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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
4. No History mentioneth that the Pope then pretended to or exercised any government in the Empire of Abyssinia (of which see Godignus) nor in Persia, India, or Britain till Austin's times: but when the Romans persuaded any poor neighbours Country to the saith of Christ, those Countries were willing after to be directed by the Romans, especially being ambitious of the honour and protection of the Imperial savour. Reinrius saith [Armeniorum Ecclesiae & Ethiopian & Indorum & caeterae quas Apostoli converterunt, non subsunt Ecclesiae Romanae] Biblioth. Patr. To. 4. p. 773. [The Armenian Churches and the Ethiopian and […], and the rest which the Apostles did covert, are not under the Church of Rom.]
4. No History mentioneth that the Pope then pretended to or exercised any government in the Empire of Abassia (of which see Godignus) nor in Persia, India, or Britain till Austines times: but when the Romans perswaded any poor neighbours Countrey to the saith of Christ, those Countries were willing after to be directed by the Romans, especially being ambitious of the honour and protection of the Imperial savour. Reinrius saith [Armeniorum Ecclesiae & Aethiopian & Indorum & caeterae quas Apostoli converterunt, non subsunt Ecclesiae Romanae] Biblioth. Patr. To. 4. p. 773. [The Armenian Churches and the Aethiopian and 〈…〉, and the rest which the Apostles did covert, are not under the Church of Rom.]
4. Rome's pretended Primacy in that one Empire was not of Divine authority but of Human[…]. For, 1. No Divine Authority is proved.
4. Rome's pretended Primacy in that one Empire was not of Divine authority but of Human〈…〉. For, 1. No Divine Authority is proved.