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             Copies of two papers written by the late King Charles II together with a copy of a paper written by the late Duchess of York : to which is added an answer to the aforesaid papers all printed together.
             Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
             Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. Answer to some papers lately printed concerning the authority of the Catholick Church.
             York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 1637-1671.
          
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           COPIES
           Of
           Two
           PAPERS
           Written
           by
           the
           Late
           KING
           CHARLES
           II.
           
        
         
           TOGETHER
           With
           a
           Copy
           of
           a
           Paper
           written
           by
           the
           Late
           DUTCHESS
           of
           YORK
           .
        
         
           Published
           By
           His
           Majesties
           Command
           .
        
         
           To
           wich
           is
           added
           ,
           An
           ANSWER
           To
           the
           aforesaid
           PAPERS
           all
           Printed
           together
           .
        
         
           DVBLIN
           ,
           Reprinted
           by
           
             Ios.
             Ray
          
           ,
           on
           Colledge-Green
           ,
           for
           
             Rob
             Thornton
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Leather-Bottle
           in
           Skinner-Row
           .
           MDCLXXXVI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
             
               COPIES
               Of
               Two
               PAPERS
               Written
               by
               the
               Late
               King
               Charles
               II.
               
            
             
               Together
               with
               A
               Copy
               of
               a
               Paper
               written
               by
               the
               Late
               Dutchess
               of
               York
               .
            
             
               Published
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Command
               .
            
             
               Dublin
               ,
               Re-printed
               for
               
                 Robert
                 Thornton
              
               Bookseller
               ,
               at
               the
               Lether-Bottle
               in
               Skinner-Row
               .
               1686.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               First
               Paper
               .
            
             
               THE
               Discourse
               we
               had
               the
               other
               Day
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               satisfied
               you
               in
               the
               main
               ,
               that
               Christ
               can
               have
               but
               one
               Church
               here
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               and
               I
               believe
               that
               it
               is
               as
               visible
               as
               that
               the
               Scripture
               is
               in
               Print
               :
               That
               none
               can
               be
               that
               Church
               ,
               but
               that
               ,
               which
               is
               called
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               .
               I
               think
               you
               need
               not
               trouble
               your self
               with
               entring
               into
               that
               Ocean
               of
               particular
               Disputes
               ,
               when
               the
               main
               ,
               and
               ,
               in
               truth
               ,
               the
               only
               Question
               is
               ;
               Where
               that
               Church
               is
               ,
               which
               we
               profess
               to
               believe
               in
               the
               two
               Creeds
               (
               We
               declare
               to
               believe
               
                 one
                 Catholick
                 and
                 Apostolick
                 Church
              
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               not
               left
               to
               every
               phantastical
               mans
               head
               to
               believe
               as
               he
               pleases
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               to
               whom
               Christ
               left
               the
               Power
               upon
               Earth
               to
               govern
               us
               in
               matters
               of
               Faith.
               who
               made
               these
               Creeds
               for
               our
               directions
               .
               It
               were
               a
               very
               irrational
               thing
               to
               make
               Laws
               for
               a
               Country
               ,
               and
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               Interpreters
               and
               Judges
               of
               those
               Laws
               ;
               For
               then
               every
               man
               will
               be
               his
               own
               Judge
               ,
               and
               by
               consequence
               no
               such
               thing
               as
               either
               right
               or
               wrong
               .
               Can
               we
               therefore
               suppose
               that
               God
               Almighty
               would
               leave
               us
               at
               those
               uncertainties
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               us
               a
               Rule
               to
               go
               by
               ,
               &
               leave
               every
               man
               to
               be
               his
               own
               Judge
               ?
               I
               do
               ask
               any
               ingenuous
               man
               ,
               whether
               it
               he
               not
               the
               same
               thing
               to
               follow
               our
               own
               Phancy
               ,
               or
               to
               interpret
               the
               Scripture
               by
               it
               ?
               I
               would
               have
               any
               man
               shew
               me
               ,
               where
               the
               Power
               of
               deciding
               matters
               of
               Faith
               is
               given
               to
               every
               particular
               man.
               Christ
               left
               his
               Power
               to
               his
               Church
               even
               
                 to
                 forgive
                 Sins
                 in
                 Heaven
              
               ,
               and
               left
               his
               Spirit
               with
               them
               ,
               which
               they
               exercised
               after
               his
               Resurrexion
               :
               First
               by
               his
               Apostles
               in
               these
               Creeds
               ,
               and
               many
               years
               after
               by
               the
               Council
               at
               Nice
               ,
               where
               that
               Creed
               was
               made
               that
               is
               called
               by
               that
               name
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Power
               which
               they
               had
               received
               from
               Christ
               ,
               they
               were
               the
               Judges
               even
               of
               the
               Scripture
               it self
               many
               years
               after
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               which
               Books
               were
               Canonical
               and
               which
               were
               not
               .
               And
               if
               they
               had
               this
               Power
               then
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               how
               they
               came
               to
               lose
               it
               ,
               and
               by
               what
               Authority
               men
               separate
               themselves
               from
               that
               Church
               ?
               The
               only
               pretence
               I
               ever
               heard
               of
               ,
               was
               ,
               was
               ,
               because
               the
               Church
               has
               failed
               in
               wresting
               and
               interpreting
               the
               Scripture
               contrary
               to
               the
               true
               sense
               and
               meaning
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               have
               imposed
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               upon
               us
               ,
               which
               
               are
               not
               to
               be
               warranted
               by
               Gods
               Word
               ?
               I
               do
               desire
               to
               know
               who
               is
               to
               be
               Judge
               of
               that
               ,
               whether
               the
               whole
               Church
               ,
               the
               Succession
               whereof
               has
               continued
               to
               this
               day
               without
               interruption
               ,
               or
               particular
               men
               who
               have
               raised
               Schisms
               for
               their
               own
               advantage
               ?
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               true
               Copy
               of
               a
               Paper
               I
               found
               in
               the
               late
               King
               my
               Brothers
               
                 Strong
                 Box
              
               ,
               written
               in
               his
               own
               Hand
               .
            
             
               JAMES
               R.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               Second
               Paper
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               a
               sad
               thing
               to
               consider
               what
               a
               world
               of
               Heresies
               are
               crept
               into
               this
               Nation
               ;
               Every
               man
               thinks
               himself
               as
               competent
               a
               Judge
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               as
               the
               very
               Apostles
               themselves
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               no
               wonder
               that
               it
               should
               be
               so
               ,
               since
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               which
               looks
               most
               like
               a
               Church
               ,
               dares
               not
               bring
               the
               true
               Arguments
               against
               the
               other
               Sects
               ,
               for
               fear
               they
               should
               be
               turned
               against
               themselves
               ,
               and
               confuted
               by
               their
               own
               Arguments
               .
               The
               Church
               of
               England
               (
               as
               't
               is
               call'd
               )
               would
               fain
               have
               it
               thought
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               the
               Judges
               in
               matters
               Spiritu●l
               ,
               and
               yet
               dare
               not
               say
               positively
               that
               there
               is
               no
               Appeal
               from
               them
               ;
               for
               either
               they
               must
               say
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               Infallible
               (
               which
               they
               cannot
               pretend
               to
               )
               or
               confess
               that
               what
               they
               decide
               in
               matters
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               is
               no
               further
               to
               be
               followed
               ,
               then
               it
               agrees
               with
               every
               mans
               private
               Judgment
               .
               If
               Christ
               did
               leave
               a
               Church
               here
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               and
               we
               were
               all
               once
               of
               that
               Church
               ,
               how
               ,
               and
               by
               what
               Authority
               ,
               did
               we
               separate
               from
               that
               Church
               ?
               If
               the
               Power
               of
               Interpreting
               of
               Scripture
               be
               in
               every
               mans
               brain
               ,
               what
               need
               have
               we
               of
               a
               Church
               or
               Church-men
               ?
               To
               what
               purpose
               did
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               given
               his
               Apostles
               Power
               to
               
                 bind
                 and
                 loose
                 in
                 Heaven
                 and
                 Earth
                 ,
              
               add
               to
               it
               ,
               
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 with
                 them
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 End
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ?
              
               These
               words
               were
               not
               spoken
               parabolically
               ,
               or
               by
               way
               of
               Figure
               .
               Christ
               was
               then
               ascending
               into
               his
               Glory
               ,
               and
               left
               his
               Power
               with
               his
               Church
               even
               
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 World.
              
               We
               have
               had
               these
               hundred
               years
               past
               ,
               the
               sad
               effect
               of
               denying
               to
               the
               Church
               that
               Power
               in
               matters
               Spiritual
               ,
               without
               an
               Appeal
               .
               What
               Country
               can
               subsist
               in
               peace
               or
               quiet
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               not
               
               a
               Supream
               Judge
               from
               whence
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Appeal
               ?
               Can
               there
               be
               any
               Justice
               done
               where
               the
               Offenders
               are
               their
               own
               Judges
               ,
               and
               equal
               Interpreters
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               with
               those
               that
               are
               appointed
               to
               administer
               Justice
               ?
               This
               is
               our
               Case
               here
               in
               England
               in
               matters
               Spiritual
               ;
               for
               the
               Protestants
               are
               not
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               as
               't
               is
               the
               true
               Church
               from
               whence
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Appeal
               ;
               but
               because
               the
               Discipline
               of
               that
               Church
               is
               conformable
               at
               that
               present
               to
               their
               fancies
               ,
               which
               as
               soon
               as
               it
               shall
               contradict
               or
               vary
               from
               ,
               they
               are
               ready
               to
               embrace
               or
               joyn
               with
               the
               next
               Congregation
               of
               People
               ,
               whose
               Discipline
               and
               Worship
               agrees
               with
               their
               opinion
               at
               that
               time
               ;
               so
               that
               according
               to
               this
               Doctrine
               there
               is
               no
               other
               Church
               ,
               nor
               Interpreter
               of
               Scripture
               but
               that
               which
               lies
               in
               every
               mans
               giddy
               brain
               .
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               therefore
               of
               every
               serious
               considerer
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               whether
               the
               great
               work
               of
               our
               Salvation
               ought
               to
               depend
               upon
               such
               a
               Sandy
               Foundation
               as
               this
               ?
               Did
               Christ
               ever
               say
               to
               the
               Civil
               Magistrate
               (
               much
               less
               to
               the
               People
               )
               
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ?
              
               Or
               ,
               did
               he
               give
               them
               the
               Power
               
                 to
                 forgive
                 Sins
              
               ?
               St.
               Paul
               tells
               the
               
                 Corinthians
                 ,
                 Ye
                 are
                 Gods
                 Husbandry
                 ,
                 ye
                 are
                 Gods
                 Building
                 ;
                 we
                 are
                 Labourers
                 with
                 God.
              
               This
               shews
               who
               are
               the
               Labourers
               ,
               and
               who
               are
               the
               Husbandry
               and
               Building
               ;
               And
               in
               this
               whole
               Chapter
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               preceding
               one
               ,
               S.
               Paul
               takes
               great
               pains
               to
               s●t
               forth
               that
               they
               ,
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               
                 have
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 without
                 which
                 no
                 man
                 searcheth
                 the
                 deep
                 things
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               and
               he
               concludeth
               the
               Chapter
               with
               this
               Verse
               ,
               
                 For
                 who
                 hath
                 known
                 the
                 Mind
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 instruct
                 him
                 ?
                 But
                 we
                 have
                 the
                 Mind
                 of
                 Christ.
              
               Now
               if
               we
               do
               but
               consider
               in
               humane
               probability
               and
               reaso●
               ▪
               the
               Powers
               Christ
               leaves
               to
               his
               Church
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               St.
               Paul
               explains
               so
               distinctly
               afterwards
               ,
               we
               cannot
               think
               that
               our
               Saviour
               said
               all
               these
               things
               to
               no
               purpose
               ;
               And
               pray
               consider
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               that
               those
               ,
               who
               resist
               the
               Truth
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               submit
               to
               his
               Church
               ,
               draw
               their
               Arguments
               from
               Implications
               ,
               and
               far
               fetch'd
               Interpretations
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               that
               they
               deny
               plain
               and
               positive
               words
               ;
               which
               is
               so
               great
               a
               Disingenuity
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               not
               almost
               to
               be
               thought
               that
               they
               can
               believe
               themselves
               .
               Is
               there
               any
               other
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Church
               ,
               but
               that
               if
               the
               Civil
               Magistrate
               please
               ,
               he
               may
               call
               such
               of
               the
               Clergy
               as
               he
               thinks
               fit
               for
               his
               turn
               at
               that
               time
               ;
               and
               turn
               the
               Church
               either
               to
               
                 Presbytery
                 ,
                 Independency
              
               ,
               or
               indeed
               what
               he
               pleases
               ?
               This
               was
               the
               way
               of
               our
               pretended
               
               Reformation
               here
               in
               England
               ;
               and
               by
               the
               same
               Rule
               and
               Authority
               it
               may
               be
               altered
               into
               as
               many
               more
               Shapes
               and
               Forms
               as
               there
               are
               Fancies
               in
               mens
               Heads
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               true
               Copy
               of
               a
               Paper
               written
               by
               the
               late
               King
               my
               Brother
               in
               in
               his
               own
               Hand
               ,
               which
               I
               found
               in
               his
               Closet
               .
            
             
               JAMES
               R.
               
            
          
           
             
               A
               Copy
               of
               a
               Paper
               written
               by
               the
               late
               Dutchess
               of
               York
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               so
               Reasonable
               to
               expect
               ,
               that
               a
               person
               always
               bred
               up
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               as
               well
               instructed
               in
               the
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               the
               best
               Divines
               ,
               and
               her
               capacity
               could
               make
               her
               ,
               should
               be
               liable
               to
               many
               censures
               ,
               for
               leaving
               That
               ,
               and
               making
               her self
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Catholick
              
               Church
               ,
               to
               which
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               I
               was
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               Enemies
               it
               ever
               had
               ;
               That
               I
               choose
               rather
               to
               endeavour
               to
               satisfie
               my
               Friends
               ,
               by
               reading
               this
               Paper
               ,
               then
               to
               have
               the
               trouble
               ,
               to
               answer
               all
               the
               Questions
               that
               may
               daily
               be
               asked
               me
               :
               And
               first
               ,
               I
               do
               protest
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               Almighty
               God
               ;
               That
               no
               Person
               ,
               Man
               or
               Woman
               ,
               directly
               ,
               nor
               indirectly
               ,
               ever
               said
               any
               thing
               to
               me
               (
               since
               I
               came
               into
               England
               )
               or
               used
               the
               least
               endeavour
               to
               make
               me
               change
               my
               Religion
               :
               It
               is
               a
               Blessing
               I
               wholly
               owe
               to
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               the
               hearing
               of
               a
               Prayer
               I
               daily
               made
               him
               ,
               ever
               since
               I
               was
               in
               France
               ,
               and
               Planders
               ;
               Where
               seeing
               much
               of
               the
               Devotion
               of
               the
               Catholicks
               (
               tho
               I
               had
               very
               little
               my self
               )
               I
               made
               it
               my
               continual
               request
               to
               Almighty
               God
               ;
               That
               ,
               if
               I
               were
               not
               ;
               I
               might
               ,
               before
               I
               died
               ,
               be
               in
               the
               true
               Religion
               :
               I
               did
               not
               in
               the
               least
               doubt
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               was
               so
               ,
               and
               never
               had
               any
               manner
               of
               scruple
               till
               November
               last
               ;
               when
               reading
               a
               Book
               ,
               called
               
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 ●he
                 R●formation
              
               ,
               by
               Doctor
               Heylin
               ,
               which
               I
               had
               heard
               very
               much
               commended
               ,
               and
               had
               been
               told
               ,
               if
               ever
               I
               had
               any
               doubt
               in
               my
               Religion
               ,
               that
               would
               settle
               me
               ;
               Instead
               of
               which
               ,
               I
               found
               it
               the
               description
               of
               the
               horridest
               Sacriledges
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               And
               could
               find
               no
               reason
               ,
               why
               we
               left
               the
               Church
               ,
               but
               for
               three
               the
               〈◊〉
               Abominable
               ones
               ,
               that
               were
               ever
               heard
               of
               amongst
               Christ●ans
               :
               First
               ,
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
               Renounces
               the
               Pope's
               Authority
               ,
               
               because
               he
               would
               not
               give
               him
               leave
               to
               part
               with
               his
               Wife
               ,
               and
               Merry
               another
               ,
               in
               her
               life-time
               :
               Secondly
               ,
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
               was
               a
               Child
               ,
               and
               govern'd
               by
               his
               Uncle
               ,
               who
               made
               his
               Estate
               o●
               of
               Church
               Lands
               .
               And
               then
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               who
               being
               no
               Lawful
               H●iress
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
               could
               have
               no
               way
               to
               keep
               it
               ,
               bu●
               by
               Renouncing
               a
               Church
               that
               could
               never
               suffer
               so
               unlawful
               a
               thing
               to
               be
               done
               by
               one
               of
               Her
               Children
               .
               I
               confess
               I
               cannot
               think
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               could
               ever
               be
               in
               such
               Counsels
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               very
               strange
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Bishops
               had
               no
               design
               ,
               but
               (
               as
               they
               say
               )
               the
               restoring
               us
               to
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Primitive
               Church
               ;
               they
               should
               never
               think
               upon
               it
               ,
               till
               Henry
               the
               eighth
               made
               the
               ●reach
               upon
               so
               unlawful
               a
               Pretence
               .
               These
               Scruples
               being
               raised
               ,
               I
               begun
               to
               consider
               of
               the
               difference
               between
               the
               Catholicks
               and
               Us
               ;
               and
               Examin'd
               them
               as
               well
               as
               I
               could
               by
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               ,
               which
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               pretend
               to
               be
               able
               to
               understand
               ,
               yet
               ,
               there
               are
               some
               things
               I
               found
               so
               easie
               ,
               that
               I
               cannot
               but
               wonder
               ,
               I
               had
               been
               so
               long
               without
               finding
               them
               out
               :
               
                 As
                 the
                 Real
                 Presence
                 in
                 the
                 Blessed
                 Sacrament
                 ,
                 the
                 Infallibility
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 Church
                 ,
                 Confession
                 ,
                 and
                 Praying
                 for
                 the
                 Dead
                 .
              
               After
               this
               ,
               I
               spoke
               severally
               to
               Two
               of
               the
               best
               Bishops
               we
               have
               in
               England
               ,
               
               who
               ●oth
               told
               me
               ,
               there
               were
               many
               things
               in
               the
               Roman
               Church
               ,
               
               which
               (
               it
               were
               very
               much
               to
               be
               wished
               )
               we
               had
               kept
               ;
               As
               Confession
               ,
               which
               was
               ,
               no
               doubt
               Commanded
               by
               God
               :
               That
               Praying
               for
               the
               Dead
               was
               one
               of
               the
               Ancient
               things
               in
               Christianity
               :
               That
               for
               their
               parts
               ,
               they
               did
               it
               daily
               ,
               though
               they
               would
               no●
               own
               it
               :
               And
               afterwards
               ,
               pressing
               one
               of
               them
               very
               much
               upon
               the
               other
               Points
               ,
               he
               told
               me
               ,
               That
               if
               he
               had
               been
               bred
               a
               Catholick
               he
               would
               not
               change
               his
               Religion
               ;
               
               but
               ,
               that
               being
               of
               another
               Church
               ,
               wherein
               ,
               he
               was
               sure
               ,
               were
               all
               things
               n●cessary
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               he
               th●ught
               it
               very
               ill
               ,
               to
               give
               that
               Scandal
               ,
               as
               to
               leave
               that
               Church
               wherein
               he
               had
               received
               his
               Baptism
            
             
               All
               these
               D●scou●ses
               did
               but
               add
               more
               to
               the
               desire
               I
               had
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               Catholick
               ▪
               and
               gave
               me
               the
               most
               terrible
               Agonies
               in
               the
               World
               within
               my
               s●●f
               .
               For
               all
               this
               ,
               fearing
               to
               be
               rash
               in
               a
               mat●er
               of
               t●an
               Weight
               I
               did
               all
               I
               could
               to
               satisfie
               my self
               ;
               mad
               it
               my
               Daily
               Prayer
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               settle
               me
               in
               the
               Right
               ,
               and
               to
               went
               on
               ●hristmas-day
               to
               r●ceive
               in
               the
               King's
               Chappel
               ;
               after
               〈◊〉
               ,
               I
               was
               more
               troubled
               then
               ever
               ,
               and
               could
               never
               b●
               i●●●iet
               ,
               t●l●
               I
               had
               told
               my
               desire
               to
               a
               Catholick
               ,
               who
               brought
               a
               Priest
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               the
               First
               I
               ever
               did
               converse
               
               with
               ,
               upon
               my
               Word
               .
               The
               more
               I
               spoke
               to
               him
               ,
               the
               more
               I
               was
               con●irm'd
               in
               my
               design
               ;
               and
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               impossible
               for
               me
               to
               doubt
               of
               the
               Words
               of
               our
               Blessed
               Saviour
               ,
               who
               says
               ,
               the
               Holy
               Sacrament
               is
               his
               Body
               and
               Blood
               ,
               so
               I
               cannot
               Believe
               ,
               that
               He
               who
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               all
               truth
               ,
               and
               who
               ha●
               promis'd
               
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 his
                 Church
                 to
                 the
                 End
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               would
               permit
               them
               to
               give
               that
               Holy
               Mystery
               to
               the
               Laiety
               but
               in
               one
               kind
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               not
               Lawful
               so
               to
               do
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               not
               able
               ,
               or
               ,
               if
               I
               were
               ,
               would
               I
               enter
               into
               disputes
               with
               any
               Body
               ;
               I
               only
               in
               short
               ,
               say
               this
               for
               the
               changing
               of
               my
               Religion
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               God
               to
               Witness
               I
               would
               never
               have
               done
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               thought
               it
               possible
               to
               save
               my
               Soul
               otherwise
               .
               I
               think
               ,
               I
               need
               not
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               any
               Interest
               in
               this
               World
               leads
               me
               to
               it
               :
               It
               will
               be
               plain
               enough
               to
               every
               body
               ,
               that
               I
               must
               lose
               all
               the
               Friends
               ,
               and
               Credit
               I
               have
               here
               ,
               by
               it
               ;
               and
               have
               very
               well
               weighed
               ,
               which
               I
               could
               best
               part
               with
               ,
               my
               share
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               or
               the
               next
               :
               I
               thank
               God
               I
               found
               no
               difficulty
               in
               the
               Choice
               .
            
             
               My
               only
               Prayer
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               poor
               Catholicks
               of
               this
               Nation
               ,
               may
               not
               suffer
               for
               my
               being
               of
               their
               Religion
               :
               That
               God
               would
               but
               give
               me
               Patience
               to
               bear
               them
               ,
               and
               then
               ,
               send
               me
               any
               afflictions
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               so
               I
               may
               enjoy
               a
               Blessed
               Eternity
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               
                 St.
                 
                 Iames's
                 
                   Aug.
                   20th
                   .
                   1660.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
               AN
               ANSWER
               TO
               SOME
               PAPERS
               Lately
               Printed
               ,
               concerning
               the
               AUTHORITY
               OF
               THE
               CATHOLICK
               CHURCH
            
             
               In
               MATTERS
               of
               FAITH
               ,
               and
               the
               REFORMATION
               of
               the
               CHURCH
               of
               ENGLAND
               .
            
             
               DVBLIN
               ,
               Reprinted
               by
               
                 Ios.
                 Ray
              
               ,
               on
               
                 Colledge
                 Green
              
               ,
               for
               
                 Rob
                 Thornton
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Leather-Bottle
               in
               
                 Skinner
                 Row.
              
               MDCLXXXVI
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               AN
               ADVERTISEMENT
               .
            
             
               IF
               the
               Papers
               here
               answered
               ,
               had
               not
               been
               so
               publickly
               dispersed
               through
               the
               Nation
               ,
               a
               due
               Respect
               to
               the
               Name
               they
               bear
               ,
               would
               have
               kept
               the
               Author
               from
               publishing
               any
               Answer
               to
               them
               .
               But
               because
               they
               may
               now
               fall
               into
               many
               hands
               ,
               who
               without
               some
               assistance
               may
               not
               readily
               resolve
               some
               difficulties
               started
               by
               them
               ,
               He
               thought
               it
               not
               unbecoming
               his
               duty
               to
               God
               and
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               give
               a
               clearer
               light
               to
               the
               Things
               contained
               in
               them
               .
               And
               it
               can
               be
               no
               reflection
               on
               the
               Authority
               of
               a
               Prince
               ,
               for
               a
               private
               Subject
               to
               examine
               a
               piece
               of
               Coyn
               as
               to
               its
               just
               value
               ,
               though
               it
               bears
               His
               Image
               and
               Superscription
               upon
               it
               .
               In
               matters
               that
               concern
               Faith
               and
               Salvation
               ,
               we
               must
               
                 prove
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 hold
                 fast
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 good
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               AN
               ANSWER
               TO
               THE
               FIRST
               PAPER
               .
            
             
               IF
               all
               men
               could
               
                 believe
                 as
                 they
                 pleased
              
               ,
               I
               should
               not
               have
               fail'd
               of
               satisfaction
               in
               this
               
                 First
                 Paper
              
               ,
               the
               Design
               of
               it
               being
               to
               put
               an
               end
               
                 to
                 Particular
                 Disputes
              
               ;
               to
               which
               I
               am
               so
               little
               a
               Friend
               ,
               that
               I
               could
               have
               been
               glad
               to
               have
               found
               ,
               as
               much
               reason
               in
               it
               to
               convince
               ,
               as
               I
               saw
               there
               was
               a
               fair
               appearance
               to
               deceive
               .
               But
               there
               is
               a
               
                 Law
                 in
                 our
                 Minds
              
               distinct
               from
               that
               of
               our
               Inclinations
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               a
               just
               and
               due
               regard
               to
               That
               ,
               we
               must
               examine
               the
               most
               plausible
               Writings
               ,
               thô
               back'd
               with
               the
               greatest
               Authority
               ,
               before
               we
               yield
               our
               Assent
               unto
               them
               .
            
             
               If
               particular
               Controversies
               about
               
                 Matters
                 of
                 Faith
              
               could
               be
               ended
               by
               a
               Principle
               ,
               
                 as
                 visible
                 as
                 that
                 the
                 Scripture
                 is
                 in
                 Print
                 ,
              
               all
               men
               of
               sence
               would
               soon
               give
               over
               Disputing
               ;
               for
               none
               who
               dare
               believe
               what
               they
               see
               ,
               can
               call
               that
               in
               Question
               .
               But
               what
               if
               
                 the
                 Church
              
               ,
               whose
               Authority
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 they
                 must
                 submit
                 to
              
               ,
               will
               not
               allow
               them
               to
               believe
               what
               they
               see
               ?
               How
               then
               can
               this
               be
               a
               sufficient
               reason
               to
               perswade
               them
               to
               believe
               the
               Church
               ,
               
                 because
                 it
                 is
                 as
                 visible
                 as
                 that
                 the
                 Scripture
                 is
                 in
                 Print
                 ?
              
               Unless
               we
               must
               only
               use
               our
               senses
               to
               find
               out
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               renounce
               them
               assoon
               as
               we
               have
               done
               it
               .
               Which
               is
               a
               very
               bad
               requital
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               no
               great
               Honour
               to
               the
               Church
               which
               requires
               it
               .
            
             
               But
               with
               all
               due
               submission
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               more
               visible
               that
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               is
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ;
               than
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               
                 a
                 part
              
               is
               the
               whole
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               corrupt
               part
               ,
               that
               
                 one
                 Church
                 ,
                 which
                 Christ
                 hath
                 here
                 upon
                 Earth
                 .
              
            
             
             
               It
               is
               agreed
               among
               all
               Christians
               .
               That
               Christ
               can
               
                 have
                 but
                 one
                 Church
                 upon
                 Earth
                 ,
              
               as
               there
               is
               
                 but
                 one
                 Lord
                 ,
                 one
                 Faith
                 ,
                 one
                 Baptism
                 .
              
               And
               this
               is
               that
               Church
               
                 we
                 profess
                 to
                 believe
                 in
                 the
                 two
                 Creeds
                 .
              
               But
               if
               those
               ,
               
                 who
                 made
                 those
                 Creeds
                 for
                 our
                 direction
                 ,
              
               had
               intended
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ,
               why
               was
               it
               not
               so
               expressed
               ?
               How
               came
               it
               to
               pass
               that
               such
               a
               limitation
               of
               the
               sense
               of
               Christs
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               to
               the
               Roman
               ,
               should
               never
               be
               put
               to
               Persons
               to
               be
               Baptized
               in
               any
               Age
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
               For
               I
               do
               not
               find
               in
               the
               Office
               of
               Baptism
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               required
               that
               they
               believe
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               .
               or
               that
               they
               deny
               the
               validity
               of
               Baptism
               out
               of
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               .
               From
               whence
               it
               is
               to
               me
               as
               
                 visible
                 as
                 that
                 the
                 Scripture
                 is
                 in
                 Print
                 ,
              
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               it self
               doth
               not
               believe
               that
               it
               is
               ,
               
                 the
                 one
                 Catholick
                 Church
                 mentioned
                 in
                 the
                 two
                 Creeds
                 .
              
               For
               then
               it
               must
               void
               all
               Baptism
               out
               of
               its
               Communion
               ,
               which
               it
               hath
               never
               yet
               done
               ▪
               And
               as
               long
               as
               Baptism
               doth
               enter
               Pe●sons
               into
               the
               Cathol●ck
               Church
               ;
               it
               is
               impossible
               ,
               that
               all
               who
               have
               the
               true
               form
               of
               Baptis●
               ,
               though
               out
               of
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               ,
               should
               be
               Members
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               Roman
               and
               Catholick
               be
               all
               one
               ;
               as
               it
               must
               be
               if
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               ,
               be
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 and
                 Apostolick
                 Church
                 professed
                 in
                 the
                 Creeds
                 .
              
            
             
               If
               we
               had
               been
               so
               happy
               to
               have
               lived
               in
               those
               Blessed
               Times
               ,
               
                 when
                 the
                 multitude
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 believed
                 were
                 of
                 one
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 one
                 soul
                 ,
              
               it
               had
               been
               no
               difficulty
               to
               have
               shewed
               that
               
                 one
                 visible
                 Church
                 ,
                 which
                 Christ
                 had
                 here
                 upon
                 Earth
                 .
              
               But
               they
               must
               be
               great
               strangers
               to
               the
               History
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               heard
               of
               the
               early
               and
               great
               Divisions
               in
               the
               Communion
               of
               it
               .
               And
               there
               was
               a
               remarkable
               difference
               in
               the
               Nature
               of
               those
               Schisms
               ,
               which
               happened
               in
               the
               Church
               ;
               which
               being
               not
               considered
               hath
               been
               the
               occasion
               of
               great
               misapplication
               of
               the
               sayings
               of
               the
               Ancients
               about
               the
               
                 One
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               .
               Some
               did
               so
               break
               off
               Communion
               with
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ,
               as
               to
               challenge
               that
               Title
               wholly
               to
               themselves
               ;
               as
               was
               evident
               in
               the
               case
               of
               the
               Novatians
               and
               Donatists
               ;
               for
               they
               rebaptiz'd
               all
               that
               embraced
               their
               Communion
               .
               Others
               were
               cast
               out
               of
               Communion
               upon
               particular
               differences
               ;
               which
               were
               not
               supposed
               to
               be
               of
               such
               a
               nature
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               them
               no
               members
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               .
               So
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
               excommunicated
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Asia
               for
               not
               keeping
               Easter
               when
               They
               did
               ;
               and
               the
               Bishops
               both
               of
               Asia
               and
               Africa
               ,
               for
               not
               allowing
               the
               B●ptism
               of
               Hereticks
               .
               But
               is
               it
               reasonable
               to
               suppose
               ,
               that
               upon
               these
               Differences
               they
               shut
               out
               ●ll
               those
               Holy
               Bishops
               and
               Martyrs
               from
               the
               possiblility
               of
               Salvation
               ,
               by
               excluding
               them
               from
               their
               Communion
               ?
               If
               not
               ,
               then
               there
               may
               be
               d●fferent
               Communions
               among
               Christians
               ,
               which
               may
               still
               continue
               Parts
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ;
               and
               consequently
               no
               one
               Member
               of
               such
               a
               Division
               ought
               to
               
               assume
               to
               it self
               the
               Title
               and
               Authority
               of
               the
               
                 One
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               .
               But
               if
               any
               
                 One
                 Port
              
               doth
               so
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               great
               and
               conspicuous
               ,
               it
               is
               guilty
               of
               the
               ●ame
               Presumption
               with
               the
               Novatians
               and
               Donatists
               ,
               and
               is
               as
               much
               cause
               of
               the
               Schisms
               ,
               which
               happen
               thereupon
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               .
            
             
               For
               a
               long
               time
               before
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               there
               had
               been
               great
               and
               considerable
               breaches
               ,
               between
               the
               Eastern
               and
               
                 Western
                 Churches
              
               ;
               insomuch
               that
               they
               did
               renounce
               each
               others
               Communion
               .
               And
               in
               these
               Differences
               four
               
                 Patriarchal
                 Churches
              
               joined
               together
               against
               the
               fifth
               ,
               viz.
               that
               of
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               .
               But
               the
               Eastern
               Patriarchs
               siking
               in
               their
               Power
               ,
               by
               the
               horrible
               Invasio●
               of
               the
               Enemies
               of
               the
               Christian
               Faith
               ;
               and
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
               advancing
               themselves
               to
               so
               much
               Authority
               ,
               by
               the
               advantages
               they
               took
               from
               the
               kindness
               of
               some
               Princes
               ,
               and
               the
               Weakness
               of
               others
               ,
               They
               would
               hear
               of
               no
               other
               terms
               of
               accommodation
               with
               the
               Eastern
               Churches
               ,
               but
               by
               an
               intire
               submission
               to
               the
               
                 Pope
                 as
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 Catholick
                 Church
                 .
              
               Which
               all
               the
               Churches
               of
               the
               East
               refused
               ,
               however
               different
               among
               themselves
               ;
               and
               to
               this
               day
               lock
               on
               the
               Pope's
               Supremacy
               as
               an
               Innovation
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               Usurpation
               on
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               other
               Patriarchs
               and
               B●shops
               .
               In
               all
               those
               Churches
               the
               
                 Two
                 Creeds
                 are
                 professed
              
               ,
               true
               Baptism
               administred
               ,
               and
               an
               undoubted
               Succession
               of
               Bishops
               from
               the
               Apostles
               ;
               How
               then
               come
               They
               to
               be
               excluded
               from
               being
               Parts
               of
               the
               
                 One
                 Catholick
                 and
                 Apostolick
                 Church
              
               ?
               And
               if
               they
               be
               not
               excluded
               ,
               how
               can
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               assume
               to
               it self
               that
               glorious
               Title
               :
               So
               that
               it
               seems
               to
               me
               
                 as
                 visible
                 as
                 that
                 the
                 Scripture
                 is
                 in
                 Print
                 ,
              
               that
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               neither
               is
               ,
               nor
               can
               be
               that
               
                 One
                 Church
              
               ,
               which
               Christ
               left
               upon
               Earth
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               Principle
               being
               removed
               (
               which
               ought
               to
               be
               taken
               for
               granted
               ;
               since
               it
               can
               never
               be
               proved
               )
               we
               must
               unavoidably
               
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Ocean
                 of
                 Particular
                 Disputes
                 .
              
               And
               I
               know
               no
               reason
               any
               can
               have
               to
               be
               so
               afraid
               of
               it
               ,
               since
               we
               have
               so
               sure
               a
               Compass
               ,
               as
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               to
               direct
               our
               passage
               .
               But
               the
               reason
               of
               avoiding
               
                 particular
                 Disputes
              
               is
               ,
               because
               the
               evidence
               is
               too
               clear
               in
               them
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               hath
               notoriously
               deviated
               from
               this
               infal●ible
               Rule
               .
               And
               it
               is
               as
               impossible
               for
               a
               Church
               ,
               which
               hath
               erred
               ,
               to
               be
               Infallible
               ,
               as
               for
               a
               Church
               really
               Infallible
               ,
               to
               err
               .
               But
               if
               a
               Church
               pretend
               to
               prove
               her
               Infallibility
               by
               Texts
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               so
               clear
               ,
               as
               those
               which
               prove
               her
               to
               have
               actually
               erred
               ;
               then
               we
               have
               greater
               reason
               to
               recede
               from
               her
               Errors
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               deceived
               with
               such
               a
               fallible
               pretence
               to
               Infallibili●y
               .
            
             
             
               Well!
               But
               it
               is
               not
               left
               to
               every
               phantastical
               mans
               head
               to
               believe
               as
               be
               pleases
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               Church
               .
            
             
               And
               is
               it
               indeed
               le●t
               to
               the
               Church
               to
               
                 believe
                 as
                 it
                 pleases
              
               ?
               But
               the
               meaning
               I
               suppose
               is
               ,
               that
               those
               ,
               who
               reject
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               Church
               ,
               do
               leave
               every
               man
               to
               believe
               according
               to
               his
               own
               fancy
               .
               Certainly
               those
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               cannot
               be
               liable
               to
               any
               imputation
               of
               this
               Nature
               .
               For
               
                 our
                 Church
              
               receives
               the
               three
               Creeds
               ,
               and
               embraces
               the
               four
               General
               Councils
               ,
               and
               professes
               to
               hold
               nothing
               contrary
               to
               any
               Universal
               Tradition
               of
               the
               Church
               from
               the
               Apostles
               times
               .
               And
               we
               have
               often
               offered
               to
               put
               the
               Controversies
               between
               Us
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               upon
               that
               issue
               .
               And
               do
               not
               those
               rather
               
                 believe
                 as
                 they
                 please
              
               ,
               who
               believe
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               to
               be
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ,
               without
               any
               colour
               from
               Scriptures
               ,
               Antiquity
               or
               Reason
               ?
               Do
               not
               
                 those
                 believe
                 as
                 they
                 please
              
               ,
               who
               can
               believe
               against
               the
               most
               convincing
               evidence
               of
               their
               own
               senses
               ?
               Do
               not
               
                 those
                 believe
                 as
                 they
                 please
              
               ,
               who
               can
               reconcile
               the
               lawfulness
               of
               the
               Worship
               of
               Images
               ,
               with
               Gods
               forbidding
               it
               ,
               the
               Communion
               in
               one
               kind
               ,
               with
               Christs
               Institution
               ,
               and
               the
               praying
               in
               an
               unknown
               Tongue
               with
               the
               14
               Ch.
               of
               the
               first
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Corinthians
               ?
            
             
               But
               all
               these
               and
               many
               other
               Absurdities
               may
               go
               down
               by
               vertue
               of
               the
               C●urches
               Authority
               ,
               
                 to
                 whom
              
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 Christ
                 left
                 the
                 Power
                 upon
                 Earth
                 to
                 govern
                 us
                 in
                 matters
                 of
                 Faith.
              
               We
               do
               not
               deny
               that
               the
               Church
               hath
               Authority
               of
               declaring
               matters
               of
               Faith
               ,
               or
               else
               it
               never
               could
               have
               condemn'd
               the
               Antient
               H●re●ies
               .
               But
               then
               we
               must
               consider
               the
               difference
               between
               the
               
                 Universal
                 Church
              
               in
               a
               General
               and
               free
               Council
               ,
               declaring
               the
               sense
               of
               Scripture
               in
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               ,
               generally
               received
               in
               the
               Christian
               Church
               from
               the
               Apostles
               Times
               ,
               as
               was
               done
               when
               the
               
                 Nicene
                 Creed
              
               was
               made
               ;
               and
               a
               Faction
               in
               the
               Church
               assuming
               to
               it self
               the
               Title
               of
               Catholick
               ,
               and
               proceeding
               by
               other
               rules
               ,
               than
               the
               first
               Councils
               did
               ,
               and
               imposing
               new
               Opinions
               and
               Practices
               ,
               as
               things
               necessary
               to
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               .
               And
               this
               is
               the
               true
               Point
               in
               difference
               between
               us
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               the
               Roman
               Church
               about
               the
               
                 Churches
                 Authority
              
               in
               matters
               of
               Faith
               ,
               since
               the
               
                 Council
                 of
                 Trent
              
               .
               For
               we
               think
               we
               have
               very
               great
               reason
               to
               complain
               ,
               when
               a
               Party
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               the
               most
               corrupt
               and
               obnoxious
               ,
               takes
               upon
               it self
               to
               define
               many
               new
               Doctrines
               ,
               as
               necessary
               Points
               of
               Faith
               ,
               which
               have
               neither
               Scripture
               ,
               nor
               Universal
               Tradition
               for
               them
               .
            
             
             
               It
               were
               a
               very
               irrational
               thing
               ,
               
                 we
                 are
                 told
              
               ,
               to
               make
               Laws
               for
               a
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               to
               be
               Interpreters
               and
               Iudges
               of
               those
               Laws
               ;
               for
               then
               every
               Man
               will
               be
               his
               own
               Iudge
               ,
               and
               by
               consequence
               no
               such
               thing
               ,
               as
               either
               Right
               or
               Wrong
               .
            
             
               But
               is
               it
               not
               as
               irrational
               to
               allow
               an
               Usurper
               to
               interpret
               the
               Laws
               to
               his
               own
               advantage
               ,
               against
               the
               just
               Title
               of
               the
               Prince
               ,
               and
               the
               true
               Interest
               of
               the
               People
               ?
               And
               if
               it
               be
               not
               Reasonable
               for
               any
               private
               Person
               to
               be
               
                 his
                 own
                 Iudg
              
               ,
               why
               should
               a
               publick
               Invader
               be
               so
               ?
               But
               we
               hope
               it
               will
               be
               allowed
               to
               the
               Loyal
               Inhabitants
               of
               a
               Country
               ,
               so
               far
               
                 to
                 interpret
                 the
                 Laws
              
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               able
               to
               understand
               the
               Duty
               they
               owe
               to
               their
               King
               ,
               and
               to
               justifie
               his
               Right
               against
               all
               the
               Pretences
               of
               Usurpers
               .
               And
               this
               is
               as
               much
               as
               we
               plead
               for
               in
               this
               case
               .
            
             
               Can
               we
               therefore
               suppose
               ,
               That
               God
               Almighty
               would
               leave
               us
               at
               those
               uncertainties
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               us
               a
               Rule
               to
               go
               by
               ,
               and
               leave
               every
               Man
               to
               be
               his
               own
               Iudge
               ?
            
             
               And
               can
               we
               reasonably
               suppose
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 Almighty
                 should
                 give
                 us
                 a
                 Rule
              
               not
               capable
               of
               being
               understood
               by
               those
               
                 to
                 whom
                 it
                 was
                 given
              
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               great
               End
               of
               it
               ,
               viz.
               the
               saving
               of
               their
               Souls
               ?
               For
               this
               was
               the
               main
               end
               of
               the
               Rule
               ,
               to
               direct
               us
               in
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               not
               meerly
               to
               determine
               Controversies
               .
               The
               Staff
               ,
               which
               a
               Man
               uses
               ,
               may
               serve
               to
               measure
               things
               by
               ,
               but
               the
               principal
               design
               is
               to
               walk
               with
               it
               .
               So
               it
               is
               with
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               ,
               if
               Controversies
               arise
               :
               It
               is
               fit
               to
               examine
               and
               compare
               them
               with
               this
               Infallible
               Rule
               ;
               but
               when
               that
               is
               done
               ,
               to
               help
               us
               in
               our
               way
               to
               Heaven
               is
               that
               which
               it
               was
               chi●fly
               intended
               for
               .
               And
               no
               M●n
               can
               think
               it
               of
               equal
               consequence
               to
               him
               ;
               not
               to
               be
               mistaken
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               be
               damned
               .
               In
               matters
               of
               Good
               and
               Evil
               ,
               every
               mans
               Conscience
               is
               his
               immediate
               judge
               ,
               and
               why
               not
               in
               matters
               of
               Truth
               and
               Falshood
               ?
               Unless
               we
               suppose
               mens
               ●nvoluntary
               mistakes
               to
               be
               more
               dangerous
               than
               their
               w●l●ul
               sins
               .
            
             
               But
               after
               all
               ,
               
                 We
                 do
                 not
                 leave
                 every
                 Man
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 own
                 Iudge
                 ,
              
               any
               further
               than
               it
               concerns
               his
               own
               Salvation
               ,
               which
               depends
               upon
               his
               particular
               Care
               and
               Sincerity
               .
               For
               to
               prevent
               any
               dangerous
               Mistakes
               by
               the
               Artifice
               of
               Seducers
               ,
               we
               do
               allow
               the
               Assistance
               of
               those
               Spiritual
               Guides
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               appointed
               in
               his
               Church
               ,
               for
               the
               better
               instructing
               and
               governing
               private
               Persons
               :
               We
               embrace
               the
               Ancient
               Creeds
               ,
               as
               a
               summary
               comprehension
               of
               the
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               ;
               and
               think
               no
               Man
               ought
               to
               follow
               his
               own
               particular
               Fancy
               against
               Doctrines
               so
               universally
               received
               in
               the
               Christian
               Church
               ,
               from
               the
               Apostles
               Times
               .
            
             
             
               I
               do
               ask
               any
               Ingenuous
               Man
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               not
               the
               same
               thing
               to
               follow
               our
               own
               Fancy
               ,
               or
               to
               interpret
               Scripture
               by
               it
               .
            
             
               If
               we
               allowed
               no
               Creeds
               ,
               no
               Fathers
               ,
               no
               Councils
               ,
               there
               might
               have
               been
               some
               colour
               for
               such
               a
               Question
               .
               But
               do
               we
               permit
               Men
               to
               interpret
               Scripture
               according
               to
               their
               own
               Fancy
               ,
               who
               live
               in
               a
               Church
               ,
               which
               owns
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Primitive
               Church
               more
               frankly
               and
               ingenuously
               ,
               than
               any
               Church
               in
               the
               World
               besides
               ,
               without
               setting
               up
               any
               private
               Spirit
               against
               it
               ,
               or
               the
               present
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               to
               be
               the
               Interpreter
               of
               it
               .
               And
               now
               I
               hope
               I
               may
               have
               leave
               to
               ask
               some
               Questions
               of
               any
               ingenuous
               Man
               ;
               as
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               not
               the
               same
               thing
               for
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               to
               make
               the
               Rule
               ,
               as
               to
               assume
               to
               it self
               the
               sole
               Power
               of
               giving
               the
               sense
               of
               it
               ?
               For
               what
               can
               a
               Rule
               signify
               without
               the
               sense
               ?
               And
               if
               this
               were
               the
               intention
               of
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               had
               it
               not
               been
               as
               necessary
               to
               have
               told
               us
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               had
               given
               the
               Power
               of
               Interpreting
               the
               Rule
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               given
               the
               Rule
               it self
               ?
               Whether
               it
               be
               reasonable
               for
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               to
               interpret
               those
               Texts
               ,
               wherein
               this
               Power
               of
               Interpreting
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               containes
               ?
               For
               this
               is
               to
               make
               it
               
                 Iudge
                 in
                 its
                 own
                 Cause
              
               ,
               which
               was
               thought
               an
               Absurdity
               before
               .
               And
               whether
               it
               be
               not
               as
               mischievous
               to
               allow
               a
               Prosperous
               Usurp●r
               the
               Power
               of
               Interpreting
               Laws
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               own
               Interest
               ,
               as
               any
               private
               Person
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               own
               Fancy
               ?
               Wheth●r
               it
               be
               possible
               to
               reform
               Disorders
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               when
               the
               Person
               principally
               accused
               is
               Supream
               Judge
               ?
               Whether
               those
               can
               be
               indifferent
               Judges
               in
               Councils
               ,
               who
               beforehand
               take
               an
               Oath
               ,
               to
               defend
               that
               Authority
               which
               is
               to
               be
               Debated
               ?
               Whether
               Tradition
               be
               not
               as
               uncertain
               a
               Rule
               ,
               as
               Fancy
               ,
               when
               Men
               judge
               of
               Tradition
               according
               to
               their
               Fancy
               ?
            
             
               I
               would
               have
               any
               Man
               shew
               me
               ,
               where
               the
               Power
               of
               deciding
               mattees
               of
               Faith
               is
               given
               to
               every
               particular
               Man.
               
            
             
               If
               by
               
                 deciding
                 Matters
                 of
                 Faith
              
               be
               understood
               the
               determining
               them
               in
               such
               a
               manner
               ,
               as
               to
               oblige
               others
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               know
               where
               it
               is
               given
               to
               every
               particular
               Man
               ,
               nor
               how
               it
               should
               be
               .
               For
               then
               
                 every
                 particular
                 Man
              
               would
               have
               a
               Power
               over
               
                 every
                 particular
                 Man
              
               ;
               and
               there
               would
               want
               a
               new
               D●cision
               ,
               whose
               should
               take
               p●ace
               .
               But
               if
               
                 by
                 deciding
                 Matters
                 of
                 Faith
              
               ,
               no
               more
               be
               meant
               ,
               but
               every
               mans
               being
               ●atisfied
               of
               th●
               Reasons
               ,
               why
               he
               believes
               one
               thing
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               and
               not
               another
               ;
               that
               belongs
               to
               
                 every
                 Man
              
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               bound
               to
               take
               care
               of
               his
               Soul
               ,
               and
               must
               give
               an
               account
               bot●
               to
               God
               and
               Man
               of
               the
               Reason
               of
               his
               Faith.
               And
               what
               can
               be
               meant
               in
               Scripture
               by
               
                 Proving
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 holding
                 fast
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 good
                 ,
              
               1
               Thess
               ▪
               5.
               21.
               
               
                 By
                 trying
                 the
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 whether
                 they
                 be
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               ●
               John
               4.
               1.
               
               
               
                 By
                 judging
                 of
                 themselves
                 what
                 is
                 right
                 ,
              
               Luke
               12.
               57.
               unless
               God
               had
               given
               to
               Mankind
               a
               Faculty
               of
               discerning
               truth
               and
               falshood
               in
               Matters
               of
               Faith.
               But
               if
               every
               Man
               hath
               not
               such
               a
               Power
               ,
               how
               comes
               h●
               to
               be
               satisfied
               about
               the
               Churches
               Authority
               ?
               Is
               not
               that
               a
               Matter
               of
               Faith
               ?
               And
               where
               ever
               any
               Person
               will
               shew
               me
               ,
               that
               every
               Man
               hath
               a
               Power
               to
               determine
               his
               Faith
               in
               that
               matter
               ,
               I
               'le
               undertake
               to
               shew
               him
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               Christ
               left
               his
               Power
               to
               his
               Church
               ,
               even
               to
               forgive
               Sins
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               left
               his
               Spirit
               with
               them
               ,
               which
               they
               exercised
               after
               his
               Resurrection
               .
            
             
               But
               where
               then
               was
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ?
               And
               how
               can
               it
               be
               hence
               inferred
               ,
               That
               these
               Powers
               are
               now
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               exclusive
               to
               all
               others
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               made
               appear
               that
               it
               was
               Heir-General
               to
               
                 all
                 the
                 Apostles
              
               ?
               I
               suppose
               it
               will
               be
               granted
               ,
               that
               the
               Apostles
               had
               some
               gifts
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               will
               not
               in
               Modesty
               pretend
               to
               ;
               such
               as
               the
               Gift
               of
               Tongues
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Discerning
               ,
               Prophesie
               ,
               Miraculous
               Cures
               and
               Punishments
               .
               Now
               ,
               here
               lies
               the
               difficulty
               ,
               to
               shew
               what
               part
               of
               the
               Promise
               of
               the
               Infallible
               Spirit
               (
               for
               the
               ordinary
               
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Keys
              
               relates
               not
               to
               this
               matter
               )
               was
               to
               expire
               with
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               what
               was
               to
               be
               continued
               to
               the
               Church
               in
               all
               Ages
               .
               A
               Promise
               of
               Divine
               Assistance
               is
               denied
               by
               none
               but
               Pelagians
               :
               But
               how
               far
               that
               extends
               ,
               is
               the
               Question
               .
               In
               the
               Souls
               of
               good
               Men
               it
               is
               so
               as
               to
               keep
               them
               in
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               but
               not
               to
               prevent
               any
               lapse
               into
               sin
               ;
               and
               it
               were
               worth
               our
               knowing
               ,
               where
               God
               hath
               ever
               promised
               to
               keep
               any
               Men
               more
               from
               Error
               ,
               than
               from
               Sin.
               Doth
               he
               hate
               one
               more
               than
               the
               other
               ?
               Is
               one
               more
               disagreeing
               to
               the
               Christian
               Doct●ine
               than
               the
               other
               ?
               How
               came
               then
               so
               much
               to
               be
               said
               for
               the
               keeping
               Men
               from
               Error
               ,
               when
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               they
               confess
               they
               may
               not
               only
               commit
               great
               sins
               ,
               but
               err
               very
               dangerously
               in
               the
               most
               Solemn
               manner
               ,
               in
               what
               relates
               to
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Manners
               .
               Would
               any
               have
               believed
               the
               Apostles
               Infallible
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               known
               them
               to
               be
               Persons
               of
               ill
               Lives
               ;
               or
               that
               they
               had
               notoriously
               erred
               in
               some
               Rules
               of
               great
               Consequence
               to
               the
               Welfare
               of
               Mankind
               ?
               Now
               ,
               all
               this
               is
               freely
               yielded
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Pretence
               of
               Infallibility
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
               It
               is
               granted
               ,
               that
               the
               Guides
               of
               that
               Church
               have
               been
               very
               bad
               Men
               ;
               and
               that
               in
               Councils
               they
               have
               frequently
               erred
               about
               the
               Dep●sing
               Power
               ,
               being
               only
               a
               
                 Matter
                 of
                 Practice
              
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               Faith.
               Whether
               it
               be
               so
               or
               not
               ,
               I
               now
               dispute
               not
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               granted
               ,
               that
               notwithstanding
               this
               Infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               may
               grosly
               err
               in
               a
               matter
               of
               mighty
               Consequence
               to
               the
               Peace
               of
               Christendom
               ;
               and
               yet
               it
               cannot
               err
               in
               decreeing
               the
               least
               Matters
               of
               Faith.
               As
               for
               Instance
               ,
               it
               can
               by
               no
               means
               err
               about
               the
               
                 seven
                 Sacraments
              
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Intention
                 of
                 the
                 Priest
                 about
                 them
              
               ;
               but
               it
               may
               err
               about
               
                 Deposing
                 Princes
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Absolving
                 Subjects
                 
                 from
                 their
                 Allegiance
                 :
              
               Which
               in
               easier
               terms
               is
               ,
               They
               can
               never
               err
               about
               their
               own
               Interest
               ,
               but
               they
               may
               about
               any
               other
               whatsoever
               .
            
             
               I
               pass
               over
               the
               next
               Paragraph
               ,
               the
               sense
               being
               in
               perfect
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               material
               about
               the
               Creeds
               ,
               hath
               been
               spoken
               to
               already
               .
            
             
               That
               which
               next
               deserves
               Consideration
               ,
               is
               ,
            
             
               That
               the
               Church
               was
               the
               Iudge
               even
               of
               the
               Scripture
               it self
               ,
               many
               years
               after
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               which
               Books
               were
               Canonical
               ,
               and
               which
               were
               not
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               a
               distinction
               among
               us
               of
               Judges
               of
               the
               Law
               and
               Iudges
               of
               the
               Fact
               :
               The
               One
               declares
               what
               the
               Law
               is
               ,
               the
               Fact
               being
               supposed
               ;
               the
               Other
               gives
               judgment
               upon
               the
               Fact
               ,
               as
               it
               appears
               before
               them
               .
               Now
               in
               this
               Case
               about
               the
               
                 Canonical
                 Books
              
               ,
               the
               Church
               is
               not
               judge
               of
               the
               Law.
               For
               they
               are
               not
               to
               declare
               whether
               a
               Book
               appearing
               to
               be
               Canonical
               ought
               by
               it
               to
               be
               received
               for
               Canonical
               ;
               (
               which
               is
               taken
               for
               granted
               among
               all
               Christians
               )
               but
               all
               they
               have
               to
               do
               ,
               is
               to
               give
               judgment
               upon
               the
               Matter
               of
               Fact
               ,
               i.e.
               whether
               it
               appear
               upon
               sufficient
               Evidence
               to
               have
               been
               a
               Book
               written
               by
               Divine
               Inspiration
               .
               And
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               hath
               no
               particular
               Priviledge
               in
               this
               matter
               ,
               but
               gives
               its
               Judgment
               as
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               Christian
               World
               do
               :
               And
               if
               it
               takes
               upon
               it
               to
               judge
               contrary
               to
               the
               general
               sense
               of
               the
               Christian
               Church
               ,
               we
               are
               not
               to
               be
               concluded
               by
               it
               ;
               but
               an
               Appeal
               lyes
               to
               a
               greater
               Tribunal
               of
               the
               Universal
               Church
               .
            
             
               And
               if
               they
               had
               this
               Power
               ,
               then
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               ,
               how
               they
               came
               to
               lose
               it
               ?
            
             
               Who
               are
               meant
               by
               They
               ?
               And
               what
               is
               understood
               by
               
                 this
                 Power
              
               ?
               It
               is
               one
               thing
               for
               a
               Part
               of
               the
               Church
               to
               give
               Testimony
               to
               a
               matter
               of
               Fact
               ,
               and
               another
               to
               assume
               the
               Power
               of
               making
               Books
               Canonical
               ,
               which
               were
               not
               so
               .
               This
               latter
               no
               Church
               in
               the
               World
               hath
               ,
               and
               therefore
               can
               never
               lose
               it
               .
               The
               former
               is
               only
               Matter
               of
               Testimony
               ,
               and
               all
               parts
               of
               the
               Church
               are
               concerned
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               dep●nds
               as
               other
               Matters
               of
               Fact
               do
               ,
               on
               the
               Skill
               and
               Fidelity
               of
               the
               Reporters
               .
            
             
               And
               by
               what
               Authority
               Men
               separate
               themselves
               from
               that
               Church
               ?
            
             
               What
               Church
               ?
               The
               Catholick
               and
               Apostolick
               ?
               We
               own
               no
               Separation
               from
               that
               ;
               but
               we
               are
               d●s-joined
               from
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               keep
               up
               the
               stricter
               Union
               with
               the
               truly
               Catholick
               and
               
                 Apostolick
                 Church
              
               .
               And
               this
               is
               no
               
                 Separating
                 our selves
              
               ,
               but
               being
               cast
               out
               by
               an
               Usurping
               F●ction
               in
               
               the
               Church
               ;
               because
               we
               would
               not
               submit
               to
               the
               unreasonable
               Conditions
               o●
               Communion
               imposed
               by
               it
               ;
               the
               chief
               whereof
               is
               owning
               all
               the
               Usurpation
               ,
               which
               hath
               by
               degrees
               been
               brought
               into
               it
               .
               To
               make
               this
               plain
               by
               an
               Example
               :
               Suppose
               a
               prosperous
               Usurper
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               had
               gained
               a
               considerable
               Interest
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               challenged
               a
               Title
               to
               the
               whole
               ,
               and
               therefore
               required
               of
               all
               the
               Kings
               Subjects
               ,
               within
               his
               Power
               ,
               to
               own
               him
               to
               be
               Rightful
               King
               :
               Upon
               this
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               are
               forced
               to
               withdraw
               ,
               because
               they
               will
               not
               own
               his
               Title
               :
               Is
               this
               an
               act
               of
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               not
               rather
               of
               true
               Loyalty
               ?
               Schism
               in
               the
               Church
               is
               like
               Rebellion
               in
               the
               State.
               The
               Pope
               d●clares
               himself
               Head
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ,
               and
               hath
               formed
               himself
               a
               kind
               of
               Spiritual
               Ki●gdom
               in
               the
               West
               ;
               although
               the
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               Christian
               World
               declare
               against
               it
               ,
               as
               an
               Usurpation
               .
               However
               ,
               he
               goes
               on
               ,
               and
               makes
               the
               owning
               his
               Power
               a
               necessary
               Condition
               of
               being
               of
               his
               Communion
               .
               This
               many
               of
               the
               Western
               Parts
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Eastern
               ,
               disown
               and
               reject
               ,
               and
               therefore
               are
               excluded
               Communion
               with
               that
               Church
               ,
               whereof
               he
               is
               owned
               to
               be
               the
               Head.
               The
               Question
               now
               is
               ,
               Who
               gives
               the
               Occasion
               to
               this
               Separation
               ?
               whether
               the
               Pope
               ,
               by
               requiring
               the
               owning
               his
               Usurpation
               ,
               or
               We
               ,
               by
               declaring
               against
               it
               ?
               Now
               ,
               if
               the
               Cond●tions
               ,
               he
               requires
               ,
               be
               unjust
               and
               unreasonable
               ;
               if
               his
               Authority
               ,
               he
               challenges
               ,
               over
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ,
               be
               a
               meer
               Usurpation
               (
               for
               which
               we
               have
               not
               only
               the
               Consent
               of
               the
               other
               Parts
               of
               the
               Christian
               World
               ,
               but
               of
               Scripture
               and
               the
               Ancient
               Church
               )
               then
               we
               are
               not
               to
               be
               condemned
               ,
               for
               such
               a
               Separation
               ,
               which
               was
               unavoidable
               ,
               if
               we
               would
               not
               comply
               with
               the
               Pope's
               Usurpation
               .
               And
               upon
               this
               Foot
               the
               Controversie
               about
               Schism
               stands
               between
               Us
               and
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             
               The
               only
               Pretence
               I
               ever
               heard
               of
               ,
               was
               ,
               because
               the
               Church
               hath
               fail'd
               in
               wresting
               and
               interpreting
               the
               Scripture
               contrary
               to
               the
               true
               sense
               and
               meaning
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               have
               imposed
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               upon
               us
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               to
               be
               warranted
               by
               Gods
               Word
               .
               I
               do
               desire
               to
               know
               who
               is
               to
               be
               Judge
               of
               that
               ,
               whether
               the
               whole
               Church
               ,
               the
               Succession
               whereof
               hath
               continued
               to
               this
               day
               without
               inter●ruption
               ;
               or
               particular
               Men
               ,
               who
               have
               raised
               Schisms
               for
               their
               own
               advantage
               .
            
             
               The
               whole
               force
               of
               this
               Paragraph
               depends
               upon
               a
               Supposition
               ,
               which
               is
               taken
               for
               granted
               ,
               but
               will
               never
               be
               yielded
               by
               Us
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               sure
               c●n
               never
               be
               proved
               by
               those
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 Rome
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               That
               in
               the
               new
               imposed
               Articles
               ,
               the
               
                 whole
                 Church
              
               in
               a
               continued
               Succession
               hath
               been
               of
               the
               same
               
               judgment
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               only
               some
               
                 few
                 Particular
                 Men
              
               in
               these
               last
               Ages
               have
               opposed
               them
               .
               Whereas
               the
               great
               thing
               we
               insist
               upon
               next
               to
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               they
               can
               never
               prove
               the
               Points
               in
               difference
               ,
               by
               an
               Universal
               Tradition
               from
               the
               Apostles
               Times
               ,
               either
               as
               to
               the
               
                 Papal
                 Supremacy
              
               ,
               or
               the
               other
               Articles
               defined
               by
               the
               
                 Council
                 of
                 Trent
              
               .
               We
               do
               not
               take
               upon
               our selves
               to
               contradict
               the
               Universal
               sense
               of
               the
               Christian
               Church
               from
               the
               Apostles
               Times
               in
               any
               one
               Point
               .
               But
               the
               true
               Reason
               of
               the
               proceeding
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               was
               this
               .
               While
               the
               Popes
               Authority
               was
               here
               received
               and
               obeyed
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               liberty
               of
               searching
               into
               abuses
               ,
               or
               the
               ways
               of
               Reforming
               them
               .
               But
               when
               Men
               were
               encouraged
               to
               look
               into
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               Fathers
               ,
               and
               Councils
               ,
               they
               soon
               found
               the
               state
               of
               things
               in
               the
               Church
               extreamly
               altered
               from
               what
               they
               ought
               to
               have
               been
               ,
               or
               had
               been
               in
               the
               Primitive
               Church
               :
               But
               they
               saw
               no
               possibility
               of
               Redress
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               the
               Popes
               Authority
               was
               so
               absolute
               and
               inviolable
               .
               This
               therefore
               in
               the
               first
               place
               they
               set
               themselves
               to
               the
               accurate
               Examination
               of
               ,
               and
               the
               Result
               was
               ,
               that
               they
               could
               find
               it
               neither
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               nor
               Fathers
               ,
               nor
               Councils
               ,
               nor
               owned
               by
               the
               Eastern
               Churches
               :
               And
               therefore
               they
               concluded
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               laid
               aside
               ,
               as
               an
               Usurpation
               .
               Our
               Church
               being
               by
               this
               means
               set
               free
               (
               even
               with
               the
               consent
               of
               Those
               ,
               who
               joined
               with
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               in
               other
               things
               )
               a
               greater
               liberty
               was
               then
               used
               in
               examining
               particular
               Doctrines
               and
               Practices
               ,
               which
               had
               crept
               into
               the
               Church
               by
               degrees
               ,
               when
               Ignorance
               and
               Barbarism
               prevail'd
               ;
               and
               having
               finish'd
               this
               enquiry
               ,
               Articles
               of
               Religion
               were
               drawn
               up
               ,
               wherein
               the
               sense
               of
               our
               Church
               was
               delivered
               ,
               agreeable
               to
               Scripture
               and
               Antiquity
               ,
               though
               different
               from
               the
               Modern
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ;
               and
               these
               Articles
               are
               not
               the
               private
               sense
               of
               particular
               Men
               ,
               but
               the
               Publick
               Standard
               whereby
               the
               World
               may
               judge
               ,
               what
               we
               believe
               and
               practise
               ;
               and
               therefore
               these
               are
               the
               sense
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               opinions
               or
               fancies
               of
               particular
               Men.
               And
               those
               who
               call
               the
               retrenching
               the
               Popes
               exorbitant
               Power
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Schism
               ,
               must
               by
               parity
               of
               reason
               call
               the
               casting
               off
               an
               Usurper
               Rebellion
               .
               But
               certainly
               those
               who
               consider
               the
               mighty
               advantages
               and
               priv●ledges
               of
               the
               Clergy
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               can
               never
               reasonably
               suspect
               any
               of
               that
               Order
               should
               hope
               to
               better
               themselves
               by
               the
               Reformation
               .
               And
               if
               we
               judge
               of
               Mens
               actings
               by
               their
               Interest
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               most
               surprising
               considerations
               at
               this
               day
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Clergy
               should
               be
               against
               ,
               and
               Princes
               for
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               AN
               ANSWER
               TO
               THE
               SECOND
               PAPER
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               a
               sad
               thing
               to
               consider
               ,
               what
               a
               world
               of
               Heresies
               are
               crept
               into
               this
               Nation
               .
            
             
               But
               is
               it
               not
               a
               strange
               thing
               to
               consider
               ,
               that
               no
               distinction
               is
               here
               put
               between
               the
               
                 Religion
                 by
                 Law
                 established
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Parties
               disowned
               by
               it
               ,
               and
               dissenting
               from
               it
               ?
               And
               yet
               many
               of
               these
               ,
               though
               justly
               liable
               to
               the
               charge
               of
               Schism
               ,
               embrace
               no
               Heresies
               against
               the
               Four
               or
               Six
               first
               General
               Councils
               .
               But
               if
               the
               Dissenters
               were
               guilty
               of
               never
               so
               many
               Heresies
               ,
               how
               comes
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               to
               bear
               the
               blame
               of
               them
               ;
               when
               the
               weakning
               its
               Power
               and
               Authority
               was
               the
               occasion
               of
               such
               an
               overflowing
               of
               Schisms
               and
               Heresies
               among
               us
               ?
               And
               it
               is
               indeed
               a
               sad
               thing
               to
               consider
               how
               many
               Ways
               and
               Means
               have
               been
               used
               by
               all
               Parties
               to
               introduce
               and
               keep
               up
               Schisms
               and
               Divisions
               amongst
               us
               ,
               and
               then
               how
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               is
               blamed
               for
               not
               being
               able
               to
               suppress
               them
               .
               But
               if
               all
               Doctrines
               opposite
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               be
               accounted
               Heresies
               ,
               then
               we
               desire
               to
               be
               informed
               ,
               how
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               came
               to
               have
               this
               Power
               of
               defining
               Heretical
               Doctrines
               ;
               or
               how
               any
               Doctrine
               comes
               to
               be
               Heresie
               by
               being
               contrary
               to
               its
               definitions
               .
               For
               
                 Heresie
                 is
                 an
                 obstinate
                 opposing
                 some
                 necessary
                 Article
                 of
                 Faith.
              
               It
               must
               therefore
               be
               proved
               ,
               that
               what
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               d●clares
               ,
               doth
               thereby
               become
               a
               necessary
               Article
               of
               Faith
               ,
               or
               it
               is
               very
               unreasonable
               to
               lay
               the
               ●mputation
               of
               Heresie
               upon
               us
               .
               And
               this
               can
               never
               be
               maintained
               ,
               without
               proving
               that
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               hath
               a
               Power
               to
               make
               Doctrines
               not
               nec●ssary
               b●fore
               ,
               to
               become
               necessary
               by
               her
               Definition
               :
               which
               is
               the
               same
               thing
               with
               making
               
               
                 New
                 Articles
                 of
                 Faith.
              
               But
               these
               can
               never
               be
               proved
               to
               be
               such
               by
               Universal
               Tradition
               ;
               which
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               pretends
               for
               all
               her
               Articles
               of
               Faith.
               
            
             
               Every
               Man
               thinks
               himself
               as
               competent
               a
               Iudge
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               as
               the
               very
               Apostles
               themselves
               .
            
             
               Doth
               
                 Every
                 Man
              
               among
               us
               pretend
               to
               an
               infallible
               Spirit
               ?
               and
               yet
               
                 Every
                 Man
              
               owns
               ▪
               that
               the
               Apostles
               had
               it
               .
               But
               what
               is
               meant
               by
               
                 being
                 a
                 Iudge
                 of
                 Scripture
              
               ?
               If
               no
               more
               be
               understood
               ,
               than
               that
               
                 every
                 Man
              
               must
               use
               his
               understanding
               about
               it
               ,
               I
               hope
               this
               is
               no
               Crime
               nor
               Heresie
               .
               The
               Scripture
               must
               be
               believed
               in
               order
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               must
               be
               understood
               ;
               for
               how
               can
               a
               Man
               believe
               ,
               what
               he
               understands
               not
               the
               sense
               or
               meaning
               of
               ?
               If
               he
               must
               understand
               the
               sense
               he
               must
               be
               
                 Iudge
                 of
                 the
                 sense
              
               ;
               so
               that
               every
               Man
               ,
               who
               is
               bound
               to
               believe
               the
               Scripture
               in
               order
               to
               his
               Salvation
               ,
               must
               be
               Judge
               of
               the
               sense
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               concerns
               his
               Salvation
               .
               But
               if
               by
               being
               a
               
                 Iudge
                 of
                 the
                 Scripture
              
               be
               meant
               giving
               such
               a
               judgment
               ,
               as
               obliges
               others
               to
               submit
               to
               it
               ,
               then
               among
               us
               no
               particular
               Man
               doth
               pretend
               to
               be
               a
               
                 competent
                 Iudge
                 of
                 Scripture
              
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               bind
               others
               to
               rely
               upon
               his
               Authority
               in
               expounding
               Scripture
               .
               We
               own
               the
               Authority
               of
               Guides
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               a
               due
               submission
               to
               them
               ,
               but
               we
               do
               not
               allow
               them
               to
               be
               as
               
                 competent
                 Iudges
                 of
                 Scripture
                 as
                 the
                 very
                 Apostles
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               't
               is
               no
               wonder
               it
               should
               be
               so
               ,
               since
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               which
               looks
               most
               like
               a
               Church
               ,
               dares
               not
               bring
               the
               true
               Arguments
               against
               the
               other
               Sects
               ,
               for
               fear
               they
               should
               be
               turned
               against
               themselves
               ,
               and
               confuted
               by
               their
               own
               Arguments
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               directly
               〈◊〉
               l'd
               against
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               which
               is
               hereby
               charged
               with
               Insincerity
               or
               Weakness
               in
               dealing
               with
               the
               Diss●nters
               .
               But
               we
               must
               consider
               the
               meaning
               of
               this
               Charge
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 no
                 wonder
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 so
                 ,
              
               i.
               e.
               
                 That
                 every
                 Man
                 should
                 think
                 himself
                 as
                 competent
                 a
                 Iudge
                 of
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 very
                 Apostles
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               
                 dares
                 not
                 use
                 the
                 true
                 Arguments
                 against
                 the
                 Sects
                 .
              
               Whence
               it
               appears
               that
               this
               true
               Argment
               is
               the
               Churches
               
                 infallible
                 Authority
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Obligation
               of
               all
               Members
               of
               the
               Church
               to
               submit
               their
               judgments
               intirely
               thereto
               .
               I
               confess
               that
               if
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               did
               pretend
               to
               this
               against
               the
               Sectaries
               ,
               they
               might
               justly
               turn
               it
               against
               her
               ;
               because
               in
               our
               Articles
               ,
               t●ô
               the
               
                 Churches
                 Authority
              
               be
               asserted
               ▪
               yet
               Infallibility
               is
               denyed
               .
               If
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Authority
               in
               a
               Church
               ,
               without
               Inf●llibility
               ;
               or
               there
               can
               be
               no
               obligation
               to
               submit
               to
               Authority
               ,
               without
               ,
               it
               ,
               then
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               doth
               not
               use
               the
               best
               Arguments
               against
               Sectaries
               ,
               But
               if
               there
               be
               no
               ground
               for
               Infallibility
               ,
               if
               the
               Church
               which
               hath
               most
               
               pretended
               to
               it
               ,
               hath
               been
               most
               grosly
               deceived
               ,
               if
               the
               Heads
               of
               that
               Church
               have
               been
               not
               barely
               suspected
               of
               Heresie
               ,
               but
               one
               of
               them
               stands
               condemned
               for
               it
               in
               Three
               General
               Councils
               ,
               own'd
               by
               that
               Church
               ;
               then
               for
               all
               that
               I
               can
               see
               ,
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               hath
               wisely
               disowned
               the
               pretence
               of
               Infallibility
               ,
               and
               made
               use
               of
               the
               best
               Arguments
               against
               Sectaries
               from
               a
               just
               Authority
               ,
               and
               the
               sinfulness
               and
               folly
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               refusing
               to
               submit
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               Church
               of
               England
               (
               as
               't
               is
               called
               )
               would
               fain
               have
               it
               thought
               ,
               That
               they
               are
               Iudges
               in
               matters
               Spiritual
               ,
               yet
               dare
               not
               say
               positively
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Appeal
               from
               them
               .
            
             
               Is
               not
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               really
               what
               
                 it
                 is
                 called
              
               ?
               I
               would
               fain
               know
               what
               it
               wants
               to
               make
               it
               as
               good
               a
               Church
               ,
               as
               any
               in
               the
               Christian
               World
               ?
               It
               wants
               neither
               Faith
               (
               if
               the
               Creed
               contain
               it
               )
               nor
               Sacraments
               ,
               (
               and
               those
               entire
               )
               nor
               Succession
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               (
               as
               certain
               as
               Rome
               it self
               )
               nor
               a
               Liturgy
               ,
               (
               more
               agreeing
               to
               Primitive
               Worship
               ,
               than
               is
               any
               where
               else
               to
               be
               found
               .
               )
               Why
               then
               
                 the
                 Church
              
               of
               
                 England
                 ▪
                 as
                 't
                 is
                 called
              
               ?
               Well!
               But
               what
               is
               this
               Church
               now
               blamed
               for
               :
               
                 They
                 pretend
                 to
                 be
                 Iudges
                 in
                 matters
                 Spiritual
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 dare
                 not
                 say
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 appeal
                 from
                 them
                 .
              
               How
               then
               ?
               Are
               there
               no
               true
               Judges
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               there
               lies
               no
               Appeal
               from
               ?
               There
               lies
               an
               Appeal
               from
               any
               Judges
               in
               the
               Kings
               Courts
               to
               the
               Court
               of
               Parliament
               ;
               are
               They
               not
               therefore
               true
               Judges
               in
               Westminster-Hall
               ?
               There
               lay
               an
               Appeal
               from
               Bishops
               to
               Metropol●tans
               ,
               from
               them
               to
               Patriarchs
               ,
               from
               Patriarchs
               to
               General
               Councils
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               An●ient
               Poli●y
               of
               the
               Church
               .
               Were
               there
               therefore
               no
               true
               Judges
               ,
               but
               General
               Councils
               ?
            
             
               What
               follows
               relating
               to
               the
               
                 Churches
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 Mans
                 following
                 his
                 own
                 judgment
                 ,
              
               hath
               been
               answered
               already
               .
               I
               proceed
               therefore
               ,
               to
               what
               further
               concerns
               this
               matter
               of
               Appeal
               .
            
             
               What
               Countrey
               can
               subsist
               in
               Quiet
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               not
               a
               Supream
               Iudge
               ,
               from
               whence
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Appeal
               ?
            
             
               The
               natural
               consequence
               from
               hence
               appears
               to
               be
               ,
               That
               every
               
                 National
                 Church
              
               ought
               to
               have
               the
               
                 Supream
                 Power
              
               within
               it self
               .
               But
               how
               come
               Appeals
               to
               a
               foreign
               Jur●sdiction
               to
               tend
               to
               the
               Peace
               and
               Quiet
               of
               a
               Church
               ?
               They
               have
               been
               always
               complained
               of
               in
               the
               best
               Ages
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               b●st
               Men
               ;
               such
               as
               St.
               
                 Cyprian
                 ▪
              
               and
               St.
               
                 Augustine
                 ▪
              
               and
               the
               whole
               
                 African
                 Churches
              
               .
               The
               worst
               Men
               began
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               worst
               Church
               encouraged
               them
               ,
               without
               regard
               to
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               
                 Christian
                 Church
              
               ,
               so
               it
               increased
               its
               own
               Grandeur
               by
               them
               .
            
             
             
               We
               have
               had
               these
               hundred
               Years
               past
               ,
               the
               sad
               effects
               of
               denying
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               that
               Power
               in
               matters
               Spiritual
               ,
               without
               an
               Appeal
               .
            
             
               And
               our
               Ancestors
               for
               many
               hundred
               Years
               last
               past
               ,
               found
               the
               intolerable
               Inconveniencies
               of
               an
               Appeal
               to
               foreign
               Jurisdiction
               .
               Whereby
               the
               Nation
               was
               ●xh●usted
               ,
               Justice
               obstructed
               ,
               the
               Clergy
               oppressed
               ,
               and
               the
               Kings
               Prerogative
               greatly
               diminished
               .
               
                 But
                 these
                 were
                 slight
                 things
                 in
                 Comparison
                 to
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 f●lt
                 these
                 hundred
                 Years
                 past
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               Have
               not
               the
               Kings
               Courts
               been
               open
               for
               matters
               of
               Law
               and
               Justice
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               fill'd
               with
               Men
               of
               as
               great
               Abilities
               and
               Integrity
               ,
               since
               the
               Reformation
               as
               ever
               they
               were
               before
               ?
               Hath
               not
               the
               Appeal
               to
               the
               King
               in
               his
               H●gh
               Court
               of
               Chancery
               been
               as
               much
               for
               the
               King
               &
               People
               ,
               as
               ever
               the
               Appeal
               was
               to
               the
               Court
               of
               Rome
               ?
               Have
               not
               all
               the
               Neighbour
               Princes
               been
               forced
               for
               the
               preserving
               their
               own
               Dignity
               to
               set
               Bounds
               and
               Limits
               to
               Appeals
               to
               Rome
               ,
               and
               to
               Orders
               or
               Bulls
               that
               come
               from
               thence
               ?
               How
               then
               comes
               the
               want
               of
               such
               an
               Appeal
               to
               be
               thought
               to
               produce
               such
               sad
               effects
               here
               ?
               All
               Christendom
               groans
               under
               the
               sad
               effects
               of
               them
               :
               and
               it
               is
               a
               very
               self-denying
               humour
               for
               those
               to
               be
               most
               sensible
               of
               the
               w●nt
               of
               them
               ,
               who
               would
               really
               suffer
               the
               most
               by
               them
               .
            
             
               Can
               there
               be
               any
               Iustice
               done
               ,
               where
               the
               Offenders
               are
               their
               own
               Iudges
               ,
               and
               equal
               Interpreters
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               with
               those
               that
               are
               appointed
               to
               Administer
               Iustice
               ?
            
             
               And
               is
               there
               any
               likelihood
               ,
               Justice
               should
               be
               better
               done
               in
               another
               Country
               ,
               by
               another
               Authority
               ,
               and
               proceeding
               by
               such
               Rules
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               last
               resort
               ,
               are
               but
               the
               Arbitrary
               will
               of
               a
               Stranger
               .
               And
               must
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               pretending
               to
               a
               Power
               he
               hath
               no
               right
               to
               ,
               
                 be
                 Iudge
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Cause
                 ,
              
               when
               he
               is
               the
               greatest
               Offender
               himself
               (
               But
               how
               is
               this
               applied
               to
               the
               Protestants
               in
               England
               ?
            
             
               This
               is
               our
               Case
               ,
               here
               in
               England
               ,
               in
               matters
               Spiritual
               ;
               for
               the
               Protestants
               are
               not
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               as
               't
               is
               the
               true
               Church
               ,
               from
               whence
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Appeal
               ;
               but
               because
               the
               Discipline
               of
               that
               Church
               is
               conformable
               at
               present
               to
               their
               fancies
               ;
               which
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               it
               shall
               contradict
               or
               vary
               from
               ,
               they
               are
               ready
               to
               embrace
               or
               join
               with
               the
               next
               Congregation
               of
               People
               ,
               whose
               Discipline
               or
               Worship
               agrees
               with
               the
               Opinion
               of
               that
               Time.
               
            
             
               The
               sense
               of
               this
               Period
               is
               not
               so
               clear
               ,
               but
               that
               one
               may
               easily
               mistake
               about
               it
               .
               That
               which
               is
               aimed
               at
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               have
               no
               tie
               upon
               us
               ,
               
               but
               that
               of
               our
               own
               judgments
               ;
               and
               when
               that
               changes
               ,
               we
               may
               join
               with
               Independents
               or
               Presbyterians
               ,
               as
               we
               do
               now
               with
               the
               
                 Church
                 of
                 England
              
               .
               And
               what
               security
               can
               be
               greater
               ,
               than
               that
               of
               our
               Judgments
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               said
               
                 to
                 be
                 nothing
                 ▪
                 but
                 fancy
                 and
                 no
                 true
                 Iudgment
                 ,
              
               we
               must
               beg
               leave
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               we
               dare
               Appeal
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               whether
               we
               have
               not
               made
               it
               appear
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               not
               Fancy
               ,
               but
               Iudgment
               which
               hath
               made
               us
               firm
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               .
               Might
               it
               not
               as
               well
               have
               been
               said
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Protestants
              
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 adhered
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 in
                 the
                 Times
                 of
                 Rebellion
                 out
                 of
                 Fancy
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 Iudgment
                 ?
                 And
                 that
                 if
                 their
                 Fancy
                 changed
                 ,
                 they
                 might
                 as
                 well
                 have
                 joined
                 with
                 the
                 Rebels
                 ?
              
               Will
               not
               this
               way
               of
               Reasoning
               hold
               as
               strongly
               against
               those
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ?
               For
               why
               do
               any
               adhere
               to
               that
               ,
               but
               because
               it
               is
               agreeable
               to
               their
               Judgment
               so
               to
               do
               ?
               What
               evidence
               can
               they
               give
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               Iudgment
               in
               them
               ▪
               and
               only
               Fancy
               in
               us
               ?
               If
               Reason
               must
               be
               that
               which
               puts
               the
               difference
               ,
               we
               do
               not
               question
               ,
               but
               to
               make
               ours
               appear
               to
               be
               Iudgment
               ,
               and
               theirs
               Fancy
               ?
               For
               what
               is
               an
               
                 infallible
                 Iudge
              
               ,
               which
               Christ
               never
               appointed
               ,
               but
               Fancy
               ?
               What
               is
               their
               
                 unwritten
                 Word
              
               ,
               as
               a
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               to
               be
               equally
               received
               with
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               but
               Fancy
               ?
               What
               is
               giving
               honour
               to
               God
               by
               the
               
                 Worship
                 of
                 Images
              
               ,
               but
               Fancy
               ?
               What
               is
               making
               Mediators
               of
               Intercession
               ,
               besides
               the
               Mediator
               of
               Redemption
               ,
               but
               Fancy
               ?
               What
               is
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Concomitancy
               ,
               to
               make
               amends
               for
               half
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               but
               Fancy
               ?
               What
               is
               the
               
                 substantial
                 Change
                 of
                 the
                 Element
                 into
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               but
               Fancy
               ?
               for
               both
               Senses
               and
               Reason
               are
               against
               it
               .
               What
               is
               the
               
                 deliverance
                 of
                 Souls
                 out
                 of
                 Purgatory
                 ,
                 by
                 Masses
                 for
                 the
                 Dead
                 ,
              
               but
               meer
               Fancy
               ?
               But
               I
               forbear
               giving
               any
               more
               Instances
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               according
               to
               this
               Doctrine
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               other
               Church
               nor
               Interpreter
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               but
               that
               which
               lies
               in
               every
               Man
               's
               giddy
               Brain
               .
            
             
               Let
               
                 Mens
                 Brains
              
               be
               as
               giddy
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               said
               to
               be
               ,
               for
               all
               that
               I
               can
               see
               ,
               they
               are
               the
               best
               faculties
               they
               can
               make
               use
               of
               ,
               for
               the
               understanding
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               any
               thing
               else
               .
               And
               is
               there
               any
               Infallible
               Church
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               which
               must
               not
               be
               beholding
               to
               Mens
               
                 giddy
                 Brains
              
               for
               believing
               it
               ?
               And
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               neve●
               the●ess
               giddy
               for
               doing
               it
               ?
               For
               God●
               sake
               why
               do
               any
               Men
               take
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               to
               be
               Inf●llible
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               ,
               because
               their
               Understandings
               tell
               them
               they
               ought
               so
               to
               do
               ?
               So
               that
               by
               this
               consequence
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               
                 Infallible
                 Church
              
               ,
               but
               
                 what
                 lies
                 in
                 every
                 Mans
                 giddy
                 Brain
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               therefore
               of
               every
               serious
               Considerer
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               whether
               the
               great
               Work
               of
               our
               Salvation
               ought
               to
               depend
               on
               such
               a
               Sandy
               Foundation
               as
               this
               ?
            
             
               I
               thank
               God
               I
               have
               seriously
               considered
               this
               matter
               ,
               and
               must
               declare
               that
               I
               find
               no
               Christian
               Church
               built
               on
               a
               more
               
                 Sandy
                 Foundation
              
               ,
               than
               that
               ,
               which
               pretends
               
               to
               be
               setled
               
                 upon
                 a
                 Rock
              
               ;
               I
               mean
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               it
               imposes
               the
               
                 new
                 Faith
                 of
                 Trent
              
               ,
               as
               a
               nec●ssary
               Condition
               of
               Salvation
               .
               Had
               we
               no
               other
               reason
               to
               embrace
               Christianity
               ,
               than
               such
               as
               they
               offer
               for
               these
               New
               Doctrines
               ,
               I
               am
               much
               afraid
               Christianity
               it self
               ,
               to
               all
               inquisitive
               Men
               ,
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               have
               but
               a
               
                 Sandy
                 Foundation
              
               .
               But
               what
               is
               this
               
                 Sandy
                 Foundation
              
               we
               build
               upon
               ?
               Every
               Ma●'s
               private
               judgment
               in
               Religion
               ?
               No
               understanding
               Man
               builds
               upon
               his
               own
               Judgment
               ,
               but
               no
               Man
               of
               understanding
               can
               believe
               without
               it
               .
               For
               I
               appeal
               to
               any
               
                 ingenious
                 Man
              
               ,
               whether
               he
               doth
               not
               as
               much
               build
               upon
               his
               own
               Judgment
               ,
               who
               chuset●
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               he
               that
               chuseth
               Scripture
               for
               his
               Rule
               ?
               And
               he
               that
               chuse●h
               the
               
                 Church
                 ▪
              
               hath
               many
               more
               D●fficulties
               to
               conquer
               than
               the
               other
               hath
               .
               For
               the
               Church
               can
               never
               be
               a
               Rule
               without
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               but
               the
               Scriptures
               may
               without
               the
               
                 Church
                 ▪
              
               And
               it
               is
               no
               such
               easy
               matter
               to
               find
               the
               
                 Churches
                 Infallibility
              
               in
               the
               Scripture
               .
               But
               suppose
               that
               be
               found
               ,
               he
               hath
               yet
               a
               harder
               Point
               to
               get
               over
               ,
               viz.
               How
               the
               Promises
               relating
               to
               the
               Church
               in
               general
               ,
               came
               to
               be
               appropriated
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
               Which
               a
               Man
               must
               have
               an
               admirable
               Faculty
               at
               d●sce●ning
               ,
               who
               can
               find
               it
               out
               ,
               either
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               the
               Records
               of
               the
               
                 Ancient
                 Church
              
               .
            
             
               The
               places
               of
               Scripture
               which
               are
               brought
               about
               
                 Christ's
                 being
                 with
                 his
                 Church
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               about
               
                 the
                 Power
                 to
                 forgive
                 Sins
              
               ;
               about
               the
               Clergy
               being
               
                 God's
                 Labourers
                 Husbandry
                 ,
                 Building
                 ,
                 having
                 the
                 Mind
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ;
               do
               as
               effectually
               prove
               Infallibility
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               as
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ;
               for
               I
               cannot
               discern
               the
               least
               inclination
               in
               any
               of
               them
               to
               favour
               one
               against
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               And
               pray
               consider
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               resist
               the
               Truth
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               submit
               to
               his
               Church
               ,
               draw
               their
               Arguments
               from
               Implications
               ,
               and
               far●fech'd
               Interpretations
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               that
               they
               deny
               plain
               and
               positive
               Words
               :
               which
               is
               so
               great
               a
               Disingenuity
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               not
               almost
               to
               be
               thought
               that
               they
               can
               believe
               themselves
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               very
               heavy
               Charge
               ;
               
                 To
                 resist
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 to
                 deny
                 plain
                 and
                 positive
                 Words
                 of
                 Scripture
                 ;
                 to
                 be
                 guilty
                 of
                 great
                 Disingenuity
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 believe
                 our selves
                 ,
              
               are
               faults
               of
               so
               high
               a
               nature
               ,
               as
               must
               argue
               not
               only
               a
               bad
               Cause
               ,
               but
               a
               very
               bad
               Mind
               .
               And
               
                 God
                 forbid
              
               ,
               that
               those
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               should
               ever
               be
               found
               guilty
               of
               these
               things
               .
               But
               to
               come
               to
               Particulars
               ;
               
                 Is
                 it
                 resisting
                 Truth
                 ,
                 or
                 arguing
                 from
                 Implications
                 and
                 denying
                 plain
                 and
                 positive
                 Words
                 of
                 Scripture
                 ,
              
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 We
                 must
                 not
                 worship
                 Images
                 ;
                 We
                 must
                 make
                 God
                 alone
                 the
                 Object
                 of
                 Holy
                 Worship
              
               ;
               We
               must
               give
               the
               Euch●r●st
               in
               both
               kinds
               according
               to
               
                 Christ's
                 express
                 Institution
              
               ;
               We
               must
               understand
               our
               Prayers
               ,
               when
               St.
               
               Paul's
               words
               are
               so
               clear
               about
               it
               :
               So
               far
               at
               least
               we
               have
               plain
               and
               
                 positive
                 Words
              
               of
               Scripture
               on
               our
               side
               .
               And
               for
               
                 Implications
                 ,
                 and
                 far-fetch'd
                 Interpretations
              
               commend
               me
               to
               the
               
                 Pope's
                 Bulls
              
               ,
               especially
               when
               they
               have
               a
               mind
               to
               prove
               their
               Authority
               from
               Scripture
               ;
               which
               they
               can
               do
               from
               
                 In
                 the
                 beginning
              
               ,
               
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Apocalypse
               .
               But
               that
               which
               seems
               to
               be
               aimed
               at
               here
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 This
                 is
                 my
                 Body
              
               ;
               wherein
               the
               words
               seem
               to
               be
               
                 plain
                 and
                 positive
              
               on
               their
               side
               ,
               and
               our
               sense
               to
               be
               
                 from
                 Implications
                 ,
                 or
                 far●fetc'h
                 Interpretations
                 .
              
               To
               which
               I
               Answer
               ,
               That
               there
               are
               Expressions
               in
               Scr●p●ure
               as
               plain
               &
               positive
               as
               this
               ,
               which
               none
               think
               themselves
               bound
               to
               understand
               in
               their
               literal
               sense
               .
               For
               then
               we
               must
               all
               believe
               ;
               that
               God
               hath
               Eyes
               and
               Ears
               ,
               a
               
                 Face
                 ,
                 Hands
              
               and
               Feet
               ,
               as
               firmly
               ,
               as
               that
               the
               Bread
               was
               then
               turned
               into
               Christ's
               Body
               ,
               when
               he
               spake
               those
               words
               .
               And
               I
               would
               know
               ,
               whether
               the
               Christian
               Church
               rejecting
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Those
               
                 who
                 made
                 God
                 to
                 be
                 like
                 to
                 Man
                 ,
              
               was
               not
               chargeable
               with
               the
               same
               
                 resisting
                 the
                 Truth
              
               ,
               and
               
                 denying
                 plain
                 &
                 positive
                 Words
                 of
                 Scripture
                 ,
              
               as
               we
               are
               ?
               And
               yet
               I
               hope
               the
               Christian
               
                 Church
                 did
                 then
                 believe
                 it self
              
               .
               Suppose
               any
               should
               assert
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Rock
                 in
                 the
                 Wilderness
                 ,
                 was
                 really
                 changed
                 into
                 Christ's
                 Body
              
               ;
               would
               not
               he
               have
               the
               very
               same
               Things
               to
               say
               against
               those
               who
               denied
               it
               ?
               For
               are
               not
               the
               Words
               
                 as
                 plain
                 and
                 as
                 positive
              
               ,
               That
               Rock
               was
               Christ
               ?
               But
               
                 Sacramental
                 Expressions
              
               ,
               by
               the
               consent
               of
               the
               
                 Christian
                 Church
              
               ,
               and
               the
               very
               Nature
               of
               the
               Thing
               ,
               are
               of
               a
               different
               sense
               from
               Logical
               Propositions
               .
               And
               if
               this
               had
               been
               intended
               in
               the
               plain
               and
               literal
               sense
               ,
               St.
               Paul
               would
               never
               have
               as
               plainly
               and
               positively
               called
               it
               Bread
               after
               Consecration
               ;
               nor
               the
               Cup
               be
               said
               to
               be
               the
               New
               Testament
               in
               his
               Blood.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Conclusion
                 is
                 :
              
               
                 Is
                 there
                 any
                 other
                 Foundation
                 of
                 the
                 Protestant
                 Church
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Civil
                 Magistrate
                 pleases
                 ,
                 he
                 may
                 call
                 such
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 as
                 he
                 thinks
                 fit
                 for
                 his
                 turn
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 turn
                 the
                 Church
                 either
                 to
                 Presbytery
                 ,
                 or
                 Independancy
                 ,
                 or
                 indeed
                 what
                 he
                 pleases
                 ?
                 This
                 was
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 our
                 pretended
                 Reformation
                 here
                 in
                 England
                 .
                 And
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Rule
                 and
                 Authority
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 altered
                 into
                 as
                 many
                 Shapes
                 and
                 Forms
                 as
                 there
                 are
                 Fancies
                 in
                 Mens
                 Heads
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 looks
                 like
                 a
                 very
                 unkind
                 Requi●al
                 ●o
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 for
                 ●er
                 Zeal
                 in
                 asserting
                 the
                 Magistrate's
                 Power
                 against
                 a
                 Foreign
                 Jur●sdiction
                 ;
                 to
                 in●er
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Magistrate
                 may
                 change
                 the
                 Religion
                 here
                 which
                 way
                 he
                 pleas●s
                 .
                 But
                 althô
                 we
                 attribute
                 the
                 
                   Supream
                   Iurisdiction
                
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 yet
                 we
                 do
                 not
                 question
                 but
                 there
                 are
                 
                   inviolable
                   Rights
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                
                 ,
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 p●eserved
                 against
                 the
                 Fancies
                 of
                 s●me
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Usurpations
                 of
                 others
                 .
                 We
                 do
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 make
                 our
                 R●l●gion
                 mutable
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Magistrate's
                 pleasure
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Rule
                 of
                 our
                 Religion
                 is
                 unalterable
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 
                   Holy
                   Scripture
                
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Exercise
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 under
                 the
                 regulation
                 of
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Land.
                 And
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 cause
                 to
                 be
                 thankful
                 to
                 God
                 ▪
                 when
                 
                   Kings
                   are
                   Nursing
                   Fathers
                   to
                   our
                   Church
                
                 ;
                 so
                 we
                 shall
                 never
                 cease
                 to
                 pray
                 for
                 their
                 continuing
                 so
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 we
                 may
                 behave
                 our selves
                 towards
                 the●
                 ▪
                 as
                 becomes
                 
                   good
                   Christians
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Loyal
                   Subjects
                   ▪
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               AN
               ANSWER
               TO
               THE
               THIRD
               PAPER
               .
            
             
               THE
               Third
               Paper
               is
               said
               to
               be
               written
               by
               a
               Great
               Lady
               ,
               
                 for
                 the
                 satisfaction
                 of
                 her
                 Friends
                 ,
              
               as
               to
               the
               Reasons
               of
               
                 Her
                 leaving
                 the
                 Communion
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
                 and
                 making
                 her self
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 the
                 Roman
                 Catholick
                 Church
                 .
              
               If
               she
               had
               written
               nothing
               concerning
               it
               ,
               none
               could
               have
               been
               a
               competent
               Judge
               of
               those
               Reasons
               or
               Motives
               she
               had
               for
               it
               ,
               but
               her self
               :
               but
               since
               she
               was
               pleased
               
                 to
                 write
                 this
                 Paper
                 to
                 satisfy
                 her
                 Friends
              
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               thought
               fit
               to
               be
               publ●shed
               for
               general
               Satisfaction
               ,
               all
               Readers
               have
               a
               right
               to
               judge
               of
               the
               strength
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               those
               of
               the
               Churh
               of
               England
               ,
               an
               Obligation
               to
               vindica●e
               the
               Honour
               of
               it
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               it
               may
               be
               thought
               to
               suffer
               by
               them
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               sensible
               how
               nice
               and
               t●nder
               a
               thing
               it
               is
               ,
               to
               meddle
               in
               a
               Matter
               wherein
               the
               Memory
               of
               so
               
                 Great
                 a
                 Lady
              
               is
               so
               nearly
               concern'd
               ;
               and
               wherein
               such
               Circumstances
               are
               mentioned
               ,
               which
               cannot
               fully
               be
               cleared
               ,
               the
               Parties
               themselves
               having
               been
               many
               Years
               dead
               :
               But
               I
               shall
               endeavour
               to
               keep
               within
               due
               bounds
               ,
               and
               consider
               this
               Paper
               with
               respect
               to
               the
               main
               Design
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               take
               notice
               of
               other
               Particulars
               so
               far
               as
               they
               are
               subservient
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               way
               of
               her
               Satisfaction
               must
               needs
               appear
               very
               extraordinary
               ;
               for
               towards
               the
               Conclusion
               confesses
               ,
               
                 She
                 was
                 not
                 able
                 ,
                 nor
                 would
                 she
                 enter
                 into
                 Disputes
                 with
                 any
                 Body
                 .
              
               Now
               where
               the
               Difference
               between
               the
               two
               Churches
               lies
               wholly
               in
               Matters
               of
               Dispute
               ,
               how
               any
               one
               cou'd
               be
               truly
               satisfied
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Grounds
               of
               leaving
               one
               Church
               ,
               and
               going
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               without
               
                 entring
                 int●
                 matters
                 of
                 Dispute
                 with
                 any
                 body
                 ,
              
               is
               hard
               to
               understand
               .
               If
               Persons
               be
               resolved
               before-hand
               what
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               therefore
               will
               hear
               nothing
               said
               against
               it
               ,
               there
               is
               
               no
               such
               way
               ,
               as
               to
               declare
               they
               will
               
                 enter
                 into
                 no
                 Dispute
                 about
                 it
                 .
              
               But
               what
               Satisfaction
               is
               to
               be
               had
               in
               this
               manner
               of
               proceeding
               ?
               How
               could
               
                 one
                 bred
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
                 and
                 so
                 well
                 instructed
                 in
                 the
                 Doctrines
                 of
                 it
                 ,
              
               ever
               satisfy
               her self
               in
               forsaking
               the
               Communion
               of
               it
               ,
               without
               enquiring
               into
               ,
               and
               comparing
               the
               Doctrines
               and
               Practices
               of
               both
               Churches
               ?
               It
               is
               possible
               for
               Persons
               of
               Learning
               ,
               who
               will
               take
               the
               pains
               of
               examining
               things
               themselves
               ,
               to
               do
               that
               ,
               without
               
                 entring
                 into
                 Disputes
                 with
                 any
                 Body
              
               ;
               but
               this
               was
               not
               to
               be
               presumed
               of
               a
               Person
               other
               Condition
               .
               For
               many
               things
               must
               fall
               in
               her
               way
               ,
               which
               she
               could
               neither
               have
               the
               leisure
               to
               examine
               ,
               nor
               the
               Cap●city
               to
               judg
               of
               ,
               without
               the
               Assistance
               of
               such
               who
               made
               it
               their
               business
               to
               search
               into
               them
               .
               Had
               she
               no
               Divines
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               about
               her
               ▪
               to
               have
               proposed
               her
               Scruples
               to
               ?
               None
               able
               and
               wi●ling
               to
               give
               her
               their
               utmost
               Assistance
               in
               a
               Matter
               of
               such
               Importance
               ,
               before
               she
               took
               up
               a
               Resolution
               of
               forsaking
               our
               Church
               ?
               This
               cannot
               be
               imagined
               ;
               considering
               not
               only
               her
               great
               Quality
               ▪
               but
               that
               just
               esteem
               they
               had
               for
               her
               whilst
               she
               continued
               so
               zealous
               and
               devout
               in
               the
               Communion
               of
               our
               Church
               .
            
             
               But
               we
               have
               more
               than
               this
               to
               say
               .
               One
               of
               the
               Bishops
               who
               had
               nearest
               Relation
               to
               her
               for
               many
               Years
               ,
               and
               who
               owns
               in
               Print
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 bred
                 her
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 Principles
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
               was
               both
               able
               and
               willing
               to
               have
               removed
               any
               Doubts
               and
               Scrup●es
               with
               respect
               to
               our
               Church
               ,
               if
               she
               would
               have
               been
               pleased
               to
               have
               communicated
               them
               to
               him
               .
               And
               however
               she
               endeavoured
               to
               conceal
               her
               Scruples
               ;
               he
               tells
               her
               ,
               in
               his
               Letter
               to
               her
               (
               which
               he
               since
               printed
               for
               his
               own
               vindication
               )
               
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 heard
                 much
                 Discourse
                 concerning
                 her
                 wavering
                 in
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 acquainted
                 her
                 Highness
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 Lent
                 before
                 the
                 Date
                 of
                 this
                 Paper
              
               ;
               
               and
               was
               so
               much
               concerned
               at
               it
               ,
               that
               he
               obtained
               a
               Prom●se
               from
               her
               ,
               That
               if
               any
               Writing
               were
               put
               into
               her
               Hands
               by
               those
               of
               the
               Chu●ch
               of
               Rome
               ,
               that
               she
               would
               send
               it
               either
               to
               him
               ▪
               or
               the
               then
               Bishop
               of
               
                 Oxford
                 ▪
              
               whom
               he
               le●t
               in
               Attendance
               upon
               her
               .
               
               After
               which
               ,
               he
               saith
               ,
               
                 She
                 was
                 many
                 Days
                 with
                 him
                 at
              
               Farnham
               ;
               
               
                 in
                 all
                 which
                 time
                 she
                 spake
                 not
                 one
                 word
                 to
                 him
                 of
                 any
                 Doubt
                 she
                 had
                 about
                 her
                 Religion
                 .
              
               And
               yet
               this
               Paper
               bears
               Date
               ,
               Aug.
               20.
               that
               Year
               ,
               wherein
               she
               declares
               her self
               ch●nged
               in
               her
               Rel●gion
               :
               So
               that
               it
               is
               evident
               she
               did
               not
               make
               use
               of
               the
               ordinary
               Means
               for
               her
               own
               Satisfaction
               ,
               at
               least
               a
               to
               th●se
               Bishops
               who
               had
               known
               her
               longest
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 she
                 saith
              
               ,
               That
               she
               spoke
               severally
               to
               two
               of
               the
               best
               Bishops
               we
               have
               in
               England
               ,
               who
               both
               told
               her
               ,
               there
               were
               many
               ●hings
               in
               the
               Roman
               Church
               ,
               
               which
               it
               were
               much
               to
               be
               wished
               we
               had
               kept
               ;
               As
               Confession
               ,
               which
               was
               no
               doubt
               commanded
               of
               God
               ;
               that
               Praying
               
               for
               the
               Dead
               ,
               was
               one
               of
               the
               Ancient
               Things
               in
               Christianity
               ;
               that
               for
               their
               parts
               they
               did
               it
               daily
               ,
               
               though
               they
               would
               not
               own
               it
               .
               And
               afterwards
               ,
               pressing
               one
               of
               them
               very
               much
               upon
               the
               other
               Points
               ;
               he
               told
               her
               ,
               That
               if
               he
               had
               been
               bred
               a
               Catholick
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               change
               his
               Religion
               ;
               but
               that
               being
               of
               another
               Church
               ,
               wherein
               he
               was
               sure
               were
               all
               things
               necessary
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               he
               thought
               it
               very
               ill
               to
               give
               that
               Scandal
               ,
               as
               to
               leave
               that
               Church
               wherein
               he
               received
               his
               Baptism
               .
               Which
               Discourses
               ,
               
                 she
                 ●aid
              
               ,
               did
               but
               add
               more
               to
               the
               desire
               she
               had
               to
               be
               a
               Catholick
               .
            
             
               This
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               to
               the
               purpose
               ;
               if
               there
               were
               not
               some
               Circumstances
               and
               Expressions
               very
               much
               mistaken
               in
               the
               Representation
               of
               it
               :
               But
               yet
               suppose
               the
               utmost
               to
               be
               allow'd
               ,
               there
               could
               be
               no
               Argument
               from
               hence
               drawn
               for
               leaving
               the
               Communion
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               if
               this
               Bishop's
               Authority
               or
               Example
               did
               signi●y
               any
               thing
               with
               her
               .
               For
               supposing
               he
               did
               say
               ,
               
                 That
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 bred
                 in
                 the
                 Communio●
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               Rome
               ,
               
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 change
                 his
                 Religion
                 :
              
               Yet
               he
               added
               ,
               
                 That
                 being
                 of
                 another
                 Church
                 ,
                 wherein
                 were
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 Salvation
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 it
                 very
                 ill
                 to
                 give
                 that
                 Scandal
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 leave
                 that
                 Church
                 wherein
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 his
                 Baptism
                 .
              
               Now
               why
               should
               not
               the
               last
               words
               have
               greater
               force
               to
               have
               kept
               her
               in
               the
               Communion
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               than
               the
               former
               to
               have
               drawn
               her
               from
               it
               ?
               For
               why
               should
               any
               Person
               forsake
               the
               Communion
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               unless
               it
               appears
               necessary
               to
               Salvation
               so
               to
               do
               ?
               And
               yet
               this
               yielding
               Bishop
               did
               affirm
               ,
               
                 that
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 Salvation
                 were
                 certainly
                 in
                 our
                 Church
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 an
                 ill
                 thing
                 to
                 leave
                 it
                 .
              
               How
               could
               this
               
                 add
                 to
                 her
                 desire
                 of
                 leaving
                 our
                 Church
                 ?
              
               unless
               there
               were
               some
               other
               Motive
               to
               draw
               her
               thither
               ,
               and
               then
               such
               small
               Inducements
               would
               serve
               to
               inflame
               such
               a
               Desire
               .
               But
               it
               is
               evident
               from
               her
               own
               words
               afterwards
               ▪
               that
               these
               Concessions
               of
               the
               B●shop
               could
               have
               no
               Influence
               upon
               her
               :
               for
               she
               declares
               ,
               
                 and
                 calls
                 God
                 to
                 witness
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 would
                 never
                 have
                 changed
                 her
                 Religion
                 ,
                 if
                 she
                 had
                 thought
                 it
                 possible
                 to
                 save
                 her
                 Soul
                 otherwise
                 .
              
               Now
               what
               could
               the
               Bishop's
               words
               signi●y
               towards
               her
               Turning
               ,
               when
               he
               declares
               just
               contrary
               ,
               viz.
               not
               only
               that
               it
               was
               possible
               for
               her
               to
               be
               saved
               without
               turning
               ,
               
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 sure
                 we
                 had
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 Salvation
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 very
                 ill
                 thing
                 to
                 leave
                 our
                 Church
                 ?
              
               There
               must
               therefore
               have
               been
               some
               more
               secret
               Reason
               ,
               which
               
                 encreased
                 her
                 Desire
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Catholick
                 after
                 these
                 Discourses
                 :
              
               unless
               the
               Advantage
               were
               taken
               from
               the
               B●shop's
               calling
               
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 the
                 Catholick
                 Religion
                 ;
                 If
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 bred
                 a
                 Catholick
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 chang'd
                 his
                 Religion
                 .
              
               But
               if
               we
               take
               these
               words
               so
               strictly
               ,
               he
               must
               have
               contradicted
               himself
               ;
               for
               how
               could
               he
               
                 be
                 sure
                 we
                 had
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 Salvotion
                 ,
              
               if
               we
               were
               out
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               ?
               Was
               a
               B●shop
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               and
               
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 Bishops
                 of
                 our
                 Church
                 ,
              
               as
               she
               said
               ,
               so
               weak
               as
               to
               yeild
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 sure
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 Salvation
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Communion
                 of
                 the
                 Catholick
                 Church
                 ?
              
            
             
             
               But
               again
               ;
               there
               is
               an
               inconsistency
               in
               his
               saying
               ,
               
                 ●hat
                 he
                 thought
                 it
                 very
                 ill
                 to
                 leave
                 our
                 Church
              
               ;
               which
               no
               Man
               of
               common
               sense
               would
               have
               s●id
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               believed
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               to
               be
               the
               Catholick
               ,
               exclusive
               of
               all
               others
               that
               do
               not
               join
               in
               Communion
               with
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               utmost
               then
               that
               can
               be
               made
               of
               all
               this
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               there
               was
               a
               certain
               Bishop
               of
               this
               Church
               ,
               who
               held
               
                 both
                 Churches
              
               to
               be
               so
               far
               Parts
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               no
               necessity
               of
               going
               from
               one
               Church
               to
               another
               .
               But
               if
               he
               asserted
               that
               ,
               he
               must
               overthrow
               the
               necessity
               of
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               and
               consequen●ly
               not
               believe
               our
               Articles
               and
               Homilies
               ,
               and
               so
               could
               not
               be
               any
               true
               Member
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               late
               Bishop
               of
               Winchester
               hath
               made
               a
               shorter
               Answer
               to
               all
               this
               ;
               For
               he
               first
               doubts
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 there
                 ever
                 were
                 any
                 such
                 Bishops
                 who
                 made
                 such
                 Answers
              
               ;
               And
               afterwards
               he
               affirms
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 believes
                 there
                 never
                 was
                 ,
              
               in
               Rerum
               Naturâ
               ,
               
                 such
                 a
                 Discourse
                 as
                 is
                 pretended
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 between
                 this
                 Great
                 Person
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 Learned
                 Bishops
                 of
              
               England
               .
               But
               ,
               God
               be
               thanked
               ,
               the
               Cause
               of
               our
               Church
               doth
               not
               depend
               upon
               the
               singular
               Opinion
               of
               one
               or
               two
               Bishops
               in
               it
               ,
               wherein
               they
               apparently
               recede
               from
               the
               establish'd
               Doctrine
               of
               it
               .
               And
               ▪
               I
               am
               sure
               those
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               take
               it
               ill
               from
               us
               ,
               to
               be
               charged
               with
               the
               Opinion
               of
               Particular
               Divines
               ,
               against
               the
               known
               Sentiments
               of
               their
               Church
               .
               Therefore
               supposing
               the
               Matter
               of
               Fact
               true
               ,
               it
               ought
               not
               to
               have
               moved
               her
               to
               any
               Inclination
               to
               leave
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               But
               after
               all
               ,
               
                 She
                 protests
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Presence
                 of
                 Almighty
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 Person
                 ,
                 Man
                 or
                 Woman
                 ,
                 directly
                 or
                 indirectly
                 ,
                 ever
                 said
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 her
                 (
                 since
                 she
                 came
                 into
              
               England
               )
               
                 or
                 used
                 the
                 least
                 Endeavour
                 to
                 make
                 her
                 change
                 her
                 Religion
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Blessing
                 she
                 wholly
                 owes
                 to
                 Almighty
                 God.
              
               So
               that
               the
               Bishops
               are
               acquitted
               from
               having
               any
               hand
               in
               it
               ,
               by
               her
               own
               words
               ;
               and
               as
               far
               as
               we
               can
               understand
               her
               meaning
               ,
               she
               thought
               her self
               converted
               by
               immediate
               Divine
               Illumination
               .
               We
               had
               thought
               the
               pretence
               to
               a
               
                 private
                 Spirit
              
               had
               not
               been
               at
               this
               time
               allowed
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
               But
               I
               observe
               ,
               that
               many
               things
               are
               allowed
               to
               bring
               Persons
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               which
               they
               will
               not
               permit
               in
               those
               who
               go
               from
               it
               .
               As
               the
               use
               of
               Reason
               in
               the
               Choice
               of
               a
               Church
               ;
               the
               Judgment
               of
               Sense
               ;
               and
               here
               ,
               that
               which
               they
               would
               severely
               condemn
               in
               others
               as
               a
               Private
               Spirit
               ,
               or
               
                 Enthusiasm
                 ▪
              
               will
               pass
               well
               enough
               if
               it
               doth
               but
               lead
               one
               to
               their
               Communion
               .
               Any
               Motive
               or
               Method
               is
               good
               enough
               which
               tends
               to
               that
               end
               ;
               and
               none
               can
               be
               sufficient
               against
               it
               .
               But
               why
               may
               not
               others
               set
               up
               for
               the
               Change
               as
               to
               other
               Opinions
               upon
               the
               same
               Grounds
               ▪
               as
               well
               as
               this
               Great
               Person
               does
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Change
               from
               our
               Church
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ?
               And
               we
               have
               no
               Pretenders
               to
               Enthusiasm
               among
               us
               ,
               but
               do
               as
               solemnly
               ascribe
               
                 the
                 Blessing
                 wholly
                 to
                 Almighty
                 God
              
               ;
               and
               look
               on
               it
               as
               the
               Effect
               of
               such
               Prayers
               as
               she
               made
               to
               him
               in
               France
               and
               Flanders
               .
            
             
             
               But
               I
               wonder
               a
               Person
               ,
               
                 who
                 owed
                 her
                 Change
                 so
                 wholly
                 to
                 Almighty
                 God
                 ,
              
               should
               need
               the
               Direction
               of
               an
               Infallible
               Church
               ;
               since
               the
               utmost
               they
               can
               pretend
               to
               ,
               is
               no
               more
               than
               to
               have
               such
               an
               Immediate
               Co●duct
               ;
               and
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               that
               can
               be
               meant
               by
               it
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               she
               had
               no
               Assistance
               from
               any
               other
               Persons
               .
               Which
               m●y
               not
               exclude
               her
               own
               Endeavours
               :
               but
               supposing
               them
               to
               be
               employed
               ,
               and
               an
               Account
               to
               be
               here
               given
               of
               them
               :
               yet
               there
               is
               no
               Connexion
               between
               any
               of
               the
               Premises
               ,
               and
               the
               Conclusion
               she
               drew
               from
               them
               ;
               and
               therefore
               it
               must
               be
               Immediate
               Impulse
               ,
               or
               some
               concealed
               Motive
               which
               determin'd
               her
               Choice
               .
            
             
               The
               Conclusion
               was
               ,
               That
               
                 she
                 would
                 never
                 have
                 changed
                 ,
                 if
                 she
                 could
                 have
                 saved
                 her
                 Soul
                 otherwise
                 .
              
               If
               this
               were
               true
               ,
               she
               had
               good
               Reason
               for
               her
               Change
               ;
               if
               it
               were
               not
               true
               ,
               she
               had
               none
               ;
               as
               it
               is
               most
               certain
               it
               was
               not
               .
               Now
               let
               us
               examine
               how
               she
               came
               to
               this
               Conclusion
               ;
               and
               I
               will
               suppose
               it
               to
               have
               been
               just
               in
               the
               M●thod
               she
               sets
               it
               down
               in
               .
            
             
               
                 First
                 ,
                 she
                 ●aith
              
               ,
               She
               never
               had
               any
               Scruples
               till
               the
               November
               before
               ;
               and
               then
               they
               began
               upon
               reading
               Dr.
               
               Heylin's
               History
               of
               the
               Reformation
               ;
               which
               was
               commended
               to
               her
               as
               a
               Book
               to
               settle
               her
               ;
               and
               there
               she
               found
               such
               abominable
               Sacriledg
               upon
               Henry
               the
               8th's
               Divorce
               ,
               King
               
               Edward's
               Minority
               ,
               and
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Succession
               ,
               that
               she
               could
               not
               believe
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               could
               ever
               be
               in
               such
               Counsels
               .
            
             
               This
               was
               none
               of
               the
               best
               Advices
               given
               to
               such
               a
               Person
               ,
               to
               real
               Dr.
               
               Heylin's
               History
               for
               her
               Satisfaction
               .
               For
               there
               are
               two
               distinct
               Parts
               in
               the
               History
               of
               our
               Reformation
               :
               the
               one
               Ecclesiastical
               ,
               the
               other
               Political
               :
               the
               former
               was
               built
               on
               Scripture
               and
               Antiquity
               ,
               and
               the
               Rights
               of
               particular
               Churches
               ;
               the
               other
               on
               such
               Maxims
               which
               are
               common
               to
               States-men
               at
               all
               Times
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               Churches
               ,
               who
               labour
               to
               turn
               all
               Revolutions
               and
               Cha●ges
               to
               their
               own
               Advantage
               .
               And
               it
               is
               strange
               to
               me
               that
               a
               Person
               of
               so
               great
               Understanding
               should
               not
               distinguish
               these
               two
               .
               Whether
               Henry
               
                 the
                 8th
                 were
                 a
                 good
                 Man
                 or
                 not
                 ;
                 Whether
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Somerset
               
                 raised
                 his
                 Estate
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 Lands
                 ,
              
               doth
               not
               concern
               our
               present
               Enq●iry
               ;
               which
               is
               ,
               Whether
               there
               was
               not
               sufficient
               Cause
               for
               a
               Reforma●ion
               in
               the
               C●u●ch
               ?
               And
               if
               there
               was
               ▪
               Whether
               our
               Church
               had
               not
               sufficient
               Authority
               to
               re●orm
               it self
               ?
               And
               if
               so
               ,
               Whether
               the
               Proceed●ngs
               of
               our
               Reformation
               were
               not
               J●st●fi●ble
               by
               the
               Rules
               of
               Scripture
               and
               the
               Ancient
               Church
               ?
               These
               were
               the
               proper
               Points
               for
               her
               to
               have
               considered
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               particular
               Faults
               of
               Princes
               ,
               or
               the
               M●scarri●ges
               of
               Ministers
               of
               State.
               Were
               not
               the
               Vices
               of
               Alexander
               the
               6th
               and
               many
               other
               Heads
               of
               the
               Chu●ch
               of
               Rome
               for
               a
               whole
               Age
               together
               ,
               by
               the
               Confession
               of
               their
               own
               greatest
               Writers
               ,
               as
               great
               at
               least
               as
               th●se
               of
               Henry
               the
               8th
               ?
               And
               were
               these
               not
               thought
               sufficient
               to
               keep
               her
               from
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ;
               and
               y●t
               the
               others
               were
               sufficient
               to
               make
               her
               think
               of
               leaving
               our
               Church
               ?
               But
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 8th
                 ▪
                 Church
              
               was
               in
               Truth
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               under
               a
               
                 Political
                 Head
              
               ,
               much
               as
               the
               Church
               of
               Sicily
               is
               under
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               .
               All
               the
               d●fference
               is
               ,
               Henry
               
               the
               8th
               took
               it
               as
               his
               own
               Right
               ;
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               pretends
               to
               have
               it
               from
               the
               Pope
               ,
               by
               such
               Concessions
               ,
               which
               the
               Popes
               deny
               .
               And
               suppose
               the
               King
               of
               
               Spain's
               Pretence
               were
               unlawful
               to
               that
               Jurisdiction
               which
               he
               challengeth
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Sicily
               ;
               were
               this
               a
               sufficient
               Ground
               to
               justify
               the
               thoughts
               of
               Separation
               from
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ?
            
             
               
                 But
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Somerset
               
                 raised
                 his
                 Estate
                 out
                 of
                 Church●Land●
                 ▪
                 and
                 so
                 did
                 many
                 Courtiers
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Queen
              
               El●zabeth
               .
            
             
               Are
               there
               not
               Miscarriages
               of
               the
               like
               nature
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ?
               What
               is
               the
               
                 Popes
                 making
                 great
                 Estates
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Church-Lands
                 ,
              
               for
               their
               Nephews
               to
               be
               Princes
               and
               Dukes
               ?
               a
               thing
               not
               unheard
               of
               in
               our
               Age.
               And
               is
               it
               not
               so
               much
               worse
               to
               be
               done
               by
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
            
             
               These
               she
               confesses
               were
               but
               Scruples
               ;
               but
               such
               as
               occasioned
               
                 her
                 examining
                 the
                 Points
                 in
                 difference
                 by
                 the
                 Holy
                 Scripture
                 .
              
               Now
               she
               was
               in
               the
               right
               way
               for
               Satisfaction
               ,
               provided
               she
               made
               use
               of
               the
               best
               Helps
               and
               Means
               for
               understanding
               it
               ;
               
                 and
                 took
                 in
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 her
                 Spiritual
                 Guides
                 ▪
              
               But
               it
               seems
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 Rome
                 ▪
                 she
                 ●ound
                 some
                 things
                 so
                 easy
                 there
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 wondred
                 she
                 had
                 been
                 so
                 long
                 without
                 finding
                 them
                 out
                 .
              
               And
               what
               were
               these
               ?
               No
               less
               than
               
                 the
                 Real
                 Pre●ence
                 in
                 the
                 blessed
                 Sacrament
                 ;
                 the
                 Infallibility
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 Confession
                 ,
                 and
                 Praying
                 for
                 the
                 Dead
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               were
               great
               Discoveries
               to
               be
               made
               
                 so
                 e●sily
              
               ,
               considering
               how
               those
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               most
               vers'd
               in
               these
               Matters
               ,
               have
               ●ound
               it
               so
               difficult
               to
               make
               them
               out
               from
               thence
               .
            
             
               (
               1.
               )
               As
               to
               the
               
                 Real
                 Presence
              
               ;
               as
               it
               is
               in
               the
               Dispute
               between
               us
               and
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               it
               implies
               the
               Real
               and
               Substantial
               Change
               of
               the
               Elements
               into
               the
               Body
               and
               Blood
               of
               Christ.
               But
               where
               do
               our
               Saviour's
               words
               ,
               in
               
                 calling
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 his
                 Body
                 and
                 Blood
                 ▪
              
               imply
               any
               such
               thing
               ?
               The
               wi●est
               Persons
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               have
               confessed
               ,
               that
               the
               bare
               words
               of
               our
               Saviour
               can
               never
               prove
               it
               ;
               but
               there
               needs
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Church
               to
               interpret
               them
               in
               that
               sense
               .
               How
               then
               could
               she
               so
               easily
               find
               out
               that
               ,
               which
               their
               most
               Learned
               Men
               could
               n●t
               ?
               But
               there
               is
               nothing
               goes
               so
               far
               in
               such
               Discoveries
               as
               a
               willing
               Mind
               .
            
             
               (
               2.
               )
               As
               to
               Confession
               .
               No
               doubt
               the
               Word
               is
               often
               used
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               therefore
               
                 easily
                 found
              
               .
               But
               the
               Question
               between
               us
               ,
               is
               not
               about
               the
               Usefu●n●ss
               or
               Advantage
               of
               Confession
               in
               particular
               Cases
               ▪
               but
               the
               Necessity
               of
               it
               in
               all
               Ca●●s
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               Remssion
               of
               Sins
               .
               And
               I
               can
               hardly
               believe
               any
               Bishop
               of
               our
               Church
               would
               ever
               say
               to
               her
               ,
               
                 that
                 Conf●●●ion
              
               in
               this
               sense
               
                 was
                 ever
                 commanded
                 by
                 God.
              
               For
               then
               he
               must
               be
               damned
               himself
               if
               he
               did
               not
               confess
               every
               known
               S●n
               to
               a
               Priest.
               But
               some
               general
               Expression
               might
               be
               used
               ,
               that
               Confession
               of
               Sin
               was
               commanded
               by
               God
               ;
               
                 Confess
                 your
                 Sins
                 one
                 to
                 another
                 :
              
               But
               here
               is
               nothing
               of
               a
               p●rticular
               Confession
               to
               a
               Priest
               ,
               necessary
               in
               order
               to
               Forgiveness
               of
               Sin.
               
            
             
             
               (
               3
               ▪
               )
               As
               
                 to
                 praying
                 for
                 the
                 Dead
              
               ;
               It
               is
               〈◊〉
               to
               find
               any
               place
               of
               Scripture
               which
               seems
               to
               have
               any
               tendency
               that
               〈◊〉
               unless
               it
               be
               with
               respect
               to
               the
               
                 Day
                 of
                 Iudgment
                 ▪
              
               and
               that
               very
               〈…〉
               Great
               Person
               to
               think
               it
               not
               possible
               to
               be
               saved
               in
               〈◊〉
               Church
               ,
               unless
               we
               prayed
               for
               the
               Dead
               ?
               How
               did
               this
               come
               to
               be
               a
               Point
               of
               Salvation
               ?
               And
               for
               the
               Practice
               of
               it
               ,
               she
               saith
               ,
               
                 the
                 Bishops
                 told
                 her
                 they
                 did
                 it
                 daily
                 .
              
               Whether
               they
               did
               it
               or
               not
               ,
               or
               in
               what
               sense
               they
               did
               it
               ,
               we
               cannot
               now
               be
               better
               informed
               :
               But
               we
               are
               sure
               this
               could
               be
               no
               Argument
               for
               her
               to
               have
               the
               Communion
               of
               out
               Church
               ,
               because
               she
               was
               told
               by
               these
               Bishops
               they
               did
               it
               ,
               and
               continued
               in
               the
               Communion
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               (
               4.
               )
               Lastly
               ;
               As
               to
               
                 the
                 Infallibility
                 of
                 the
                 Church
              
               .
               If
               this
               ,
               as
               applied
               to
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               ,
               could
               be
               any
               where
               found
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               we
               should
               then
               indeed
               be
               to
               blame
               not
               to
               submit
               to
               all
               the
               Definitions
               of
               it
               .
               But
               where
               is
               this
               to
               be
               ●ound
               ?
               Yes
               ,
               
                 Christ
                 hath
                 promised
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 ●his
                 Church
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 World.
              
               Not
               with
               his
               Church
               but
               with
               his
               Apostles
               :
               And
               if
               it
               be
               restrained
               to
               them
               ,
               then
               
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 World
              
               is
               no
               more
               than
               always
               .
               But
               suppose
               it
               be
               understood
               of
               the
               Successors
               of
               the
               Apostle●
               ;
               were
               there
               none
               but
               at
               Rome
               ?
               How
               comes
               this
               Promise
               to
               be
               limited
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ;
               and
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Antio●h
               and
               
                 Alexandria
                 ▪
              
               and
               all
               the
               other
               Eastern
               Churches
               (
               where
               the
               Bishops
               as
               certainly
               succeeded
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               as
               at
               Rome
               it self
               )
               not
               to
               enjoy
               the
               equal
               Benefit
               of
               this
               Promise
               ?
               But
               they
               who
               can
               find
               the
               
                 Infallibility
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
              
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               need
               not
               d●spair
               of
               finding
               whatever
               they
               have
               a
               Mind
               to
               there
               .
            
             
               But
               from
               this
               Promise
               she
               concludes
               ,
               
                 That
                 our
                 saviour
                 would
                 not
                 permi●
                 the
                 Church
                 togive
                 the
                 Laity
                 the
                 Communion
                 in
                 One
                 kind
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 not
                 lawfull
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 .
              
               Now
               in
               my
               Opinion
               ,
               the
               Argument
               is
               stronger
               the
               other
               way
               ;
               The
               Church
               of
               Rome
               forbids
               the
               doing
               of
               that
               ,
               which
               Christ
               enjoyned
               ;
               therefore
               it
               cannot
               be
               Infallible
               ,
               since
               the
               Command
               of
               Christ
               is
               so
               much
               plainer
               than
               the
               Promise
               of
               Infallibility
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               from
               all
               these
               things
               laid
               together
               ,
               I
               can
               see
               no
               imaginable
               Reason
               of
               any
               force
               to
               conclude
               ,
               that
               
                 she
                 could
                 not
                 think
                 it
                 possible
                 to
                 sa●e
                 her
                 Soul
                 otherwise
                 ,
              
               than
               by
               embracing
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
               And
               the
               Publick
               will
               receive
               this
               Advantage
               by
               these
               Papers
               ,
               that
               there
               by
               it
               appears
               ,
               how
               very
               little
               is
               to
               be
               said
               by
               Persons
               of
               the
               greatest
               Capacity
               .
               as
               well
               as
               Place
               ,
               either
               against
               the
               church
               of
               England
               ,
               or
               for
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               ERRATA
               .
            
             
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               3.
               line
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               siking
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           A
           Papist
           Misrepresented
           and
           Represented
           :
           or
           ,
           a
           twofold
           Character
           of
           Popery
           .
           The
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           Containing
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           how
           a
           devout
           Soul
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           manifold
           distractions
           and
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           about
           Religion
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           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           asserted
           by
           Reason
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Scripture
           ,
           written
           in
           French
           ▪
           by
           the
           Famous
           Monsieur
           
             de
             Gombaud
          
           ;
           and
           Translated
           into
           English
           by
           
             Sidney
             Lodge
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
         
           Directions
           for
           Preachers
           ,
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           Letter
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               A.B.
               of
            
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             B.
             of
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             .
          
           
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           Notes for div A32204-e5610
           
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             to
             his
             Treatise
             .
             P.
             5.
             
          
           
             Letter
             to
             her
             Royal
             Highness
             from
             the
             Bp.
             of
             
               Winton
               .
               P.
            
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Blandford
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             14.
             
          
           
             Sheldon
             
               A.B.
               of
            
             Canterb.
             Blanford
             
               Bp.
               of
            
             Worcester
             .
          
           
             Blandford
             
               B●shop
               of
            
             Worcester
             .
          
           
             Preface
             ,
             p.
             2.
             p.
             4.