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Catholic unity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one…Catholick vnity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one…
Catholic unity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one religion by Rich. Baxter.Catholick vnity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one religion by Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R. W. for Thomas Underhill and Francis Tyton, 1660
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. Moreover we are all Agreed, or seem to be so, that the holy Scripture is the word of God, and of infallible truth, and therefore must be believed and made the Rule of our Judgements and our lives.
Shall we all agree now in the practice of this? Will you appeal to the Scripture! and shall it be our Rule? If the flesh persuade you to another course, and murmur at the strictness of Gods ⟨p. 144⟩Word; if custom be against it, and the greater number be against it; if your profits, or pleasures, or worldly honours be against it, and your former opinions and practice have been against it, will you yet believe the Scripture before all, and be ruled by it above all the world? You are agreed I hope that God is to be obeyed rather then men, or then the flesh and the Devil? Will you resolve that […] shall be so? O if the Word of God might be the Rule, how quickly should we be agreed? For all the Popish cavils at its difficulty, and mens divers expositions, yet how soon should we be agreed?
Shall we all agree now in the practice of this? Will you appeal to the Scripture! and shall it be our Rule? If the flesh perswade you to another course, and murmur at the strictness of Gods ⟨p. 144⟩Word; if custom be against it, and the greater number be against it; if your profits, or pleasures, or worldly honours be against it, and your former opinions and practice have been against it, will you yet believe the Scripture before all, and be ruled by it above all the world? You are agreed I hope that God is to be obeyed rather then men, or then the flesh and the Devil? Will you resolve that 〈…〉 shall be so? O if the Word of God might be the Rule, how quickly should we be agreed? For all the Popish cavils at its difficulty, and mens divers expositions, yet how soon should we be agreed?