Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

216 fOPERY CONDEMNED BY
" But God hath chosen the fooUsh thmgs of
" the world to confound the wise ; and God
" hath chosen the weak things of the world to
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confound the things which are mighty ; and
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base things of the world, and things which are
" despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things
" which are net, to bring to nought things
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that are, that no flesh should glory in his pre-
" sence *." " I thank thee, O P'ather, Lord
" of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid
" these things from the wise and prudent, and
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hast revealed them unto babes. Even so,
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"Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight f."
I have no intention to declare the scriptures
entirely free from obscurity to us at present.
Many future events, of which the prophets
have spoken, are yet little understood by the
Church.
There are also in the scriptures many"
allusions to customs and transactions, which are
now totally unknov;n. But these can constitute
no objection to their sufficiency as a rule of faith
and practice. If the R. can shew any obscurity
in the statem.ent v/hich they give of the
doctrines of the gospel,
or the precepts of morahty,
we may perhaps' be induced to afford him
a farther hearing. Till then, he must permit
Protestants to adhere to the scriptures.
That a diversity of opinion respecting the
meaning of many passages of scripture subsists
among Protestants, will be freely admitted. But
why
Ma", xi. 25. 26.
* I Cor. i. 26.— 29. f