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More reasons for the Christian religion and no reason against it, or, A second…
More reasons for the Christian religion and no reason against it, or, A second appendix to the Reasons of the Christian religion being I. an answer to a letter from an unknown person charging the Holy Scriptures with contradictions, II. some animadversions on a tractate De Veritate, written by ... Edward Herbert, Baron of Cherbury ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1672
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III Quest. Whether the Notitiae Communes are the only certainties in Religion?
Answ. No: Can you possibly deny all certainty of Discourse and Conclusions, Ex vero nil nisi verum sequitur. ⟨p. 125⟩will you condemn the Judge as condemning a Malefactor upon uncertainty, when he thus argueth. All wilful Murderers must be put to death, This is certain in the Law. This man is a wilful Murderer. (proved certainly by confession, evidence and witness) Therefore this man must be put to death: so I argue (what ever doctrine is attested by a multitude of certain uncontrolled Miracles, and by the divine Impress on it self, and the divine Image wrought by it on all; that truly receive it, is attested by God himself, and is certainly true. But the Doctrine of Christianity was so attested: Ergo it is attested by God himself and true.
Answ. No: Can you possibly deny all certainty of Discourse and Conclusions, Ex vero nil nisi verum sequitur. ⟨p. 125⟩will you condemn the Judge as condemning a Malefactor upon uncertainty, when he thus argueth. All wilful Murderers must be put to death, This is certain in the Law. This man is a wilful Murderer. (proved certainly by confession, evidence and witness) Therefore this man must be put to death: so I argue (what ever doctrine is attested by a multitude of certain uncontrouled Miracles, and by the divine Impress on it self, and the divine Image wrought by it on all; that truly receive it, is attested by God himself, and is certainly true. But the Doctrine of Christianity was so attested: Ergo it is attested by God himself and true.