A27058:1059
The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended…
The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to show their dangerous error, who think that a general council, or college of bishops, is a supreme governor of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entitled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Corke and Rosse in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to shew their dangerous errour, who think that a general council, or colledge of bishops, is a supream governour of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entituled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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.
§ 35. At last mentioning the common Dissentions of the Churches, he seems to resolve the Question, What then must be done? But he puts us off only with the Negative Answer, that [the Rule, i. e. of our Uniformity is not to be altered. And why? [We have no assurance that we shall find any Conformity to it more than we have now.]
Ans. I must not call this Answer as it deserveth.
1. You were about dealing otherwise with the Papists: Dr. Heylin tells us how much they were to have altered for Concord: Mr. Thorndike threatens the Land, if you alter not the Oath of Supremacy for them: The name of the Pope and Anti-Christ hath been expunged for them; yet you said not, We know not that they will come any nearer us.
2. By these measures a Rag or a Ceremony should never be abated for the Peace and Concord of any Church or Kingdom: You may still say we are not sure that this will serve them. The Pope may say so, where he refuseth to abate the shaving of the Priests Beards, or the least of his Impositions; yea he knows that would not serve. They said so to the Bohemians four Demands: They concluded so at first against Luther. This very Argument hath kept them from all Reformation.