unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.

CATECHISM. Question. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and to do, as they have promised for thee?

Answer. Yes verily; and by God's help so I will. And I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end.

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.... Thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee.

From the Thirty-nine Articles.

ARTICLE XVI.

Of Sin after Baptism.

..After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin and by the grace of God we may arise again, and amend our lives: and therefore they are to be condemned, which say, they can no more sin as long as they live here, or deny the place of for

ARTICLE XVII.

Of Predestination and Election.

Predestination to life, is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby before the foundations of the world were laid, he hath constantly decreed by his counsel, secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called, according to God's Purpose by his Spirit working in due season: they through grace obey the calling: they be justified freely: they be made sons of God by adoption: they be made like the image of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ: they walk religiously in good works, and at length, by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity.

From the Homilies.

БООК Ї.

HOMILY 3. Of the Salvation of all Mankind. HOMILY 8. Of the declining from God.

SUM AND CONTENT, &c.

To conclude, he came to the intent, we being cleansed from our sins, and sanctified unto God the Father; that is, hallowed unto the use of the Father, to exercise good works; denying and forsaking the works of the flesh, should freely serve him in righteousness and holiness all our life long; through good works which God hath ordained, to the intent that we should walk in them, declaring ourselves thereby to be surely called unto this grace; which works, whosoever hath not, declareth that he hath not faith in Christ.

Unto whom we must come, and follow him with a cheerful heart; that he may instruct and teach us: for he is our Master, meek and humble of heart; he is our example, of whom we must learn the rule of good living: further he is our priest, high bishop, and only mediator: which now sitteth on the right hand of God the Father, is our advocate, and prayeth ever for us; which will undoubtedly attain whatsoever we desire, either of his, or of his Father in his name; if we believe that he will do it when we require it, for so hath he promised. Let us therefore not doubt (although we sometimes sin) with a confidence to come unto him, and with a living and undoubting faith; that we shall obtain mercy.

For therefore came he to the intent to save sinners: neither requireth he any thing more of us, than to come unto him without fear.

NOWELL'S CATECHISM.

Master. I see my child, that thou well understandest the sum of Christian godliness. Now it resteth that thou so direct thy life by the rule of this godly knowledge, that thou seem not to have learned these things in vain. For not they that only hear and understand God's word, but they that follow God's will, and obey his commandments, shall be blessed. Yea, that servant that knoweth his master's will, and followeth it not; shall be more grievously beaten. So little profiteth the understanding of godliness and true religion, unless there be joined to it uprightness of life, innocency, and holiness. Go to therefore, my child, bend all thy care and thought thereunto, that thou fail not in thy duty, or swerve at any time from this rule and prescribed form of godly life.

Scholar. I will do my diligence, worshipful master, and omit nothing, so much as I am able to do, and with all my strength and power will endeavour that I may answer the profession and name of a Christian. And also I will humbly, with all prayers and desires, alway crave of Almighty God, that he suffer not the seed of his

doctrine to perish in my heart; as sown in a dry and barren soil, but that he will, with the divine dew of his grace, so water and make fruitful the dryness and barrenness of my heart, that I may bring forth plentiful fruits of godliness, to be stowed and layed up in the barn and granary of the kingdom of heaven.

Mast. Do so, my child; and doubt not, but as thou hast, by God's guiding, conceived this mind and will, so thou shalt find and have the issue and end of this thy godly study and endeavour, such as thou desirest and lookest for, that is, most good

and happy.