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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
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.
Do you not see, Mr. Morris, that there have been Prelates and Puritans, even Episcopal Puritans before our Times? Doth not your stomach rise against Sulpitius as too Puritanical and severe? Is not my Language of most of the Bishops soft in comparison of his? Yet he was so early as to live in that which you now call the most flourishing Time of the Church. Sir, I hate Discord, and love Peace; but I never look that the Enmity between the Woman's and the Serpent's Seed, or Cain and Abel, should be ended▪ or that the holy Title of Bishops and Priests should reconcile ungodly men to Saints. Sir, England knoweth, that though some factious persons have done otherwise, the main Body of those that your Law doth Silence, Ruin and Revile, have a high esteem of such Bishops as have been seriously godly; such as were many in Ancient and late Times: And deride it as long as you will, the seriously religious People in England are they that are most against Church-Tyranny, and which Party most of the debauched and profane are of, hath long been known.
Do you not see, Mr. Morrice, that there have been Prelates and Puritanes, even Episcopal Puritanes before our Times? Doth not your stomach rise against Sulpitius as too Puritanical and severe? Is not my Language of most of the Bishops soft in comparison of his? Yet he was so early as to live in that which you now call the most flourishing Time of the Church. Sir, I hate Discord, and love Peace; but I never look that the Enmity between the Woman's and the Serpent's Seed, or Cain and Abel, should be ended▪ or that the holy Title of Bishops and Priests should reconcile ungodly men to Saints. Sir, England knoweth, that though some factious persons have done otherwise, the main Body of those that your Law doth Silence, Ruine and Revile, have a high esteem of such Bishops as have been seriously godly; such as were many in Antient and late Times: And deride it as long as you will, the seriously religious People in England are they that are most against Church-Tyranny, and which Party most of the debauched and prophane are of, hath long been known.
§ 9. But the Reader shall further hear how little you are to be trusted. Saith Sul. in Vita Mart. [Apud Nemausium Episcoporum Synodus habebatur ad quam quidem ire noluerat—(There's another Synod.)