of Jewish error, shall forfeit all their property to the king, shall
each receive a hundred lashes, and, having had their heads shaved,
shall be subjected to the miseries of exile which they have so justly
deserved. All those who, obdurate of heart, and blinded by malice,
neglect to make public confession of faith within the period aforesaid,
or presume to have in their possession a Christian slave after the time
prescribed by law has elapsed, shall be liable to the condemnation of
the former law, relating to Christian slaves remaining in the service
of Jews, to wit: half of their property shall be confiscated for the
benefit of the royal treasury, or, should they be persons of inferior
station, and not have the means to make reparation, as aforesaid, they
shall each receive a hundred lashes, and have their heads shaved. All
Jews who retain possession of Christian slaves, and do not deliver up
said slaves within the prescribed time, shall be reduced to perpetual
slavery, and belong to those upon whom the king shall see fit to bestow
them.
=XIV. The Confession of Jews; and In What Way Each One of Them, who is
Converted, must Write Down the Proof of his Conversion.=
I hereby renounce all the rites and observances of the Jewish sect,
and, without reserve, express my utter abhorrence of all their
ceremonies and solemnities which I have practised and kept in former
times, until now; and I pledge myself that I will, hereafter, observe
none of said rites or ceremonies, nor will adhere to any of my former
errors; that is to say, I will not retain them in my mind, or, in any
way, carry them into effect. Henceforth, renouncing all things which
are condemned and prohibited by the doctrines of Christianity:--
I believe in one God, the Omnipotent Father, Maker of Heaven and earth,
the Creator of all things visible and invisible, and in our Lord
Jesus Christ, the only son of God, begotten by the Father before all
the centuries; God of God, light of light, the true God of the true
God, born not made, equal to the Father, that is to say, of the same
substance as the Father, by whom all things were created both in Heaven
and earth. And I believe in Him who for the sake of man, and for our
salvation, descended from heaven, and, born of the Holy Spirit and the
Virgin Mary, became a man in the flesh; suffered under Pontius Pilate;
was crucified, dead, and buried; who arose on the third day, ascended
into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father; who
shall come again in his glory to judge the living and the dead, and to
whose reign there shall be no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the
regenerator, proceeding from the Father and the Son, who spoke by the
mouth of the prophets. I believe in the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church,
I confess that there is but one baptism for the remission of sins, and
I believe in the resurrection of the dead, and in life through all
coming ages. Amen.
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