The practical divinity of the papists discovered to be destructive of Christianity and mens…

Now upon this their Common Doctrine the substance of the Charge ensuing, and the principal articles thereof are grounded. As for the opinions of particular Doctors, wherein there is no such common concurrence, though they be not so certain as the other, yet they are (even the worst of them) safe in practice; any of their people may follow them without danger, and with a good conscience: for this (as will appear hereafter) is the common judgement of their Schools and Doctors, and so far the Doctrine of their Church. And if that Church did no farther own these opinions, common or particular, then under this character; this is enough for our purpose (when the question is of the danger of Popery in reference to mens Salvation) that she counts such rules of life safe, and publicly allows them as direction for practice, which tend to ruin Religion and mens Souls. If they were not counted safe, that Church which pretends ⟨image 5⟩to so much care of Souls, since all in her Communion are exposed to the Danger, would be concerned to give warning of it, and brand these Maxims as pernicious: but this was never yet done, not ever like to be. These opinions, all, or the greatest part of them; were taught and published in that Church, before the Council of Trent, there was time enough in Eighteen years, to take cognizance of them and their pernicious consequence: Yet when they bestowed Anathema's so liberally, where there was occasion (and for the most part) where there was none; they thought not fit to bestow one Curse upon these Doctrines, how execrable so ever: yea some part thereof of worse consequence, had there an express Confirmation. Their Popes since, though they could see occasion to condemn such Propositions as the Five ascribed to Jansenius, and those of Baius, White, and many others: could not, by the help of a judgement counted infallible, discern any thing in the worst of these Doctrines, worthy of or fit for their Censure. The Cardinals of the Inquisition at Rome, and their Setters in other Countries, whose business it is to spy whatever (in Books particularly) is against Faith and Good Manners; see nothing of this nature in that which destroys both. No Expurgatory Index (what havoc soever has been made by those Tools in their best Authors) hath, so far as I have observed, touched the Common Opinions here exposed.

Now upon this their Common Doctrine the substance of the Charge ensuing, and the principal articles thereof are grounded. As for the opinions of particular Doctors, wherein there is no such common concurrence, though they be not so certain as the other, yet they are (even the worst of them) safe in practice; any of their people may follow them without danger, and with a good conscience: for this (as will appear hereafter) is the common judgement of their Schools and Doctors, and so far the Doctrine of their Church. And if that Church did no farther own these opinions, common or particular, then under this character; this is enough for our purpose (when the question is of the danger of Popery in reference to mens Salvation) that she counts such rules of life safe, and publickly allows them as direction for practice, which tend to ruin Religion and mens Souls. If they were not counted safe, that Church which pretends