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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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3. And if they use the name of a General Council, call them to Define what they mean by a General Council: some of them will say, It must be a true Representative of the whole Catholic, Church: so that Morally they are all Consenting to what is there done. But then the doubt remaineth whether there be a Necessity of any certain Number of Bishops? If not; it seems the whole Church may agree that twenty, or ten, or two, or one shall represent them, and be a general Council. But if this must not hold, then Must All the Bishops of the world be there, or only some, and how many? Binnius saith, Vol. 1. pag. 313. that [a General Council is that where all the Bishops of the whole world may and ought to be present, unless they be lawfully hindered, and in which none but the Pope of Rome by himself or his Legates, is wont to preside.] And vol. 3. pag. 229. It is when all the Church is morally Represented, the Pope presiding.] But what a loss are we here at? 1. How prove they that only Bishops should be members of a Council, and not Presbyters?
3. And if they use the name of a General Council, call them to Define what they mean by a General Council: some of them will say, It must be a true Representative of the whole Catholick, Church: so that Morally they are all Consenting to what is there done. But then the doubt remaineth whether there be a Necessity of any certain Number of Bishops? If not; it seems the whole Church may agree that twenty, or ten, or two, or one shall represent them, and be a general Council. But if this must not hold, then Must All the Bishops of the world be there, or only some, and how many? Binnius saith, Vol. 1. pag. 313. that [a General Council is that where all the Bishops of the whole world may and ought to be present, unless they be lawfully hindred, and in which none but the Pope of Rome by himself or his Legates, is wont to preside.] And vol. 3. pag. 229. It is when all the Church is morally Represented, the Pope presiding.] But what a loss are we here at? 1. How prove they that only Bishops should be members of a Council, and not Presbyters?
2. But if that were granted them (without proof and contrary to practise) yet we are at a far greater loss to know what a Bishop is that must here be a member? Is he only the Primus Presbyterorum in a presbytery? Or is he the Ruler of a Presbytery, (they Ruling the people?) Or is he the sole Ruler of Presbyters and people? And is he to be in every Parish where are divers presbyters? or only in every Classs or lesser Synod? or only in