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CHAP. IV. What is the Papists Religion.

R. I Have plainly told you what my own, and the Protestants Religion is, viz. [Nothing but Christianity; contained Integrally in the holy Scriptures; And the Essentials being the Baptismal Covenant, explained in the Creed, Lords prayer and Christian Decalogue, are delivered to us both in the said Scriptures, and by distinct Tradition; which also hath brought down to us the Scripture it self: Not a Tradition depending on the pretended Authority of the Roman Pope or party, or on any other that shall pretend the like; But that Historical Evidence of matter of fact, which is surelier given us by all sorts of Christians, taking in the Concord of many Heretics, Infidels and Enemies; which evidence dependeth not on the credit of supernatural Revelation, but on the natural credibility yea and certainty of such universal Circumstantiated Concordant testimony; and is necessarily antecedent to the Belief of supernatural Revelations in the particulars, as sight and hearing were in the auditors of Christ and the Apostles; seeing these two Acts of Knowledge, [Whatever God saith is True; and This God saith] must necessarily go before our Belief or Trust that [This is True, because God saith it.] And so we run not in a circle, and need not a supernatural faith, for the founding of our first supernatural faith; that is, A first before the first.] Without fraud or obscurity this is our faith and Religion. Now do you as honestly and plainly tell me What is Yours, which D. must be persuaded to: For I confess ⟨p. 26⟩that I take it to be an unintelligible thing, and despair that ever you give any man a certain notice, what it is, which may be truly called the Religion of your Roman-Catholic-Church.

R. I Have plainly told you what my own, and the Protestants Religion is, viz. [Nothing but Christianity; contained Integrally in the holy Scriptures; And the Essentials being the Baptismal Covenant, explained in the Creed, Lords prayer and Christian Decalogue, are delivered to us both in the said Scriptures, and by distinct Tradition; which also hath brought down to us the Scripture it self: Not a Tradition depending on the pretended Authority of the Roman Pope or party, or on any other that shall pretend the like; But that Historical Evidence of matter of fact, which is surelier given us by all sorts of Christians, taking in the Concord of many Hereticks, Infidels and Enemies; which evidence dependeth not on the credit of supernatural Revelation, but on the natural credibility yea and certainty of such universal Circumstantiated Concordant testimony; and is necessarily antecedent to the Belief of supernatural Revelations in the particulars, as sight and hearing were in the auditors of Christ and the Apostles; seeing these two Acts of Knowledge, [Whatever God saith is True; and This God saith] must necessarily go before our Belief or Trust that [This is True, because God saith it.] And so we run not in a circle, and need not a supernatural faith, for the founding of our first supernatural faith; that is, A first before the first.] Without fraud or obscurity this is our faith and Religion. Now do you as honestly and plainly tell me What is Yours, which D. must be perswaded to: For I confess