Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church.

The Names of the Canonical Books. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, The First Book of Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, The First Book of Kings, The Second Book of Kings, The First Book of Chronicles, The Second Book of Chronicles, The Book of Ezra, The Book of Nehemiah, The Book of Esther, The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets the greater, Twelve Prophets the less. All the books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive and account canonical.

VI. Of the Old Testament.

The Old Testament is not contrary

to the New; for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Wherefore being God and man. they are not to be heard who feign that the old fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the law given from God by Moses, as touching ceremonies and rites, doth not bind Christians, nor ought the civil precepts thereof of necessity to be received in any Commonwealth, yet, notwithstanding, no Christian whatsoever is free from the obedience of the commandments which are called moral.

VII. Of Original or Birth-Sin. Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk), but it is the corruption ature of every man, that

naturally is engendered of the offsp of Adam, whereby man is very gone from original righteousness, of his own nature inclined to e and that continually.

VIII. Of Free-Will.

The condition of man after the f of Adam is such, that he cannot tu and prepare himself, by his own nat ral strength and works, to faith, an calling upon God; wherefore we ha no power to do good works, pleasa and acceptable to God, without th grace of God by Christ preventing us that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have tha good will.

IX. Of the Justification of Man.

We are

ounted righteous before

and Saviour Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works or deservings: wherefore, that we are justified by faith only, is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort.

X. Of Good Works.

Although good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and spring ut of a true and lively faith, insouch that by them a lively faith may e as evidently known, as a tree is iscerned by its fruit.

XI. Of Works of Supererogation. Voluntary works, besides over and ove God's commandments, which are

be taught without arrogancy and piety. For by them men do de that they do not only render unto as much as they are bound to do, that they do more for his sake t of bounden duty is required: whe Christ saith plainly, When ye h done all that is commanded you, s We are unprofitable servants.

XII. Of Sin after Justification. Not every sin willingly committe after justification, is the sin again the Holy Ghost, and unpardonabl Wherefore, the grant of repentance not to be denied to such as fall int sin after justification: after we hav received the Holy Ghost, we may de part from grace given, and fall into sin, and, by the grace of God, rise