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( 12 ) and his Image, and whoſoever receiveth the Mark of his Name. And ſo as ſure as God is God, and the holy Scriptures are his Word, according to which all Men that have heard or ſeen it, ſhall be judged, having the Sentence of Abſolution or Condemnation paſt according thereto, Rom. ii. 12. For as many as have ſinned without Law, pall alſo periſh without Law: So it is clear that the firſt will ſurely periſh, viz. all Infidels, and Atheiſts, and Heathens, and Pagans that knows not the true God nor of his Law: And as many as have ſinned in the Law ſhall be judged by the Law: And ſo whatever vain Hopes the Papiſts may have of being ſaved, living or dying Papiſts, or whatever Charity looſe Profeſſors hath on thar Head to give them, they are as far from being ſaved as Devils which are eternally caſt out of his Preſence.

3dly, I have him to bleſs for this, that my Lot is not anong corrupt Proteſtant Churches Abroad, Lutherans and other Corruptions, and abounding Errors, both in Doctrine, Diſcipline, Worship and Government, Sectarian, Epiſcopal or Eraſtian; but in the Reformed Church of Scotland, where all theſe Things hath been caſt over the Hedge as not Plants of his Planting, where he hath been owned in all his Offices, Prophet, Prieſt, and King, though he may ſay of us in a great Meaſure, as to the Church of Iſrael of old, I planted thee a noble Vine, but thou art become a degenerate