This doctrine strikes at the root of that great commandment, (which the _Papists_ call part of the first) _Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them_, _i. e._ not any image whatsoever. It is gross, open, palpable _idolatry_, such as can neither be denied, nor excused; and tends directly to destroy the love of God, which is indeed the first and great commandment. 7. Thirdly, the doctrine of _persecution_. This has been for many ages a favourite doctrine of the church of _Rome_. And the Papists in general still maintain, that “all heretics, (that is, all who differ from them) ought to be _compelled_ to receive what they call the _true faith_; to be _forced_ into the church, or out of the world.” Now this strikes at the root of, and utterly tears up, the second great commandment. It directly tends to bring in blind, bitter zeal; anger, hatred, malice, variance; every temper, word and work that is just contrary to the loving our neighbour as ourselves. So plain it is, that these grand _Popish_ doctrines of _merit_, _idolatry_ and _persecution_, by destroying both faith and the love of God and of our neighbour, tend to banish true Christianity out of the world. 8. Well might our forefathers _protest_ against these: and hence it was that they were called _Protestants_: even because they publicly _protested_, as against all the errors of the _Papists_, so against these three in particular: the making void Christian faith, by holding that man may _merit_ heaven by his own works; the overthrowing the love of God by _idolatry_, and the love of our neighbour by _persecution_. Are _you_ then a _Protestant_, truly so called? Do you _protest_, as against all the rest, so in particular, against these three grand, fundamental errors of _Popery_? Do you publicly _protest_ against all _merit_ in man? All _salvation_ by your own _works_? Against all _idolatry_ of every sort? And against every kind and degree of _persecution_? I question not but you do. You _publicly protest_ against all these horrible errors of _Popery_. But does your heart agree with your lips? Do you not _inwardly_ cherish what you _outwardly_ renounce? ’Tis well, if _you_, who cry out so much against _Papists_, are not one _yourself_. ’Tis well if you are not _yourself_ (as little as you may think of it) a rank _Papist_ in your heart.