“If you will vouchsafe to purge out this _venomous_ part of your principles, in which the _wide, essential, fundamental, irreconcileable difference_, as you very justly term it, mainly consists, then there will be found so far no disagreement between you and the clergy of the church of _England_.” _ibid._ 4. In order to be clearly and fully satisfied, what the doctrine of the church of _England_ is, (as it stands opposite to the doctrine of the _Antinomians_, on the one hand, and to that of _justification by works_ on the other) I will simply set down what occurs on this head, either in her Liturgy, Articles or Homilies. “Spare thou them, O God, which _confess their faults_: restore thou them that are _penitent_, according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord.” “He pardoneth and absolveth all them that _truly repent_ and _unfeignedly believe_ his holy gospel.” “Almighty God, who dost forgive the sins of them that are _penitent_, create and make in us new and contrite hearts; that we _worthily lamenting our sins_ and _acknowledging our wretchedness_, may obtain of thee perfect remission and forgiveness, thro’ Jesus Christ our Lord.” Collect for _Ash-Wednesday_. “Almighty God――hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with _hearty repentance and true faith_ turn unto him.” _Communion office._ “Our Lord Jesus Christ hath left power to absolve all sinners who _truly repent_ and _believe_ in him.” _Visitation of the sick._ “Give him unfeigned _repentance_ and stedfast _faith_, that his sins may be blotted out.” _ibid._ “He is a merciful receiver of all true, _penitent_ sinners, and is ready to pardon us, if we come unto him with _faithful repentance_.” _Commination office._ Infants indeed our church supposes to be justified in baptism, altho’ they cannot then either _believe_ or _repent_. But she expresly requires both _repentance_ and _faith_, in those who come to be baptized when they are of riper years. *As earnestly therefore as our church inculcates justification by faith alone, she nevertheless supposes _repentance_ to be previous to faith, and _fruits meet for repentance_: yea, and universal holiness to be previous to final justification, as evidently appears from the following words: *“Let us beseech him――that the rest of our life may be pure and holy, so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy.” _Absolution._ “May we seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom here, which may in the end bring us to life everlasting.” _Visitation of the sick._ “Raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness,――that at the last day we may be found acceptable in thy sight.” _Burial office._ “If we from henceforth walk in his ways,――seeking always his glory, Christ will set us on his right hand.” _Commination office._ 5. We come next to the articles of our church: the former part of the ninth runs thus: _Of Original or Birth-Sin._