1. The church of Rome is a true church of Christ, and a church sanctified by profession of that truth, which God had revealed unto us by his Son, though not a pure and perfect church.
2. The fathers which lived and died in Popish superstition were saved, because they sinned ignorantly.
3. They which are of the church of Rome may be saved by such a faith as they have in Christ, and a general repentance of all their sins.
4. The church of Rome holdeth all men sinners, even the Blessed Virgin, though some of them think otherwise of her.
5. The church of Rome teacheth Christ’s righteousness to be the only meritorious cause of taking away sin.
6. The Galatians which joined with faith in Christ, circumcision, as necessary unto salvation, notwithstanding be saved.
7. Neither the church of Rome, nor the Galatians, deny the foundation directly, but only by consequent: and therefore may be saved. Or else neither the Lutherans, nor whosoever hold any error (for every error by consequent denieth the foundation), may be saved.
8. An additament taketh not away that whereunto it is added, but confirmeth it. As he that saith of any, that he is a righteous man, saith, that he is a man: except it be privative; as when he saith, he is a dead man, then he denieth him to be a man: and of this sort of [privative] additaments neither are works, which are added to Christ by the Church of Rome; nor circumcision, added to him by the Galatians.
9. The Galatians’ case is harder than the case of the church of Rome; for they added to Christ circumcision, which God had forbidden and abolished: but that which the church of Rome addeth, are works which God hath commanded.
10. No one sequel urged by the Apostle against the Galatians, for joining circumcision with Christ, but may be as well enforced against the Lutherans holding ubiquity.
11. A bishop or cardinal of the church of Rome, yea, the Pope himself, denying all other errors of popery, notwithstanding his opinion of justification by works, may be saved.
12. Predestination is not of the absolute will of God, but conditional.
13. The doings of the wicked are not of the will of God positive, but only permissive.
14. The reprobates are not rejected, but for the evil works which God did foresee they would commit.
15. The assurance of things which we believe by the Word, is not so sure, as of those which we perceive by sense.
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