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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
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3. Where it is that he will stop in his Vindication of the Bishops and their Councils, and go no further? and by what cogent reason?
4. Whether he thought he had well defended the Church-Tyranny which I accused? 1. By vindicating the first Ages, and others whom I praised, and accused not; 2. And by letting fall his Vindication (save a few consequent quibbles) at the fourth General Council; which was in 451. And so seems to vindicate the Bishops and Councils but for the space of 150 years of the time that I mentioned their degeneration?
5. Whether if the Bishops had been willing when they had the King's Commission to make necessary alteration, or were but to this day willing to prefer things necessary before things hurtful or indifferent, we might not live in happy and holy Love and Peace in England?
6. Whether he can blame a man that believes in Christ, for lamenting the doleful corruption and division of the Christian world, and for enquiring of, and lamenting the sinful causes.