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of what Religion and belief we are, we confeſs to have the knowledge of Jeſus Chriſt (as the ſame now in theſe laſt days, and chiefly in Germany, moſt clear and pure is profeſſed, and is now a-days cleanſed and voyd of all ſwerving people, Hereticks, and falſe Prophets,) in certain and noted Countries maintained, defended, and propagated: Alſo we uſe two Sacraments, as they are inſtituted with all Formes and Ceremonies of the firſt renewed Church. In Politia we acknowledge the Roman Empire and Quartam Monarchiam for our Chriſtian head; albeit we know what alterations be at hand, and would fain impart the ſame with all our hearts, to other godly learned men, notwithſtanding our hand-writing which is in our hands, no man (except God alone) can make it common, nor any unworthy perſon is able to bereave us of it. But we ſhall help with ſecret aid this ſo good a cauſe, as God ſhal permit or hinder us: For our God is not blinde, as the Heathens Fortuna, but is the Churches Ornament, and the honor of the Temple. Our Philoſophy alſo is not a new Inventi-
