The church of Rome, no safe guide, or, Reasons to prove that no rational…

This is the claim of the Church of Rome; these are the Principles whereinto it is resolved, which whether they have any thing in them of Truth or Modesty, will immediately be made to appear.

Secondly, The Holy Scripture with the Divine Aids and assistances for the understanding thereof, which God hath promised unto all that diligently seek him, is pleaded to be the only Rule and Guide that men ought to betake themselves unto, in case of those important differences in Religion, which are under consideration And the plea on the behalf thereof is reducible unto these five Heads.

Secondly, The Holy Scripture with the Divine Aids and assistances for the understanding thereof, which God hath promised unto all that diligently seek him, is pleaded to be the only Rule and Guide that men ought to betake themselves unto, in case of those important differences in Religon, which are under consideration And the plea on the behalf thereof is reducible unto these five Heads.

1. That this Scripture is a Divine supernatural Revelation of God, his Mind and his Will. This Foundation is unquestionable, and will never fail them that build upon it. Those of the Roman Religion will propose ensnaring Questions about it, unto them on whom they design. They will be asking how they know the Scripture to be the Word of God, labouring to disprove the evidences they produce to prove it so to be. But this bold artifice is of no use in this case; for themselves confess it so to be; only they prefer the Authority of their Church testifying it so to be, as more safely to be rested in and trusted unto, than that of God himself, which cannot be unto the advantage of their cause, with any considerate Persons.