Quot;That it is sin to give anything to the Dominicans, Minorites, Augustinians, and Carmelites.

Quot;That we ought not to sacrifice at the funerals of the dead.

Quot;That auricular confession of sins to the priest is unnecessary.

Quot;That every good man, though he be unlearned, is a priest before God.

12."That a child, though it die unbaptized, will be saved.";

NOTE.-This is putting down infant baptism out and out as of no value; since the papists were not ashamed to say, that it were better, that a whole country should sink out of sight, than that a child should die without baptism; maintaining, that all unbaptized infants would go to hell, and be eternally damned.

13."That neither the pope, nor the, prelates; nor any ordinary, can compel any one to swear, either by any of God's creatures, or by the Bible, or by the New Testament.";

Here it must be observed, that these people thereby denied all manner of swearing of oaths, not only that which is done by the creature, but also by the Creator Himself; since even in England they did not, at that time, swear by the creature; but in the form of swearing this custom was observed by the papists, namely, he who was to swear, knelt down, and laid his hand upon the Bible, or the Testament, and said, "I swear by God and His holy Gospel, etc., so truly help me God.";

But who does not know, that the Gospel or the Word of God is no creature? And though it be that in swearing the hand was laid upon the Bible, or upon the Gospel book, in token of the testimony, he swearing was not done by the material book; as also in our countries, when in swearing (among those who hold thus) the hand or the finger is held up, the swearing is not done by that hand or that finger.

Hence, said people were opposed not only to the manner of swearing, but to swearing itself, even though they have been required to swear, not by the creature, but by the Creator Himself. Concerning this, see their own confession.