Naked popery, or, The naked falsehood of a book called The Catholic naked truth,…Naked popery, or, The naked falshood of a book called The Catholick naked truth,…

Ans. None of us are ashamed of the Cross of Christ, nor loth to profess this as openly as you: But if we do it by Word, by Writing, by Obeying, or by Suffering, we are of another Religion from you, (it seems by you,) unless we will do it also by crossing: The Jews were the Cross-makers: And there are now so many Cross-makers in the World, whose Trade we like not, that we are not forward to set up their sign at our doors. But yet there are Puritans and Prelatists, that were they among the Deriders of a Crucified Christ, where the use were not a Formality, or worse, but convenient to tell the Infidels their mind, that they are not ashamed of the Cross of Christ, would not refuse seasonably to Cross themselves. But the Puritans think, that when it is made [a solemn stated sign of the Duty and Grace of the New Covenant, dedicating there by the person to God, as one hereby obliging himself ⟨p. 60⟩to profess the Faith of Christ Crucified, and manfully to fight under his Banner against the Devil, the World, and the Flesh to the death, in hope of the Benefits of his Cross and Covenant, and so is made a Badge or Symbol of our Christianity,] then it is made a Sacrament of the Covenant of Grace, added to Christs Sacrament of the same use; or at least too like it, though the Name be denied it: And they think that Christ hath given none power to make such new Sacraments or Symbols of Christianity; he having done that sufficiently himself. They have a conceit that the King would not be pleased with them that either frame a new Oath of Allegiance added to his, as the Badge of his Subjects Loyalty, nor yet that would make a new Badge of the Order of the Knights of the Garter, without his consent. At least, the Puritans think that Baptism, and Christianity, and Christian Burial should not be denied to those Children, whose Parents do not offer them to be baptized with this additional Symbol: And if the poor men be deceived in such thoughts, it is but in fear of sinning against Christ, and not that they are more ashamed of his Cross than you, or more disobedient to Authority.

Ans. None of us are ashamed of the Cross of Christ, nor loth to profess this as openly as you: But if we do it by Word, by Writing, by Obeying, or by Suffering, we are of another Religion from you, (it seems by you,) unless we will do it also by crossing: The Jews were the Crossmakers: And there are now so many Cross-makers in the World, whose Trade we like not, that we are not forward to set up their sign at our doors. But yet there are Puritans and Prelatists, that were they among the Deriders of a Crucified Christ, where the use were not a Formality, or worse, but convenient to tell the Infidels their mind, that they are not ashamed of the Cross of Christ, would not refuse seasonably to Cross themselves. But the Puritans think, that when it is made [a solemn stated sign of the Duty and Grace of the New Covenant, dedicating there by the person to God, as one hereby obliging himself