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¹In this respect we have just cause to separate from the Rhemish Church, though it be granted, that for substance they hold many of Christs ordinances. They have the Word read, and prayers in their Churches, but in an unknown tongue, which takes away the benefit thereof. They acknowledge Christ their Mediator, High-Priest, Head, and Prophet: but in that they join Saints in heaven as Mediators, men on earth as true, proper, sacrificing Priests, their Pope a Spiritual head over the whole Church, and give him power to coin new articles of faith, they over-throw the forenamed Orthodoxall substances by these heretical circumstances. So the substance of Baptism which they retain, they impeach by their additions of cream, spittle, and other like foolish inventions, and by their false positions about the absolute necessity, and operative efficacy of the external work. The like might be exemplified in other ordinances. What warrant have they for creeping to images, prostrating their bodies before them, offering to them, going on pilgrimages, wearing hair-shirts, going barefoot, whipping themselves: mewing themselves up in cloisters, caves, Hermitages, with an infinite number of their own inventions. Is God pacified with these? Can such things appease his wrath? What then can be expected for the performance of their ordinances, but this doom of the high Judge, ²In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. And this, ³who hath required this of your hand?

¹In this respect we have just cause to separate from the Remish Church, though it be granted, that for substance they hold many of Christs ordinances. They have the Word read, and prayers in their Churches, but in an unknowne tongue, which takes away the benefit thereof. They acknowledge Christ their Mediatour, High-Priest, Head, and Prophet: but in that they joyne Saints in heaven as Mediatours, men on earth as true, proper, sacrificing Priests, their Pope a Spirituall head over the whole Church, and give him power to coine new articles of faith, they over-throw the forenamed Orthodoxall substances by these hereticall circumstances. So the substance of Baptisme which they retaine, they impeach by their additions of creame, spittle, and other like foolish inventions, and by their false positions about the absolute necessity, and operative efficacy of the externall worke. The like might be exemplified in other ordinances. What warrant have they for creeping to images, prostrating their bodies before them, offering to them, going on pilgrimages, wearing haire-shirts, going barefoot, whipping themselves: mewing themselves up in cloisters, caves, Hermitages, with an infinite number of their owne inventions. Is God pacified with these? Can such things appease his wrath? What then can be expected for the performance of their ordinances, but this doome of the high Indge,