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6 Conseq. To Beacon, they are all Jews, who judge baptism, the Lords Supper, the scriptures read and preached heavenly ⟨p. 64⟩things. Its true they are external, and without the Spirit they avail not, but there is a Majesty and divinity in the Scriptures, and in the power of God, in the foolishness of preaching and baptism also, and they are in themselves spiritual ordinances of God, and though baptism be a shadow, yet striving about the doctrine of baptism is in Moses and Paul no token of their unacquaintedness with Christ, the substance of all ordinances, as M. Beacon imagineth.

6 Conseq. To Beacon, they are all Iewes, who judge baptisme, the Lords Supper, the scriptures read and preached heavenly ⟨p. 64⟩things. Its true they are externall, and without the Spirit they availe not, but there is a Majesty and divinity in the Scriptures, and in the power of God, in the foolishnesse of preaching and baptisme also, and they are in themselves spirituall ordinances of God, and though baptisme be a shadow, yet striving about the doctrine of baptisme is in Moses and Paul no token of their unacquai•tednesse with Christ, the substance of all ordinances, as M. Beacon imagineth.

7 This is to turn all orthodox and sound opinions touching Christ, free grace, redemption, worship, scriptures, over into Septicisme. doubtsome bickerings, and to leave us doubting and knowing nothing with certainty and full assurance of faith, but to halt between two, in all opinions touching God, Christ, the Spirit, Trinity, incarnation, free grace, scriptures, law, Gospel, resurrection, heaven, hell, as these opinions are professed before men and Angels, and this will turn to professed Atheism, to doubt and profess we doubt of all things 5 And to be ever learning▪ and never to come to the knowledge of the truth.