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Full and easy satisfaction which is the true and safe religion in a conference between D. a doubter, P. a papist, and R. a reformed Catholic Christian : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.Full and easie satisfaction which is the true and safe religion in a conference between D. a doubter, P. a papist, and R. a reformed Catholick Christian : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nev. Simmons, 1674
Part 4 › Chapter 11: The Conclusion of the first Book: The Causes of Popery.
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R. 1. But do you think that the opinion of the Papal faction who are not the third part of the Universal Church, that is, the Christian world, is the faith of all the Church? Why call you Opinion faith? and a sect and faction, All the Church? 2. Indeed if all the Church did set their senses against mine, I would rather believe them than my senses: For I should think, that I were in that point distracted, or my senses by some disease perverted, which I did not perceive: I mean if it were in a case where they had the affirmative: As if all England should witness that they saw it Light at Midnight, I would think my eyes had some impediment which I knew not of, if I saw none. But this is not your case; The Papists themselves do not set all their senses against ⟨p. 156⟩yours: much less the senses of all mankind: They do not say, that [We and all men, except the Protestants, do see, and feel, and taste that There is no Bread and Wine.] But contrarily, You have the senses of all the world, and the saith of two or three parts of the Christian world, against the Opinion of one Sect, which Schismatically call themselves All the Church.
D. But suppose that they err in this one point, they may for all that be in the right in all the rest: Who is it that hath no error? I must not for this one forsake them.
R. 1. I will stand to their own judgements in this, Whether all their foundation and faith be not uncertain, if any one Article of their faith prove false? They are all (that ever I knew) agreed of the affirmative: And will give you no thanks for such a defence. 2. And if we come to that work, I shall prove all the rest of their opinions before mentioned to be also false.