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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.
2. Before men can know the Scripture to be Gods word, yea or their supposed unwritten verities, infallibly, according to the Roman way of believing, they must first know that the Church is infallible in her judgement, and this also must be known by the word of God, which is supposed not to be known yet it self.
2. Before men can know the Scripture to be Gods word, yea or their supposed unwritten verities, infallibly, according to the Romane way of believing, they must first know that the Church is infallible in her judgement, and this also must be known by the word of God, which is supposed not to be known yet it self.
3. They must also know, that it is the Church of Rome in particular that is the true Church and hath this power given from God.
4. To this end they must know that all those perverted ⟨p. 95⟩Texts (or some of them) that speak of Peters own person, were also spoke of certain successors of his, as well as of himself (as that on them the Church shall be built, and their faith shall not •ail, &c.)