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Naked popery, or, The naked falsehood of a book called The Catholic naked truth,…Naked popery, or, The naked falshood of a book called The Catholick naked truth,…
Naked popery, or, The naked falsehood of a book called The Catholic naked truth, or, The Puritan convert to apostolical Christianity, written by W.H. opening their fundamental error of unwritten tradition, and their unjust description of the Puritans, the prelatical Protestant, and the papist, and their differences, and better acquainting the ignorant of the same difference, especially what a Puritan and what a papist is / by Richard Baxter ...Naked popery, or, The naked falshood of a book called The Catholick naked truth, or, The Puritan convert to apostolical Christianity, written by W.H. opening their fundamental errour of unwritten tradition, and their unjust description of the Puritans, the prelatical Protestant, and the papist, and their differences, and better acquainting the ignorant of the same difference, especially what a Puritan and what a papist is / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for N. Simmons, 1677
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
XXVII. Expecting to go to the Flames of Purgatory when they dye, they cannot possibly be willing to leave this World, and consequently must be worldlings, and never truly willing to dye. For the basest condition on Earth will seem to them more desirable than Purgatory.
XXVIII. They think that the Flames of Purgatory do perfect mens preparation for Heaven: whereas he is readiest for Heaven that is likest to those in Heaven and most holy, and that is they that most love God! And they that are angry here with every one that hurteth him, and do not think that tormenting men will win their love, yet look that the torments of Purgatory should help us to love God, better than all the mercies on Earth will do.
XXIX. The generality of Papists believe a fallible Priest, or Printer, or such other person, telling them what is the Faith of the Universal Church, and yet think that this is an Infallible Faith.
XXX. A Papist is one that layeth his hopes of salvation upon his belief of and obedience to a Pope which by their own Principles is no Pope, and a General Council which is no General Council, never was, nor never will be; and on his Communion with a Catholic Church which is no Catholic Church, but a Sect. All which hath been proved already, and more shall be.