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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.
I might here add to this in the next place their worshipping o• Saints, especially of the Virgin Mary, with prayers to her as the Queen of Heaven, to forgive their sins, and to command her Son to forgive them, with abundance more of such impious, idolatrous or sacrilegious expressions, as might make the ears of a sober Christian even to tingle. But these things have been so oft told them, and are so visible in their Offices and other writings that I shall pass them over. As also their worshipping of Images, and public using them to that end in their Churches: Though most of their Laity that I have met with, say that they use them but for a remembrance of the Saints and do not worship them (and that's bad ⟨p. 161⟩enough in such cases) yet their learned Schoolmen and Doctors tell us another tale, as is too visible in many of their writings.
I might here adde to this in the next place their worshiping o• Saints, especially of the Virgin Mary, with prayers to her as the Queen of Heaven, to forgive their sins, and to command her Son to forgive them, with abundance more of such impious, idolatrous or sacrilegious expressions, as might make the ears of a sober Christian even to tingle. But these things have been so oft told them, and are so visible in their Offices and other writings that I shall pass them over. As also their worshiping of Images, and publike using them to that end in their Churches: Though most of their Laity that I have met with, say that they use them but for a remembrance of the Saints and do not worship them (and thats bad ⟨p. 161⟩enough in such cases) yet their learned Schoolmen and Doctors tell us another tale, as is too visible in many of their writings.
Arg. 10. That Doctrine which teacheth men to turn the most of Gods worship into mere unreasonable ceremonies and vain formalities of mans deu;ising, is not a safe way to salvation. But such is the doctrine of Popery: Therefore, &c