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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.
The Council of Basil revealeth the sinless conception of the Virgin Mary, and yet the Papists that deny it are not accounted Heretics: And what show is there of this consequence, the Council of Ephesus 2. of Ariminum, of Lateran, of Nice 2, of Florence, of Constance, Basil, Trent, may lie: Ergo, God is a liar. Heretics should be softer in defining Heresy.
The Council of Basil revealeth the sinless conception of the Virgin Mary, and yet the Papists that deny it are not accounted Hereticks: And what shew is there of this consequence, the Council of Ephesus 2. of Arminum, of Lateran, of Nice 2, of Florence, of Constance, Basil, Trent, may lie: Ergo, God is a lyar. Hereticks should be softer in defining Heresie.
I next instanced, What if a man deny that there is a Heaven, Hell, Resurrection, and also the 1revelation of these, and yet deny not the veracity of God (no nor of the Church) is this no Heretic?
I next instanced, What if a man deny that there is a Heaven, Hell, Resurrection, and also the 1revelation of these, and yet deny not the veracity of God (no nor of the Church) is this no Heretick?
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He answereth, No, if not sufficiently propounded to him as revealed from God.—But that Proposition must be made by the Church; and as long as he believeth the infallible veracity of the Church propounding, he cannot disbelieve what it propoundeth sufficiently, &c.