A26947:1275
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
These are the words of Papists themselves. From their published writings we tell you their Religion.
I know they will here again tell us abundance of false accusations of the Protestants, such as [the Image of both Churches] heapeth up; and they will tell us of our war, and killing the King in England. But of this I have given them their answer ⟨p. 355⟩before. To which I add, 1. The Protestant doctrine expressed in the Confessions of all their Churches, and in the constant stream of their writers, is for obedience to the Sovereign Powers, and against resisting them, upon any pretences of Heresy, or Excommunication, or such like.
I know they will here again tell us abundance of false accusations of the Protestants, such as [the Image of both Churches] heapeth up; and they will tell us of our war, and killing the King in England. But of this I have given them their answer ⟨p. 355⟩before. To which I add, 1. The Protestant doctrine expressed in the Confessions of all their Churches, and in the constant stream of their writers, is for obedience to the Soveraign Powers, and against resisting them, upon any pretenses of Heresie, or Excommunication, or such like.
2. The wars in England were raised between a King and Parliament, that joined together, did constitute the Highest Power; and upon the lamentable division (occasioned by the Papists,) the people were many of them uncertain which part was the Higher, and of greatest Authority: some thought the King, and others thought the Parliament, as being the Representative body of the people (in whom Politicians say is the Majestas Realis,) and the Highest Judicature, and having the chief part in Legislation, and Declaration what is just or unjust, what is Law and what is against Law: Had we all been resolved in England which side was by Law the Higher Power, here had been no war. So that here was no avowed resisting of the Higher Powers. None but a Parliament could have drawn an Army of Protestants here under their banner.