(165) how ihould ,all the refs of the world have any 'affurance of it You'll fay, it is not neceffary:, Poffefïion and commonReport mutt fatisfie them in china,. Congo, 4, baga, and the Phillipines, &c. Anfw. No Building can be tronger than its Founda- dation, nor. Conclufion than its Pretnifes: How then (hall fuck men have affurance of their Religion when theymuff take it on the Credit of a Pope as infallible of whom they have no affurance ? And how fhall theybe certain that they are of the right Church, á when they areuncertain who is the Head whom they muff be fub jets to CHAP. VII. what PAPIS7 IL HAving fhewed ir/at aPope is, I am next hence to tell youwhat we Proteffants take aPapift to be. And firff as to the name, it is equivocal : There are fo many forts thatare calledcommonly by the one name of Papifts, that it is hard to enumerate and defcribe them all. . There are fome that believe that the Pope is but a Humane Creature, that:hath run up his power, into Ty- ranny by abufe, and it werewell ifhe were eitherdown, or reduced tohis firft Bate : But they take themfelves to be as thófe that live under other abufive, oppreffing or tyrannical Governours,, who muff live in Patience and Subtniffion, and-are not bound to ruine themfelves, by oppofïnghim in vain s and though he impofe on `them many'
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