Baxter - BX1763 B28

(169) fedente concilio bit it is both ofthem agreeing or con; junI : And two Fallibles joyning, become one Infal- lible. IV. Another fort of Papif}s, and verynumerous efpe= cially in Italy, hold, that the Pope alone is Supreme and Infallible in Legillation and judgment, and th3c Coun- cils are but his Counfellors, to prepare Laws, to which his Fiat givethAuthority and In,fallibàity. All thefe indeed are commonly called PAPIST s; becaufe that more or lets they are Subjects of the Pope. But who can give one definition, or the fame marks of men that are really of fo many minds ? If I defcribe one fort, the other will fay, this is not our Opinion ; you do us wrong. And foof all the reff. And here you may fee, that when the Qieffion is whether a Pape may be raved? and whether a Papi(l be a Heretick? or the like ; that it cannot be well anfwered, till we know of which fort of Papiffs you fpeak. But becaufe I find that already myWriting is fuelled beyond my firfl: intent, I will give you the Properties or inadequate conceptions of only one fort of Papifl;s, which is the third fort in the laff diftribution, who hold the so- veraignty and infallibility to be in the Pope and Council conjunct, and that by Divine Right : Becaufe if I fpeak of anyof the other forts, I find they fly for refuge hither; and molt Writers go upon this ground, and will ownno- thing as their Religion but what is inApproved General Councils. And here I delire the Reader to perufe what I have laid in my [Full and edge fatisfáciion, &c.] out of Verona and others, as they defcribe their Faith themfelves. L A PAPIST o f this fort is one that believeth that thePope and his Council, or Church, is Infallible inpropoOng Y the

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