More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second…

None of these fifty six are Articles of my Faith, nor Gods Commandments (that I can find.) I say not that these ignorant Revilers hold all these; but I say that He (and They) that will openly exclaim against the contrary assertions as heinous errors, or tell about among the receivers of false reports, that I hold dangerous errors for saying the contrary to these, doth either persuade men that all these are his Opinions, or else that he is an impudent Hypocrite, in reviling known truth as heinous error; or else a rash Calumniator that dare reproach or speak evil of that which he understandeth not, nor will not, so much as by reading my plain words, be at the labour to understand.

None of these fifty six are Articles of my Faith, nor Gods Commandments (that I can find.) I say not that these ignorant Revilers hold all these; but I say that He (and They) that will openly exclaim against the contrary assertions as heynous errors, or tell about among the receivers of false reports, that I hold dangerous errors for saying the contrary to these, doth either perswade men that all these are his Opinions, or else that he is an impudent Hypocrite, in reviling known truth as heynous error; or else a rash Calumniator that dare reproach or speak evil of that which he understandeth not, nor will not, so much as by reading my plain words, be at the labour to understand.

Perhaps some better minded person will say, It casteth poor Christians into perplexity to hear such doubts about the Scripture readings and translations, were they not better concealed? Answ. They are not to be talked of unseasonably to uncapable persons: They are not to be told the ignorant instead of a Catechism: But they are all publicly known to the learned world long ago, and told the ignorant people by the Papists to ill ends: And if any one will persuade you to hold the contrary, and make you believe that all or any of these absurdities and falsehoods are the true Protestant Religion, or any part of it, and that they that hold the contrary are Popish, it is time to vindicate the Protestant Religion and all sober godly Protestants, from the scorn of such imputed dotages.

Perhaps some better minded person will say, It casteth poor Christians into perplexity to hear such doubts about the Scripture readings and translations, were they not better concealed? Answ. They are not to be talkt of unseasonably to uncapable persons: They are not to be told the ignorant instead of a Catechism: But they are all publickly known to the learned world long ago, and told the ignorant people by the Papists to ill ends: And if any one will perswade you to hold the contrary, and make you believe that all or any of these absurdities and falshoods are the true Protestant Religion, or any part of it, and that they that hold the contrary are Popish, it is time to vindicate the Protestant Religion and all sober godly Protestants, from the scorn of such imputed dotages.