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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. 15. Other Bishops and Churches who have as good a pretence to plead for their infallibility as the Bishop and Church of Rome, are yet generally acknowledged fallible, even by themselves and by the papists: Therefore the Pope and Church of Rome also are fallible.
All that's doubtful is whether any other Churches or Bishops have as fair a plea for infallibility as the Roman? which I prove thus.
All thats doubtful is whether any other Churches or Bishops have as fair a plea for infallibility as the Romane? which I prove thus.
1. The Plea of the Romanists is that their Bishop is the successor of an Apostle who was infallible, and so the Promises belonging to him, do belong also to his successors. And the successors of the rest of the Apostles may have the same plea: For all the Apostles, after the Holy Ghost fell on them, were infallible, as well as Peter: And therefore their successors have as fair a plea as Peters successors.
Obj. But there was not the like promise made to the rest for their successors stability as was to Peter. Answ. 1. There can no greater a promise to Peters successors be showed, then was made Mat. 28.29. to them all [Lo I am with you always even to the end of the world] 2. The Papists (according to their new fundamentals) must not plead Scripture promises for their infallibility; for they say, their infallibility is in order first known, evidenced and to be proved,