Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

224 rOPERY CONDEMNED BY
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scure dissembling manner, he insinuated as
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much ; while in that long catalogue of heretics
" which he published, he has found fault with
" some of the doctrines maintained in it j
parti-
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cularly some chapters, which seem principally
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to oppose us. Seriously, it w^as a renowned
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action, whatever others may chatter. At first
" view, it seemed ridiculous to many that he
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should condemn at once such a number of
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authors who had written about religion ; and
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that he should publish something to which he
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gave this title, " Of the Divine Art ;*' when
" he himself had never read so much as one syl-
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lable of divinity. But that is of no conse-
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quence : and they who censure him have
" little business of their own to employ them ;
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and they likewise show themselves to be mere
" novices in the Court of Rome.'*
From the institution of teachers in the Church
the R. farther attempts to shew the insufficiency
of the scriptures. " The apostle, (Eph. iv.
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ll.)/' says he, " informs us, in language as
" strong and as plain as words can express it.
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That the Pastors given by J. C. are the law-
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ful teachers, who by their ministry are to col-
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lect into one body, all the members of J. C. ;
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from them' therefore, we are to receive the
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faith ; elsewhere we seek it in vain *.'*
We Protestants will not deny the usefulness
of