Baxter - BX1763 B28

ti3' ) But OhjetJávely they have no other Divine Faith or Rex ligion. 3. And note, that the Church that Prateflants, yea Greeks, Armenians, Syrians, Abanes are of, are all cerr tainly one and the fameChurch : For a Church is eonth- tutedof theRuling and the RuledParts. And they perfeb- ly agree that Chrift is theonly E%ntiating andU.niverfal Head ; In him they all unite, and confefs that there is no other. Even the Patriarch of canftantinopie, as I have chewed, claimeth but a Primacie in the Empire, and not the Government of all the World, no not ofus in England. And as for theRuledConffitutive part, we are agreed that it is All Baptized chriftians that have not apoffati- zed, nor forfaken any Effential part of Chriffianity, nor are excommunicate by Power from Chriff. So that we are clearlyall ofone and the fame Church. But how far the Papiffs differ in the Greatnefs and number oftheirControverfies, I think to tell you a little more anon. IV. I maynot flay to thew at large, how they vary their fhape and courfe as may fit their Intereff : How fometime theyput on the perfon of Infidels or Atheiffs toplead men into an uncertainty of all Religion, that they may be bole enough to follow them into theirs : For even fo car. Boverius would have perfwaded our late King, Apparat. adConfult. [ Thefirft thing is (faith he) Peeing true Religion is to be inquired after by you, that beforeyou addrefs your felt to fearchfor it, you firfl have all Religions in fu(picion with you ; and that you will fo long fufpend (or take off) your mind and will from the Faiteand Religion of theProteftants, acs you are inParch- ing afterthe truth.] R z Reader,

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