A26947:1092
A key for Catholics, to open the juggling of the Jesuits, and satisfy all…A key for Catholicks, to open the jugling of the Jesuits, and satisfie all…
A key for Catholics, to open the juggling of the Jesuits, and satisfy all that are but truly willing to understand, whether the cause of the Roman or reformed churches be of God ... containing some arguments by which the meanest may see the vanity of popery, and 40 detections of their fraud, with directions, and materials sufficient for the confutation of their voluminous deceits ... : the second part showeth (especially against the French and Grotians) that the Catholic Church is not united in any merely humane head, either Pope or council / by Richard Baxter, a Catholic Christian and Pastor of a church ...A key for Catholicks, to open the jugling of the Jesuits, and satisfie all that are but truly willing to understand, whether the cause of the Roman or reformed churches be of God ... containing some arguments by which the meanest may see the vanity of popery, and 40 detections of their fraud, with directions, and materials sufficient for the confutation of their voluminous deceits ... : the second part sheweth (especially against the French and Grotians) that the Catholick Church is not united in any meerly humane head, either Pope or council / by Richard Baxter, a Catholick Christian and Pastor of a church ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659
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He begins his proof with a cheat, as gross as common, even an abuse of Cyprian's words, l. 1. Ep. 3. where Cyprian speaks for the necessity of obeying One in the Church, meaning a particular Church, (as the whole scope of his Epistle testifieth): And this man would make them simple believe that he speaks of the Universal Church.
He begins his proof with a cheat, as gross as common, even an abuse of Cyprians words, l. 1. Ep. 3. where Cyprian speaks for the necessity of obeying One in the Church, meaning a particular Church, (as the whole scope of his Epistle testifieth): And this man would make them simple believe that he speaks of the Universal Church.
His Reasons proceed thus: First (p. 128. &c.) he tells us, that [the invisible God thinks meet to Govern the world by visible men.] Answ. And who denies that Christ also governeth his Church by men?
But he concludeth hence [Num alia ratione, &c. Shall we believe that Christ doth govern his Church in another way then God governeth the whole world?] Answ. Reader, doth not this man give up the cause of the Pope, and say as much against it fundamentally as a Protestant? Saith Boverins [We must not believe that Christ doth govern the Church in another way then God doth govern the world.] But (saith common sense and experience) God doth not govern the whole world by any one (or two, or ten) Universal Vice-monarch: Therefore Christ doth not Govern the Church by any one Universal Vice-monarch.