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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 if the high Elogies of the Roman Church would prove its Authority, then see what Nazian•ene, saith of the Church of Caesarea. In his 22. Epistle ad Caesarienses patris nomine scripta (found among ⟨p. 324⟩his own works, Edit Paris. Tom. 1.1 pag. 785. and also in Basils works translated by Musculus Edit. Basil. 1565. Tom. 2. pag. 17. [Seeing every Church as being Christs body is to be watched over (or looked to) with greatest care and diligence, then specially yours, which anciently was, and now is and is esteemed, almost (o• nigh) the mother of all Churches, on which th• whole Christian Commonwealth doth cast their eyes even as the encompassing circle doth on the centre, not only for the soundness of doctrin• long divulged to all, but also for that conspicuous grace of Concord which God hath given them.] What would the Papists say, but that this were fo• their supremacy, if they found but this much in him for the Church of Rome.
And if the high Elogies of the Romane Church would prove its Authority, then see what Nazian•ene, saith of the Church of Caesarea. In his 22. Epistle ad Caesarienses patris nomine scripta (found among ⟨p. 324⟩his own works, Edit Paris. Tom. 1.1 pag. 785. and also in Basils works translated by Musculus Edit. Basil. 1565. Tom. 2. pag. 17. [Seeing every Church as being Christs body is to be watched over (or looked to) with greates• care and diligence, then specially yours, which anciently was, and now is and is esteemed, almost (o• nigh) the mother of all Churches, on which th• whole Christian Commonwealth doth cast their eyes even as the encompassing circle doth on the center, not onely for the soundness of doctrin long divulged to all, but also for that conspicuou grace of Concord which God hath given them.] What would the Papists say, but that this were fo their supremacy, if they found but this much in him for the Church of Rome.