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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.
I shall now leave it to the consideration of the impartial, by this small taste of the judgement of former times, whether the Roman infallibility and universal government were a thing known to the Church of Christ of old, or yielded as soon as ambitiously sought? And whether this be a sit ground for us to build our faith upon, or ⟨p. 351⟩resolve it into? And if any would see more of the resistancy of their usurpations, even when it was at the highest, he may read in Mich. Goldastus a multitude of Volumes, that will give him further information: or in Bishop Usher de Success. & stat. Eccles. he may find enough in narrower room.
I shall now leave it to the consideration of the impartial, by this smal taste of the judgement of former tmes, whether the Romane infallibility and universal government were a thing known to the Church of Christ of old, or yielded as soon as ambitiously sought? And whether this be a sit ground for us to build our faith upon, or ⟨p. 351⟩resolve it into? And if any would see more of the resistancy of their usurpations, even when it was at the highest, he may read in Mich. Goldastus a multitude of Volumes, that will give him further information: or in Bishop Ʋsher de Success. & stat. Eccles. he may find enough in narrower room.
The last part of this disputation should consist of an answer to the Popish Arguments for their cause: but I can find so little in any of their writings that's worthy to be taken notice of, more then what is answered before, that I shall not need to stand long upon this.
The last part of this disputation should consist of an answer to the Popish Arguments for their cause: but I can find so little in any of their writings thats worthy to be taken notice of, more then what is answered before, that I shall not need to stand long upon this.