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Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that Thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent ; . Create and make in me a new and contrite heart, that I worthily lamenting my sins, and acknowledging my wretchedness, may obtain of Thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

3.

Coll. for Ash-Wednesday.

O Lord, I beseech Thee, absolve Thy servant from his offences; that through Thy bountiful goodness I may be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by my frailty I have committed: Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, my blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Coll. for 24th Sunday aft. Trinity.

4.

O God, whose blessed Son was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant me, I beseech Thee, that, having this hope, I may purify myself, even as He is pure; that when He shall appear again with power and great glory, I may be made like unto Him in His eternal and glorious kingdom; where with Thee, O Father, and Thee, O Holy Ghost, He liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Coll. for 6th Sunday aft. Epiphany.

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Lord, I beseech Thee, grant Thy servant grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with a pure heart and mind, to follow Thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Coll. for 18th Sunday aft. Trinity.

O most merciful God, Who, according to the multitude of Thy mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent that Thou rememberest them no more; open Thine eye of mercy upon me Thy servant, who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness. Renew in me, most loving Father, whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by my own carnal will and frailness; preserve and continue me in

the unity of the Church; consider my contrition; accept my tears; And forasmuch as I put my full trust only in Thy mercy, impute not unto me my former sins, but strengthen me with Thy blessed Spirit; through the merits of Thy most dearly beloved Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

From the Visitation of the Sick.

CHAPTER IV.

OF BELIEVING-IN GOD.

This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.

The foundation

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John xvii. 3.

of Faith toward God.-Heb. vi. 1.

Read the Three Creeds. See Appendix, Chap. VII.

I. What is the second head, or main portion, of the vow you are preparing to CONFIRM ?

II. Where are these Articles of the Christian Faith to be found?

1. The Apostles' Creed.

2. The Nicene Creed.

3. St. Athanasius' Creed. See Art. VIII.

III. Whence are these Creeds derived to us? And upon what authority do we receive them?

We derive them, by tradition, from the Church; and the Articles they contain being all found in Scripture, or proved thereby, we receive them as such upon the Church's authority.

IV. Give the origin of the name, and explain the necessity and the value of each of these Creeds.

1. Apostles' Creed.

Short Summary of Apostolic doctrine. Twelve Articles (articuli); according to tradition (probably not wellfounded) in the Church, one from each of the twelve Apostles: "That which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed." Art. VIII.— For Instruction in the Faith.

2. Nicene Creed. (1.) Great Nicene Council (at Nicæa, in Bythinia, under Constantine the Great), A.D. 325. Articles respecting the Son, against the heretic Arius, who denied His Divinity. (2.) Constantinopolitan Council, A.D. 381. Articles respecting Holy Ghost, against the heretic Macedonius, who denied His Divinity.-For Explanation of the Faith.

3. "Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called the Creed of St. Athanasius" (Rubric), Patriarch of Alexandria; either as drawn up by him (which is uncertain), or as containing his sentiments: also against Arians. A.D. circ. 430.-For Defence of the Faith.

V. Do we find any difference in the mode of expressing our belief with respect to these different Articles? What is implied in this difference?

See Nicene Creed.-"I believe in one God," &c. "I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism," &c.

1. TOTEUW', credo, I BELIEVE, with the understanding, i. e. as an act of mental assent.

2. miotɛúw ɛic or iπí, credo in, fidem habeo, I BELIEVE IN, or on (Acts xiv. 23), with the understanding and the heart, i. e. as an act of trust (Rom. x. 10). I have faith, or affiance in, I rely upon, look up to-with feelings of dependence, submission, obedience, reverence, affection 2, love *.

Examples of OTOí;-Rom. iv. 9—22. Gal. iii. 6— 9. (Abraham.) Matt. xv. 21—28. (Syrophoenician woman.) Matt. viii. 5-10. (Centurion.) Of oλyóπLOTOLMatt. viii. 26. (The Disciples in the storm.) Matt. xiv. 31. (St. Peter on the water.) See also Matt. vi. 30. Of miσTо—Matt. xiii. 58. (People of Nazareth.) Matt. xii. 39. xvi. 4. (The Jews.) See also Matt. xvii. 17—20. (yɛveà μoixadís, infidelis, et adultera.)

* "Quid est ergo credere in Deum? Credendo amare, credendo diligere, credendo in Eum ire, et Ejus membris incorporari.” S. Augustin in Johan. Tractat. xxix. § 6, vol. iii. p. 2008. Whereas the same St. Augustine, or another under his name, writes thus: "Ecclesiam credere, non tamen in Ecclesiam credere debemus, quia Ecclesia non Deus est, sed domus Dei est." Quoted by Lord King on the Creed, p. 304. On the same distinction, as stated above, see also Ruffinus, ibid. p. 303; “Hac itaque Propositionis syllabâ Creator a creaturis secernitur, et divina separantur ab humanis." See also The Institution of a Christian Man, in Formularies of Faith, p. 29. Life of Lord Cobham, in Ecc. Biog., vol. i. p. 377. Bullinger's Responsio, ii. p. 4. "Credimus unam Sanctam Ecclesiam, non in unam ;" and Decades, Lib. i. Serm. ix. p. 28. Becon's New Catechism, p. 41. Bp. Jewel, Defence of Apol., p. 74. Bp. Bull's Examen Censuræ, vol. iv. p. 157. Bp. Ken's Practice of Divine Love, Prose Works, p. 225, compared with Bp. Pearson on the Creed, p. 25, note, and p. 501, note, Lond. edit. 1832. Barrow Serm. of Justifying Faith, vol. iv. p. 329. There can be little doubt that the distinction has been all along purposely maintained by the Western Church. See Palmer Orig. Liturg., vol. ii. p. 57, note. Bp. Beveridge on VIII. Art. In French, “Je crois au Saint Esprit, je crois la Sainte Église Universelle."

1 For the different uses of πιστεύω and πιστεύω εἰς in Scripture, see John ii. 22, 23, 24. v. 46, 47. vi. 29, 30. viii. 30, 31. xii. 35. 38. xiv. 11, 12. ПoTeuw eis Tiva seems to come very near in meaning to πιστεύω ἐμαυτόν τινι. See John ii. 24.

2 Compare in John iii. 36, ὁ πιστεύων, ὁ ἀπειθῶν. Matt. xxiii. (πíσris) with Luke xi. 42 (ảɣáñŋ toû Deoû); and Luke vii. 47 (ὅτι ἠγάπησε πολύ), with v. 50 (ἡ πίστις σου).

VI. Divide the Apostles' Creed into two parts, according to this difference of expression; and show how many articles fall under each part.

1. I BELIEVE IN GOD, &c.-Eight Articles.
2. I BELIEVE THE CHURCH, &c.-Four Articles.

VII. What do you chiefly learn in the former part of the Creed, which is to be believed with the understanding and the heart?

1. In God the Father, Who, &c.-One Article. 2. In God the Son, Who, &c.-Six Articles.

3. In God the Holy Ghost, Who, &c.-One Article.

VIII. Do not the Nicene Creed and the Creed of St. Athanasius (as well as the First Commandment) teach you to believe in these Three as ONE God? What is this doctrine, or mystery called?

"I believe in One God." Nic. Creed. "And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity (tres, trinus, Trinitas), and Trinity in Unity.” Athan. Creed, i. e. THREE PERSONS, but ONE SUBSTANCE. Ibid.

IX. By what passages of Holy Scripture is the same doctrine (i. e. the doctrine of the Trinity, Three Persons and One God) most clearly proved?