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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 One and Fortieth accused Point.
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.
Ans. True and proper, if the words are intelligible, are put against false and equivocal ⟨p. 142⟩or figurative. And what man can tell us which Sense of the word [Sacrifice] must be taken for the only proper Sense, when with Heathens and Christians the word is used in so many Senses, and there are so many sorts of Sacrifices? This man would not tell you whether it be the Thing or the Name that he controverteth; that would be to come into the Light. If it be the thing, we never doubted but divers things are and must be in the Church, which are called Sacrifices, some in Scripture, and some by Papists: And some things by them called Sacrifices, are in their Church which God is against.
Ans. True and proper, if the words are intelligible, are put against false and equivocal ⟨p. 142⟩or figurative. And what man can tell us which Sence of the word [Sacrifice] must be taken for the only proper Sence, when with Heathens and Christians the word is used in so many Sences, and there are so many sorts of Sacrifices? This man would not tell you whether it be the Thing or the Name that he controverteth; that would be to come into the Light. If it be the thing, we never doubted but divers things are and must be in the Church, which are called Sacrifices, some in Scripture, and some by Papists: And some things by them called Sacrifices, are in their Church which God is against.
If it be the Name that is the question, we know that in a General Sense it may be given to many things of different Species, and equivocally yet to more; but which Sense to call proper among so many, let quibbling Grammarians tell him: We strive no further about Names, than tendeth to preserve the due Judgment of things.
If it be the Name that is the question, we know that in a General Sence it may be given to many things of different Species, and equivocally yet to more; but which Sence to call proper among so many, let quibling Grammarians tell him: We strive no further about Names, than tendeth to preserve the due Judgment of things.