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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.
Argu. 13. If every Pope be infallible, then study, learning, consultations, yea and Councils are needless: for the most unlearned Pope is as infallible as the most learned; and after all the study in the world, consultation and advice of General Councils, he can he but infallible; and so, say they he was before. If they say still, that, before he was but negatively infallible; I say again, so is a block, an infant or an idiot. But that studies, learning, consultations and Councils are not needless, I suppose all Papists will grant: therefore they must grant that all Popes are not infallible.
Argu. 13. If every Pope be infallible, then study, learning, consultations, yea and Councils are needless: for the most unlearned Pope is as infallible as the most learned; and after all the study in the world, consultation and advice of General Councils, he can he but infallible; and so, say they he was before. If they say still, that, before he was but negatively infallible; I say again, so is a block, an infant or an ideot. But that studies, learning, consultations and Councils are not needless, I suppose all Papists will grant: therefore they must grant that all Popes are not infallible.
Argu. 14. Notorious ungodly men that live in murder, fornication, incest, Sodomy, blasphemy, &c. have no promise from God, nor any other assurance of infallibility: but such were many Popes, Therefore, &c.
The Major I prove from many Scriptures, 2 Thess. 2.10, 11. Because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved, and for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lye.] They that receive not the love of the truth that they may be saved, are threatened to be given up to delusions; and therefore have no certainty of being infallible. They that choose their own ways, God will choose their delusions,