A confession of faith made by common consent of divers reformed churches beyond the…A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the…

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Upon this belief ^awe protest, that where the word of God is not received, nor any profess to submit themselves there unto, where the Sacraments are not ministered, to speak plainly, we can not judge any Church to be there. And therefore we condemn ⟨p. 109⟩the Popish assemblies, seeing the pure truth of God is banished thence, in which the Sacraments are corrupt, counterfeit, falsified, or wholly defaced, and wherein all superstition and Idolatry beareth sway. ^bWe hold then, that all they that have to do therein, or communicate after that sort, separate and cut of them selves, from the body of Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, because there domaineth a certain small trace of the Church in Popery, & namely that the substance of Baptism remaineth therein, ^cfor that the efficacy of Baptism, dependeth not on the minister, we confess those that are Baptised, to need no second Baptism: and yet by reason of the corruption thereof, that men cannot present their children thereto, with out pollution.

Vpon this belief ^awe proteste, that where the woorde of God is not receiued, nor any professe to submit theimselues ther vnto, where the Sacramē tes are not ministred, to speake plainly, wee can not iudge any Churche to be there. And therefore we condemne ⟨p. 109⟩