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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.
And as for the Minor I prove both parts of it. 1. That Popes are ignorant of many Divine truths, I prove thus. 1. They that are ignorant of many truths revealed in the Scriptures, are ignorant of many Divine truths: For Scripture being Gods word, all that is therein revealed is Divine truth. But Popes have been ignorant of many things revealed in Scripture: therefore I need not sure stand to prove the Minor, for they confess it themselves. And if the Pope understood all the Scripture, he were sure the most damnable sinner in the world, for not revealing his knowledge to others. 2. Yea some of them have been so notoriously ignorant and unlearned that their own Alphonsus a Castro saith (advers. hares. li. 1. c. 4.) that [It is certain some Popes be so unlearned, that they do not understand the Grammar.] And sure if they that understand not any Hebrew or Greek (which are the languages in which the Scripture is written) no nor the Latin Grammar should understand all the Bible and err in nothing, it must needs be by a Miracle, and by Prophetical inspiration.
And as for the Minor I prove both parts of it. 1. That Popes are ignorant of many Divine truths, I prove thus. 1. They that are ignorant of many truths revealed in the Scriptures, are ignorant of many Divine truths: For Scripture being Gods word, all that is therein revealed is Divine truth. But Popes have been ignorant of many things revealed in Scripture: therefore I need not sure stand to prove the Minor, for they confess it themselves. And if the Pope understood all the Scripture, he were sure the most damnable sinner in the world, for not revealing his knowledge to others. 2. Yea some of them have been so notoriously ignorant and unlearned that their own Alphonsus a Castro saith (advers. hares. li. 1. c. 4.) that [It is certain some Popes be so unlearned, that they do not understand the Grammar.] And sure if they that understand not any Hebrew or Greek (which are the languages in which the Scripture is written) no nor the Latin Grammar should understand all the Bible and erre in nothing, it must needs be by a Miracle, and by Prophetical inspiration.
2. But that all Popes be not inspired Prophets, nor illuminated by Miracles, I will leave to be judged by the Papists themselves. Read Platina, Stella, yea or Baronius himself, or if they have any other that is a more notorious Parasite to them, and let them be judges.