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First in the planting and constituting of their Church (at the beginning of our Queen Elizabeth's reign) they received at once into the body of that Church / as members / the whole land / which generally then stood for the most part professed Papists who had revolted from the profession / which they made in the days of king Edward off happy memory / and shed much blood off many Christian Martyrs in Queen Mary's days. This people yet standing in this fearful sinful state / in idolatry / blindness superstition and all manner wickedness / without any professed repentance / and without the means thereof / namely the preaching off the word going before / were by force and authority of law only compelled / and together received into the bosom / and body of the Church / their seed baptised themselves received and compelled to the Lords supper / had this ministry and service (which now then use) enjoined and set over them / and ever since they and their seed remain in this estate / being all but one body commonly called the Church of England▪ Here are none exempted or excluded / be they never so profane or wretched no atheist / adulterer / thief / or murderer / no liar / perjured / witch or conjurer and c. all are one fellowship one body / one Church. Now let the law off God be looked into / and there will be found / that such persons ⁱare not fit stones for the lords spiritual house / no meet members for Christs glorious body. ^kNone of years may be received into the Church without free professed faith repentance and submission unto the Gospel of Christ and his heavenly ordinances: Neither may any continue ^lthere longer then they bring forth the fruits off faith walking as becometh the Gospel of Christ. Christ ^mJesus hath called and severed his servants out of and from the world. How then should this confused ⟨p. 9⟩and mixed people be esteemed the orderly gathered true planted and right constituted Church of God.

First in the planting and constituting of their Churche (at the begining of our Queene Elizabets reigne) they receved at once into the body of that Churche / as members / the whole land / which generally then stood for the most part professed Papistes who had revolted from the profession / which they made in the dayes of king Edward off happy memorye / and shed much blood off many Christian Martyrs in Queene Maryes dayes. This people yet standinge in this fearfull sinfull state / in idolatry / blyndnes superstitiō and all manner wickednes / without any professed repentance / and without the meanes theroff / namely the preaching off the word goeing before / were by force and aucthority of lawe onely compelled / and together receved into the bosome / and body of the Churche / their seed baptised themselves receved and compelled to the Lords supper / had this ministery and servyce (which now then use) inioyned and set over them / and eversynce they and their seed remayne in this estate / being all but one body comonly called the Church of England Here are none exempted or excluded / be they never soo prophane or wretched no athiest / adulterer / thiefe / or murderer / no lyer / periured / witche or coniurer and c. all are one fellowship one body / one Churche. Now let the law off God be looked into / and there wilbe found / that such persones