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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
The particular Defence of the History of Councils and Schisms. › Chapter 18: Of his Second Chapter.
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§ 19. As to the Roman Council which he believeth not, he might perceive that I believed at least their antiquity as little as he: But the Canons are so like those of following Councils that such it's like were sometime made.
And whereas I noted that their condemning them that wrong timed Easter, would fall on the Subscribers to our English Liturgy, where 2000 are Silenced for not Subscribing, the man ⟨p. 123⟩had no better answers to give, than these 1. That I should have said the Almanac-Makers. As if he would have had men believe that Falsehood, that it was the Almanac Makers and not our Liturgy changers that were deceived.
And whereas I noted that their condemning them that wrong timed Easter, would fall on the Subscribers to our English Liturgy, where 2000 are Silenced for not Subscribing, the man ⟨p. 123⟩had no better answers to give, than these 1. That I should have said the Almanack-Makers. As if he would have had men believe that Falshood, that it was the Almanack Makers and not our Liturgy changers that were deceived.
2. [Alas! one year they mistook.] As if he would Persuade men that their rule faileth but one year, which faileth oft.
2. [Alas! one year they mistook.] As if he would Perswade men that their rule faileth but one year, which faileth oft.