A26947:340
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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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 Class•s or lesser Synod? or only in ⟨p. 79⟩every County, or Province? Or shall the old Rule stand, that every City must have one? If so, then are not all our Corporations true Cities? And so by any of these Rules, there have been few General Councils in the world. And what word of God is there why London, Worcester, Canterbury should have Bishops; and Shrewsbury, Ipswich, Plymouth and hundreds such should have none? so that if the very matter of your Councils be so humane and disordered, what is the Council composed of such? As most of them use the term Bishop, you would put them as hard to it to Define a Bishop almost, as to define a Pope.
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 presbyterie? Or is he the Ruler of a Presbyterie, (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 Class•s or lesser Synod? or only in ⟨p. 79⟩every County, or Province? Or shall the old Rule stand, that every City must have one? If so, then are not all our Corporations true Cities? And so by any of these Rules, there have been few General Councils in the world. And what word of God is there why London, Worcester, Canterbury should have Bishops; and Shrewsbury, Ipswich, Plimouth and hundreds such should have none? so that if the very matter of your Councils be so humane and disordered, what is the Council composed of such? As most of them use the term Bishop, you would put them as hard to it to Define a Bishop almost, as to define a Pope.