Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.

Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.

Private confession was not ordered by Christ and was not used by the apostles.

In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis.

The highest service to which a man may obtain on earth is to preach the law of God.

Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.

The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere - any additional rules made to govern men's conduct added nothing to the perfection already found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.