...Priestcraft in perfection ; or, a detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing that clause, ' The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' in the twentieth article of the Articles of the Church of England." And, Feb. the year following, another...

...late Queen Elizabeth, ex. cept the 3-Jt!. 35th, and 36lb, and these words of the 20th articli> viz, The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith, and yet, shall be liable to any of the pains or penalties mentioned in an act made in the 17th year...

...Priestcraft in perfection ; or, a detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing that clause, ' The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' in the twentieth article of the Articles of the A Church of England." And, Feb. the year following,...

...confccration of bifhops and miniflers. He could not admit the claim advanced in the aoth article, that the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controvcrfies of faith. He alfo could not agree with the claufe relative to infant baptifm, in the...

...other powers, other authority, besides what is contained in the laws of Christ. The a; Hi !<• says, ' the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies ; and authority in matters of forth.' According to this article, it should seem that Jesus Christ has not. left competent...

...Priestcraft in Perfection, or a detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing this clause, — (The Church hath power to decree Rites and Ceremonies, and authority in controversies of Faith,) in the '20th Article of the Articles of the Church of England." An able defence of the authenticity...

...article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation." — Eighth Article. And again in the Twentieth Article: ' the Church hath power to...ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ; and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's written v,(,rd;...

...all things," and then " hold fast that which is good." Your twentieth article says, that, though " the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,* — yet it is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written,"...

...that it expressly and strenuously renounces such admission. The 20th article indeed asserts, that ' the church hath power to ' decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in con* troversies of faith ;' that is, that its conclusions have weight cozteris paribus, which is no...

...no authority in themselves, except in as far as they may be proved by certain warrant of Scripture. "The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith : and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written....