...having undergone some alteration, were finally reduced to their ST. CHB F 98 MR. WENTWORTH. CHAP. IV. present form by the convocation of 1562. But it seems...Articles whereupon it was agreed,' &c. That the word only vvas inserted for the sake of excluding the articles which established church authority and the actual...

...the approbation of the Legislature from this part of the national symbol. The Act of 13 Elizabeth, c. 12, accordingly enacts that every priest or minister...is evident from a remarkable conversation which Mr Wentworth, the most distinguished asserter of civil liberty in this reign relates himself in a subsequent...

...spiritualities of some one diocese where he hath or shall have ecclesiastical living, declare his assent and subscribe to all the articles of religion which only...the doctrine of the sacraments comprised in a book imprinted intituled ' Articles whereupon it was agreed by the archbishop and bishops of both provinces...

...form of institution, consecration, or ordering than the form now used, shall declare his assent, and subscribe, to all the articles of religion which only...the doctrine of the sacraments comprised in a book imprinted and intituled ' Articles whereupon it was agreed by the Archbishop and Bishops and the whole...

...Ibid. 24. = Ibid. 25. subscription is again limited, by their being subsequently confined to those ' which only concern the confession of the true Christian...faith, and the doctrine of the sacraments' comprised, &c.; by ' which expressions the XlXth, XXth, XXXVth, and XXXVIth are virtually excluded. In the convocation...

...of most worthy memory, King Edward the Sixth, or now used, . . . shall . . . declare his assent, and subscribe to all the Articles of Religion, which only...sacraments comprised in a book entitled Articles, . . . put forth by the Queen's authority.' The subscription to the Articles was urged by the Puritanic...

...withhold the approbation of the legislature from this part of the national symbol. The act of J » Kli/.., c. 12, accordingly enacts that every priest or minister...book entitled "Articles whereupon it was agreed," etc. That the word only was inserted for the sake of excluding the articles which established church...

...to require no more of the Ministers, than to declare their assent, before the Bishop of the diocese, to all the Articles of Religion which ONLY concern...Faith, and the Doctrine of the Sacraments, comprised in the book imprinted,entiluled Articles &c.; 534 PREFACE TO PART II., SECTION 2. and to subscribe the...

...sanction of Parliament. Hence the Act of 1571 enjoins subscription only to the articles of religion which concern the confession of the true Christian faith,...entitled " Articles whereupon it was Agreed," &c. The word " only " was inserted with the express intention of excluding the articles that refer to government...

...XVIII are new, while § XVI differs considerably from the corresponding :. XVI of 1562 and 1572. cern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the sacraments, comprised in a book imprinted, entitled ' Articles whereupon it was agreed by the Archbishops and Bishops of both provinces...