A27045:458
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 after he expresly saith [Ad hanc it aque formam, provocabantur ab illis Ecclesiis, quae licet nullum ex Apostolis, vel Apost•licus auctorem suum proferant, ut multo posteriores, quae denique quotidie institutum; tamen in eadem fidem conspirantes, non minus ⟨p. 237⟩Apostolicae deputantur pro consanguinitate doctrinae:] The Apostles doctrine will prove an Apostolical Church, when ever planted.
And c. 38. he draws them from disputing from the Scripture, because they owned not the true Scripture, but corrupted it, and charged the Catholics with corruption [Sicut illis non potuit succedere corruptela doctrinae sine corruptela instrumentorum ejus: Ita & nobis integritaes doctrina non competisset, sine integritate eorum (not by real tradition alone) per quae doctrina tractatur: Etenim quid contrarium nobis in nostris? quid de proprio intulimus, ut aliquid contrarium ei & in Scripturis deprehensum, detractione vel adjectione vel transumtatione remediaremus? Quod sumus, hoc sunt. Ab initio suo ex illis sumus; antequam nihil aliter fuit, quam sumus.]
And c. 38. he draws them from disputing from the Scripture, because they owned not the true Scripture, but corrupted it, and charged the Catholikes with corruption [Sicut illis non potuit succedere corruptela doctrinae sine corruptela instrumentorum ejus: Ita & nobis integritaes doctrina non competisset, sine integritate eorum (not by real tradition alone) per quae doctrina tractatur: Etenim quid contrarium nobis in nostris? quid de proprio intulimus, ut aliquid contrarium ei & in Scripturis deprehensum, detractione vel adjectione vel transumtatione remediaremus? Quod sumus, hoc sunt. Ab initio suo ex illis sumus; antequam nihil aliter fuit, quam sumus.]