Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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POPERY CONDEMfED BY
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it with the anDellation of the " unwritten word
" of God.'^ On these two they have pretended
to establish the faith and conduct of the
Church of Rome ; and her doctrines, it must
be confessed, exhibit marks of legitimate pro*
duction from this
Papists,
have found it
motley origin.
to enhance the character of tradition,
requisite to detract from that value
which the primitive Church, like modern Protestants,
attached to the scriptures ; because the
use of the former is
supposed insufficiency of the latter.
founded entirely upon the
Every little
art, and the meanest sophistry, has been employed
to diminish the affection of men for the
scriptures, and to excite their esteem for what
has been maintained to be the oral tradition of
the Church. To promote these laudable purposes,
the R. has expatiated, in a very lengthy
manner, and entered keenly into the spirit of
these quirks and quibbles, which have been often
found to' be the principal support of Popery.
cannot, hov/ever, join him in these shouts of
triumph, which, on reviewing his labours, he
raises over the Protestant interests. A few observations
will show him, that, though his sophistry
may confuse the minds
of wavering Papists,
they will not affect Protestants, who have
been taught to render a reason. 1 will
o
therefore
proceed to an examination .of what he has advanced
respecting the scriptures and tradition,
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that