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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.
§ 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.
§ 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 justifie 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 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 so Eutyches who had far less Learning than Cyril, did word amiss the conceptions, which were the same with Cyrils, 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.
§ 3. He saith [Cyril never said there were two Natures in Christ before the Union. Ans. I have twice cited his words: Find a true difference between them and those of Eutyches if you can. I believe they both meant better than they spake.
§ 4. But the Spirit of detraction useth to fetch Accusations from Hearts, & Thoughts, and secret Actions, and so doth he against Eutyches; and he saith this hath been done of late times, To deliver that in select Meetings, which they will not in public promiscuous Assemblies: as evil Spirits are under restraint in consecrated places.