollit efficaciam institutionum diuinarum. XXVI. Of the unworthynesse of the Although in the visible Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacra ments. Although in the visible Quamuis in Ecclesia uisibili bonis mali semper sint Churche the euyl be euer Church the evil be ever admixti, atque interdum mi- myngled with the good, mingled with the good, nisterio uerbi et sacramen- and sometime the euyll and sometimes the evil torum administrationi pra- haue cheefe aucthoritie in have chief authority in the sint, tamen cùm non suo sed the ministration of the Ministration of the Word Christi nomine agant, eiús- worde and Sacramentes: and Sacraments, yet forasque mandato et autoritate yet forasmuch as they do much as they do not the ministrent, illorum ministe- not the same in their own same in their own name, rio uti licet, cum in verbo name but in Christes, and but in Christ's, and do Dei audiendo, tum in sacra- do minister by his com- minister by his commismentis percipiendis. Neque mission and aucthoritie, sion and authority, we may per illorum malitiam effec- we may vse their minis- use their Ministry, both in VOL. III.-KK ED. LAT. 1563. ENGLISH ED. 1571. AMERICAN REVIS. 1801. tus institutorum Christi tol- trie, both in hearing the hearing the Word of God, litur, aut gratia donorum word of God, and in the and in receiving the SacDei minuitur, quoad eos receauing of the Sacra- raments. Neither is the qui fide et ritè sibi oblata mentes. Neither is y ef- effect of Christ's ordinance percipiunt, quæ propter in- fect of Christes ordinaunce taken away by their wickstitutionem CHRISTI et taken away by their wickedness, nor the grace promissionem efficacia sunt, ednesse, nor the grace of of God's gifts diminished licet per malos administren- Gods gyftes diminished from such as by faith, and tur. from such as by fayth and rightly, do receive the Sac- Ad Ecclesiæ tamen disci- Neuerthelesse, it apper- Nevertheless, it apperplinam pertinent, ut in teyneth to the discipline taineth to the discipline malos ministros inquiratur, of the Churche, that enqui- of the Church, that inaccusentúrque ab hijs, qui rie be made of euyl min- quiry be made of evil eorum flagitia nouerint, at- istres, and that they be ac- Ministers, and that they que tandem iusto conuicti cused by those that haue be accused by those that iudicio, deponantur. knowledge of their of have knowledge of their fences and finally, beyng offences; and finally, being founde gyltie by iust iudge- found guilty, by just judgment, be deposed. ment be deposed. XXVII. De Baptismo. Baptismus non est tan XXVII. Of Baptisme. Baptisme is not onely a XXVII. Of Baptism. Baptism is not only a tùm professionis signum ac signe of profession, and sign of profession, and discriminis nota, qua Chri- marke of difference, where- mark of difference, wherestiani à non Christianis dis- by Christian men are dis- by Christian men are discernantur, sed etiam est si cerned from other that be cerned from others that gnum Regenerationis, per not christened: but is also be not christened, but it quod tanquam per instru- a signe of regeneration or is also a sign of Regeneramentum rectè baptismum newe byrth, whereby as by tion or New-Birth, wheresuspitientes, ecclesiæ inserun- an instrument, they that re- by, as by an instrument, tur, promissiones de Remis- ceaue baptisme rightly, are they that receive Baptism sione peccatorum atque Adop- grafted into the Church: rightly are grafted into the tione nostra in filios Dei, the promises of the for- Church; the promises of per Spiritum sanctum uisi- geuenesse of sinne, and of the forgiveness of sin, and firmatur, et ui diuina inuocationis, gratia augetur. ENGLISH ED. 1571. ED. LAT. 1568. AMERICAN REVIS, 1801. biliter obsignantur, fides con- our adoption to be the of our adoption to be the sonnes of God, by the sons of God by the Holy holy ghost, are visibly Ghost, are visibly signed signed and sealed: fayth and sealed; Faith is conis confyrmed: and grace firmed, and Grace increased increased by vertue of by virtue of prayer unto prayer vnto God. God. Baptismus paruulorum The baptisme of young The Baptism of young omnino in ecclesia retinen- children, is in any wyse Children is in any wise to dus est, ut qui cum Chri- to be retayned in the be retained in the Church, sti institutione optimè con- Churche, as most agre- as most agreeable with the gruat. able with the institution institution of Christ. of Christe. Of the Lordes Supper. The Supper of the Lord, XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. The Supper of the Lord Cana Domini non est tantùm signum mutua be- is not only a signe of the is not only a sign of the neuolentia Christianorum loue that Christians ought love that Christians ought inter sese, uerum potiùs est to haue among them selues to have among themselves sacramentum nostræ per one to another: but rather one to another; but rather mortem Christi redemptio- it is a Sacrament of our it is a Sacrament of our nis. Atque adeo ritè, dignè redemption by Christes Redemption by Christ's et cum fide sumentibus, pa- death. Insomuch that to death: insomuch that to nis quem frangimus, est suche as ryghtlie, worthy- such as rightly, worthily, communicatio corporis Chri- ly, and with fayth receaue and with faith, receive the sti: similiter poculum bene- the same the bread whiche same, the Bread which we dictionis, est communicatio we breake is a parttak- break is a partaking of the sanguinis Christi. Panis et vini transub yng of the body of Body of Christ; and like- stantiatio in Eucharistia, the chaunge of the sub-the change of the substance ex sacris literis probari non staunce of bread and wine) of Bread and Wine) in the potest, sed apertis scriptu- in the Supper of the Lorde, Supper of the Lord, can ræ cerbis aduersatur, sacra- can not be proued by holye not be proved by Holy menti naturam euertit, et writ, but is repugnaunt to Writ; but is repugnant to the playne wordes of script- the plain words of Scripture, ouerthroweth the nature, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and ure of a Sacrament, and ED. LAT. 1563. ENGLISH ED. 1571. AMERICAN REVIS. 1801. tus institutorum Christi tol- trie, both in hearing the hearing the Word of God, litur, aut gratia donorum word of God, and in the and in receiving the SacDei minuitur, quoad eos receauing of the Sacra- raments. Neither is the qui fide et ritè sibi oblata mentes. Neither is y ef- effect of Christ's ordinance percipiunt, quæ propter in- fect of Christes ordinaunce taken away by their wickstitutionem CHRISTI et taken away by their wickedness, nor the grace promissionem efficacia sunt, ednesse, nor the grace of of God's gifts diminished licet per malos administren-Gods gyftes diminished from such as by faith, and from such as by fayth and rightly, do receive the Sacryghtly do receaue the raments ministered unto Sacramentes ministered them; which be effectual, vnto them, which be ef- because of Christ's instifectuall, because of Christes tution and promise, alinstitution and promise, al- though they be ministered though they be ministred by evil men. by euyll men. tur. Neuerthelesse, it apper Nevertheless, it apper Ad Ecclesiæ tamen disciplinam pertinent, ut in teyneth to the discipline taineth to the discipline malos ministros inquiratur, of the Churche, that enqui- of the Church, that inaccusentúrque ab hijs, qui rie be made of euyl min- quiry be made of evil eorum flagitia nouerint, at- istres, and that they be ac- Ministers, and that they que tandem iusto conuicti cused by those that haue be accused by those that iudicio, deponantur. XXVII. De Baptismo. Baptismus non est tan knowledge of their of have knowledge of their tum professionis signum ac signe of profession, and sign of profession, and discriminis nota, qua Chri- marke of difference, where- mark of difference, wherestiani à non Christianis dis- by Christian men are dis- by Christian men are discernantur, sed etiam est si- cerned from other that be cerned from others that gnum Regenerationis, per not christened: but is also be not christened, but it quod tanquam per instru- a signe of regeneration or is also a sign of Regeneramentum rectè baptismum newe byrth, whereby as by tion or New-Birth, wheresuspitientes, ecclesiæ inserun- an instrument, they that re- by, as by an instrument, tur, promissiones de Remis- ceaue baptisme rightly, are they that receive Baptism sione peccatorum atque Adop-grafted into the Church: rightly are grafted into the tione nostra in filios Dei, the promises of the for- Church; the promises of per Spiritum sanctum uisi- geuenesse of sinne, and of the forgiveness of sin, and |