Page 126, Three articles of religious conformity
| The 3 Articles mentioned in ye 36th | ||||
| Canon of ye Booke of Canons published | ||||
| in ano 1604 N:B: the | ||||
| Booke of Cannos published in 1633 | ||||
| where in these articles are found | 1. That ye Kings Matie under God is ye only supreme governour | |||
| according to the above sd citation | of this Realme and of all other his highnesses Dominions & Countries | |||
| saith they were made ano 1603 | as well in all spirituall or Ecclesiasticall things or causes, as Temporall | |||
| And yt no forreigne Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate | ||||
| hath or ought to have any jurisdiction power superiority preheminence | ||||
| or authority Ecclesiasticall or spirituall wtin his Maties sd Realmes | ||||
| Dominions & Countries. | ||||
| 2. That ye Booke of Common prayer, & of ordering of Bps Priests | ||||
| & Decons (a) & Homilies containeth in it nothing contrary to ye word of | ||||
| a) the word Homilies is left out in | God. And yt it may lawfully so be used. And yt he himselfe will | |||
| ye aforesd booke of Canons | use ye forme in ye sd Book prescribed in publick prayer & admi | |||
| nistration of ye Sacraments & none other. | ||||
| 3. That he alloweth ye Book of Articles of Religion agreed | ||||
| upon by ye Arch Bps and ye Bps of both provinces & ye whole Clergie in | ||||
| ye convocation holden at London in ye yeare of our Lord God 1562. And | ||||
| yt he acknowledgeth all & every ye articles therein conteined being | ||||
| in number 39 besides ye Ratification, to be agreable to ye word of God. | ||||
| forma (b) | Ego A.B. in Artibus ec instituendus in Rectoriam de in Comitatu | |||
| (b) licet hac forma utantur omnes | ec istis tribis articulis praedictis ex animo subscribo: Nihil in iis contineri | |||
| in subscriptionibus suis praefa | quod non sit consentaneum regulo Christianae fidei et doctrinae veteris | |||
| tis nihilominus Canonorum liber | et novi testatmenti | |||
| hanc verborum formam illis | pr me ec | |||
| injunxit (viz.) I N:N. doe | ||||
| willingly & ex animo* subscribe | ||||
| to these three articles above | ||||
| mentioned & to all things yt are | ||||
| conteined in them | ||||
| Translation of Latin | ||||
| These are to be written underneath | ||||
| the aforesaid three articles | ||||
| form (b) | ||||
| (b) it is legal for all these forms to | I A.B., X of arts, being appointed to the position | |||
| be used in their aforesaid subscriptions, | of Rector of in the County of X subscribe sincerely | |||
| nevertheless the book of Canons specified | to these aforesaid three articles. (I believe) that there | |||
| this form of words (that is to say) | is nothing contained therein which is not in | |||
| agreement with the rule of the Christian faith and the | ||||
| . | teaching of both the old and the new testaments | |||
| by me X | ||||
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