COMPANION FOR THE SICK;

CONSISTING OF

THE CHIEF TRUTHS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, AS THEY ARE EXPRESSED IN THE ARTICLES AND LITURGY OF

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;

AND

AN OFFICE FOR THE SICK,

SELECTED FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

THE CHIEF TRUTHS

OF THE

CHRISTIAN RELIGION,

AS THEY ARE EXPRESSED IN THE ARTICLES AND LITURGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

ARTICLE I.

Of Faith in the Holy Trinity.

THERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things, both visible and invisible: and, in unity of this godhead, there be three persons of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

Mark xii. 32. There is one God, and there is none other but He.-Jer. x. 10. The Lord

is the true God, he is the living God, and an

everlasting King.

John iv. 24. God is a Spirit.

1 Tim. i. 17.

invisible.

The King eternal, immortal,

Mal. iii. 6. I am the Lord, I change not.Jam. i. 17.

Matt. xix. 26. With God all things are possible.

Ps. cxlvii. 5.

nite.

His understanding is infi

Ps. lii. 1. The goodness of God endureth continually.

Isa. xliv. 24. I am the Lord that maketh

all things.

Neh. ix. 6. Thou preservest them all.

Deut. vi. 4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.-Isa. vi. 8. Also, I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?—1 John v. 7. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one.-2 Cor. xiii. 14.