Christ for the thing interposed!
4. We refuse to join the cry, "No Bishop, no Church". We refuse to believe that bishops are infallible, or that their words are to be believed when they are not in harmony with the Scriptures.
5. We maintain that there can be no real unity without oneness in the faith. We protest against the idea of unity based on a common Episcopacy, and not on a common belief of Christ's Gospel. We abhor the very idea of re-union with Rome, unless Rome first purges herself from her many false doctrines and superstitions.
III. Evangelical PERSUASIONS
1. Substitute anything for Christ, and the Gospel is totally spoiled!
2. Add anything to Christ, and the Gospel ceases to be a pure Gospel!
3. Interpose anything between man and Christ, and man will neglect Christ for the thing interposed!
4. Spoil the proportions of Christ's Gospel, and you spoil its efficacy!
5. Evangelical religion must be the Gospel, the whole Gospel and nothing but the Gospel.
IV. Evangelical PRACTICES
"Watch, stand fast in the faith, be courageous like men, be strong" (1 Corinthians 16:13)
1. Take heed that personal religion is thoroughly and entirely Evangelical.
The world is possessed with a devil of false charity about religion.