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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.
5. Though I am not of their mind, that think the twelve Apostles each one made an Article of the Creed, or that they formed and tied men to just the very same syllables, and every word that is now in the Creed; yet that they still kept to the same sense, and words so expressing it, as by their variation might not endanger the corrupting of the faith by a new sense, is certain from the nature of the case, and from the Agreement of all the ancient Creeds, which were ever professed at baptism, from their days; that cited by me (Append. to the Reformed Pastor) out of Irenaeus, two out of Tertullian, that of Marcellus in Epiphanius, that expounded by Cyril, that in Ruffinus, the Nicene, and all mentioned by Usher and Vossius agreeing thus far in sense; And no one was baptized without the Creed professed.
5. Though I am not of their mind, that think the twelve Apostles each one made an Article of the Creed, or that they formed and tyed men to just the very same syllables, and every word that is now in the Creed; yet that they still kept to the same sense, and words so expressing it, as by their variation might not endanger the corrupting of the faith by a new sense, is certain from the nature of the case, and from the Agreement of all the antient Creeds, which were ever professed at baptism, from their dayes; that cited by me (Append. to the Reformed Pastor) out of Irenaeus, two out of Tertullian, that of Marcellus in Epiphanius, that expounded by Cyril, that in Ruffinus, the Nicene, and all mentioned by Usher and Vossius agreeing thus far in sense; And no one was baptized without the Creed professed.
6. As Christ himself was the Author of the Baptismal Creed and Covenant, so the Apostles were the Authors of that Exposition which they then used and taught the Church to use: And they did that by the Holy Ghost as much as their inditing of the Scripture.