Faith in the Holy Trinity. 2. Of the Word, or Son of God, Who was made Very Man. 3. Of the going down of Christ into Hades. 4. Of the Resurrection, Ascen 21. 22. Of the Authority of a Church Of the Authority of Ecclesiastical Councils. 23. Of the Apostate Church of Rome. 24. Of Ministering in the Congregation. sion, and Second Coming of 25. Of Speaking in the Congrega Christ. 5. Of the Holy Spirit. tion in such a Tongue as the People Understand. 6. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy 28. Of the Two Figurative Ordi 17. Of Salvation only in Christ, 36. Of the Observance of the and of the Completeness 18. Of Sin after Conversion. 19. Of Christ alone Without Sin. 20. Of the Church. Christian Sabbath, commonly called the Lord's Day. 37. Of Christian Men's Goods, which are not common. 38. Of Civil Magistrates. Archbishop or Bishop. TILL you to the utmost of your power maintain the Popish Prince, or by any King or Queen marrying a Papist, the said Lords Spiritual and TemporLaws of God, the true professional, and Commons, do further pray Wyour power maintain the of the Gospel, and the PROTESTANT REFORMED RELIGION ESTABLISHED BY LAW? that it may be enacted that all and every Person and Persons that is, are, or shall be, reconciled to, or shall hold Communion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the Popish Religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall be excluded, and be for ever incapable to inherit, possess, or enjoy the Crown and Government of this Realm and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging, or any part of the same, or to have, use, or exercise any Royal Power, Authority, or Jurisdiction within the same; and in all and every such Case or Cases the People of these Realms shall be and are hereby absolved of their Allegiance, and the said Crown and Government shall from time to time descend to, and be enjoyed by such Person or Persons, being Protestants, as should have inherited and enjoyed the same in case the Person or Persons so reconciled, holding Communion, or professing, or marrying as aforesaid, were naturally dead." and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous. And I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by English Protestants, without any Evasion, Equivocation, or mental Reservation, and without any dispensation already granted me for this purpose by the Pope, or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man, or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever shall dispense with or annul the same or declare that it was null and void from its beginning." N.B.-Her Majesty made and signed this Declaration in presence of the Houses of Parliament on the 20th day of November, 1837. A TABLE OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY, WHEREIN WHOSOEVER ARE RELATED ARE FORBIDDEN IN SCRIPTURE AND OUR LAWS TO MARRY TOGETHER. A Man may not marry his GR RANDMOTHER, Grandfather's Wife, 3 Wife's Grandmother. 4 Father's Sister, 5 Mother's Sister. 6 Father's Brother's Wife. 7 Mother's Brother's Wife, 8 Wife's Father's Sister, 9 Wife's Mother's Sister. 10 Mother, 11 Step-Mother. 12 Wife's Mother. 13 Daughter, 14 Wife's Daughter 15 Son's Wife. 16 Sister, 17 Wife's Sister 18 Brother's Wife. 19 Son's Daughter, 22 Daughter's Son's Wife. 24 Wife's Daughter's Daughter. 25 Brother's Daughter, 26 Sister's Daughter, 27 Brother's Son's Wife. 28 Sister's Son's Wife, 29 Wife's Brother's Daughter, 30 Wife's Sister's Daughter. THE END. |