KING EDWARD THE SIXTH'S CATECHISM.

Master. Now, would I fain hear thy belief of the Holy Ghost.

Scholar. I confess him to be the third person of the Holy Trinity. And since he is equal with the Father and the Son, and of the very same nature, that he ought equally to be worshipped with them both.

Mast. Why is he called holy?

Scho. Not only for his own holiness: but for that by him we are made holy the chosen of God, and members of Christ. And therefore have the Scriptures termed him the Spirit of sanctification or making holy.

Mast. Wherein consisteth this sanctification?

Scho. First, we be new gotten by his inward motion. And therefore said Christ, we "must be new born of water, and of the Spirit." Then by his inspiration are we adopted, and as it were by choice made the children of God. For which cause he is not causelessly called the Spirit of adoption. By his light, are we enlightened to understand God's mysteries. By his judgment, are sins pardoned and retained. By his power, is the flesh with her lusts kept down and tamed. By his pleasure, are the manifold gifts dealt among the holy. Finally, by his means, shall our mortal bodies be relived. Therefore, in the author of so great gifts, we do not without a cause believe, honour, and call upon him.

JEWELL'S APOLOGY OF THE CHURCH.

We believe that the Holy Ghost, who is the third Person in the Holy Trinity, is true God, not made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding from both, that is, from the Father and the Son, in a way neither known to mortals, nor possible to be expressed by them. We believe, that it is He who softens the hardness of man's heart, when he is received into their hearts, by the saving preaching of the Gospel, or by any other way whatsoever; that it is He who enlightens them, and leads them to the knowledge of God, into all the ways of truth, into a perfect newness of life, and a perpetual hope of salvation.

NOWELL'S CATECHISM.

Master. Sith then thou hast now spoken of God the Father, the Creator, and of his Son Jesus Christ, the Saviour, and so hast ended two parts of the Christian confession, now I would hear thee speak of the third part; what thou believest of the Holy Ghost.

Scholar. I confess that he is the third Person of the most holy Trinity, proceeding from the Father and the Son before all beginning, equal with them both, and of the very same substance, and together with them both to be honoured and called

Mast. Why is he called holy?

Scho. Not only for his own holiness, which yet is the highest holiness, but also for that by him the elect of God and the members of Christ are made holy. For which cause the holy Scriptures have called him" the Spirit of sanctification."

Mast. In what things dost thou think that this sanctification consisteth?

Scho. First, we are by his divine instinct and inspiration newly begotten, and therefore Christ said that we must be born again of water and the Spirit. Also by his heavenly breathing on us, God the Father doth adopt us his children, and therefore he is worthily called the Spirit of Adoption. By his expounding, the divine mysteries are opened unto us by his light, the eyes of our souls are made clear to understand them; by his judgment, sins are either pardoned or reserved; by his strength, sinful flesh is subdued and tamed, and corrupt desires are bridled and restrained. At his will manifold gifts are distributed among the godly, in the manifold and divers discommodities, molestations, and miseries of this life, the Holy Ghost with his secret consolation, and with good hope, doth assuage, ease and comfort the griefs and mourning of the godly, which commonly are in this world most afflicted, and whose sorrows do pass all human consolation: whereof he hath the true and proper name of Paraclete or the Comforter. Finally, by his power our mortal bodies shall rise alive again. Briefly, whatsoever benefits are given us in Christ, all these we under

stand, feel, and receive by the work of the Holy Ghost. Not unworthily, therefore, we put confidence and trust in the Author of so great gifts, and do worship and call upon him.

REFORMATIO LEGUM, &c.

Of Heresies.

Of the Holy Spirit. Chap. 6.

Even as these unsound members are to be cut off from the body of the Church, who so perversely think of Christ its head; so is their gracelessness to be execrated, who with Macedonius have conspired against the Holy Spirit, not açknowledging him as God,

CHAPTER 11.

Of Predestination, Election, and Reprobation.

SECTION 1.

In order to reconcile the terms Predestinate, Elect, or Chosen, and Reprobate, as they are used in the New Testament by our blessed Lord and his Apostles, with the tenour of Holy Scripture and with the moral attributes of the Deity, it is necessary to consider the various senses in which they are employed, and the subjects to which they refer. It is necessary to do so, because, of the precise nature and effects of divine predestination and election, further than they have been distinctly revealed to us in Holy Writ, we may not for we cannot without extreme presumption -attempt to reason.

§ 2. Predestination, according to the Phraseology of Scripture, is the Decree by which the Purpose of Almighty God with regard to the Salvation of Mankind is carried into effect-and refers chiefly to Election, or choosing from among men in all ages of the world a certain number to be admitted to the benefits of the Christian Covenant, whereby they may be saved: it comprehends also the determinate coun