A27015:865
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.
Cardinal Perron against King James li. 2. Obser. 3. •. 3. p. 674. hath a Chapter purposely [Of the Authority of the Church to alter matters contained in the Scriptures] And pag. 1109. & 1115. he saith, that [When in the form of the Sacraments some great inconveniences are met withal, the Church may therein dispense and alter.] And that the Lords words [Drink ye all of it] were a precept not immutable nor in dispensable] for [the Church hath judged that there may be a dispensation for •t.]
Cardinal Perron against King James li. 2. Obser. 3. •. 3. p. 674. hath a Chapter purposely [Of the Authority of the Church to alter matters contained in the Scriptures] And pag. 1109. & 1115. he saith, that [When in the form of the Sacraments some great inconvenicies are met withal, the Church may therein dispense and alter.] And that the Lords words [Drink yee all of it] were a precept not immutable nor in dispensable] for [the Church hath judged that there may be a dispensation for •t.]
B•ovius Observ. on C. 24. constit. Apost. saith [Ecclesia Romana quae Apostolica utens potestate, singula pro conditione temporum in melius mutat] i.e. [The Church of Rome, using Apostolical power, doth according to the condition of times change all things for the better.]
Cardinal Tolet saith [Cum certum sit non omnia q•ae Apostoli instituerunt jure Divino esse instituta] i. e. [It is certain that all things which the Apostles instituted were not instituted by Divine right.]