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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
To the reader: To the Literate Romanists that will read this Book.
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.
And of the Jesuits in general I have thought that there are among them some temperate virtuous men: but your Priest Watson saith, Quodlib. p. 346. [I call them Jesuitical, that is, the Faction of Jesuits, by abbreviation, to avoid circumlocution, in one word expressing them to be a factious, seditious, ambitious, avaricious, treacherous, turbulent, Machiavellian, Atheal consort, that abusing the rules of their society, and quite perverting the course, cause, institution, and intent of their order, &c.] The reasons he gives at large, p. 340. And p.. 108. [The Jesuits have a special privilege in two things. One is to make all things to be believed as Gospel, be it never so false that they speak or write: another, to make all things be judged false, be it as true as the Gospel it self, that any other shall write or speak without their approbation: But if directly against them; out upon it; it is not to be heard, spoken of, or once looked upon— And withal, the vilest parts that can be played, are counted acts of zeal among them, if done by a Father: so as it may be any way covered with either of their two principles, scilic•t, propt•r bonum societatis, vel •rdine ad Deum.] And p. 149. he makes their principles to be, Omnia pro tempore, •et divide & impera. And p. 150.151. he affirmeth that it was the Jesuits own choice and doing that the Papists had not toleration in England, because by sufferings they would ⟨image 25⟩have the people more passionately serve their designs.] This is the language of your own brethren (even more as well as he) but not mine.
And of the Jesuites in general I have thought that there are among them some temperate vertuous men: but your Priest Watson saith, Quodlib. p. 346. [I call them Jesuitical, that is, the Faction of Jesuites, by a•breviation, to avoid circumlocution, in one word expressing them to be a factious, seditious, ambitious, avaritious, treacherous, turbulent, Machivilian, Atheal consort, that abusing the rules of their society, and quite perverting the course, cause, institution, and intent of their order, &c.] The reasons he gives at large, p. 340. And p.. 108. [The Jesuites have a special priviledge in two things. One is to make all things to be believed as Gospel, be it never so false that they speak or write: another, to make all things be judged false, be it as true as the Gospel it self, that any other shal write or speak without their approbation: But if directly against them; out upon it; it is not to be heard, spoken of, or once looked upon— And withal, the vilest parts that can be played, are counted acts of zeal among them, if done by a Father: so as it may be any way covered with either of their two principles, scilict, proptr bonum societatis, vel rdine ad Deum.] And p. 149. he makes their principles to be, Omnia pro tempore, et divide & impera. And p. 150.151. he affirmeth that it was the Jesuites own choice and doing that the Papists had not toeration in England, because by sufferings they would