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quando fummus fimul et facerrimus orthodoxorum Epifcoporum ordo per legitimam ordinationum fucceffionem continuatus deficiat, ceu difperdatur, folicitus advigilet. Datum, &c.

APPENDIX,
No. III.

ARTICLES OF UNION,

Propofed by the Right Reverend the BISHOPS of the SCOTCH EPISCOPAL CHURCH, to thofe Clergymen who officiate in Scotland by virtue of Ordination from an English or an Irish Bishop.

As an union of all those who profefs to be of the Epifcopal perfuafion in Scotland, appears to be a measure extremely defirable, and calculated to promote the interests of true religion;-The Right Reverend the bifhops of the Scotch Epifcopal Church do invite and exhort all those clergymen in Scotland, who have received ordination from English or Irish bishops, and the people attending their miniftrations, to become paftors and members of that pure and primitive part of the Chriftian church, of which the bishops in Scotland are the regular governors :-With a view to the attainment of which defirable end, the faid bifhops propofe the following Articles of Union, as the conditions on which they are ready to receive the above-men

tioned clergy into a holy and Christian fellowship, and to acknowledge them as paftors, and the people who shall be committed to their charge, and duly and regularly adhere to their ministrations, as members of the Scotch Epifcopal Church.

I. Every fuch clergyman shall exhibit to the bishop of the diocefe or district, in which he is fettled, or in cafe of a vacancy, to the primus of the Epifcopal college, his letters of orders, or a duly attested copy thereof, that fo, their authenticity and validity being afcertained, they may be entered in the diocefan book or regifter kept for that purpose.

II. Every fuch clergyman shall declare his hearty and unfeigned affent to the whole doctrine of the gospel, as revealed and fet forth in the holy fcriptures ;-And shall farther acknowledge, that the Scotch Epifcopal Church, of which the bishops in Scotland are the regular governors, is a pure and orthodox part of the univerfal Chriftian church.

III. Every fuch clergyman fhall be at liberty to use, in his own congregation, the liturgy of the Church of England, as well in the administration of the facrament of the Lord's fupper, as in all the other offices of the church.

IV. Every fuch clergyman, when collated to any paftoral charge, fhall promife, with God's affiftance, faithfully and confcientiously to perform the duties thereof, promoting and maintaining, according to his power, peace, quietnefs, and Chriftian charity, and studying in a particular manner to advance, by his example and doctrine, the spiritual welfare and comfort of that portion of the flock of Chrift, among which he is called to exercife his ministry.

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V. Every fuch clergyman fhall own and acknowledge,
as his fpiritual governor under Chrift, the bishop of the
diocefe or diftrict in which he is fettled, and shall pay and
perform to the faid bishop, all fuch canonical obedience,
as is ufually paid by the clergy of the Scotch Episcopal
Church, or by the clergy of the united church of England
and Ireland, to their respective diocefans, faving and ex-
cepting only fuch obedience as thofe clergymen, who do
or may hold fpiritual preferment in England or Ireland,
owe to the bishops, in whofe diocefes, in those parts of
the united kingdom, they do or may hold fuch preferment.

VI. Every fuch clergyman, who fhall approve and ac-
cept of the foregoing articles, as terms of agreement and
union with the Scotch Epifcopal church, shall testify his
approbation and acceptance of the fame, in manner follow-
ing, viz.

"At

the

day of

I

or-

"dained deacon by the lord bishop of and priest
"by the lord bishop of do hereby testify and
"declare my entire approbation and acceptance of the

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foregoing articles, as terms of union with the Scotch
"Epifcopal Church, and oblige myself to comply with,
" and fulfil the fame with all fincerity and diligence.
"In teftimony whereof, I have written and fubscribed
"this my acceptance and obligation, to be delivered in-
"to the hands of the Right Revd.

bishop of

as my diocefan and ecclefiaftical fuperior,
"before thefe witneffes, the Revd.
"Revd.

and the

both clergymen of the faid diocefe,

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INDE X.

A

ABEL's facrifice-why accepted, 36.

Abraham-called to be the father of the church of the He-
brews, 42.

trial of his faith, 45.

Acts of the apostles quoted-for the fenfe of T To avío. 255.
Addrefs to the Epifcopalians of Scotland, 455, et feq.
Aerius-the heretic-the first oppofer of Epifcopacy, 274.
Ananias-a difciple-how employed to baptize Paul, 159.
Anderfon of Dunbarton-followed by Dr. Campbell, 137. 168.
again quoted, 177. 187.

agrees with the church of Rome, 198.

Angels of the feven churches of Afia, 199.

fuppofed by Dr. Campbell to be moderators, 200. 205.
proved to be bishops, 201.

Anti-Jacobin Review quoted, 147. 155. 172. 253.
Apoftles of Chrift-when and how commiffioned, 121. 123.
fet first in the church, 124.

fifted, 191.

in what their extraordinary character con-

-reafons for their not having fucceffors con-

fidered, 189. 198.

nued, 196.

when the title was laid afide, 195.
how their Epifcopal office has been conti-

Apof

Apostles of Chrift-all modelled the church on the fame plan,

209.

Articles-XXIII. and XXXVI. of the Church of England. confidered, 166, 167.

THIRTY-NINE-how received by the Scotch Epifco

pal clergy, 479.

give no countenance to a falfe liberali

ty of mind, 495.

B

Baptifm, one of the terms or conditions of falvation, 153. adminiftration of it-an effential part of the apoftolic

commiffion, 190.

Bellarmine-Cardinal-denied that the apoftles had fucceffors,

198.

Beza-quoted as favourable to Epifcopacy, 331.
Bingham-mifrepresented by Dr. Campbell, 206.

310.

his authority for poxia being used for a diocese,

Bishops-how fucceffors of the apostles, 127.

college of-in Scotland were duly confecrated, 387,

388.

foon became diocefan, 395.

Bishops in Scotland—how elected—396.

Bishops, priefts and deacons, exprefsly diftinguished by the Church of England, 170.

Blondel quoted—212.

acknowledges Polycarp's Epifcopal character, 217.

his Apology for the Opinion of Jerom, 291.

how the conclufion of that apology was fuppreffed, 332.

Book of confecration, &c. of the Church of England quoted168.

Boucher-Rev. Jonathan, quoted on the American Episcopate, 398, 399.

Bow-in the cloud-a token of God's covenant, 41.

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