sixth, and part of the twentieth; and in the case of Anabaptists, except also part of the twenty-seventh; otherwise they are exempted from the benefits of the Act of Toleration.

b 1 William III, c. 13.

ARTICLE I.

OF FAITH IN THE HOLY TRINITY.

THIS first Article treats of the doctrine of Faith in the Holy Trinity. It is the same as was published in 1552.

That there is a God is proved from his works of Creation and Providence, which derive their origin from him alone, and is confirmed by his prophecies and his miracles, and by the uniform consent of all nations.c

That there is but "one living and true God," is proved from his own nature, as He is the first cause and the end of all things.

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He is "everlasting," as He is the first cause, and as it is impossible He could proceed from any other cause.

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c Pearson, on the Creed, Art. 1.

Tillotson, on Job xxviii. 28.

Stillingfleet's Origines sacra, lib. 3. c. 1, 2. Grotius, de Veritate, lib. 1. c. 2.

d Ex. iii. 14. 1 Cor. viii. 4. 1 Thes. i. 9. Deut. vi. 4. Clemens Romanus, Ep. ad Cor. c. 46. Ignatius, Epist. ad Magnes. Apol. I. c. 6.

Justin Martyr ad Græcos cohortat. p. 34.

e Psalm xc. 2. 1 Tim. i. 17. Grotius

de verit. 1. i. c. 6.

tual;

He is "without body," immaterial and spiri"without parts or passions ;"f co-extensive with all places, and inseparable from himself.

He is of "infinite power;" from whom all power is derived: 8 of "infinite wisdom," proved from the admirable order and use of all things, and from the various effects of his divine Providence of" infinite goodness," proved from the creation and preservation of all things, and particularly from the redemption of mankind by Christ.

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He is the "maker and preserver of all things." It is proved, that the world had a beginning, from circumstances which are every day presented to our notice, from the succession of new arts and sciences, from the discovery of regions hitherto unknown and yet uninhabited and uncultivated, and from all concurrent history. It, therefore, must have been created, and by whom, but by Him alone, who maintains and

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f John iv. 24. Psal. cii. 26, 27. Pearson, on the Creed, Art. 6. Wilkins' Natural Religion, lib. i. c. 8. 10.

g Rev. xi. 17. Acts xv 18.

h Ps. cxlvii. 5.-cvii. 1.

Luke xviii. 19. Matt. xix. 17. Sher

lock on Providence, c. 7, 8. Scott's Christian Life, p. 2. vol. 2.

p. 242.

Theophilus Antioch. ad Autolyc. 1. 1, 2.

Gen. i. 1. Col. i. 16, 17.

k Matt. x. 29, 30.

1 Stillingfleet's Origines sacra, 1. 3. c. 2.

preserves all things, and upon whose Almighty Providence all things depend. "

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In unity of this Godhead," there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity." It is proved from the Scriptures, that they are co-equal and co-eternal, "the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost."

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In our belief of this Article of Faith, we shall be excited by meditation and prayer to every return of gratitude and obedience; that the "Father's" free and everlasting love in Christ, is the only cause of Salvation; that the "Son's" Intercession and Redemption will inspire us with fidelity in his name, and constancy in our profession of it; and that the "Holy Ghost," who has promised to co-operate with us in every honest and virtuous pursuit, will excite us to cherish his gracious assistance by the continual use of every means of grace. As the three Persons are one God, the Holy Trinity has an equal and united. claim to our praise and adoration.

m Scott's Christian Life, p. 2. vol. 1. c. 4. Nowel's Catechism, p. 49, 50. Athenagoras Legatio pro Christ. p. 10, 11.

n 2 Cor. xiii. 14. 2. Ps. xxxiii. 6. Eccl. Pol. 1. 5. 51. 1. 1. c. 19.-1. 4. c.

Matt. xxviii. 19. Is. xlii. 1. 2 Sam. xxiii. Stillingfleet's Doctrine of the Trinity. Hooker's Nowel's Catechism, p. 46. Irenæus adv. Hær. 37. Tertullian adv. Praxeam, c. 25.

ARTICLE II.

OF THE WORD OR SON OF GOD, WHICH WAS MADE VERY MAN.

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THE doctrine of this Article, is the "Word • or Son of God, which was made very Man;" "of the Son, P which is the word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father; who took the nature of man in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance; so that two whole and perfect natures, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very man; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried,

o John i. 1.

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Luke i. 35.
Heb. i. 3, 4, 5.

Is. xliv. 6. 1 Cor. xv. John i. 18.

Phil. ii. 6.

Gal. iv. 4.

17, 18. Acts xx. 28. 1 Tim. iii. 16.

Matt. xxvii.

Acts xiii. 33.