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§. 12. Were it not besides my present purpose I might manifest that every carnal ungodly man among us, 1. Doth not truly believe any one Article of the Creed with a serious practical belief; 2. Nor doth he consent to the Baptismal Covenant; 3. Nor sincerely desire and put up one Petition of the Lords Prayer, rightly understood; 4. Nor sincerely obey one of the Ten Commandments; 5. Nor can sincerely receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper; Nor, 6. Is a sincere Member of the holy Catholic Church, nor can sincerely hold Communion with the Saints: He is an Hypocrite and damnably erroneous, even while he seemeth to be Orthodox and pleadeth for the Truth, and crieth out against Heresies and Errors; which he may easily and ordinarily do.

§. 12. Were it not besides my present purpose I might manifest that every carnal ungodly man among us, 1. Doth not truly believe any one Article of the Creed with a serious practical belief; 2. Nor doth he consent to the Baptismal Covenant; 3. Nor sincerely desire and put up one Petition of the Lords Prayer, rightly understood; 4. Nor sincerely obey one of the Ten Commandements; 5. Nor can sincerely receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper; Nor, 6. Is a sincere Member of the holy Catholick Church, nor can sincerely hold Communion with the Saints: He is an Hypocrite and damnably erroneous, even while he seemeth to be Orthodox and pleadeth for the Truth, and cryeth out against Heresies and Errours; which he may easily and ordinarily do.

§. 13. It hath still been one of Satan's effectual Snares to deceive and damn ungodly men by, to hide their own practical error and wickedness from their Consciences, by seeming to be Orthodox, and crying down Errors and Heresies in others: But alas, how unfit persons are they for such Work? And how dreadfully do they condemn themselves? It is a pitiful thing to hear a man that is false to the very essence of his Baptismal Vow, to revile and prosecute a poor Anabaptist (though erroneous) for holding that Baptism should be delayed till years of discretion that it may be the better kept: Or to hear a man that obeyeth not God himself, but his fleshly Lust, to cry out against every Dissenter, how conscionable soever, for not obeying the Church in some questionable points: or to hear a man that sticketh not at any wickedness that maketh for his worldly ends or pleasure, to cry out against those that in fear of Perjury or Lying or other sinning against God, dare not take some Oath, Subscription, Profession, or Covenant which is imposed: As these notorious Hypocrites who live quite contrary to the Christian Religion which they profess, do use to call those Hypocrites that labour in all things to please