[ I)} ) that Ignorance which would better (erve your Ends. §. 7· Dr. S. ["But Mr. B. objeCt:eth, That the "Nell:orians, Jacobite$, Abaffines, &c. renounce "fomeofthe(ixCouncils (yes, threeofthejix) They " had a perfonal Veneration for the Perfons of Ne– " fiorius and Diofcorus, and did believe them whe!l ,,~they faid that the Councils were miftakgn in Matter " ofFail, and Cor:demned them for Opinions, whicfg "they did not orpn", and thereupon did rejeil thofe " Councils : But they did not then, nor do not at thu "day rejeEf the Catholick Faith, and the Rules of "Chriftian Unity, which are contained in the fix Ge– " ne~al Councils. So that irf effect they own them ; ,"For the principal thin~ required is to profefs the true "Faith, and hold the Vnity of the Spirit in the bond "of Peace and Righteoufne[s, wlcich thofe Churches _"do, in that they own the Nicene, and C. P. "Councils, and deny not the DoCfrine.of the other "four• ..Anfrv. Do you think that none ofyour Readers will fee how much you here overthrow or give up your Caufe? I. If holding the Unity of the ·Spirit in the bond of Peace and Righteoufnels will ferve, while they renounce the Councils as erro– neous and tyrannical, and holding the fame Faith and Doctrine will ferve , what have you been Pleading for ? we are for all this as well as you ? 2. And if the Council may erre in Matter ot Fact, which may be known by commoll fence and rea– fon, .how much more may they erre in mJtter of right and fupernatural Revelation, as the Articles of the Church of England fay they have done. · 3· You confefs here that Men may reject rhree or f-our of your fi~ Councils, and yet be no Schif- . maticks, •
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