(/) That the Weapons appointed for the Soldiers of Chrift (f) The Shield of Faith, &c.] See befide the aforecited Place to the Ephsfians, i Thef V. 8.
[g) And for a S^v.-ord, &C. j See befide the foreinentioned Place, EphefVl.iy. Heb.lV, (b) To mutual Agreement, 20. and following. XX. 19, 26. \John III. 23. Alfo Ephef III. 14. and following.: Seft. II. the Chrifti an Religion, 283 about to leave them •, {a) We ought not to have amongft us, many Mafters, but o\\\yJejiis Chrift: {b) All Chriftians were baptized into the fame Name, therefore there ought {c) to be no Sedls or Divifions amongft them; To which that there may be fome Remedy applieid, thofe Words of the Apoftle are fuggefted, (d^) to be temperate in our Wifdom, (e) according to the Meafure of the Knowledge God ha$ afforded us; (f) if any have not fo good an Underftandingof all Things; that we bear with their Infirmities, {g) that they may quietly, and without quarrelling, unite with us; (h) if any exceed the reft in Underftanding, it is reafonable he fhould exceed in good Will towards them: And as to thofe ("/■) who in fome Thino-s think otherwife than we do, we are to wait till God fhall make the hidden Truth manifeft unto them-: In the mean Time, {k) wt are to hold faft, and fulfil thofe Things we are agreed in. (/) Now we know in Part j {m) the Time will come, when all (fl) If'^e ought not fo hawe afnongji us many Mafitrs, &c.] ^/^/^XXIII.8. JamesWl. i.
[c] To be no SeSls or Di'vijions dmongfl them, &c.] i Cor. I.
[d] To be temperate in our Wifdom, &CC ] Rom. XII. 8.
(e) According to the Meafure of the Knonjcledge, &c.] In the forecited Place to the Romans, (f) ^f ^^y ha've not fo good an Underfianding, &c.] Rom.
{g) That they may qiiietly,&c.'j [h) If any exceed the refi, &c. ] (z) Who in fome Things think otherwife, &c.] Philip. Ilf. 15. Ephef.lW.z. iC^r.XIII.
II. 2 Tim. IV. 2. LukelX.
{/•) We are to holdfafl, &c.] Philip. III. 16. James I. 22, (/) Nonxj iTve hnoiv in Part, {m) The Time nuill come, «S:C.]
284 Of the Truth of, &c. Book VI.
all Things fhall be mod certainly known. But this is required of every one, (a) that they do not unprofitably keep by them the Talent committed to their Charge; (i?) but ufe their utmoft Endeavours to gain others unto Chrift; (c) in order whereiinto, we are not only to give them good and •wholefome Advice, but to fet before them (d) an Example of Reformation of Life; that Men mayjudge of the Goodnefs of the Mailer, by the Servant, and of the Purity of the Law, by their Actions. In the lail Place, we dire6l our Difcourfe, as we did in the Beginning, to common Readers, bcfeeching them to give God the Glory, (e) if they receive any good from what has been faid; (f) and if there be any thing they diilike, let them impute it to the Errors all Mankind are prone to fall into -, (g) and to the Place and Time, in which this was delivered, more according to Truth, than elaborately.
{a) T^at they do not unprofitably keep, &c.] Matt. XX V^ 15. and following.
[b] But ufe their uin:c(i Endearuoursy &c.] i Cor. IX. 19, (d\ An Exat?iple of 'Reformation of Life, &c.] I Pet. Eph. IV. I. Philip. I. 27.
{e) If they receive any Good, &C.] James I. 17. zThef (f) And if there he any thing they diflike, &C.J James III. Gal.Sll. J, z.
(g) And to the Place and Timey &c.] Becaufe this very excellent and learned Man, was kept in Lipfiadt Prifon, to which he was condemned for Life; at which Time, and in which Place, he could never have taken fo great Pains in accomplifhing fo many Pieces remarkable for great Learning, accurate Judgment, and Angular Brightnefs; without incredible Firmnefs and Conftancy of Mind, and unfhaken Faith in God; for which Endowments bcftowed upon him by God, for the Benefit of all Chrifendom, let every one who reads his other Works, or this, with a Mind intent upon Truth, give Thanks to God, as I do from the Bottom of my Heart. Le Clerc.
Againft Indifference in theCHOiCB ^,, of our Reugxon.
// larilo eirf abfisi odvr oib W BOOK I.
CONCRNING.
The Cho I CE of our O P IN I O N amongft the different Sects of Christians.
Sect. I. We mufl enquire^ amongft what Chrijlians the true Bo^rme of Chriji flourifoeth moft at this time.
WHOEVER reads over the Books of the New Teflament, with a Defire to come at the Knowledge of the Truth, and does not want Judgment; will not be able to deny, but that every one of the Marks of Truth, alleged by Hugo Grotius^ in his ild and Hid Books, are to be found there. Wherefore, if he has any Concern for a blelTed Immortality, he will apprehend it to be his Duty, to embrace what is propofedto him in thofe Books as Matter of Belief; to do what he is commanded, and to exped what he is there taught to hope for. Otherwife, if any one fhould deny that he doubts of the Truth of the Chriftian Religion, and at the fame time thinks the Dodrines, Precepts, and Promifesofit not fie to ridS TFk^'^Chjpim Church Book t.
to be believed or obeyed in every Particular; fuch an one would be inconfjllent with him felf, and mariifeftly fhow that he is not a fincere Chriflian. {a) Now this is one ot the Precepts of Chrift and his Apoftles, that we fhould profefs ourfelves the Difciples of Chrift before Men, if \^e would have him own us for his, when he fhall pafs Sentence on the Quick and Dead at the laftDay; and if we do not, as we have denied him to be our Mailer ' before Men, fo he alfo, in that laft Afiembly of Mankind, will deny us to be his Difciples before Godv*^ {b) For Chrift would not have thofe that believe on him be his Difciples privately; as if they v/ere afhamed of his Dodtrine, or as if they valued the Kind neffes. Threats, or Puniftiments of Men, more than his Precepts, and the Promifes of eternal Life •, but be Chrift ians openly and before all the World, that they may invite other Men t6 embrace the true Religion, and render back to God {c) that Life which they received from him, in the . {a)Nonvthis is one of^W'^'^'^Shi'^Xt^^e^l^^^^^^ Precepts of Cbyift, &c.] Thas^ *« World i that a City fet bit Chriii faich, Matt. X. 3?,: '•* a Hill canr.QX be hid; neither ** VVhoroev.cr therefore (h.i!! " is a Candle lighted to be put ** corifefs'ine [to be his Majier) *^ under a Bufhel, but fet in a ** before IVJen, him will I con- **.Candleftick, th^at it may give ** fefs alfo (to he my Difciple)- ** Light to all'tiat are in th<;; '* in Heaven. But whofoever ' \c) That tifeMxioich^they re-- ** (hall deny nie (to he his ceivedff'bm hirriiSccT^LukeXll^^ '• wili!'-airo Atwy (to he my frardofthem'that kill the Body, " Difciple) before my Father and after, that haile no more tha^ " vvhich is in Heaven." See they can do; and commands u» alfo 2 Tim il. "1 2. ' ■ Rev. ill. to fearhim^ 'Vjhichafternfje are 5. killed y can cajf us into Hell Fir e.^ '{h) Far Chrijl njuould not. And moreover, he foretels alt /^rtx'f, &e.] Therefore he fays' manner of Evi|s to his Difci-- lowujg Seft I.. ive arc to join loitb, ' 289 moft exquifite Torments, if it fo feem good to him; whilft they openly prolefs that they prefer his Precepts above all things. And thus St Paul teaches us-, that it" we confels (a) with our Mouth the Lord Jelus, and believe in our Heart that God hath raifed him from the Dead, we Ihall be faved; ; Fo7\ fays he, wilb the Heart Man beiieveth unto Right eoufnefsy and with the Mouth Confeffwn is made unto Salvation; for the Scripture faith^ JVhofoever helieveth on him Jhall not be ajhamed, Whicli being thus; it is his Duty, who thinks the Chriftian Religion to be true, to dilcover and profefs boldly and without Fear, this his fincere Opinion, upon all Occafions that offer themfelves.
And it is further neceffary for him to enquire; if there be any of the fame Opinion with himfeJf, and {b) to maintain a particular Peace and Friendfhip with them; for Chrift tells us, this is one Mark his Difciples are to be known by, if they love one another, and perlorm all Adts of Lov^c and Kindnefs towards each other. Moreover he exhorts them (r) to have Congregations /*;; his Name^ that is, fuch as fiiould be called Chriftian; and promifes that he would be prefent there, where two or three are met together upon that Account i lowing; and fays, thaf he nvho 35. *' A new Commandment Jhalllofe his life for his Jake, ** give I unto yoj, tliat ye Jhalt find it (again) &c. which " love one another, that a* I Precepts were particularly ob- *' have loved yoa, fo ye love ferved by the primitive Chri- "one another; by this fliall ftians; who for the Teftimony "' all Men is.novv that ye are they gave to the Doflrine of ** my Diiciples, if ye have theGolpel, are called Martyrs^ *' Love, one towards another " that is. Witneffes See x John II. 7. III. 1 1, 16, [a ) Confefs ivith cur Mouthy 2 5.
[b] To maintain a particular &C.] Matt. XVllI. 19, 20. Pface, &c.] John XIII. 34, 29© what Chrijlian Church Book I.
Account; by this means, befide the mutual Love, and ftridl Friend fhip of Chriftians united into one Society, there is alfo a Provifion made (a) for preferving their Dodlrines; which can hardly continue, if every one has a private Opinion to himfelf, and does not declare the Scnfe of his Mind to another, unlefs for his own Advantage; for thofe things that are concealed, are by Degrees forgotten, and come in time to be quite extinguifhed; but Chrift would have his Dodrine^ and the Churches which profefs it, be perpetual, that it may not ceafe to be beneficial to Mankind. .ly- Wherefore whoever derives his Knowledge -of the Chriflian Religion from the New Teftament, and thinks it true •, fuch an one ought to make Profeflion of it, (h) and to join himfelf with thofe of xht like Profeflion. But becaufe there is not at this time (neither was there formerly) one.fprt of Men only, or one Congregation of fuch as / <are gathered together in the Name of Chrift ^ we \^e not therefore prefently to believe that he is a true Chriftian, who defires to be called by that holy Name i neither ought we to join ourfelves, {c) without Examination, to any AfTembly who riG: {^) ^^^ prefer<ving their Doc- Do£lrine had nothing divine in ,f/-/«^/, &c.] Thus likevvife all it. See La'ertius and yam-* ^*the Philoiophers tranfmitted hlichus.
'^'^heir Dodrine to Pofterixy, by [h) And to join himfetfijwith iUthe Help of Schools in which thofe, &c.] See the Epillles to il ilt.was taught; but the Chri' T/^c/-^jf and ^zVkj, where they -y-^ian Churches, which are u- are commanded to found rited by a much firmer and Churches. And Heb.X. 25.
ftronger Bond, vvili with more [c)lVithoutExaminati9n,Sc^,'] ;^'Gerta^nty and Eafe, propagate See i 7hiJf.W.2i. But more -■iiheDoftrine they received troni exprefsly 1 John W^ i. Betheir Mailer, to the End of lue /aved{[2Lys he) 6e/ieve nete'very World, which csin h^iidly be Spirit 6ut- try the Spirits nvhe- ^done without Congregations.' ther they be 0/ God; /or many Pythagoras \yo\i\d have efFeded /alje Prophets are comt inio the this, but in vain, becaufe his Worlds &c.
ftile themfelves Chriftians.^ We muft confidcr, above all things, whether their Dodrines a^rec with that Form of found Words, which we have entertained in our Mind, from an attentive reading of the New Teftament*, otherwife it may happen that we may efteem that a Chriftian Congregation, which is no further Chriftian than in Name. It is therefore the Part of a prudent Man, not to enter himfelf into any Congregation, at kaft for a Continuance •, unlefs it be liich, in which he perceives that Doctrine ellabliflied, which he truly thinks to be the Chriftian Dodrine; left he ihould put himfelf under a Neceflity of faying or doing fome thing contrary to what he thinks delivered and commanded by Chrift.
Sect. II. We are to join our [eh es with thofe^ "^ha are moft worthy the Name of Chrifiians, ^,^ Amongst Chriftians that difler from each other, and not only differ, but (to their Shame!) condemn one another, and with cruel Hatred banifli them their Society; to agree to any of them without Examination, or, according to their Order, .jtb condemn others without Confideratioh^'^fliows a Man not only to be imprudent, but very rafli and unjuft. That Congregation which rejeds, though ^biit in Part, the true Rerrgion (a Reprefdntraition of which he has formed in his Mind;, and condemns him that believes it; cannot be thought by fuch an one, a truly Chriftian Congregation in all things'; nor can it prevail v/ith him, to condemn every Man which that Church fliall efteem worthy to be condemned, and caft out of the Society of Chriftians. Wherefore a wife and honeft Man, '■i)ught above all things to examine, in thefe Dif- •;;^jf^hfi9ns amongft Chriftians, who they are, which 292 What Chriftian Church- Book L beft^ deferve the hbly-Name of Difciples of Ghrifb, and'^o adhere to them. If any one fhould afk, what we are required to do by -the Chriftian Religion, fuppofing there were no fuch Chriftian Society at all, amongft whom the true Dodrine of Ghrift feems to • be- taught, and amongft whom there is not a NecefTity laid upon us of condemning fome Do£trinej which we judge to be true: In -this Cafe, he who apprehends thefe Errors, ought to endeavour to withdraw others from them; in doing of which, he muft ufe {a) the greateft Candour, joined with the higheft Prudence and Conftancy; left he offend Men without doing them any Advantage, or left all Hopes of bringing them to Truth and Moderation, be too fuddenly caft off. In the mean time, we are to fpeak modeftly and prudently, what we think to be the Truth *, nor Ihould any one be condemned by the Judgment ot another, as infected with Error, who feems to think right. God has never forfaken, nor never will forfake the Chriftian Name fo far, as that there ftiall remain no true Chriftans; or at leaft none fuch as cannot be brought back. into the true Way, with whom we may maintain ia ftri6ter Society, if others will not return to a more found Opinion; and openly withdraw ourfelves from the obftinate, (which yet we ought not to do without haying tried all other Means to no Furpofe ^) .j(^) if it be not allowed you to fpeak your Opinion '^'{a)ThegreateJI Candour, kcJ] "be crafty, and offend againft jRere that Precept of Chrift's Sincerity; in which Matter, takes Place, A/fi/ A X. 1 6. where there are but few who know we are commanded, to be ^vulje how to fteer their Courfe in all as Serpents, and harmlefs as things, between the Rocks of Doves: that it., (O be fo far imprudence and Craftmefs.
fimple, as not to fall mto Im- {b) Iftt be not nllQnj:ed,hc.'\ prudence j lo v. lie, as not to Whilil it i; allowed to have a fairly and modeftly amongft them, and to forbear condemning thofe whom you think are not to be condemned..The Chriftian Rehgion forbids^ us fpeaking contrary to our Mind, and falfifying and condemning the Innocent; nor can he be un*icceptable to God, who out of Refped and Admiratioa of thofe Divine Precepts, can endure any thing rather than that they Ihould be broke. Such a Difpofition of Mind, arifing from a Senfe of our Duty, and a mod ardent Love of God, cannot but be highly weli-pleafing to him.
Wherefore amongll Chriftians who differ from each other, we aretp examine which of them all think the mod right •, noT are we ever to condemn any but fuch as fecm to us worthy to be condemned, after a full Examination of the Matter; and we are to adhere to thofe who do not, require any Dodlrines to be believed, which are efteemed by us to be falfe, nor any to be condemned which we think to be true. If we cannot obtain this of any Chriftian Society, we, together with thofe who are of the fame Opinion with oi|rfelves, ought to feparate froni them all, that we betray not Gh?ja:^Li|h>.^nd.utt^r.a Falfity.jv/ ibnf ] p. U hn-'O? ^lom £ c* riar;! * '?r<:yho li.'?i ■.:.■> different Opinion/ and to pro-, the Place of it, and claims to fcfs our Difagreement, there is, iaelf the Honour due to Truth no Reafon to depart from a,< only. If* this be nOt done, public!: Society, unlefs the th'r Candle is f-ut'iinder aBuJkeL Fundamentals of Chrillian'ity '1 faus Uhrill did not depart be perverted by it; but where from the AfTemblies of the this is not allowed, and we y^ty/, neither did the.A pol^les cannot witho_ut diflembling or forfake them, fo long as they denying the Truth, live in it; were allowed fO profefs and then we ought to forfake that teach the Doftrine of their Society; for it. is not lawful to Mailer in them. See J^i \t{\ a Lye, or to diifemble the XIII. 46. " '' -% ' [.Oi^,ttvjj'%\\f> iQv ^ rnl osni U 5 Sect.
^ki^VtW.^^h&^'^f'eWdJi worthy the Name ofChri- ^'ftihns\-^ho m the pur eft Manner of all ^ P^^Ms 'i^Jhe l)o3riney the Truth isf which hath been pr 6^ oP.UT. iris a Queflion' or no fmalJ Importance^ aM^nbt 'eafiry to be reiolved, who of all the Societies of the prefent Chriftians, have the truefl Opinions, and are moft worthy of that Name by which they are called. All the Chriftian Churches, as well thofe who have long fmce feparated from the Ro?niJh Church, as the Romijh Church itfelf, do every one of them claim this to themfclves; and if we lay afide all the Reafons, we ought no more to give Credit to the one than to the other -, for it were a very foolifh thing, to fuffer fuch a Choice {a) to be determined by Chance, and to decide, ^^ Controverfies as it were by the Caft of a Die..". j^ -Now, fince Grotkis has not proved the Truth oF tfie particular Opinions of any prefent Se6l of CKriftians, but only^ of that Religipn, w,hich was taugjit Mankind by ChViftandhis ApoHles; it follows, that that Seft of Chrillians is to be preferred before all others, which does moft of all defend thofe things which Chrift and his Apoftles taught. In a Word, That is in every particular truly the CHriftian Religion, which without any IVl ixture of human Invention, maybe wholly afcribed to Chrift as the Author. To this agree all thofe Arguments qf Truth, which are Jaid down in the lid Book Of the 'Truth of the Chrift tan Religion; nor. do they agree to any other, any further than it agrees with ■fl^t. -■ '', ^^ ^'^'^'' '^^ ''''■^" ■ "•■'^' Sed. 3. nj^ears to join. with,' \y zgs I F any one adds to, or di mini (lies from, the Do6lrine delivered by Chrifl: y the more he adds or diminiflies. To much the farther he goes from the Truth. Now when I fpeak of the Dotirine of Chrift, I mean by it, the Dodrine which all Chriftians are clearly agreed upon to be the Dodrine ofChrift; that is, which according to the Judgment of all Chriftians, is either exprefsly to be found in the Books of the New Tcllament, or is by necefTary Confcquence, to be deduced from them only. As to thofe Opinions, which ak fome Chriftians think, were delivered by Word of Mouth, by Chrift and his Apoftles, and derived to Pofberity in a different Method, namely either by* Tradition; which was done by fpeakingonly; or which were preferved by fome Rite, as they imagine, and not fet down in Writing till a great while after; I fhall pafs no other Judgment upon them here, but only this, that all Chriftians are not agreed upon Them, as they are upon the Books of the New Teftament. I will not fay they are falfe, unlefs they are repugnant to right Reafon and Revelation; but only that they are not agreed about the Original of them, and therefore they are controverted amongft Chriftians, v/ho in other Refpedls agree in thofe Opinions, the Truth of which Grotius has demonftrated y for no wife Man will allow us (a) to depenc} upon a thing ascertain, Us certain, &c.] This is the Sacrifice is beino^ quiet, ^ind not very thing St Faul means, meddling in thofe things 'which Rom, XIV. 23, where he nve are not pe^fuaded of. And teaches us that nvhatfoever is a little after, To he quiet in the not of Faith is Sin. On which Dark is moji fafe; that is.
Place we have quoted the where we are not agreed what Words of Phi/o, out of his is to be done.
feook concerning Fugitives, fo long as it appears uncertain to usV-efpecially K ^ Though the ControV^erfies amongft Chriftians be very fliarp, and managed with great Heat and Anin:iority, fo that we nnay hear Complaints made on all Sides, of very obvious things being denied by fome of the contending Parties; yet notwithftanding this, there are fpme things fo evident, that they are ail agreed in them. And it is no mean Argument of the Truth of fuch, that they are allowed of by the common Gonfent of thofe who are moft fet upon Contention, and moft blinded by PafTion. I do not rriean by this, that all other things about which there is any Contention, are doubtful or obfcure, becaufe all Chriftkris are liqt'' agreed in them. It may eafily happen thatthdt piay be obfcure to fome, which would be very^ plain, if they were not hindered by FafTion •, b\i;^ k 'is hardly pofTible that the fierceft AdverfariesV who are mofb eager in difputing, fhould agree a-' bout an. obfcure Foint.i^^-^^ i^-fuotfrj abii>7/i3j.x ^£v/. F I R ST then, allChriftffii?ti6% aliW^^e^grectf concerning the Number and Truth of the Books of the New Ted ament > and though therebe fome fmall Controverfies amongd learned Men about (/?) fome Epiftles of the Apoftles, this is no great Matter; and they all acknowledge, that there is nothing but Truth contained in them, and that the Chriftian Dofbrine is not at- all altered, either by l^e^ping or rejecting them. And this Cbnfent is..^..;...- ■...^...-, --..:--^^- - -of won 3d 3-i3ilw en^V£9H oini qa n^JtEi aew sri fPjiieSj ^i:.'\ I'tie fcpiilj^ _,ro; o^,.\v.hich arc dilputed bythe '/Vfi^/ A-o-rV the Second!"•- learned Meii. pi/lIe of Fcter, tht" Cwq lalt of no fmall Moment in aDifcoiirfe abouftlie un«^ doubted Original of a Divine Revelation under tke new Covenant. P or all other Records or Foot^-fteps of ancient Revelation, that Have been prefervcd according to the Opinions of fome, arc called in queftion by others. -0':^ 'sM h -> --.-^ u ■ ^ Further, Chriftians are agreed in rhany Ar- ' tides of Faith, which they embrace, as things to" be believed, pradifed, and hoped for. For infbance; ail who have any Underdanding, believe (f Ihall men-; tion only the principal Heads here,) I. That there' is one God, eternal, all-powerful, infinitely good and holy; in a Word, endued with all the mofl: excellent Attributes, without the leaff Mixture of hnperfedion; that the World and all Things con-;, tained in it, and confequently Mankind, were created by this fame God; and that by him all things are governed and dire<5led"with the higheft Wildom. II. That Jefus Chrid is the only Son of the fame God; that he was born at Bethlehemy of the Virgin Mary^ without the Knowledge of a Man, in the latter Part of the Life of Herod the Great, in the Reign of Aiignftus C4efar; that he was afterwards crucified and died, in the Reign of ^iberius^ when Pontius Pilatt was Governor of Judaea \ that his Life is truly related in theHiftory of the Gofpel; that he was therefore fent from the Father, that he might teach Men the Way to Salvation, redeem them from their Sins,.'and reconcile them to God by his Death; and that this hisMiffionwas confirmed by innumerable Miracles-, that he died, as I before faid, and rofe again, and, after he had been very often feen by many, who had difcourfed with him, and handled hini; he was taken up into Heaven, where he now reigns, ^nd from whence he will one Day return, to pafs a final Judgmgnt according to the Law* of the ^^^ TVloat Chrijlian Church Book >!.;, the Gofpcl, upon thpfe-who were then alive, and upon all them that are dead, when they fhall be raifed out of their Graves; that all the things that he taught, are to be believed, and all that he commanded are to be obeyed, whether they relate to the Worfhip of God, or to Temperance in reftraining our PalTions, or to Charity to be exercifed towards others; that nothing could be appointed more holy, more excellent, more advantageous, and more agreeable to human Nature than thefe Precepts; however that all Men (Jefus only excepted) violate them, and cannot arrive at Salvation, but through the Mercy of God. III. That there is a Holy Ghoft, who infpired the Apoftles of Jelus Chrift, worked Miracles to recommend them, and inclines the Minds of pious Men conftantly to obey God, and fupports them in the Affliftions of Life; that we are to give the fame Credit, and in all things to obey this Spirit fpeaking by the Apofcles, as we do the Father and the Son^ IV. That the Chriftian Church owes its Original and Prefervation from the Days of Chrift to this time, to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft \ that all they who believe thefe things, and obferve the Precepts of the Gofpel, fliall obtain Mercy of God, whereby they iliall be made Partakers of the Refurrediion, (\{ they be dead when Chrift fhall come,) and of a happy Tife to Eternity -, on the Cphttaf);, ^Uthfy who have diminiflied from the Faith q£ the Gofpel, and have not obferved its Precepts, Ihall rife, (if they be dead^ to be punifhed, and their Punifhment fhall be eternal Death, V. Laftly, That Chriftians ought to profefs all thefe things,, both, at their Baptifm, in which we declare tliat we will lead a Life free from the Filthinefs of Iniquity, according to the Direction of the Gofpel j. aAd,allp,at the Lord's- S.upper>