A26947:1197
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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1. As for the old English Bishops and conformable Ministers, who were of the faith and doctrine publicly here professed, I confess I find but little evidence that ever the Papists had much to do with them, save only to instigate them against the Puritans, and draw some of them to a compliance with such as did out-go them. Yet in their times Bishop Goodman of Gloucester was suspected to be a Papist, and so professed himself by his last Testament at his death, since the wars.
1. As for the old English Bishops and conformable Ministers, who were of the faith and doctrine publikely here professed, I confess I find but little evidence that ever the Papists had much to do with them, save only to instigate them against the Puritans, and draw some of them to a complyance with such as did out-go them. Yet in their times Bishop Goodman of Glocester was suspected to be a Papist, and so professed himself by his last Testament at his death, since the wars.
2. As for the Presbyterians, I do not see any reason to think that ever the Papists had any interest in them of any men, there being none that they more hate then these two sorts (the old sound Episcopal men, and the Presbyterians) But yet both in France and Scotland they have cunningly wrought upon them ab extra, alarming them into disturbances by the wild-fire which they have cast in.
3. As for the new Episcopal party that followed Grotius (Arminius in doctrine) and the Greek Church, and were for a reconciliation with Rome, on those terms (which doubtless Rome would never have yielded to) the interest that the Papists had among them, and influence that they had on them or their proceedings, is evident from what is said before; and much from the copious Proofs produced by Mr. Prin in his forementioned Book (Canterburies Trial, with the Introduct.) The Jesuits Letter cited by Prin, ib. pag. 89. saith [Now we have planted that Sovereign drug Arminianism, which we hope will purge the Protestants from their heresy, and it flourisheth and bears fruit in due season.] The Articles exhibited in Parliament against many of the Bishops will tell you by their works who were the instigators of them. Of themselves I know of none but Goodman