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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.
4. Let them not boast too much of their conversions, till we have a better character of their new made Christians, and a better report of their means of conversion, then Acosta and other of their own Jesuits give us, who have been eye witnesses of the case. To cut men off by thousands or millions, and force the rest to Baptism, as cattle to watering, when they have nothing of a Christian but the name and that sign, and some forget the name it self; this is ⟨p. 240⟩not a conversion much to be boasted of. Nor must they think that all are Christians that the King of Spain conquereth for love of their Gold and Silver Mines. The Apostles did not convert Infidels by an Army, but by the word and miracles; but it is the King of Spain's soldiers that have been the effectual preachers to work the conversions that you have most to glory in. If the Jesuit had put his proofs into well formed Arguments, what stuff should we have had?
4. Let them not boast too much of their conversions, till we have a better character of their new made Christians, and a better report of their means of conversion, then Acosta and other of their own Jesuites give us, who have been eye witnesses of the case. To cut men off by thousands or millions, and force the rest to Baptism, as cattle to watering, when they have nothing of a Christian but the name and that sign, and some forget the name it self; this is ⟨p. 240⟩not a conversion much to be boasted of. Nor must they think that all are Christians that the King of Spain conquereth for love of their Gold and Silver Mines. The Apostles did not convert Infidels by an Army, but by the word and miracles; but it is the King of Spaines souldiers that have been the effectual preachers to work the conversions that you have most to glory in. If the Jesuit had put his proofs into well formed Arguments, what stuff should we have had?
So much for the Answer to Chilling worth, and the new Fundamentals of the Romish faith, by which they can prove their Pope infallible without being beholden to Scripture for its help (And I marvel not at their contempt of Scripture-Testimony to them, unless there were more, or more appearance for them then there is.)