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Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who,…Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who,…
Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1675
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I. The Church-TYRANT departeth from the SIMPLICITY of Church Government first, and will not hear Christs vehement charge, Luk. 22. With you it shall not be so: He cannot understand such Texts because he would not. Hence how unlike is the Secular-Papal and Patriarchal state to the Ministry appointed and described by Christ! To reduce them to that, they think is to be enemies to the Church; ⟨image 16⟩And do they not then take Christ for their Capital enemy? because they are enemies to humility, mortification and the Cross, Phil. •. 18. (To cross bearing not to cross making.) The Papists think that Greg, the seventh that took down Princes was the most glorious instrument of the Churches exaltation: And by turning all to corporeal Glory, they lose hearts, and destroy the souls whom they profess to save.
And having first corrupted GOVERNMENT from the Primitive simplicity, and made Princes their Lictors (as Grotius speaks in that excellent Epistle newly translated by Mr. Barksdale,) they next corrupt DOCTRINE, and WORSHIP consequently. For TYRANTS must have their Wills in every thing: and numerous and needless Laws and Canons must be made to show their power and fulfil their wills, that they may be Law-givers and a Rule to all the World. And when they have made a seeming Necessity of doing things unnecessary, then to plead the Necessity which they have made, is the sum of all their arguments.
And having first corrupted GOVERNMENT from the Primitive simplicity, and made Princes their Lictors (as Grotius speaks in that excellent Epistle newly translated by Mr. Barksdale,) they next corrupt DOCTRINE, and WORSHIP consequently. For TYRANTS must have their Wills in every thing: and numerous and needless Laws and Canons must be made to shew their power and fulfil their wills, that they may be Law-givers and a Rule to all the World. And when they have made a seeming Necessity of doing things unnecessary, then to plead the Necessity which they have made, is the summ of all their arguments.