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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.
Answ. 1. For the Churches sake, we are thankful to God, when we see a common concord in Profession, though most are false in and to the Religion which they profess. Many ways God doth good to his Church by unsound Professors.
Answ. 1. For the Churches sake, we are thankful to God, when we see a common concord in Profession, though most are false in and to the Religion which they profess. Many wayes God doth good to his Church by unfound Professors.
1. Their Professing the same Faith doth somewhat tie their hands from persecuting it. And of the two, we can better bear Hypocrites then Persecutors.
1. Their Professing the same Faith doth somewhat tye their hands from persecuting it. And of the two, we can better bear Hypocrites then Persecutors.
2. And it somewhat tieth their tongues from reproaching the ⟨p. 199⟩Faith, and arguing against it, and seducing others from it. And of the two, it would be more hurtful to the Church to have these men open enemies to the truth, and bend their wits and tongues against it, and to have the multitude assaulting their neighbours with invectives and cavils against Religion, then to have them falsely pretend to be Religious.
2. And it somewhat tyeth their tongues from reproaching the ⟨p. 199⟩Faith, and arguing against it, and seducing others from it. And of the two, it would be more hurtful to the Church to have these men open enemies to the truth, and bend their wits and tongues against it, and to have the multitude assaulting their neighbours with invectives and cavils against Religion, then to have them falsly pretend to be Religious.