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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.
S. You strive against Gods Judgements by which he hath oft times disowned Popery among us; and would make that less odious, which God by wonders hath oft called us to abhor.
S. You strive against Gods Judgements by which he hath oft times disowned Popery among us; and would make that less odious, which God by wonders hath oft called us to abhorr.
P. You still mistake: It is only your strengthening them, or sinning against God by false and ignorant accusations, and calumniating wiser men as favouring them, that I speak against. God hath oft marvellously preserved us from their attempts. But if you will use untruths against them, they will repay you two for one, and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you. Little know you how odious they render us by lies abroad where they are believed: and I would have no honest man to imitate them. I will instance to you in a few of their Stories. Saith Thom. Waldensis (a Learned man) against Wycliffe, citante Tympio, pag. 104. [I will tell you a Story which I saw with my own eyes in the Cathedral of St. Paul in London: where Tho. Arundel a Venerable Prelate of happy memory, a Son, and Brother of Earls (the Bishop of Norwich and others assisting him) sitting in judgement, proposed some questions of the Eucharist to a certain Taylor of Worcestershire taken in Heresy; and when he could not be moved, and would call the most ⟨p. 297⟩Sacred Host nothing but Blessed Bread, at last being commanded to do reverence to the Host, he blasphemously answered, A Spider is worthier of Reverence. And presently a great and horrid Spider descending from the top of the room by his thread, made directly to the Blasphemers mouth, and laboured to get in while he spake. The Illustrious Prince Thomas Duke of Oxford then Chancellor of the Kingdom, saw the prodigy: which so confirmed them of Gods revenge, that they burnt the man] Saith the same Tympius Theatr. p. 148. [Oecolampadius an Apostate married Monk an. 1528. was strangled by the Devil in Basil, (as Luther reporteth in his Book of the private Mass): a death worthy his life. Luther writeth that he had proved it (explor atissimum esse) that Oecolampadius was killed by the fiery weapons of the Devil.] Carolostadius an. 1530. strangled by the Calvinian God went quickly to Hell, as Erasmus Albertus reporteth. John Calvin was consumed of the lousy disease, the Worms eating through all his body, with blaspheming words, cursed God and called on the Devil, and committed his soul to him, an. 1567. saith Bolsec in vit. Calv. c. 22. Beza writeth, that Calvin tormented four years miserably at last eaten with swarming Lice dyed unhappily and filthily. Pag. 154.