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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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CHAP. XXII. Of the Council of Ephesus 2d.
§ 1. That our Historian may justify the Dividers he makes himself a Party, and by downright mistake against both saith, 1. That Nestorius fell into Blasphemy, denying Christ to be true God. 2. And that Eutyches denied Christ to be true Man.] This is our Reformer of History; when both of them professed Christ to be true God, and true man. I doubt not but the Man can write another Book to justify this; for what is it that some cannot talk for? Yea, he is at if again, p. 230. that Eutyches held Christ not to be true Man.
§ 1. THat our Historian may justifie the Dividers he makes himself a Party, and by downright mistake against both saith, 1. That Nestorius fell into Blasphemy, denying Christ to be true God. 2. And that Eutyches denied Christ to be true Man.] This is our Reformer of History; when both of them professed Christ to be true God, and true man. I doubt not but the Man can write another Book to justifie this; for what is it that some cannot talk for? Yea, he is at if again, p. 230. that Eutyches held Christ not to be true Man.
§ 2. He confesseth again that Cyril affirmeth but one Nature, and meant but one Person, and that Eutyches used the same words, but saith, sure they cannot be so mad as to fall out so violently when they say the same thing & words. Flavian could not be so foolish or so wicked, &c. Ans. I justify not the words of Eutyches or Cyril; but if I have great reason to believe, that as he confesseth Cyril so gross as to use [Greek or Hebrew] for [Greek or Hebrew] so Eutyches who had far less Learning than Cyril, did word amiss the conceptions, which were the same with Cyril's, I leave it to this mild Censurer to call them Fools, and mad, and wicked. It's taken for railing in me to blame them.