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CONTENTS.
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PREFACE
POINT I.
Protestants hold, That the Holy
Scriptures are clear and easy to be under-
stood in all things necessary to salvation
POINT II. Protestants maintain, That the
doctrine of our Saviour and the Apostles,
as to all necessary points, is fully contained
in the written word
POINT III. Protestants hold, That every
'private man and woman among the laity
has a right to judge of the sense of Scrip-
ture, and to interpret it for themselves
POINT IV. Protestants hold, That in contro-
versies and disputes of religion, we are not
bound to submit to the judgment of the
Pastors of the Church
POINT V. Protestants maintain, That we can-
not safely rely upon the judgment of the
Church and of General Councils, in contro-
versies of faith and morals
POINT VI. Protestants maintain, That the
whole Church of Christ not only may err,
but also that it hath erred in fact, &c.
POINT VII. Protestants hold, That the Church
of Rome is rightly judged to be the Whore
of Babylon
POINT VIII. Protestants hold, That the great
Antichrist, spoken of in Holy Scripture, is
the Pope of Rome, and his predecessors, for
the last thousand years, and upwards
POINT IX.
Protestants hold, That no privi-
lege or power was granted by our Saviour
to St. Peter, above the rest of the Apostles,
&c.
POINT X.
Protestants hold, That the saints
deceased know not what passes here on
earth, and that they cannot hear the peti-
tions, &c. .
POINT XI. Protestants hold, That the holy
relics of our Saviour, or the bodies and re-
lics of the saints, ought not to be honoured,
POINT XII. Many Protestants hold, That it
is not lawful to keep graven images or pic-
tures of Christ, or of the saints, &c. .
POINT XIII.
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Many Protestants hold, That it
is absolutely unlawful to make and keep in
our churches images or pictures of God, &c. 76
POINT XIV. Protestants hold, That there is
no purgatory or third place, no middle
state of suffering souls in the other world,
POINT XV. Protestants hold, That in the Sa-
crament of the Holy Eucharist, or the
Lord's Supper, the elements of the bread
and wine, after consecration, remain still in
their very natural substances, &c.
POINT XVI. Protestants hold, That com-
munion in one kind is only half of the sa-
crament, not sufficient for salvation
POINT XVII. Protestants hold, That the Holy
Eucharist was ordained by Christ to be par-
taken of by us only as a sacrament; nor
can it be offered to God on the altar as a
propitiatory sacrifice.
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POINT XVIII. Protestants maintain, That
neither the Apostles, nor those who succeed
to their office, power, and jurisdiction, the
bishops and priests of the Church, have any
power given from our Saviour Christ to re-
mit sin
POINT XIX.
Protestants hold, That we are to
confess our sins to none but God; and that
it is needless to confess to men.
POINT XX. Protestants hold, That penance
entirely consists in a sorrow for our sins,
and amendment of life
POINT XXI.
Protestants hold, That the use
of indulgences was not in the days of the
Apostles, nor has any foundation in Scrip-
POINT XXII. Protestants hold, That confir-
mation is not, properly speaking, any sacra-
ment of the new law, ordained by Christ
to give grace
POINT XXIII. Protestants hold, That extreme
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unction is not one of the sacraments of
the new law ordained by Christ to give grace 120
POINT XXIV. Protestants hold, That holy or-
ders is not one of the sacraments of the
new law, ordained by Christ to confer
grace
POINT XXV. Protestants hold, That marriage
is not one of the sacraments of the new
law that confers sanctifying grace
POINT XXVI.
Protestants maintain, That the
honour which is given to angels and saints
in the Church of Rome, is no better than
idolatry
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