A27015:836
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.
The Epistle ad Demetriadem commonly reckoned the 142. among Augustine's cap. 9. saith [Scito itaque in Scripturis divinis (per quas solas potes plenam Dei intelligere voluntatem) &c.] By the Divine Scriptures alone thou mayest understand the full will of God.] I know the Louvain Doctors put this Epistle in the Appendix and conjecture it to be of Pelagius: but 1. it shows the doctrine of that age: 2. Never did Austin contradict it, but oft say the like.
The Epistle ad Demetriadem commonly reckoned the 142. among Augustines cap. 9. saith [Scito itaque in Scripturis divinis (per quas solas potes plenam Dei intelligere voluntatem) &c.] By the Divine Scriptures alone thou maist understand the full will of God.] I know the Lovaine Doctors put this Epistle in the Appendix and conjecture it to be of Pelagius: but 1. it shews the doctrine of that age: 2. Never did Austin contradict it, but oft say the like.
August. de peccat. Merit. & Remiss. li. 2. cap. 36. pag. (mihi) 304. saith [Talis populus ut praedixi, eruditus in Regno caelorum per duo testamenta vetus & novum, non declinans in dextram superba presumtione justitiae, neque in sinistram secuva delectation peccati, in terram illius promissionis intrabit:] & postea [Ubi enim de re obscurissima disputatur, non adjuvantibus Divinarum Scripturarum certis clarisque ⟨p. 358⟩[…] ⟨p. 359⟩[…] ⟨p. 360⟩documentis, cohibere see deb•t humana presumptio nihil faciens in partem alteram declinando] So that in Austin's judgement the old and new Testament teach us enough to salvation; and in the difficult points we must not so much as incline to either side, without the Scriptures, it being presumption to speak when they are silent.
August. de peccat. Merit. & Remiss. li. 2. cap. 36. pag. (mihi) 304. saith [Talis populus ut praedixi, eruditus in Regno caelorum per duo testamenta vetus & novum, non declinans in dextram superba presumtione justitiae, neque in sinistram secuva delectatione peccati, in terram illius promissionis intrabit:] & postea [Ʋbi enim de re obscurissima disputatur, non adjuvantibus Divinarum Scripturarum certis clarisque