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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 ...

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed for N. Simmons, 1677

196, [8] p. · 61k words · Wing B1315 · ESTC R13884

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Chapter 9: How our Religion differeth from the Papists.

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IX. Our Religion therefore is the true terms of Catholic concord, according to Vincent. Lerinens. Doctrine, quod ab omnibus, semper, ubique receptum est. But your additions are the very Engine of the dividing Enemy, by which he hath long kept the Christian World, distracted by discord, with all the calamitous effects and consequents.

IX. Our Religion therefore is the true terms of Catholick concord, according to Vincent. Lerinens. Doctrine, quod ab omnibus, semper, ubique receptum est. But your additions are the very Engine of the dividing Enemy, by which he hath long kept the Christian World, distracted by discord, with all the calamitous effects and consequents.

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X. Our Religion hath a certain Rule for the ending of all controversies, so far as there is hope of ending them in this world: All men will rest in the Judgment of God; and his word in all such necessary things is plainer than all your General Councils: But your Humane Authority is such as fighteth with it self and all the world, and which the Universal Church never yet received nor will ever rest in.

:616p. 189–190¶11

XI. Our Religion owneth a certain lawful Government appointed by God, which well used may keep just order in the world: That is, Parents in Families, Pastors in such particular Churches as Christ hath instituted, (as join for personal Communion in holy Doctrine, Worship and Conversation;) which they are indeed capable of Overseeing and Governing by Sacred Doctrine in Christs way: And Associations or Correspondencies of these Pastors for concord; And Princes and Magistrates to keep peace and order among them all; Governing Glergie-men as they do Philosophers, ⟨p. 190⟩

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Title as printed: 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 ...
Author: Richard Baxter 1615–1691
Place: London
Bookseller: N. Simmons
Year: 1677
Size: 196, [8] p.
Words: 60,859
Catalogue: Wing B1315 · ESTC R13884
Text: EEBO-TCP A26962

Passages: 699
Sections: 22

:619p. 190–191¶14

XIV. Our Religion tendeth to holy consolation, and a heavenly mind and life: For it teacheth us how to be certain of Gods love by its effects on our Souls, and to ⟨p. 191⟩know that we are justified by Christ, and to trust the sufficiency of his Sacrifice, Merits, and Intercession; and to believe, that when we are absent from the body we shall be present with the Lord, 2 Cor. 5. 1. 7, 8. and to desire to depart and be with Christ, Phil. 1. 23. But yours leaveth a man uncertain of his Justification: For you mostly deride such distinguished Fundamentals, as (received) essentiate a justified Christian: And your Doctors lay all mens necessary Religion, and so their Peace, upon their receipt of so much truth as hath been authentically proposed to them; whereas no man living is certain that he hath received so much as hath been so proposed: All men are guilty of neglecting some such Proposal at one time or other: And gradual neglects the best are guilty of. And you cannot ascertain men what is an authentic Proposal. You also tell men of the necessity of their own satisfactions for the sin that Christ forgiveth, and that in the Fire of Purgatory; so that (as is said before) none such can dye comfortably, that look to go hence into such a Fire, where torment may make it hard to you to love God that tormenteth you. It is a spirit of bondage that seemeth to actuate your very austerities, and to turn your Religion into superstitious tasks of self-made Services; Ceremonies, and expectations of the expiating Flames in Purgatory: But you show too little of the Spirit of adoption, of power, love and a sound mind, 2 Tim. 1. 7. of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, Rom. 14. Terror and Torments are temptations to you to desire the miserablest life on Earth (much more a life of pleasure) rather than to dye, when such Flames must next follow.

XIV. Our Religion tendeth to holy consolation, and a heavenly mind and life: For it teacheth us how to be certain of Gods love by its effects on our Souls, and to ⟨p. 191⟩know that we are justified by Christ, and to trust the sufficiency of his Sacrifice, Merits, and Intercession; and to believe, that when we are absent from the body we shall be present with the Lord, 2 Cor. 5. 1. 7, 8. and to desire to depart and be with Christ, Phil. 1. 23. But yours leaveth a man uncertain of his Justification: For you mostly deride such distinguished Fundamentals, as (received) essentiate a justified Christian: And your Doctors lay all mens necessary Religion, and so their Peace, upon their receipt of so much truth as hath been authentically proposed to them; whereas no man living is certain that he hath received so much as hath been so proposed: All men are guilty of neglecting some such Proposal at one time or other: And gradual neglects the best are guilty of. And you cannot ascertain men what is an authentick Proposal. You also tell men of the necessity of their own satisfactions for the sin that Christ forgiveth, and that in the Fire of Purgatory; so that (as is said before) none such can dye comfortably, that look to go hence into such a Fire, where torment may make it hard to you to love God that tormenteth you. It is a spirit of bondage that seemeth to actuate your very austerities, and to turn your Religion into superstitious tasks of self-made Services; Ceremonies, and expectations of the expiating Flames in Purgatory: But you shew too little of the Spirit of adoption, of power, love and a sound mind, 2 Tim. 1. 7. of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, Rom. 14. Terrour and Torments are temptations to you to desire the miserablest life on Earth (much more a life of pleasure) rather than to dye, when such Flames must next follow.

:620p. 191–193¶15

XV. We offer God such Worship as we can prove by his Word that he commandeth and accepteth; and ⟨p. 192⟩such reasonable service in spirit and truth, which is not unsuitable to the Father of Spirits, and God of wisdom; yet using all reverent and decent behaviour of the body as well as of the mind. But it would be hard to number over all the Humane inventions of Formalities, and Rites, and Ceremonies, and Images, and other arbitrary external things, by which you have corrupted the Worship of God, and hid the body in your new fashioned Clothing, which you pretended to adorn; And as worldly minds do cumber themselves, as Martha, with many unnecessary things, and then say, [Is it not lawful to do this and that?] while they hereby alienate the thoughts, affections, and time, which should be laid out on the one thing needful; so do you in Gods Worship make such abundance of work with your Ceremonies, for thoughts, affections, and time, as maketh it very difficult to give the great and spiritual part of Worship its proportion, (far beyond what Augustine Epist. ad Januar. so much complained of in his time:) and then think you justify all, if you can say, How prove you this or that unlawful? As if your Servant should instead of his work play at Cards most of the day, and ask you [How you prove it unlawful?] You never well studied 2 Cor. 11. 3. [I […] lest by any means as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ,] nor Col. 2. 18, 19, 20. 22, 23. nor Act. 15. 28. nor Rom. 14 and 15. nor Joh. 4. 20, 21. An ignorant Woman set upon Christ, just as you pervert all holy discourse, with turning all to [Which is the true Church?] Our Fathers Worshipped in this Mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men should Worship: But Christ answereth you in her, The true Worshippers shall Worship the Father in spirit and in truth: For the ⟨p. 193⟩Father seeketh such to worship him: God is a Spirit, &c.] Those that by Custom be not engaged in your way of numerous Formalities and bodily actions, can hardly think that you are spiritually and seriously worshipping God, or can believe that Infinite Wisdom would be pleased with such things as—I am loth to denominate or describe.

XV. We offer God such Worship as we can prove by his Word that he commandeth and accepteth; and ⟨p. 192⟩such reasonable service in spirit and truth, which is not unsuitable to the Father of Spirits, and God of wisdom; yet using all reverent and decent behaviour of the body as well as of the mind. But it would be hard to number over all the Humane inventions of Formalities, and Rites, and Ceremonies, and Images, and other arbitrary external things, by which you have corrupted the Worship of God, and hid the body in your new fashioned Cloathing, which you pretended to adorn; And as worldly minds do cumber themselves, as Martha, with many unnecessary things, and then say, [Is it not lawful to do this and that?] while they hereby alienate the thoughts, affections, and time, which should be laid out on the one thing needful; so do you in Gods Worship make such abundance of work with your Ceremonies, for thoughts, affections, and time, as maketh it very difficult to give the great and spiritual part of Worship its proportion, (far beyond what Augustine Epist. ad Januar. so much complained of in his time:) and then think you justifie all, if you can say, How prove you this or that unlawful? As if your Servant should instead of his work play at Cards most of the day, and ask you [How you prove it unlawful?] You never well studyed 2 Cor. 11. 3. [I 〈…〉 lest by any means as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ,] nor Col. 2. 18, 19, 20. 22, 23. nor Act. 15. 28. nor Rom. 14 and 15. nor Ioh. 4. 20, 21. An ignorant Woman set upon Christ, just as you pervert all holy discourse, with turning all to [Which is the true Church?] Our Fathers Worshipped in this Mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men should Worship: But Christ answereth you in her, The true Worshippers shall Worship the Father in spirit and in truth: For the ⟨p. 193⟩Father seeketh such to worship him: God is a Spirit, &c.] Those that by Custom be not ingaged in your way of numerous Formalities and bodily actions, can hardly think that you are spiritually and seriously worshipping God, or can believe that Infinite Wisdom would be pleased with such things as—I am loth to denominate or describe.