Popery Not Founded on Scripture, Or, the Texts Which Papists Cite Out of the Bible Volume 1; 1. Introduction - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1688 Excerpt: ... of creating Proofs is an Invention which they may challenge to themselves, without moving any degree of Envy in the Reformed. Secondly, The Romanists declare,that the Scriptures are so obscure, even in Matters of Faith, that the People, without an Infallible Guide, cannot find out the true sense of them. If this Doctrine of theirs be true, it is most absurd for them to go about to prove their Articles to the People out of the Scriptures, seeing that supposeth the Scriptures clearer than those Articles; for that by which any thing is proved, is to be more known and certain, than that which is proved by it. This way likewise sets up the People as Judges of the sense of these Scriptures which they offer to them in the main Points in difference; that is, they now confess the People can judg of that of which they yet lay they cannot judg, by reason of their weakness, and the obfcurenefs of the Holy Writings. But when Men have a mind to proceed in a Cause, it is not a Contradiction that can stop them. Therefore, notwithstanding this, and very much more of the like nature which might be alleadg'd«against this way of proceeding, as plainly inconsistent; still, amongst the weak ( who discern not the Absurdity, and have not skill to set their Methods one against another ) they make their boast of Scripture-proofs for their Religion,, and against ours. _ This way Be/larmine himself took , not so much for the use of the Italians; the Germans and English; he being set up by Gregory i $th in the Chair of Controversial Divinity, in the German and English Colledges at Rome, for the Conversion of the Protestants of those Countries. This way was in part taken by Cardinal Perron, who has collected several places of Scripture in fa-' vourof Infallibility. Which labour he ...

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