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More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second…
More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second defence of our infant rights and mercies in three parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for N. Simmons and J. Robinson, 1675
Chapter 8: A Catalogue of some Doctrines of Mr. Danvers and the rest that with him accuse my Chris…
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XXXI. Ib. That it is a sin for those in Italy, or any Kingdom that can have no other, to let a Popish Priest teach their Children the Creed, Lords Prayer and Ten-Commandments which all Christians are agreed in: but it's better that they never learned a word of the Bible, or Christian-Faith, than learn it of such a Priest: so sinfully did Bishop Usher make the motion to the Priests in Ireland, that Protestants and they might join ⟨p. 322⟩in teaching the barbarous people the Creed and common principles of Religion.
XXXI. Ib. That it is a sin for those in Italy, or any Kingdom that can have no other, to let a Popish Priest teach their Children the Creed, Lords Prayer and Ten-Commandments which all Christians are agreed in: but it's better that they never learned a word of the Bible, or Christian-Faith, than learn it of such a Priest: so sinfully did Bishop Usher make the motion to the Priests in Ireland, that Protestants and they might joyn ⟨p. 322⟩in teaching the barbarous people the Creed and common principles of Religion.
XXXII. Ib. That it is a sin to hear a Popish Priest read Gods word or any good book, though it were a Protestants, or one of the Ancient Fathers: or to hear him speak the truest Doctrine, though in a Country where it can no other way be heard or learned.
XXXIII. Ib. That in such a Country where there is no other, it is a sin to join with one of them in any Prayer how good soever, though craving a blessing on our meat, or in a Family, or elsewhere; even in the Lords Prayer.