A27015:553
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.
7. It is this sealed Doctrine contained in Scripture, and preached by Ministers, which converteth men to Christ, and maketh them Christians, and therefore it is in order before the present Church and the cause of it.
8. We deny and confidently deny that God hath Commissioned the Pope to do the work which he Commissioned the Apostles to do, and gave them the power of Miracles to confirm, that is, to Attest the Works, Sufferings, Resurrection, and words of Christ as eye or ear witnesses of them from himself: and to be the first promulgators of some of his Laws to the universal Church, and to deliver down an infallible sealed Scripture, to all succeeding Ages, and by the ordinary working of Miracles to convince the unbelieving world. Let him show his Commission for this Apostleship if he would be believed.
8. We deny and confidently deny that God hath Commissioned the Pope to do the work which he Commissioned the Apostles to do, and gave them the power of Miracles to confirme, that is, to Attest the Works, Sufferings, Resurrection, and words of Christ as eye or ear witnesses of them from himself: and to be the first promulgators of some of his Laws to the universal Church, and to deliver down an infallible sealed Scripture, to all succeeding Ages, and by the ordinary working of Miracles to convince the unbelieving world. Let him shew his Commission for this Apostleship if he would be believed.
9. We as confidently deny that the Pope is a Prophet, or is inspired by the Holy Ghost, as the Prophets and Apostles were, that so they might infallibly deliver us Christs doctrine.