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And concerning this, Observe these things following 1. Understand what the Religion is that you must hold and maintain: It is the ancient Christian Religion. Do not put every ⟨p. 6⟩Truth among the Essentials of your Religion: Our Religion doth not stand or fall with every Controversy that is raised about it. That which was the true Religion in the Apostles days is ours now: that which all were baptized into the Profession of, and the Churches openly held forth as their Belief. Reformation brings us not a new Religion: but cleanseth the old from the dross of Popery, which by innovation they had brought in. A man that cannot confute a Papist, may yet be a Christian, and so hold fast the true Religion. It followeth not that our Religion is questionable or unsafe, if some point in Controversy between them and us be questionable or hard. The Papists would fain bring you to believe that our Religion must lie upon some of these Controversies: but its no such matter Perhaps you will say, That then it is not about Religion that we differ from them. I answer; yes: it is about the Essentials of their Religion, but it is but for the preserving the Integrity of ours against the Consequences and additions of theirs. They have made them a New Religion (which we call Popery) and joined this to the Old Religion (which we call Christianity.) Now we stick to the old Religion alone; and therefore there is more essential to their Religion, then is to ours; so that our own Religion, even the ancient Christianity, is out of Controversy between us. The Papists do confess that the Creed, the Lords Prayer, the ten Commandments are true, yea that all the Scripture is the word of God, and certainly true: so that our Religion is granted us as past dispute: And therefore it is only the Papists Religion that is in question between us, and not ours. If you will make those lower Truths to be of the Essence of your Religion which are not, you will give the Papists the advantage which they desire.

And concerning this, Observe these things following 1. Understand what the Religion is that you must hold and maintain: It is the antient Christian Religion. Do not put every ⟨p. 6⟩Truth among the Essentials of your Religion: Our Religion doth not stand or fall with every Controversie that is raised about it. That which was the true Religion in the Apostles days is ours now: that which all were baptized into the Profession of, and the Churches openly held forth as their Belief. Reformation brings us not a new Religion: but cleanseth the old from the dross of Popery, which by innovation they had brought in. A man that cannot confute a Papist, may yet be a Christian, and so hold fast the true Religion. It followeth not that our Religion is questionable or unsafe, if some point in Controversie between them and us be questionable or hard. The Papists would fain bring you to believe that our Religion must lie upon some of these Controversies: but its no such matter Perhaps you will say, That then it is not about Religion that we differ from them. I answer; yes: it is about the Essentials of their Religion, but it is but for the preserving the Integrity of ours against the Consequences and additions of theirs. They have made them a New Religion (which we call Popery) and joined this to the Old Religion (which we call Christianity.) Now we stick to the old Religion alone; and therefore there is more essential to their Religion, then is to ours; so that our own Religion, even the ancient Christianity, is out of Controversie between us. The Papists do confess that the Creed, the Lords Prayer, the ten Commandments are true, yea that all the Scripture is the word of God, and certainly true: so that our Religion is granted us as past dispute: And therefore it is only the Papists Religion that is in question between us, and not ours. If you will make those lower Truths to be of the Essence of your Religion which are not, you will give the Papists the advantage which they desire.