[ •I I I ] , " fum) that they believed all that is taught by ' the Church , but not by the Court of Rome• . ' Another of their Authors tells us , that thofe ' among us of greatefr Worth, Learning and Au- ' thority began to love Temper ·apd Moderation, 'that their Doclrines began to be altered in many ' things, for which their Progenitors forfook the ' vifible Church of Chrifr : As for example, The ' Pope 'not Antichrifr, Prayers for the Dead, . ' Limbus Pan·um, Pictures, that the Church hafh · 'Authority in determining Controverfies ofFaith, 'and to interpret Scripture; About Free VVill~ ' PredeHination, Univerfal Grace , that all our 'W0rks are not Sins; Merit of good· v\torks, 'inherent Jufiice, that Faith alone cloth not jufii- ' fie; Charity to be preferred before knowledge ; ' the authority of Traditions ; Commandments ' poflible to be kept; that in Expofition of Scrip~ ' cure they are by Canon bound to follow the ' Fathers ; And that the once fearful Names of 'Priefis and Altars are u{ed willingly in their 'Talk and Writings,] In wbich Compliances, fo· ' far forth as they fpeak the truth ( for in fome 'Points, through Ignorance of the one, and Ma- ' lice of the other, they are much mifi'aken) there ' is fcarce any thing which may not well con!ift ' with the efiabliihed (though for. a time 'difc.on- ' tinued) Doctrine of the Church of England, 'the Ai·ticles· whereof, as the fame Jefuit hach I - ' obferved, feem patient or arnbitiou·s rather of ' fome fence, wherein they may feem Carholick. 'And fuch a fence is put upon them by him thlit ( 'calls himfelf Franci{cus aSanff~ C/ar~, as before ' was faid. And if upon fuch Compliances as thofe ' before, on the part of the EnglHJ), the Condi- ~ tions offered by the Pope might have been Con- . · "urmed, •
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