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Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of…
Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of Canterbury's letter to the King and all the bishops of Ireland's protestation to the Parliament to the same purpose : with an answer to the Roman-Catholics reasons for indulgence : also the excellent reasons of the Honourable House of Commons against indulgence, with historical observations thereupon.Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of Canterbury's letter to the King and all the bishops of Irelands protestation to the Parliament to the same purpose : with an answer to the Roman-Catholicks reasons for indulgence : also the excellent reasons of the Honourable House of Commons against indulgence, with historical observations thereupon.
London: printed for S.U.N.T.F.S., 1663
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Twenty five Reasons Against Toleration of Popery › Reason 1: Reason. 1.
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Reason. 1.
That way which seduceth poor Souls from the great Rule God hath given to live by and be saved, is not to be tolerated (shall we allow them among us who take away from Immortal Souls all the sure foundation they have against the time to come? shall we endure them among us whose business it is to hide the eternal counsel of God from men.) Popery doth seduce poor Souls from the great Rule of life. Papistis, (and shall they be tolerated) make it part of their Religion to persuade us that we should not search the Scripture, wherein we may have life? Catholics (and shall they be Indulgent?) make it their business to keep us from the holy Scriptures which are able to make us wise unto salvation, perfect and throughly furnished unto all good works: they of Rome (and shall they be connived at) draw poor Souls from the word of God that is able to build us up and to give us an inheritance among them that are sanctified: they (said that there should be such among us) endeavour that we should not prove what is the good, the perfect, the acceptable will of our God: that without knowledge of this will the people ⟨p. 2⟩should perish: they (and what can Satan do more?) dissuade poor Souls from reading the Scriptures: they persuade them that the Scriptures ought to be in an unknown Tongue; that hearing poor Souls might hear and not understand the things that belong to their peace, must we needs have these among us that may persuade people too much inclined of themselves to sit in ignorance among us who (after all our pains to instruct an ignorant world) now persuade poor souls to be still alienated from the life of God, to have their understanding still darkened to retain still the blindness of their hearts? and can the enemy of mankind do any more: shall we have those in the midst of us (who notwithstanding all our endeavours to teach the world a saving knowledge of God) shall yet (and alas! the murderer from the beginning desires no more) persuade mankind that it is a vein thing to be filled with the knowledge of Gods will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding: no Christian state can Tolerate those people whose Religion is to keep the world in ignorance of all Religion, who know we must love God, yet will not suffer us to know him; who know we must obey him, yet will not suffer us to know his will.