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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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And our case also much differeth from the Papists in this: For We profess that our objective faith, (Gods word) is Infallible, and we are Infallible so far as we believe it: But we confess that we are liable to misunderstand some parts of it; and so far are fallible, as being imperfect: But the Papists say, that their Pope and Councils and Universal-Practicers are personally Infallible, so as not to be liable to any misunderstanding of any Article of faith (say some) or Article of Catholic faith (say others): And so they make their own Act of Believing to be Commensurate and equally certain with Gods word of faith; and therefore they allow you to question them in all, if they err in one, as pretending to a gift of never erring in any.
And our case also much differeth from the Papists in this: For We profess that our objective faith, (Gods word) is Infallible, and we are Infallible so far as we believe it: But we confess that we are lyable to misunderstand some parts of it; and so far are fallible, as being imperfect: But the Papists say, that their Pope and Councils and Universal-Practicers are personally Infallible, so as not to be lyable to any misunderstanding of any Article of faith (say some) or Article of Catholick faith (say others): And so they make their own Act of Believing to be Commensurate and equally certain with Gods word of faith; and therefore they allow you to question them in all, if they err in one, as pretending to a gift of never erring in any.
D. But is it not a great reason to incline us to them rather than to you, when They only pretend to Infallibility, and You confess that you are all fallible in your Belief?
R. This is to be the subject of our next Conference, and therefore not now to be anticipated; only I shall tell you, that It is a mere noise of ambiguous words to deceive the heedless that cannot search out the meaning of them. 1. We not only Pretend, but Profess and prove that our Christian Religion is altogether Infallible. For which end I have written divers Treatises my self. 2. And we profess that all the mystical Church of Christ (that is all sincere Christians) do truly and Infallibly believe all that is Essential to Christianity, and as much of the Integrals as they can know. 3. And we profess that the Catholic Church-Visible (that is, All professors of Christianity in the world) do profess all these Essentials of Christianity, and are Infallible in this profession. But we hold withal, that there is no particular