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LOoking upon my self under my present Weakness , as having but little time to continue in this World , and waiting patiently for my Change sooner or later , as it shall please Almighty God , in whose hands my times are , and I desire they should be , to send it ; I think fit to make , and leave behind me , this DECLARATION and PROFESSION following . I profess firmly and steadfastly , to Believe the Creed whereinto I was Baptized , the Holy Catholick Faith , in the Father , Son and Holy Ghost . In which Blessed Godhead , I humbly believe , and Religiously adore , both the Unity in Trinity , and also the Trinity in Unity . I Profess to Continue Firm and steadfast , in the Unity and Communion of Christ's Holy Catholick Church . Being freely and heartily ready , to joyn with all sound Members in the Communion thereof , in all Holy and Divine Offices , as the Providence of God should bring them to me , or me to them ; to demean my self towards them in all things as my Brethren ; and to be affected with what befalls them , as one Member ought to be with the Joy or Grief of another . And as for those who are broken off from the True and Saving Faith , Worship or Vnity of this Body ; I heartily pity them , and Pray for their Recovery and Re-Union . And having been not only made a Member , but , by my Blessed Master Jesus Christ's inestimable Vouchsafement , called to be a Minister of His in the Church of England ; I do Profess and Declare , That as I have Lived and Ministred hitherto , So I do still Continue Firm , in its Faith , Worship , and Communion . And as for my Deprivation of my Living since this late Revolution , in Company with many other Excellent and Pious Persons , for not taking the New Oath of Allegiance to those who Claim'd the same ; As I did , so I still do firmly believe , That it was on many Great and dreadful Acounts , my Bonnden Duty absolutly to refuse the same : And that such Refusal was , and is , a most righteous and rewardable Cause of Suffering I bless my God , who was pleased to Call me , and Enable me thereby to give a Proof of the Sincerity of my Love , and Preference of him before this World , by Willingly , and Gladly Quitting a worldly Livelihood for his sake . And as upon this Righteous Account , I parted with my Living , with much more Satisfaction and Pleasure of Mind , than I at first received it with ; So , Blessed be God's Holy Name , I take the same Comfort and Satisfaction therein still . And as for the most unhappy and lamentable Breach of Church-Unity and Communion among Us , By setting up Bishop against Bishop on account of this New-Oath of Allegiance , and for the Continuance and Confirmation of the matter thereof in the Publick and Daily Offices and Ministrations of Religion ; making both Oaths , and Holy Offices , as much as may be in all Points subservient to this New-Allegiance : In this most sorrowful Breach of Church-Society ; I profess , That as I have done hitherto , so I do still heartily and firmly Embrace and Continue in the Communion of those Orthodox and Rightful Bishops , and the Clergy and People Adhereing unto them , who have Suffered , as I belleve for their Steadfastness to the Rules of Righteousness in the Refusal of this New-Oath , and who keep their Divine Offices and Ministrations Free from all those things , which my Conscience sticks at in the same ; being now about to Receive the Benefit of Absolution , and the Blessed Eucharist , from the hands of One of them . I heartily and earnestly Pray for the Cure , of this most Great and Grievous Breach . And whensoever the time of Healing shall come , The Lord , who purchased his Church with his own Blood , put the work of Healing and Re-Union into wise and good Hands , who , without Passion , or Personal Prejudices , or any regard to past Wrongs , or private Interests , shall faithfully , and unbyassedly pursue the Blessed work of Christian-Union , and be willing and Glad to see those Truths which make for Unity , and will have nothing else in their Eyes , but how to Re-Settle this poor Broken Church in Truth , Purity , Vnity , and Peace . *⁎* As for the Books which I have writ since this Revolution , to keep up among my Christian Brethren , a Sense of truly Apostolical and Primitive Morals at a time when most seem'd bent to Start , or take up with any Shifts or Salvo's to set the same aside ; for their worldly Safety : Or , to direct them about their Civil Obedience , and Comfort , and Support them under any worldly Dangers or Sufferings for the same ; Or to guide them in their way of Worship , that they may perform the same with Purity , and in the Unity and Communion of Christ's Holy Church : I bless God , my sincere design in Writing , and Publishing them , was with much Pains , and some Hazard , to serve my Blessed Master ; and as I thought , the Great and Pressing Needs of his Church and People amongst us . And as I truly , and sincerely believed all the Points I have Taught , and Delivered therein , when I Wrote and Published them : So I do now Profess , That after all the time I have had to Consider them since ; and after all that I have heard or met with in opposition to any Matters contained therein , which I think I have duly weigh'd and look'd through , I do truly and sincerely believe them all to be true still . And all this , I have here Solemnly Professed and Declared , for the Benefit and Satisfaction of those , who shall be desirous to know , whether I continued in the Belief and Practice of the same things at my Death , which I Professed , Taught , and Practised in my Life . And to this Profession and Declaration , I set my Hand , this 23 of March , 1694-95 . JOHN KETTLEWELL . 〈…〉 Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A87704-e10 *⁎* The Books which He means are Entituled , as followeth . Of Christian Prudence , or Religious Wisdom , not degenerating into irreligious Craftiness in TRYING TIMES . London , 1691. Christianity a Doctrin of the Cross , or Passive Obedience under any pretended Invasion of Legal Rights and Liberties . The Duty of Allegiance settled upon its true grounds , according to Scripture , Reason , and the Opinion of the Church in Answer to a late Book of Dr. William Sherlock , Entituled , The Case of Allegiance due to Sovereign Powers . A Companion for the PERSECUTED , Or an Office for those who Suffer for Righteousness . London , 1694. To which may be added , His Companion for the Penitent , and for Persons Troubled in Mind . Also , His Book Entituled , Death made Comfortable , Or , The way to Die well . 1695. Of CHRISTIAN COMMUNION to be held in the Unity of Christ's Church , and among the Professors of Truth and Holiness . 1693.