A26927:91
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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An. Indeed you hold as you say, the fundamental truth by which men may be saved: but you hold likewise some errors in judgement, and corruptions in practice contrary to those fundamental truths, by which men may be damned: we embrace your faith, and yet we oppose the heresies you hold contrary to the faith: I love a man, though I hate his disease:—I love the Religion of Rome,—I hate her profanation of that Religion:—if any man be saved in Rome, it's by the truths we and you hold in common, and not by those abominations we punish in you:—and we must needs say that we restrain you not as Christians, whom we shall see in Heaven one day; but as Idolaters and Heretics, whom except you repent, we shall never see in Heaven, 1 Cor. 6.9. Gal. 5.20, 21.—
An. Indeed you hold as you say, the fundamental truth by which men may be saved: but you hold likewise some errors in judgement, and corruptions in practice contrary to those fundamental truths, by which men may be damned: we embrace your faith, and yet we oppose the heresies you hold contrary to the faith: I love a man, though I hate his disease:—I love the Religion of Rome,—I hate her prophanation of that Religion:—if any man be saved in Rome, it's by the truths we and you hold in common, and not by those abominations we punish in you:—and we must needs say that we restrain you not as Christians, whom we shall see in Heaven one day; but as Idolaters and Hereticks, whom except you repent, we shall never see in Heaven, 1 Cor. 6.9. Gal. 5.20, 21.—
4. Reason, We differ but in small questions and opinions, &c. therefore.