A declaration or test to distinguish Protestant-dissenters from papists and popish recusants as it was given to the Parliament in the year 1680. by the people called Quakers, and now re-printed. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A54128 of text R222451 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P1272A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A54128 Wing P1272A ESTC R222451 99833629 99833629 38107 2240906437

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A54128) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 38107) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2175:09) A declaration or test to distinguish Protestant-dissenters from papists and popish recusants as it was given to the Parliament in the year 1680. by the people called Quakers, and now re-printed. Penn, William, 1644-1718, attributed name. 1 sheet ([1] p.) [s.n.], London : Printed March, 1688/9 [i.e. 1689] Attributed by Wing to William Penn; attribution questioned by Smith. Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library. eng Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800. Dissenters, Religious -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo A declaration or test to distinguish Protestant-dissenters from papists and popish recusants, as it was given to the Parliament in the year 1680. by t [no entry] 1689 1 529 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A DECLARATION OR TEST TO DISTINGUISH PROTESTANT-DISSENTERS from PAPISTS and Popish Recusants , as it was given to the Parliament in the Year 1680. by the People called QUAKERS , and now Re-printed .

I A. B. Do Solemnly in the presence of God , and in my Conscience Profess , Testifie , and Declare that I do not believe , that the Church of Rome , or Papal Church , is the true Church , out of which there is no Salvation ; Or that the Pope or chief Bishop of Rome , is Christ's Vicar , or Vicegerent on Earth ; Or that he , or the See of Rome , joyntly or severally , is Head of , or hath any Supremacy over the true Catholick Church in general , or my self in particular ; Or that he or they is , or are Sole , Chief , or certain Judge , or Judges in Spiritual matters , or of the sence of the Holy Scriptures ; Or that the Pope , or his Priests have power to Pardon Sins , past , present or to come .

And I do believe that at , or after the Priest pronouncing the Words of Consecration upon the Elements of Bread and Wine , commonly called the Sacrament of the Lords Supper , or Sacrament of the Altar ; There is not any Transubstantiation , nor any part of the Substance of the Bread or Wine , changed into Flesh or Blood of Christ . And that the Sacrifice of the Mass , Adoring and Bowing to Crucifixes , Pictures , and Images , and the use of them in Worship . As also of the Invocation and Adoration of the Virgin Mary , or any other Saint or Angel , the Doctrine of Purgatory , and Prayers to the Dead , and for the Dead , are Doctrines and practices Erronious , Superstitious , and Idolatrous , and contrary to the truth of the Holy Scriptures . I believe there is no Mediator between God and Man , but Christ Jesus only the Lord of Life and Glory , who is the only Head of his Universal Church , as the Holy Scriptures testifie .

And I do further believe , that neither the Pope nor any other , by or under his Authority joyntly or severally , have any power to depose Princes , or to Absolve their Subjects of their Allegiance , on any account whatsoever ; Or hath power to authorize , or give leave to me , or any other Subject of their Realm whatsoever , to Plot or Conspire the hurt of the Kings Person , his State , Government , or People .

And I do solemnly in the presence of God , Testifie and Declare that I make this Declaration , and every part thereof , in the plain and ordinary sence of the words read unto me , as they are commonly understood by English Protestants , without any Evasion , Equivocation , or Mental Reservation whatsoever , &c.

LONDON , Printed March , 1688/9.