23.1. The forme of recantation openlie made by the said anabaptists.

The forme of recantation openlie made by the said anabaptists.

[1] _WHereas I. I. T. R. H. being seduced by the diuell the spirit of error, and by false teachers his ministers, haue fallen into certeine most detestable and damnable heresies, namelie:

[1] 1 That Christ tooke not flesh of the substance of the blessed virgine Marie:The anabap|tists heresies

[1] 2 That infants of the faithfull ought not to be baptised:

[1] 3 That a christian man may not be a magistrat or beare the sword or office of authoritie:

[1] 4 That it is not lawfull for a christian to take an oth:

[1] Now by the grace of God, and through confe|rence with good and learned ministers of Christ his church, I doo vnderstand and acknowlege the same to be most damnable and detestable heresies, and doo aske God here before his church mercie for my said former errors, and doo forsake them, recant, and renounce them, and abiure them from the bo|tome of my heart, professing that I certeinlie be|léeue:

[1] 1 That Christ tooke flesh of the substance of the blessed virgine Marie:Recanted.

[1] 2 That infants of the faithfull ought to be bap|tised:

[1] 3 That a christian man may be a magistrat, or beare the sword or office of authoritie:

[1] 4 That it is lawfull for a christian man to take an oth.

[1] [2] [3] And further I confesse, that the whole doctrine and religion established and published in this realme of England, as also that which is receiued and preach|ed in the Dutch church here in this citie, is sound, true, and according to the word of God: whervnto in all things I submit my selfe, and will most gladlie be a member of the said Dutch church, from hense|forth vtterlie abandoning and forsaking all and eue|rie anabaptisticall error. This is my faith now, in the which I doo purpose and trust to stand firme and stedfast to the end. And that I may so doo, I beséech you all to praie with me, and for me, to God the hea|uenlie father, in the name of his sonne our sauiour [page 1261] Iesus Christ. The like recantation was made by them afterwards in the Dutch church.