Baxter - BX1763 B28

COST) their FaithgröWethnew as theSea paffage is open. And wo to them if their new acquaintance with the Pope make all, all, all his Laws necefláry to them, which they might have been Caved without before. How muchhap- pier were theywhen they never heard of his Name ? Seehere, all you Jefuite, one old Woman is able un- aníwerably to confute you all, if fhe fland but on equal ground with you, and benot under your power, inquifi- tion, or fear. XXIII. In fo doing thePope dammneth and unchurcheth about two or three parts of the Chriftiaaies upon earth, and fo would defroy the Body Politickof chrifl. For the Body is rather to be denominated from the greater part than from the lefs: Elfewhy do Votes inGe- neral Councils go for the fenfe oftheChurch ? And I have Chewed before that theÁba!znes, copties in Egypt, Syrians, Armenians, Georgians, Greeks, Mofcovites, Pra- teflants, and the reft, are far more (two or three to one) than all the Papas in the World. Much more when ,Mahometanifm had not drowned fo many Countries that wereof the Greek Profeßion,was it fo. And how the Saviour of the World will take it for this Ufurper to rob him of the molt of his Flock, and damn moil of his Church, ( and corrupt the reft ) con -, fider and judge. XXIV. By fo doing the PopePets a Sect, or faall divided Parcel of the church, and calleth it the whole Charch o f Cby fl. Even as fome Anabaptifis (I hope not many) and other Seas appropriate Chriflianity, or true Church- Communion, to themfelves, and fay, we are all the Church ! fo doth the Pope: His Univerfal Church is too (mall for any underflandingChriflian to own, as fuck, and tobe aMember of, as filch. XXV. The

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