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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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He adds [Let him not name the Wicklifians: for they held; that all things came to pass by fatal necessity; That Princes and Magistrates fell from their dignity and power by mortal sin.] Answ. We know by many of Wicklifs own books printed and manuscript what his judgement was, what ever your Council at Constance accuse him of. It was a Divine Necessity opposed to uncertainty, and to the determination of an unruled will, that he mentioneth. And do not your Jesuits lay as heavy a charge on the Dominicans sometimes? and with as great cause may many of your Schoolmen be disclaimed for this as Wycliffe, if you will understand him, and them. Wycliffe was known to obey and teach obedience to Magistrates. But is it not a fine world, when Wycliffe must not be of our Church because he is supposed to deny the power of Magistrates in mortal sin? and yet the Pope and his Council determine that Princes or Lords that will not root out such as the Pope calls Heretics must be cast our, and their Country given to others. It seems you take Wycliffe to be some kin to your selves. But we doubt not but he was of the Catholic Church and Religion, and therefore of the same with us.
He adds [Let him not name the Wicklifians: for they held; that all things came to pass by fatall necessity; That Princes and Magistrates fell from their dignity and power by mortall sin.] Answ. We know by many of Wicklifs own books printed and manuscript what his judgement was, what ever your Council at Constance accuse him of. It was a Divine Necessity opposed to uncertainty, and to the determination of an unruled will, that he mentioneth. And do not your Jesuites lay as heavy a charge on the Dominicans sometimes? and with as great cause may many of your Schoolmen be disclaimed for this as Wicklife, if you will understand him, and them. Wicklife was known to obey and teach obedience to Magistrates. But is it not a fine world, when Wicklife must not be of our Church because he is supposed to deny the power of Magistrates in mortal sin? and yet the Pope and his Council determine that Princes or Lords that will not root out such as the Pope cals Hereticks must be cast our, and their Countrey given to others. It seems you take Wicklife to be some kin to your selves. But we doubt not but he was of the Catholick Church and Religion, and therefore of the same with us.