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The TWENTY SECOND ARTICLE.

Of Purgatory.

HE Romifh doctrin concerning purgatory, pardons,

T worshipping and adoration, as well of images, as of

relicks, and alfo invocation of faints, is a fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the word of God,

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Touching the Phrafe but rather, fee Art. 13. p. 87.
This Article contains Eight Propofitions.
1. The Romish Doctrin concerning Purgatory is
a fond thing, vainly feigned, and grounded
upon no Warranty of Scripture.

2. The Romish Doctrin concerning Pardons is a
fond thing, vainly feigned, and grounded up-
on no Warranty of Scripture.

13. The Romish Doctrin concerning Worshipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Relicks, is a fond thing, vainly feigned, and grounded upon no Warranty of Scripture. 4. The Romish Doctrin concerning Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing, vainly feigned, and grounded upon no Warranty of Scripture.

5. The Romish Doctrin concerning Purgatory is repugnant to the Word of God.

6. The Romish Doctrin concerning Pardons is
repugnant to the Word of God.

7. The Romish Doctrin concerning Worshipping
and Adoration, as Well of Images as of Re-
licks, is repugnant to the Word of God.
8. The Romish Doctrin concerning Invocation of
Saints, is repugnant to the Word of God.
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The First Propofition. See the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Chapters of the Second Part of the Confutation of Popery.

The Second Propofition. See the Nineteenth Chapter of the Second Part of the Confutation of Popery.

The Third Propofition. What the Romish Doctrin concerning the Worfhip and adoration of Images is, you may fee in the Twenty firft Article of the Trent Creed, which you'll find in the Confutation of Popery, Part 2. Chap. 1. p. 81. As for the Worfhip and Adoration of Relicks, 'tis manifeftly compriz'd in the Thirty firft Article of the fame Creed, which you'll find ibid. p. 79. Now that the Worfhip and adoration of Images is not only a fond thing, vainly feigned, and grounded upon no Warranty of Scripture; but alfo repugnant to the Word of God, fee the Ninth Queftion of Turretin's Locus Undecimus. And that the Worfhip and Adoration of Relicks is a fond thing, vainly feigned, and grounded upon no Warranty of Scripture, fee the eighth Queftion of the fame Locus of Turretin, from Sect. 6. down to the End.

The Fourth Propofition. See the Thirteenth Chapter of the Second. Part of the Confutation of Popery.

The Fifth Propofition. See the Tenth Chapter of the Sixth Book of Limborch's System, Sect. 12, 13, 14, 15.

The Sixth Propofition. See Ezech. 18. 21, 22. Ifaiah 53. 4, 5. In which, and in many other Places of Scripture, the Declarations of Forgiveness are fo very large and comprehenfive, that 'tis utterly abfurd to fuppofe, that any Temporal Punishment remains due for Sin after Repentance. And

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confequently the Romish Doctrin concerning Pardons, which the Second Propofition pronounces unfcriptural and groundlefs, is alfo repugnant to the Word of God. Becaufe that Doctrin fuppofes, in Oppofition to the Declarations of Scripture, that fome Punishment remains due for Sin after Repen

tance.

The Seventh Propofition. That the Romish Dotrin concerning the Worfhip and Adoration of Images, is repugnant to the Word of God, fee Turretin as quoted in the Third Propofition. But as for the Worship and Adoration of Relicks, 'tis therefore repugnant to the Word of God, becaufe as 'tis practifed by the Papifts, and comprized in the Thirteenth Article of the Trent Creed (of which I took notice in the Third Propofition) it teaches Men to place a Confidence in their Folly, endevoring to please God by the Veneration of them, to avert his Judgments by expofing them, to fecure their perfons by wearing them, &c. Whereas the Scriptures affure us, that there is no other Way of obtaining his Favor and Protection, but by the Practice of true Religion, of which fuch Fopperies are no Part.

The Eighth Propofition. The Scriptures reprefent God as the only Object of Worship and Adoration (fee the Fourth Propofition) and therefore they confine Worfhip and Adoration to him. So that Saints are therefore not to be invoked, because the Scripture does not injoin, and confequently forbids, the Invocation of them.

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The TWENTY THIRD ARTICLE.

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Of Miniftring in the Congregation.

I ́is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or miniftring the facrament's in the congregation, before he be lawfully called, and fent to execute the fame: And those we ought to judge lawfully called and fent, which be chofen and called to this work by men, who have publick authority given unto them in the congregation, to call and fend minifters into the Lord's vineyard.

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2. Those we ought to judge lawfully called and fent, which be chofen and called to this Work by Men who have public Authority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and fend Minifters into the Lord's Vineyard.

Both thefe Propofitions are establish'd in the First Part of the Rights of the Clergy.c

The TWENTY FOURTH ARTICLE.

Of Speaking in the Congregation in fuch a Tongue as the People understandeth.

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This Article contains Two Propofitions.
1. It is a thing plainly répugnant to the Word of
God to have public Prayer in the Church, or to
minifter the Sacraments, in a Tongue not un-
derftood of the People.

2. It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Cuftom
of the Primitive Church, το have Public
Prayer in the Church, or to minifter the Sa-
craments, in a Tongue not understood of the
People.

The First Propofition. See the Twelfth Chap ter of the Second Part of the Confutation of Popery.

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The Second Propofition. Origin hath thefe Words, Ειτ' όπιλαθόμενα, ὅτι Χεισιανοῖς λαλεῖ τοῖς μόνῳ τῷ Θεῷ διὰ τὸ Ἰησε ευχομένοις, καὶ συμφύρων τα ἑτέρων, καὶ ἀλόγως Χριστιανοῖς συνάλλων αυτά, φησὶν, Ἐὰν μ' βαρβάρως αὐτοὺς ὀνομάζη τις, δύναμιν ἕξεσιν. Ἐὰν ἢ Ἑλληνικῶς ἡ Ῥωμαϊκῶς, ἐκ ἔπ· Δεικνύ τω δ τίνα ἡμεῖς βαρβάρως ὀνομάζομεν, ὡς καλέντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ βοή θειαν, και πυπέπω μάτι καθ' ήμθω ταῦτα εἰρηκέναι * Κέλσον, ἐφισας, ὅτι οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἐδὲ τοῖς ἐν τ θείας κα φας κειμβροις ὀνόμασι, καὶ τελαγμλίοις ἐπὶ τὸ Θεῖ, χῶν, ἐν 7 ευχαῖς ἀλλ ̓ οἱ μὲ Ἕλληνες Ελληνικοῖς, οἱ ἢ Ῥωμαῖοὶ Ῥωμαϊκοῖς, καὶ ὅπως ἕνας και τὰ ἑαυτὸ διάλεκτον ἔυχεται τῷ Θεῷ, κὑμνεῖ αὐτὸν ὡς δύναται. καὶ ὁ πάσης διαλέκτε κύριΘ τ ἀπὸ πάσης διαλέκαι ευρωρων ακέει, ὡς μιᾶς (ἵν ̓ ὅτως ὀνομάσω) φωνῆς, δ και τα σημαινόμενα, ακέων,δηλομβύης ἐκ ω ποικίλων διαλέκτων. Οὐ γδ όξιν ὁ ἐπὶ πᾶσι Θεὸς εἷς τις 5 κεκληρωμβρων διάλεκλόντινα βάρβαρον ἢ Ἕλληνα, και μηκέτι τὰς λοιπὰς ἔπιςαμέων, ἢ μηκέτι δ' ἐν ἄλλαις διαλέκτοις λεγόντων φροντιζόντων. Contra Celfum, lib. 8. Ρ. 402. Twere eary to add more Teftimonies : but this Paffage alone is Demonftration.

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