The faith, doctrine, and religion, professed, & protected in the realme of England, and dominions of the same expressed in 39 articles, concordablie agreed vpon by the reuerend bishops, and clergie of this kingdome, at two seuerall meetings, or conuocations of theirs, in the yeares of our Lord, 1562, and 1604: the said articles analised into propositions, and the propositions prooued to be agreeable both to the written word of God, and to the extant confessions of all the neighbour churches, Christianlie reformed: the aduersaries also of note, and name, which from the apostles daies, and primitiue Church hetherto, haue crossed, or contradicted the said articles in generall, or any particle, or proposition arising from anie of them in particular, heereby are discouered, laid open, and so confuted. Perused, and by the lawfull authoritie of the Church of England, allowed to be publique.

2. Proposition. Onely by Faith are we accounted righteous before God.

The proofe from Gods word.

Onely beleeue a 1.1, all that beleeue in Christ, shall receiue re∣mission of sinnes b 1.2: frō all things, from which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moses, by Christ euery one that belee∣ueth is iustified c 1.3.

The Gospel is the power of God vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth d 1.4.

To him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifi∣eth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse e 1.5, Christ is the ende of the law for righteousnesse, to euery one that beleueth f 1.6.

Knowe that a man is not iustified by the workes of the law,

but by the faith of Iesus Christ, &c. g 1.7

God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, &c. They which be of faith, are blessed with faith full Abraham h 1.8.

By grace are ye saued, through faith, and that not of your selues i 1.9

Yea, doubtlesse I thinke all things ••ut losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lord, for whom I haue counted all things losse, and doe iudge them to be doung, that I might winne Christ; and might be founde in him, not hauing mine owne righteousnesse, which is of the Lawe, but that which is through the faith of Christ, euen the righteousnesse which is of God through faith k 1.10.

The Cburches of Christ by their publike confessions giue testimonie vnto this truth l 1.11.

The Errors, and adversaries vnto this truth.

a 1.12Pertakers of the prophet, and sweetens of this doctrine are, not they which be altogether ignorant of this mysterie.

Nor they who knowe the same, but applie it not to their owne soules, and consciences, but altogether despise the same, as did Pilate, in condemning Christ; Herod, in killing Iames b 1.13; Agrippa, in not defending Paul c 1.14; the Iewes in, persecuting the Apostles: and doe the Deuills d 1.15, and many vngodly persons, Tyrans, false Christians, and Apostataes.

Nor they which teach not a sure confidence in Iesus Christ, but an historicall knowledge of him, as the Papists e 1.16.

Nor they which hold that all and euery man is to remaine doubtfull, whether he shall be saued or no, as doe the same Pa∣pists f 1.17.

Nor they which teach that man is iustified,

Either by workes, without faith, as did the false Apostles in Asia g 1.18, and do the Turkes, and Anabaptists h 1.19.

Or by faith, and workes, as both the Pseudapostles at Hie∣rusalem i 1.20, the Ebionites k 1.21, and the Papists l 1.22, with the Russi∣ans m 1.23.

Or neither by faith, nor workes, as they which contemne

both faith in Christ Iesus, and good workes too, hoping yet to be saued, as they carnally secure worldlings.

Neither shall they be partakers of the sweetnes of this truth, which say that for Christians to trust onely by Christ his passion, or by Faith onely to be saued, is a breach of the first commandement, as Vaux n 1.24, is the doctrine of Deuills, as Frier Lawrence a Villanicentia o 1.25; and the doctrine of Simon Magus, as do the Rhemists p 1.26.

Nor they finally which maintaine how the truly righteous apprehend not Christ by Faith, but haue him, and his rigteous∣nesse essentially, and inherent within them, which is an error of the Catharists q 1.27, Papists r 1.28, Osiandri••ns s 1.29, and Familie of Loue t 1.30.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Mark. 5.36.
• b 1.2

  Act. 10.43.
• c 1.3

  Act. 13.39.
• d 1.4

  Rom. 1.16.
• e 1.5

  Rom. 4.5.
• f 1.6

  Rom. 10.4.
• g 1.7

  Gal. 2.16.
• h 1.8

  Gal. 3.8, 9.
• i 1.9

  Eph. 2.8.
• k 1.10

  Phil. 3.8, 9.
• l 1.11

  Confess. Helv. ••. cap. 16. Basil. ar. 8. Bohem. c. 6, 7. Gal. ar. 20. Belg. ar. 22. August. ar. 4. Saxon. ar. 3.8. VVittemb. ar. 4. Suev. cap. 3.
• a 1.12

  Matth. 27.24.
• b 1.13

  Act. 12.1.
• c 1.14

  Act. 26.26.
• d 1.15

  Iam. 2.19.
• e 1.16

  Canis. catech. c. 1. Vaux catec. ••. 1. Test. Rhem. an. Rom. 4.14. 1. Tim. 3.15.
• f 1.17

  Conci••. Trid. sess. 6. cap. 9. Test. Rhem. an. Rom. 5.1.
• g 1.18

  2. Tim. 1.
• h 1.19

  Bale myst. of iniquit. p. 53.
• i 1.20

  Act. 15.1.
• k 1.21

  Euseb. l. 3. c. 24.
• l 1.22

  Test. Rhem. an. Luke. 7. marg. Luk. 10.28. Ioh. 3.18. Iames 2.2••.
• m 1.23

  Russie Comm. vveale. cap. 23.
• n 1.24

  Catech. c. 3.
• o 1.25

  De fo••atu••. S. con••••••••. lib. ••. c. 2••.
• p 1.26

  Tost. Rhem. an. Act. 8.18.
• q 1.27

  Jsidor. c••y••. l. 8. c. de haeris.
• r 1.28

  Conci. Trid. sess. 6. c. 16.7.
• s 1.29

  Calvin. contra Osiand. epist. fol. 303. 〈…〉〈…〉 epist. 1.
• t 1.30

  Displ••y in A••∣lens confess.