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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.
R. If once you fall upon such Rules as those (as that Accusations against adversaries are to be believed without proof, on one side and not on the other) Gods Rule against receiving evil reports will be cast out; and Charity and Justice will be cast away; and mere siding and faction will possess the place: And then all the question will be, Who are those Accusers that are to be believed? And if you think that it is your Teachers, the Papists that have many more, will think that they have more reason to believe them: And •• the Anabaptists will believe theirs, and the Separatists theirs, and the Quakers theirs: and what falsehood and evil will not then be believed against all parties? and how odious will they appear to one another, and consequently all (Christians) to Infidels and Heathens?
R. If once you fall upon such Rules as those (as that Accusations against adversaries are to be believed without proof, on one side and not on the other) Gods Rule against receiving evil reports will be cast out; and Charity and Justice will be cast away; and meer siding and saction will possess the place: And then all the question will be, Who are those Accusers that are to be believed? And if you think that it is your Teachers, the Papists that have many more, will think that they have more reason to believe them: And •• the Anabaptists will believe theirs, and the Separatists theirs, and the Quakers theirs: and what falshood and evil will not then be believed against all parties? and how odious will they appear to one another, and consequently all (Christians) to Infidels and Heathens?
L. A man that is set upon a soldering design, may palliate any Heresy in the world, and put a fair sense on the foulest words; but God hateth such cloaking of sin, and compliance with it.
L. A man that is set upon a sodering design, may palliate any Heresie in the world, and put a fair sense on the foulest words; but God hateth such cloaking of sin, and complyance with it.