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The Protestant religion truly stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard BaxterThe Protestant religion truely stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter
The Protestant religion truly stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter ; prepared for the press some time before his death ; whereunto is added, by way of preface, some account of the learned author, by Mr. Daniel Williams and Mr. Matthew Sylvester.The Protestant religion truely stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter ; prepared for the press some time before his death ; whereunto is added, by way of preface, some account of the learned author, by Mr. Danel Williams and Mr. Matthew Sylvester.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1692
Protestant Religion Truly Stated, and Justified, &c. › The Seventh accused Point.
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6. But every Church, and every man, being imperfect both in knowledge, Faith and Holiness, have all some Error: For to be objectively de fide, is to be of Divine Revelation: And all the Scripture is Divine Revelation. And if the question be, Whether any Pope, Council or Church, understand all the Scripture without any Error? judge by Commentators, and common Experience.
6. But every Church, and every man, being imperfect both in knowledge, Faith and Holiness, have all some Errour: For to be objectively de fide, is to be of Divine Revelation: And all the Scripture is Divine Revelation. And if the question be, Whether any Pope, Council or Church, understand all the Scripture without any Errour? judge by Commentators, and common Experience.
And now what saith the Deceiver against all this?
1. He citeth Isa. 59.21. God hath promised to preserve his Word in the Church: Ergo, the Church cannot Err? A forged Consequence, no more followeth, but that the true Church shall not ⟨p. 47⟩lose or forsake Gods Word: For then it would cease to be the Church: