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BUt insomuch as God useth both our faith in Christ, which is im∣planted in our souls by the word of the Gospel and by the Sacraments, and also our charity with the duties thereof towards our neighbour, as the means to preserve and cherish
this conjunction; yea further, since these are the manifest testimonies of the communion of the Saints and their conjunction with Christ, there∣fore we confesse in summe, that the unity of the Catholick Church con∣sists in the unity of faith, and in the bond of brotherly love: that is, that we do all embrace with true faith the same doctrine which the Pro∣phets and Apostles have deliver'd us in their writings, and professe it in the purity thereof; that we retain the same Sacraments, which Christ hath instituted, intirely, and no other; that we do not neglect the discipline appointed and commanded by Christ; in which mutuall affection is exercised, and the salvation of an offending brother is aimed at; and lastly that we love one another, and practise all the duties of charity.