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A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux wherein the principles of the Roman church, as to moderation, unity and truth are examined and sundry important controversies concerning the rule of faith, papal supremacy, the mass, images, &c. discussed / by John Owen.
London: printed for Ph. Stephens, 1664
A Vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat Lux. › Chapter 7
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Now I shall herein manifest unto you these two things; I. That the Principles which the Protestants ⟨p. 132⟩proceed upon, in the improvement whereof they obtain themselves assured and infallible settlement in the Truth, and labour to reduce others unto the Unity of Faith, are such as are both suited unto, and sufficient for, the end and work which they design to effect by them, and also in themselves of such unquestionable Truth, Certainty, and Evidence, that either they are all granted by your selves, or cannot be denied without shaking the very Foundations of Christianity. 2. That those which you proceed upon, are some of them untrue, and most of them dubious and questionable, none of them able to bear the weight that you lay upon them; and some of them such as the admission of, would give just cause to question the whole Truth of Christian Religion. And both these Sir, I crave leave to manifest unto you, whereby you may the better judg whether the Scripture or your Church be the best way to bring men unto settlement in Religion, which is the thing enquired after.
Now I shall herein manifest unto you these two things; I. That the Principles which the Protestants ⟨p. 132⟩proceed upon, in the improvement whereof they obtain themselves assured and infallible settlement in the Truth, and labour to reduce others unto the Unity of Faith, are such as are both suited unto, and sufficient for, the end and work which they design to effect by them, and also in themselves of such unquestionable Truth, Certainty, and Evidence, that either they are all granted by your selves, or cannot be denied without shaking the very Foundations of Christianity. 2. That those which you proceed upon, are some of them untrue, and most of them dubious and questionable, none of them able to bear the weight that you lay upon them; and some of them such as the admission of, would give just cause to question the whole Truth of Christian Religion. And both these Sr, I crave leave to manifest unto you, whereby you may the better judg whether the Scripture or your Church be the best way to bring men unto settlement in Religion, which is the thing enquired after.