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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.
Here are in this our Question contained three of the greatest controversies between us and the Papists. 1. Whether it belong to the Pope or Roman Church, ⟨p. 195⟩to be the Judge of Faith and Scriptures to all the world? 2. Whether the Pope or his Clergy be in•llible in judging of matters of Faith? 3. Whether our Faith must be resolved into this infallible judgement of theirs? Our intent in this present Dispute is to deal most with the second, yet so as it is connected with the other two; and therefore shall take them in on the by, but say less to them distinctly; and the rather because there is so much said already by our Divines, as all the Papists on earth will never be able solidly to answer: To let pass all those beyond Sea that have effectually confounded them, we have Britons enough to hold them perpetual work: as Jewell, Reignolds, Whitaker, White, Field, Usher, Camero, Baronius, Davenant, Chillingworth (to whom they have lately lost their cause, by showing in a vain and frivolous Reply, how little they have to say against him) with many more, who will either remain unanswered, or the answers will be worse to the adversaries cause, then silence it self; which we have sufficient ground already to foretell.
Here are in this our Question contained three of the greatest controversies between us and the Papists. 1. Whether it belong to the Pope or Romane Church, ⟨p. 195⟩to be the Judge of Faith and Scriptures to all the world? 2. Whether the Pope or his Clergy be in•llible in judging of matters of Faith? 3. Whether our Faith must be resolved into this infallible judgement of theirs? Our intent in this present Dispute is to deal most with the second, yet so as it is connexed with the other two; and therefore shall take them in on the by, but say less to them distinctly; and the rather because there is so much said already by our Divines, as all the Papists on earth will never be able solidly to answer: To let pass all those beyond Sea that have effectually confounded them, we have Brittans enough to hold them perpetual work: as Jewell, Reignolds, Whitaker, White, Field, Ʋsher, Camero, Baronius, Davenant, Chillingworth (to whom they have lately lost their cause, by shewing in a vain and frivolous Reply, how little they have to say against him) with many more, who will either remain unanswered, or the answers will be worse to the adversaries cause, then silence it self; which we have sufficient ground already to foretell.