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…

Where note 1. That the Papists professing to be Christians, do first own the substance of Christian doctrine, and then corrupt it, and contradict it by this fardle of their own inventions superadded. They profess to believe the holy Scriptures to be the word of God, and to be true: every Book that we believe (and more) They profess to believe all the Articles of the ancient Creeds commonly called the Apostles, the Nicene, or Constantinopolitane. It is not the Christianity or true doctrine which they profess, which we call Popery. 2. It is therefore only their own invented corruptions, by which they contradict the Christian verity which they profess, which we call Popery. 3. Note, That the common denominating corruption, is the forementioned doctrine of the Popes Universal Episcopacy and Headship, or a supremacy at least, if not Infallibility: and that the Catholic Church, and the Roman Church is all one: and the Pope is the visible centre of its Unity. 4. Note also that as to the rest of their corruptions, they agree not among themselves what is to be esteemed of their faith or Religion, and what not: and therefore it cannot be expected that we should give you an exact enumeration of the points of their faith, and so a complete description of Popery, which is such a self-contradicting unreconcilable ⟨p. 80⟩hodge podge. But their errors may be distributed into these three ranks. 1 Those that are established by the Pope and his (supposed) general Council: These they all receive and own. 2. Those that are established by the Popes Decretals without a Council. These some own as points of their faith, and some reject them. I will not add as the third▪ those that are established by a Council without the Pope; not because there never was a Council that dissented from him in Good, but because it is a difficult matter at least to find any Council that did go beyond or without him in Evil, or erred without his Approbation. 3. The third sort therefore shall be those opinions that are commonly maintained by their most Approved Writers which are published in books that are licensed and commended by the Popes Authorized agents, but are not determined by the Pope or his Council. These though they contend for, and lay great weight on them in their disputations, yet dare they not own them as any part of the matter of their faith, lest they seem to be what they are;

Where note 1. That the Papists professing to be Christians, do first own the substance of Christian doctrine, and then corrupt it, and contradict it by this fardle of their own inventions superadded. They profess to believe the holy Scriptures to be the word of God, and to be true: every Book that we believe (and more) They profess to believe all the Articles of the ancient Creeds commonly called the Apostles, the Nicene, or Constantinopolitane. It is not the Christianity or true doctrine which they profess, which we call Popery. 2. It is therefore onely their own invented corruptions, by which they contradict the Christian verity which they profess, which we call Popery. 3. Note, That the common denominating corruption, is the forementioned doctrine of the Popes Universal Episcopacy and Headship, or a supreamacy at least, if not Infallibility: and that the Catholike Church, and the Romane Church is all one: and the Pope is the visible center of its Unity. 4. Note also that as to the rest of their corruptions, they agree not among themselves what is to be esteemed of their faith or Religion, and what not: and therefore it cannot be expected that we should give you an exact enumeration of the points of their faith, and so a compleat description of Popery, which is such a self-contradicting unreconcileable