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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.
But the case is out of question thus far, that we have near fifty of their own Writers, ⟨p. 294⟩especially old Historians that give us the History of this Pope Joan; as Platina in vit. Joh. 8. Sabellicus Enead. l. 1. Antoninus Archbishop of Florence part. 2. li. 16. Chalcondyla li. 6. Marianus Scotus, Martinus Polonus, Fasciculus Temporum, Nauclerus, Volaterane, Textor. Carrion, Sigebertus Gemblacensis, Mat. Palmerius, Massaeus, &c.
But the case is out of question thus farre, that we have neer fifty of their own Writers, ⟨p. 294⟩especially old Historians that give us the History of this Pope Joane; as Platina in vit. Joh. 8. Sabellicus Enead. l. 1. Antoninus Archbishop of Florence part. 2. li. 16. Chalcondyla li. 6. Marianus Scotus, Martinus Polonus, Fasciculus Temporum, Nauclerus, Volaterane, Textor. Caryon, Sigebertus Gemblacensis, Mat. Palmerius, Massaeus, &c.
And I marvel why the Papists should be so industrious in refelling it, as if their cause lay more on this then other things. If a Conjurer, a common Whoremonger, a Murderer, a Simonist, a Heretic, may be the infallible judge of the faith, why may not a woman? Hath Christ laid more on the Sex then on all these? specially if she had but kept her self honest, I should have thought Joan had been better then John the 22. or 23. and many another that yet was of the more worthy gender.
And I marvaile why the Papists should be so industrious in refelling it, as if their cause lay more on this then other things. If a Conjurer, a common Whoremonger, a Murderer, a Simonist, a Heretick, may be the infallible judge of the faith, why may not a woman? Hath Christ laid more on the Sex then on all these? specially if she had but kept her self honest, I should have thought Joane had been better then John the 22. or 23. and many another that yet was of the more worthy gender.