Animadversions on a treatise entitled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…Animadversions on a treatise intituled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…

But why have not Protestants a remedy for their evils, a means of ending and making up their differences? They have the Word that's left them for that purpose, which the Apostles commended unto them, and which the Primitive Church made use of, and no other. That this will not serve to prevent, or remove any hurtful differences from amongst us, it is not its fault, but ours. And could we prevail with Roman-Catholics to blame and reprove us, and not to blame the Religion we profess, we should count our selves beholding to them; and they would have the less to answer for, another day. But as things are stated, ⟨p. 87⟩it is fallen out very unhappily for them; that finding they cannot hurt us, but that their Weapons must pass through the Scriptures, That is it which they are forced to direct their blows against. The Scripture is Dark, Obscure, Insufficient, cannot be known to be the word of God, nor understood, is the main of their Plea, when they intend to deal with Protestants. I am persuaded, that they are troubled, when they are put upon this Work: It cannot be acceptable to the minds of men to be engaged in such undervaluations of the word of God. Sure, they can have no other mind in this Work, than a man would have in pulling down hi• House, to find out his Enemy. He that shall read what the Scripture testifies of it self, that is, what God doth of it; & what the Ancients speak concerning it, and shall himself have any acquaintance with the nature and excellency of it, must needs shrink extremely when he comes to see the Romanists discourse about it; indeed, against it. For my part, I can truly profess, That no one thing doth so alienate my mind from the present Roman Religion, as this treatment of the word of ⟨p. 88⟩God. I cannot but think that a sad profession of Religion, which enforceth men to decry the use and excellency of that, which (let them pretend what they please) is the only infallible Revelation of all that Truth, by obedience whereunto, we become Christians. I do heartily pity Learned and Ingenious men, when I see them enforced by a private corrupt Interest, to engage in this woeful work of undervaluing the word of God; and so much the more, as that I cannot but hope, that it is a very ingrateful work to themselves: Did they delight in it, I should have other thoughts of them;

But why have not Protestants a remedy for their evils, a means of ending and making up their differences? They have the Word that's left them for that purpose, which the Apostles commended unto them, and which the Primitive Church made use of, and no other. That this will not serve to prevent, or remove any hurtful differences from amongst us, it is not its fault, but ours. And could we prevail with Roman-Catholicks to blame and reprove us, and not to blame the Religion we profess, we should count our selves beholding to them; and they would have the less to answer for, another day. But as things are stated,