A27045:480
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 yet note, that even these privileges of Rome were none of his pretended universal Government.
And yet note, that even these priviledges of Rome were none of his pretended universal Government.
Its in vain to talk of the Testimonies of particular Doctors, if the most renowned general Councils cannot be believed. Yet I will add an Argument from them as conjunct.
Arg. 2. Had the Roman universal Sovereignty, as essential to the Catholic Church, been known in the days of Tertullian, Cyprian, Athanasius, Nazianzen, Nyssen, Basil, Optatus, Augustine, and the other Doctors that confounded the Heresies or Schisms of those times (e. g. the Novatians, Donatists, Arians, &c.) the said Doctors would have plainly and frequently insisted on it for the conviction of those Heretics and Schismatics: But this they do not: therefore it was not known in those times.
Arg. 2. Had the Roman universal Soveraignty, as essential to the Catholike Church, been known in the daies of Tertullian, Cyprian, Athanasius, Nazianzen, Nyssen, Basil, Optatus, Augustine, and the other Doctors that confounded the Heresies or Schisms of those times (e. g. the Novatians, Donatists, Arrians, &c.) the said Doctors would have plainly and frequently insisted on it for the conviction of those Hereticks and Schismaticks: But this they do not: therefore it was not known in those times.