A27069:224
Which is the true church? the whole Christian world, as headed only by Christ…
Which is the true church? the whole Christian world, as headed only by Christ ... or, the Pope of Rome and his subjects as such? : in three parts ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London : Printed, and are to be sold by Richard Janeway ..., 1679
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.
5. Your Authority (or Decrees) below that of Pope and General Councils, pretend to no Infallible certainty: upon this it seems your Church is built, and into uncertainty its authority resolved; and yet from this we must fetch our certainty of the Gospel in your way. And is not the Gospel then made uncertain by you, which must be believed on the authority of an uncertain Ministry? yea, and are not Councils uncertain which consist of such a Ministry?
6. It's a vanity to pretend that your Canon Law is universally received; most of the Christian World receive but part of it, and much no part at all, unless you call the Scripture the Canon Law.
7. If your Canon Law be so universally received and sufficient, then when that Law is received into England, England must be burnt as a land of Heretics; for that's part of your Law; and so your Ministry and our burning as Heretics, have the same authority.
7. If your Canon Law be so universally received and sufficient, then when that Law is received into England, England must be burnt as a land of Hereticks; for that's part of your Law; and so your Ministry and our burning as Hereticks, have the same authority.