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Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…
Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and the latter times of his corporal pains and weakness.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden for B. Simmons, 1683
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Answ. No: The difference is here; 1. Papists are for Tradition as a supplement to the Scripture, as if this were but part of the Word of God; and 2. They plead for a peculiar power of being the Keepers and Judges of that supplemental Tradition; which other Churches know nothing of.
Answ. No: The difference is here; 1. Papists are for Tradition as a supplement to the Scripture, as if this were but part of the VVord of God; and 2. They plead for a peculiar power of being the Keepers and Judges of that supplemental Tradition; which other Churches know nothing of.
But we, 1. Plead for the Infallible, Practical Tradition of the Essentials of Christianity by itself, and in the Creed, &c. which is less than the Scripture. 2. And next for the certain Tradition of the Scripture itself, uncorrupted in all that Faith depends on: which Scripture is the complete Record of God's VVill and Law, containing more than Essentials and Integrals.
But we, 1. Plead for the Infallible, Practical Tradition of the Essentials of Christianity by itself, and in the Creed, &c. which is less than the Scripture. 2. And next for the certain Tradition of the Scripture itself, uncorrupted in all that Faith depends on: which Scripture is the compleat Record of God's VVill and Law, containing more than Essentials and Integrals.
So much of God, 1. Manifested in the Flesh, 2. Justified in the Spirit.