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The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving…The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving…
The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholic church, the consent of the ancient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholike church, the consent of the antient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1657
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.
By all this therefore it evidently appeareth that a Papists do most vainly charge us with novelty […] call for a Catalogue • the professors of our R• ligion,1 when the no• ty is theirs, and the• selves do yet profess • Religion, though to • they have added th• corrupting Lepros•• Though we cannot •• der take to prove that th• Church was perfect (nor never will be, till it co• to heaven) yet we have oft proved that it was ma• Ages without their Popery, and are ready to under take the further proof: Of which the next Disp•• tion shall give you a taste.
By all this therefore it evidently appeareth that a Papists do most vainly charge us with novelty 〈…〉 call for a Catalogue • the professors of our R• ligion,1 when the no• ty is theirs, and the• selves do yet profess • Religion, though to • they have added th• corrupting Lepros•• Though we cannot •• der take to prove that th• Church was perfect (nor never will be, till it co to heaven) yet we have oft proved that it was ma Ages without their Popery, and are ready to unde take the further proof: Of which the next Disp tion shall give you a tast.