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XVIII. I confess that under one kind only, whole and entire, Christ and a true sacrament is taken and received.

XIX. I do firmly believe that there is a purgatory; and that the souls kept prisoners there, do receive help by the suffrages of the faithful.

XX. I do likewise believe that the saints, reigning together with Christ, are to be honoured and invocated unto; and that they do offer prayers unto God for us; and that their relics are to be had in veneration.

XXI. I do most firmly assert that the images of Christ and the mother of God, ever a Virgin, and also of other saints, ought to be had and retained; and that due honour and veneration are to be given to them.

XXII. I do affirm, that the power of indulgences was left by Christ to the church, and that the use of them is most wholesome to Christian people.

XXIII. I do acknowledge the holy Catholic and Apostolic Roman church to be the Mother and Mistress of all churches; and I do promise and swear true obedience to the

Bishop of Rome, the Successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth.

XXIV. I do undoubtedly receive, and profess all other things which have been delivered, defined and declared by the sacred canons and œcumenical councils, and especially by the holy synod of Trent; and all things contrary thereunto, and all heresies condemned, rejected, and anathematized by the church, I do likewise condemn, reject, and anathematize*

This true Catholic faith, out of which NONE CAN BE SAVED, which I now freely profess and truly hold, I, N. or M. promise, vow, and swear most constantly to hold and profess the same, whole and entire, with GOD's assistance, to the end of my life. Amen.

* To anathematize, to CURSE, or to hold ACCURSED.

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motherly treatment
The unanimous consent of the Romish fathers
necessary to establish Scripture. But the
Romish fathers have never been unanimous
except in wrong. Ergo-we can read no
Scripture

XV. The seven Romish sacraments laid down

1. Baptism

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The reason given by the Romanists why so

many ceremonies are used in their church

XVI. The Council of Trent knew better than St. Paul

as to what he intended to say for himself
concerning universal sin and justification

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