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"chosen by the Heads of Colleges only, and " by no others, in the room adjoining to the "Printing-House, between the hours of ten in "the morning and two in the afternoon, to "preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the

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year following, at St. Mary's in Oxford, be"tween the commencement of the last month " in Lent Term, and the end of the third week "in Act Term.

"Also I direct and appoint, that the eight "Divinity Lecture Sermons shall be preached

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upon either of the following Subjects-to con" firm and establish the Christian Faith, and to " confute all hereties and schismatics-upon the " divine authority of the holy Scriptures-upon "the authority of the writings of the primitive "Fathers, as to the faith and practice of the "primitive Church-upon the Divinity of our " Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ-upon the Di"vinity of the Holy Ghost-upon the Articles " of the Christian Faith, as comprehended in " the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds.

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" Also I direct, that thirty copies of the eight "Divinity Lecture Sermons shall be always printed, within two months after they are " preached, and one copy shall be given to the " Chancellor of the University, and one copy " to the Head of every College, and one copy to "the Mayor of the city of Oxford, and one copy " to be put into the Bodleian Library; and the

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expence of printing them shall be paid out of "the revenue of the Land or Estates given for " establishing the Divinity Lecture Sermons; " and the Preacher shall not be paid, nor be "entitled to the revenue, before they are " printed.

" Also I direct and appoint, that no person " shall be qualified to preach the Divinity Lec"ture Sermons, unless he hath taken the Degree of Master of Arts at least, in one of the "two Universities of Oxford or Cambridge; " and that the same person shall never preach "the Divinity Lecture Sermons twice."

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

The general principles of the Reformation, from its com-

mencement, to the period when our Articles were com-

posed, shewn to be of a Lutheran tendency.

SERMON II.

The same tendency pointed out in the Articles themselves,

as deducible from the history of their compilation.

SERMON III.

On Original Sin, as maintained by the Scholastics, the
Lutherans, and our own Reformers.

SERMON IV.

On the tenet of the Schools respecting Merit de Congruo,
and that of the Lutherans in opposition to it.

SERMON V.

The Articles "of Free Will," and "of Works before

"Justification," explained in connexion with the preced-

ing controversy.

SERMON VI.

On the Scholastical doctrine of Justification, the Lutheran,
and that of our own Church,

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The outline of the Predestinarian system stated, as taught in the Schools, and as christianized by Luther and Melancthon.

SERMON VIII.

The 17th Article considered in conformity with the sentiments of the latter, and elucidated by our Baptismal service. Brief recapitulation of the whole.