A27054:971
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
20. That we must not understand any text of Scripture, but as the consent of ancient Fathers expoundeth it.
21. That the Spirit now given to Po••, Councils, or to individual Christians is as much the Rule of faith and life, as […] holy Scriptures: or that the Spirit is not given now to us […] to teach us to understand, believe, love and practise Gods word indited by the more emend inspiration of the Apostles and Prophets▪ •ut also to inspire us as infallibly to know more than is revealed in the Scripture, and that as needful to Salvation: Or that it is not so much the Spirit extraordinarily inspiring the Apostles, as the Spirit as inspiring ourselves, which is every mans rule of faith and life.
21. That the Spirit now given to Po••, Councils, or to individual Christians is as much the Rule of faith and life, as 〈…〉 holy Scriptures: or that the Spirit is not given now to us 〈…〉 to teach us to understand, believe, love and practise Gods word indited by the more emmen• inspiration of the Apostles and Prophets▪ •ut also to inspire us as infallibly to know more than is revealed in the Scripture, and that as needful to Salvation: Or that it is not so much the Spirit extraordinarily inspiring the Apostles, as the Spirit as inspiring ourselves, which is every mans rule of faith and life.
22. That the Light which is in Heathens, Infidels, and all men, is this Spirit, and sufficient Rule.