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This serves to condemn the Papists, that are most guilty in this point, and have defiled the whole worship of God with their own inventions, and superstition; as in prayer, by praying to the dead, and for the dead, and by making other mediators then Christ, in all which God may, and will say unto them, who required these things at your hands? So likewise in the sacraments; for the Lords supper, the bread must be conjured and crossed, and likewise the wine, or else they think it is not sufficiently sanctified: but where hath Gods word commanded any of these things? If they be so needful then, they condemn God for want of wisdom, that could not see it, or if they were not needful, how dare they be so bold as to add them to Gods ordinance? So in baptism, they have added spittle, salt, and cream, and such trumpery, all which is wicked and abominable, and comes under this, who required these things at your hands? So for the ministry, how have they corrupted it, by Popes, Cardinals, Abbots, Monks, Friars, & the rest of that crew, and then they have appointed their Priest to offer a sacrifice propitiatory, for quick and dead, whereof there is no mention in the scripture of God, and therefore there can be no blessing upon them, for they proceed from the flesh, and not from the spirit, & sprang from out of the earth, & did not come down from heaven. Therefore also we are to be exceeding thankful unto God, that hath freed us from all these things, and that we are taught to worship God aright, taught to pray in the holy Ghost, and have the word purely and soundly delivered unto us, having such a teaching as God hath commanded, and to which he hath also annexed a ⟨p. 36⟩blessing, and so for the sacraments, that leaving these toys, they are administered in that sort, that God hath commanded.

This serues to condemne the Papists, that are most guiltie in this point, and haue defiled the whole worship of God with their owne inuentions, and superstition; as in prayer, by praying to the dead, and for the dead, and by making other mediators then Christ, in all which God may, and will say vnto them, who required these things at your hands? So likewise in the sacraments; for the Lords supper, the bread must be conjured and crossed, and likewise the wine, or else they thinke it is not sufficiently sanctified: but where hath Gods word commanded any of these things? If they be so needefull then, they condemne God for want of wisedome, that could not see it, or if they were not needefull, how dare they bee so bold as to adde them to Gods ordinance? So in baptisme, they haue added spittle, salt, and creame, and such trompery, all which is wicked and abhominable, and comes vnder this, who required these things at your hands? So for the ministrie, how haue they corrupted it, by Popes, Cardinals, Abbots, Monkes, Friers, & the rest of that crue, and then they haue appointed their Priest to offer a sacrifice propitiatorie, for quicke and dead, whereof there is no mention in the scripture of God, and therfore there can bee no blessing vpon them, for they proceede from the flesh, and not from the spirit, & sprang from out of the earth, & did not come downe from heauen. Therefore also we are to be exceeding thankfull vnto God, that hath freed vs from all these things, and that wee are taught to worship God aright, taught to pray in the holy Ghost, and haue the word purelie and soundly deliuered vnto vs, hauing such a teaching as God hath commanded, and to which he hath also annexed a