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The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholic-Protestant or the papist have…The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholick-Protestant or the papist have…
The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholic-Protestant or the papist have the surer faith being an answer to one of the oft canted questions and challenges of the papists, sent to one who desired this : published to direct the unskilful, how to defend their faith against papists and infidels, but especially against the temptations of the Devil, that by saving their faith, they may save their holiness, their comfort and their souls / by Richard Baxter.The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholick-Protestant or the papist have the surer faith being an answer to one of the oft canted questions and challenges of the papists, sent to one who desired this : published to direct the unskilful, how to defend their faith against papists and infidels, but especially against the temptations of the Devil, that by saving their faith, they may save their holiness, their comfort and their souls / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simons, 1672
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.
§. 4. 3. A perfect Unity in the common knowledge of all things in Scripture, or all the revealed Accidentals of Religion, will never be found between any two persons in this life; because that no ones knowledge is perfect.
§. 4. 3. A perfect Vnity in the common knowledge of all things in Scripture, or all the revealed Accidentals of Religion, will never be found between any two persons in this life; because that no ones knowledge is perfect.
§. 5. II. From hence the other Question is easily answered. 1. To a Unity of Christians as Christians, or the body of Christ and Church Universal, and of necessity to Salvation, no Certainty is necessary but of the Essentials of the Christian Religion.
2. To the more Comfortable progress, and the melius esse of Christians and the Churches, as great a Concord and Certainty in the Integrals of Christianity is needful, as the degree of melius esse doth require.
3. To mens peaceable and comfortable Communion in Christian Societies, an Unity and consequently knowledge of the points of Christian Love and holy communion is necessary.