Baxter - BX1765 B39 1691

. ( )I~ J ~70; ·Did .they ever write a Decifion of the. multitudes ofCoritrovetfies about the meaning of feveral Texts, anq t,be multitude$ of Dodrines which are yet controverted arilong Papifts them· felves and all the World ? . . , , . :~Jr. Is it a Sati~(att~on;or a grofs Cheat td teH us ofaneceifary Church ~ower, to Expound Scripcui·e, and Judge of Controverfies, wbo ye.f will nor·do it; but leave all unexpounded and unoecided·? u i . . ' • • < ~7-2; - W~s Gregorv Na:dan.z.en 'l; Fool, that fpake fo much o( :the hurt that Cour~ils do? and re,fqlv~d never to go to more? . . . ~73· .Can I know that PQpe or ~ountil have Authority given them by Chrifi, before I believe ihat Ch~ifi is Cbrifi,and had Authority birn(elf? . .Q. 74:-.-Qin ,- I. know that Chrifi\ Promife 'td Pope, Council or Prelate is true, befor~ I :know that the Promife of Jufi.i~cation ·, Adoptipq an~ S~lvation are true : that is; .Before I ,ama (.:hr.i~ ihan ? . : . . . , . . , . Q,7'f~ Can I believe the Promife of Pardon and S~l~aiion, ,or the ·Pror_nife. made, io General Cou~cils qr Prelates, without knowing the ,mean-: ing qf rhofe Promife~? AQd can I ·believe the Churches Power from God., :wiEhoirt believing ihe Pr0mife of it? And if I can underfianq all ihefe Promifes without a4=ouf;!cil, why may I not -pnd~rfiand more ? And l)ow then do I receive all Scripture from.aCoun~ii ?'" . . . .. . . . . . . ., ·. , , ~76. Do thofe char Preach to eonvert Infidels; in Congo, China, 'Jap.•m,_Me~ico, among Turks, &cJ . J?re~ch firfi the Authority of General Councils (or · aMundane College ) as the · Frimum crede'ndli!~!, ~ilon whof~ credit Chrifiianity is to be::' reed;; · . . L l • ved ~ "

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