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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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Answ. 1. Just as Thuanus or Erasmus espoused the Cause of the Protestants by Truth and Peace, when others hated and belied them. 2. Methinks the man revileth me very gently in comparison of Socrates and Sozomen, the two most impartial and credible of all our Ancient Church-Historians (with Theodorot.) But who can wonder that he imitateth that which he defendeth.
Answ. 1. Just as Thuanus or Erasmus espoused the Cause of the Protestants by Truth and Peace, when others hated and belied them. 2. Methinks the man revileth me very gently in comparison of Socrates and Sozomen, the two most impartial and credible of all our Antient Church-Historians (with Theodorot.) But who can wonder that he imitateth that which he defendeth.
§ 4. But he saith, [It may be the Novatians deserved it—and it's not unlikely that they were very troublesome and seditious.]
§ 4. But he saith, [It may be the Novatians deserved it—and it's not unlikely that they were very troublesom and seditious.]
Answ. It's not unlikely now that others will say it was so. But mark Reader which of these Historians is most credible [Socrates and Sozomen lived with those that knew the things and persons: They have told us Truth in the rest of their Histories: If they had been Novatians, Mr. M. saith, They believed sinning after Baptism had no pardon or absolution: And were they not like then to fear such Lying and false Accusing as paints a Saint like the Devil or Antichrist.] On the other side [Mr. M. liveth above a thousand years after them: He is one of the Party that take it to be not only lawful, but a duty to say and swear all that is imposed now, which I will not here describe: How truly he writes the History of his own Age, even of Parliament and Wars, and living persons, I have told you. He saith no more against the Historians credit here, but [it may be] and [it's not unlikely] and [they were Novatians, Schismatics, Alexandrians.] Even so their Counterminer, and many Conformists, that have many years reported us to be Raising a War against the King, had their [May-be'] and [It's not unlikely] and [they are Schismatics] to prove it: And others soon rose up and swore it. And when some lament their Perjury, it stops not the rest. But some have such Free-will, that they can believe whom they list.