Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

SCRIPTURE AND THE FAT.IlERS. 221
This, it must be confessed, is a very extraordinary
article. To infer the indistinct revelation
of truth from the doubts of
men, destroys
the very foundation of both natural and revealed
religion. Some have doubted the existence of
a God ; and therefore, according to the R.'s
principles, the proofs to the contrary exhibited
in the works of nature, the operations of providence,
and the scriptures, are very indistinct.
Some have doubted their own existence : and
tlierefore, it is a dubious point, that ever they
existed at all.
Or, to come closer to the point,
Protestants have not only doubted, but denied
all Popish peculiarities to be doctrines of religion
; and therefore, the R» should scruple to
believe them : Has he never observed opposite
sentiments entertained concerning the simplest
transactions of life, through the passions and
prejudices of men Why then does he overlook
the influence of these in the present case, and
blame the scriptures for indistinctness
The divinity of Christ, he says, is indistinctly
taught in the scriptures. This opinion, he
has not formed from an examination of the
scriptural proofs of it, but because the Arians
explained them away in their disputes with the
orthodox. Upon this principle, the most cunning
quibbler has always the best cause. It is
much to the credit of the Popish faith, tliat it
must be supported by Arian sophistry.
Lot the
R.