Chap. X. 'Ihe HIS T 0 R Y of tbe PuRITANS.' 339 5· " The maintaining that Chrill: did not die, nor ;ife again, nor af- K. Charles r. " cend into heaven bodily. ~ 6. " The:: denying that the death of ChriO: is meritorious on the behalf ' " of believers; or that Jefus Chrift is the Son of God. 7. " The denying that the holy fcriptures of the old and new tefta– " ment are the word of God . 8. " The denying of the refurreClion of the dead, and a future judg– « ment." The ordinance proceeds to fpecify fame other errors of lefs demerit, and fays, " that whofoever !hall maintain or defend them {hall, upon con– " viClion by the oaths of two witneifes, or by his own conrd1ion before " two juflices of peace, be ordered to renounce his Lid error or er– " rors in the public congregation of the pariih from whence the complaint " comes, or where the offence was committed, and in cafe of refufal '' he (hall be committed to prifon till he find fureties that he !hall not " publi!11 or maintain the ,faid error or errors any more. The errors are ~· thefe following : I. " That all men !hall be faved. 2. " That man by nature bath free-will to turn to God. 3· "That God may be worihipped in or by piCtures or ima~ ~' ges. 4· " That the foul dies with the body, or after death goes neither to ~· heaven, or hell, but to purgatory. 5· " That the foul of man fleeps when the body is dead. 6. " That the revelations, or workings of the fpirit, are a rule of faith «< or chriftian life, though diverfe from, or contrary to the written word of "God. · 7· " That man is bound to believe no more than by his reafon he ~' can comprehend. 8. '' That the moral law contained in·the ten commandments is no rule cc of the chriftian life. ' 9· " That a believer need not repent, or pray for pardon of cc fin. :· 10. "That the two facraments, of baptifm and theLord's fupper, are " not ordinances commanded by the word of God. 11. "That the baptifm of infants is unlawful and void; and that fuch ~· perfons ought to be baptized again. I 2. " That the obfervation of the Lord's day, as enjoined by the ordi– <' nances and laws CJf this realm, is not according, or iii contrary to the ·~,word of God~
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