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had been spared a little longer."

"It was much to be lamented," he concludes, "that it did not then take place, and it is to be hoped, that what was unfortunately denied to the Church, through the premature death of the King, may be effected in the happier times of our most gracious Queen Elizabeth, in concurrence with the authority of Parliament, and the favourable suffrages of the learned."

Although this collection of statutes did not obtain the force and authority of law, they cannot be regarded, under the circumstances of their origin, without great respect. They will be found, if not perfectly corresponding in every syllable with the tenour of the authorized Articles and Formularies, yet to vary in so few instances, as not to diminish their value as a parallel and elucidation. In some cases, expressions which have been deemed of doubtful significancy, are here paraphrased so as to banish all doubt; and synonymous expressions often confirm the generally received sense of a passage, capable of more than one interpretation. For this reason, and because the work has not ever, to the Author's knowledge, been introduced to the English reader, except in the epitome of it given in Burnet's History of the Reformation, those few chapters are here subjoined, which are omitted in the regular course of the present work, in consequence of their not being required for illustration; which, together with those that are incorporated, make up the entire sum of the prin

cipal sections, relative to doctrine; namely, those entitled-Of the Holy Trinity and the Catholic Faith,-Of Heresies,-and Of Sacraments. The references to the pages of this work, will point out where the intermediate chapters are introduced.

But first it may be well to give, as it stands,

SECT.

The Table of Titles of the Contents.

1. Of the Holy Trinity and the Catholic Faith.

2. Of Heresies.

3. Of Judgments against Heresies.

4. Of Blasphemy.

5. Of Sacraments. 6. Of Idolatry. 7. Of Preachers. 8. Of Matrimony. 9. Of Prohibited Degrees. 10. Of Adultery and Di

vorce.

11. Of Admission to Eccle

siastical Benefices.

12. Of the Renunciation of Benefices.

13. Of the Exchange of Benefices.

14. Of Purgation.

15. Of Dilapidations.

16. Of Alienation of Church

Property.

17. Of Election.

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18. Of Conferring Benefices.
19. Of Divine Offices.
20. Of the Church and its
Ministers.

21. Of Church Wardens.
22. Of the Universities.
23. Of Tithes.

24. Of Visitations.

25. Of Wills.

26. Of Ecclesiastical Pun-
ishments.

27. Of Suspension.
28. Of Sequestration.
29. Of Deprivation.
30. Of Excommunication.
31. Of Trials.
32. Of Crimes.
33. Of Suits.

34. Of the Office of Judges.
35. Of Declaration and An-

swer.

36. Of Oaths.

37. Of the Oath against Calumny.

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Inasmuch as the regal power, and right of administering the laws are delegated to us by God, the foundation of our work is to be laid in the same God. Concerning whose nature, when it shall have been rightly and orderly determined, the provision to be made for the remaining laws will be a more easy matter-those laws, which we have sedulously prepared, for the purpose of establishing the true worship of God in our dominions, and of preserving the state of the Church. Wherefore, we will and order, that all men, to whom, in any manner, our authority pertains, should embrace and profess the Christian religion. Against which obligation they who offend in thought or deed, alienate God by their impiety. But we, who are servants of the Divine

cipal sections, relative to doctrine; namely, those entitled-Of the Holy Trinity and the Catholic Faith,-Of Heresies,-and Of Sacraments. The references to the pages of this work, will point out where the intermediate chapters are introduced.

But first it may be well to give, as it stands,

SECT.

The Table of Titles of the Contents.

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SECT.

18. Of Conferring Benefices. 19. Of Divine Offices.

20. Of the Church and its
Ministers.

21. Of Church Wardens.
22. Of the Universities.
23. Of Tithes.

24. Of Visitations.

25. Of Wills.

26. Of Ecclesiastical Pun-
ishments.

27. Of Suspension.
28. Of Sequestration.
29. Of Deprivation.
30. Of Excommunication.
31. Of Trials.
32. Of Crimes.

33. Of Suits.

34. Of the Office of Judges. 35. Of Declaration and An

swer.

36. Of Oaths.

37. Of the Oath against Calumny.

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Inasmuch as the regal power, and right of administering the laws are delegated to us by God, the foundation of our work is to be laid in the same God. Concerning whose nature, when it shall have been rightly and orderly determined, the provision to be made for the remaining laws will be a more easy matter-those laws, which we have sedulously prepared, for the parpose of establishing the true worship of God in our dominions, and of preserving the state of the Church. Wherefore, we will and order, that all men, to whom, in any manner, our authority pertains, should embrace and profess the Christian religion. Against which obligation they who offend in thought or deed, alienate God by their impiety. But we, who are servants of the Divine

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