Sentence:  [N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they <WSD>profeſſe</WSD> him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.). (from 16th c.)