The Jailer is promised, Act. 16.31. that if he ••ll believe on the Lord Jesus Christ he shall be sav••. So Heb. 10.39. Luk. 8.12. It is not said, If ••ou wilt believe in Christ and the Pope of Rome ••ou shalt be saved, Act. 4.12. [Neither is there •alvation in any other: for there is none other name ••der heaven given among men, whereby we must be ••ved] Therefore not the Popes name. In Act. 15.1. ••s said that certain men came down from Judea •••ught the brethren, that except they were circumcised after the manner of Moses they could not be ••ved: against these Paul wrote the Epistle to the Galatians, where you may see how to think of such: •nd in the like manner do the Papists teach men, that ••cept they believe in the Pope of Rome, and except ••ey believe that there is a Purgatory, and that Im••es may be worshipped, and that the consecrated ••st may be adored, and that we may pray to ••ints departed, and that the Priest must take the sacrament while the people only look on, and that […] the Priest must receive it in both kinds, and the •ead alone may serve the people, and that prayers ⟨p. 20⟩and other Church-service should be in th• Latin tongue when the people understand it not with abundance more of their vile inventions I say, those that believe not all this, they say cann•• be saved: But what say the Apostles, Elders, an• Brethren at Jerusalem, when the former case • brought before them? They would not have me tempt God, by putting a yoke on the most of th• Disciples, but believe that through the Grace of th• Lord Jesus Christ, those that used none of th• ceremonies should be saved as well as the Jews, Ver• 10, 11. And the sum of their Decrees or answer is that. [Those men who went out from them and tro• bled people with such words, did but subvert the• souls, by saying that they must be circumcised a• keep the Law, and that they gave them no such commandment; and that it seemed good to the Hol• Ghost and them to lay upon the Gentiles no great•• burden than these necessary things, &c.] The P• pists thus go out as from the Apostles, pretendi•• an Apostolical Tradition, and impose upon the who•• Christian world a multitude of Ceremonies and D• ctrines as necessary to salvation, which are not • be found in the holy Scripture. How shall we kno• whether these men indeed have any command • Tradition from the Apostles for any such course Why 1.
The Jaylor is promised, Act. 16.31. that if he ••ll believe on the Lord Jesus Christ he shall be sav••. So Heb. 10.39. Luk. 8.12. It is not said, If ••ou wilt believe in Christ and the Pope of Rome ••ou shalt be saved, Act. 4.12. [Neither is there •alvation in any other: for there is none other name ••der heaven given among men, whereby we must be ••ved] Therefore not the Popes name. In Act. 15.1. ••s said that certain men came down from Judaea •••ught the brethren, that except they were circum••sed after the manner of Moses they could not be ••ved: against these Paul wrote the Epistle to the ••latians, where you may see how to think of such: •nd in the like manner do the Papists teach men, that ••cept they believe in the Pope of Rome, and except ••ey believe that there is a Purgatory, and that Im••es may be worshiped, and that the consecrated ••st may be adored, and that we may pray to ••ints departed, and that the Priest must take the ••crament while the people only look on, and that 〈…〉 the Priest must receive it in both kinds, and the •ead alone may serve the people, and that prayers ⟨p. 20⟩and other Church-service should be in th Latine tongue when the people understand it not with abundance more of their vile inventions I say, those that believe not all this, they say cann be saved: But what say the Apostles, Elders, an Brethren at Jerusalem, when the former case brought before them? They would not have me tempt God, by putting a yoak on the most of th Disciples, but believe that through the Grace of th Lord Jesus Christ, those that used none of th ceremonies should be saved as well as the Jews, Ver 10, 11. And the sum of their Decrees or answer is that. [Those men who went out from them and tro bled people with such words, did but subvert the souls, by saying that they must be circumcised a keep the Law, and that they gave them no such commandment; and that it seemed good to the Hol Ghost and them to lay upon the Gentiles no great burden than these necessary things, &c.] The P pists thus go out as from the Apostles, pretendi an Apostolical Tradition, and impose upon the who Christian world a multitude of Ceremonies and D ctrines as necessary to salvation, which are not be found in the holy Scripture. How shall we kno whether these men indeed have any command Tradition from the Apostles for any such course Why 1.
