A27045:418
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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And in his sum. de Verit. disp. de fide q. 10. ad 11. he saith, [That all the means by which the faith cometh to us are free from suspicion. The Prophets and Apostles we believe, for this reason, because God bore ⟨p. 213⟩them witness by working Miracles: as Mar. 16. confirming their speech with following signs: But their successors we believe not, but so far as they declare to us those things which they have left us in the Scripture.] This is the Religion of the Protestants.
Scotus in Prologue. in sent. 1. makes it his second Question, Whether supernatural knowledge necessary to us in the Way, be sufficiently delivered in the holy Scripture, which he proveth (having first given ten arguments to prove the Truth of Scripture.) And first he shows it containeth the Doctrine of the End, and 2. of the things necessary to that end, and the sufficiency of them; summarily in the Decalogue, explained in the other Scriptures, as to matter of faith, hope, and practice; and so concludes, that the holy Scripture sufficiently containeth the doctrine necessary viatori, to us in the way: And he answereth the objection, of Difficulties in it, (without flying to the Church) that [no science explaineth all things to be known, but those things from which the rest may conveniently be gathered: and so many needful truths are not expressed in Scripture; though they are virtually there contained, as conclusions in the Principles, about the investigation ⟨p. 214⟩whereof the labour of Expositors and Doctors hath been profitable.] This is his doctrine out of Origen.
Scotus in Prolog. in sent. 1. makes it his second Question, Whether supernaturall knowledge necessary to us in the Way, be sufficiently delivered in the holy Sc•ipture, which he proveth (having first given ten arguments to prove the Truth of Scripture.) And first he shews it containeth the Doctrine of the End, and 2. of the things necessary to that end, and the sufficiency of them; summarily in the Decalogue, explained in the other Scriptures, as to matter of faith, hope, and practice; and so concludes, that the holy Scripture sufficiently containeth the doctrine necessary viatori, to us in the way: And he answereth the objection, of Difficulties in it, (without flying to the Church) that [no science explaineth all things to be known, but those things from which the rest may conveniently be gathered: and so many needfull truths are not expressed in Scripture; though they are virtually there contained, as conclusions in the Principles, about the investigation