A27058:983
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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§ 7. As to his Reflection, [It may be he thinks the Emperor took a particular Delight in that kind of cruelty, and that he had rather one should be kicked to death, than that he should be hanged or beheaded; which would not be much to the credit of his Moderation: And to say the truth, his Letter to Valentinian discovers a strange kind of Spirit; for there he justifies the proceedings of the Eutychians at Ephesus, and says that all things were carried on with much freedom and perfect Truth, and Flavian found guilty of Innovating in Religion. This is but an ill sign that Mr. B. is a hater of false History, when he lets this pass unreproved.
§ 7. As to his Reflection, [It may be he thinks the Emperour took a particular Delight in that kind of cruelty, and that he had rather one should be kickt to death, than that he should be hanged or beheaded; which would not be much to the credit of his Moderation: And to say the truth, his Letter to Valentinian discovers a strange kind of Spirit; for there he justifies the proceedings of the Eutychians at Ephesus, and saies that all things were carried on with much freedom and perfect Truth, and Flavian found guilty of Innovating in Religion. This is but an ill sign that Mr. B. is a hater of false History, when he lets this pass unreproved.
Ans. 1. Had I reproved such an Emperor, I might have expected that some of you would have published me an Enemy to Kings.
Ans. 1. Had I reproved such an Emperour, I might have expected that some of you would have published me an Enemy to Kings.
Ans. 2. Rather Sir, you and I should hence gather, that all men must have pardon and forbearance, and that for want of that, the names of Nestorians, Jacobites, Melchites, Greeks, Papists, Protestants, Lutherans, Calvinists, Prelatists, and Presbyterians, &c. have almost swallowed up the Name, much more the Love of Christians.