(.3Y) a written Bill, left the miftake of a word, or Daft, prove Death. VII. And I askyou farther, Is all the nil ofyour Reli- gion deliveredonly, or wort certainly,6y word ofMouth and Memory, or rather by Books ? Are not the Decrees of áll your approved Generalcouncils for Faith and Practice your Religion? And are not thefe written in Books ? Have Caranza, Crab, Surioi, Nicolin.us, Binius, the great and many Volumns of the French Edition, and all the reit, been all written in vain ? Do all your Lay-Papiíts, or all your Priefts, or any ofthem carry all thefe in their Memories to a word ? Or arc they there as fureas in your Books ? DothVerbal Tradition now deliver down your Religion ? Nay, doyou not Write your very Confe¡ons and Creeds? If all your Books were burnt, would not your Religion be greatly changed, while much of the Decrees ofCouncils would be forgotten ? and Owhat contention and confufion about them wouldthere be? VIII. But ifall your Religion was fo currantly deli- veredby word of Mouth by Fathers to their Children, what made the ancient Doelors pats by the fame things in their writings? when their writings were purpofely to tell their Readers what was the Chrifrian Religion, and the reafons ofit ; would they leave out that in their de- liberate Writings, which every Child was taught by his Parents? IX.But what meanyou to talk ofall Parents delivering it to their Children? Doyou mean all Priejis, or d!l Lay- men? IfPriefts had Children, it's like theywere Married ; And had you then the Celibate of Priefts by Tradition from the Apoftles ? If you mean Lay-men, would you make Men believe any Story you tell them, contrary to the experienc oftheir daily. Converfe ? Do we not fee E that
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