A27045:239
The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members…
The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members I. defended against the opposition of Mr. William Johnson, II. proved by many arguments / by Richard Baxter ; whereunto is added 1. an account of my judgement to Mr. J. how far heretics are or are not in the church, 2. Mr. Js. explication of the most used terms, with my queries thereupon, and his answer and my reply, 3. an appendix about successive ordination, 4. letters between me and T.S., a papist, with a narrative of the success.The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members I. defended against the opposition of Mr. William Johnson, II. proved by many arguments / by Richard Baxter ; whereunto is added 1. an account of my judgement to Mr. J. how far hereticks are or are not in the church, 2. Mr. Js. explication of the most used terms, with my queries thereupon, and his answer and my reply, 3. an appendix about successive ordination, 4. letters between me and T.S., a papist, with a narrative of the success.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1660
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But 2. You say that [How far from truth this is, appeareth from St. Leo in his Sermons de Natali suo, where he says, [Sedes Roma Perri; quicquid non possidet armis, Religione tenet.] Reply, If you take your Religion on trust, as you do your authorities that are made your ground of it, and bring others to it when you are deceived your selves, how will you look Christ in the the face when you must answer for such temerity? Leo hath no Sermons de Natali suo, but only one Sermon affixed to his Sermons, lately found in an old book of Nicol. Fabers. And in that Sermon there is no such words as you here allege. Neither doth he Poetize in his Sermons, nor there hath any such words which might occasion your mistake: and therefore ⟨p. 102⟩doubtless you believed some body for this that told you an untruth; and yet ventured to make it the ground of charging my words with untruth. Yet let me tell you, that I will take Pope Leo for no competent judge or witness, though you call him a Saint: as long as we know what past between him and the Council of Chalcedon, and that he was one of the first tumified Bishops of Rome, he shall not be judge in his own cause.
But 2. You say that [How far from truth this is, appeareth from St. Leo in his Sermons de Natali suo, where he sayes, [Sedes Roma Perri; quicquid non possidet armis, Religione tenet.] Reply, If you take your Religion on trust, as you do your authorities that are made your ground of it, and bring others to it when you are deceived your selves, how will you look Christ in the the face when you must answer for such temerity? Leo hath no Sermons de Natali suo, but only one Sermon affixed to his Sermons, lately found in an oid book of Nicol. Fabers. And in that Sermon there is no such words as you here alledge. Neither doth he Poetize in his Sermons, nor there hath any such words which might occasion your mistake: and therefore ⟨p. 102⟩doubtless you believed some body for this that told you an untruth; and yet ventured to make it the ground of charging my words with untruth. Yet let me tell you, that I will take Pope Leo for no competent judge or witness, though you call him a Saint: as long as we know what past between him and the Council of Chalcedon, and that he was one of the first tumified Bishops of Rome, he shall not be judge in his own cause.