The Articles
- The eternal election of some to life, and the reprobation of others to death.
- The moving cause of predestination to life is not the foreknowledge of faith and good works, but only the good pleasure of God.
- The number of the elect is unalterably fixed.
- Those who are not predestinated to life shall necessarily be damned for their sins.
- The true faith of the elect never fails finally nor total.
- A true believer, or one furnished with justifying faith, has a full assurance and certainty of remission and everlasting salvation in Christ.
- Saving grace is not communicated to all men.
- No man can come to the Son unless the Father shall draw him, but all men are not drawn by the Father.
- It is not in every one's will and power to be saved.
The Articles were written on 20 November 1595 and sent to Cambridge University on 24 November. They were not intended as new laws, but as an explanation of the existing laws of the realm. However, they had not received the Queen's sanction, and although Whitgift maintained that he had Elizabeth's approval, her later actions seem to suggest the contrary. Whitgift said that the Articles should be used privately, with discretion.
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