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A27015 The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholike church, the consent of the antient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1657 (1657) Wing B1381; ESTC R16189 289,769 704

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epist_n 80._o ad_fw-la eusta●hium_n medi●um_fw-la hilarius_n pictav_n edit_fw-la paris_n 1531._o pag._n 318_o etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la de_fw-la trinit_fw-la li._n 2._o p._n 16._o idem_fw-la ●●_o mat._n p._n 498._o hilary_n ad_fw-la constant_n imper._n pag._n 307._o etc._n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o great_a doubt_n whether_o this_o book_n be_v write_v in_o constantin_n his_o life_n time_n or_o since_o his_o death_n of_o which_o see_v hieronim_n de_fw-fr scrip._n ecclesiast_n erasm_n baronius_n tom_n 3._o annal._n pag._n 714_o 715._o bellarmin_n de_fw-fr scriptor_n eccles_n pag._n mihi_fw-la 25._o but_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o epistle_n itself_o that_o it_o be_v write_v as_o to_o constantius_n alive_a though_o its_o possible_a as_o bellarmine_n conjecture_v that_o he_o may_v be_v dead_a and_o hilary_n in_o france_n not_o know_v it_o for_o its_o clear_a that_o be_v write_v a_o little_a before_o or_o after_o his_o d●ath_n even_o the_o same_o year_n that_o he_o die_v die_v of_o keep_v the_o right_a sense_n sense_n i_o e._n that_o be_v so_o with_o we_o etc._n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v the_o council_n of_o those_o time_n time_n or_o there_o can_v be_v any_o baptism_n baptism_n the_o council_n of_o nice_a ☞_o ☞_o clemens_n rom._n ad_fw-la corinth_n ignatius_n ad_fw-la rom._n policarpus_fw-la epist._n ad_fw-la phil._n irenaeus_n euseb_n hist_o eccles_n li._n 5._o c._n 26._o the_o asian_a church_n policarp_n ibid._n tertull._n de_fw-fr prescript_n prescript_n which_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v do_v that_o be_v to_o rome_n or_o any_o other_o council_n nis._n can._n 6._o c●sanus_fw-la li._n 2._o the_o concord_n cap._n 12._o 12._o occam_n &_o almain_n in_o 3._o send_v d._n 24._o conc._n 6._o dub_v 6._o there_o be_v many_o heretical_a docretal_n alph._n a_o ●_o astro_fw-la adv_fw-mi har_z l._n 1._o c._n 4._o walden_v doct._n fid_fw-we l_o 2._o be_v 2._o c._n 19_o §_o 1._o §_o 38._o n._n 4._o leg._n card._n the_o alliaco_fw-it de_fw-mi reform_v eccles_n picus_n in_o quest_n ve_z per._n adco_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la borrendam_fw-la quorundam_fw-la proverbium_fw-la est_fw-la all_o cum_fw-la statum_fw-la devenisse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a digna_fw-la regi_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la reprobos_fw-la inquit_fw-la card._n de_fw-fr alliaco_fw-it durandus_fw-la in_fw-la sem_fw-mi li._n 3._o dist_n 24._o q._n 1._o pag._n mihi_fw-la 576._o vid._n zabarell_n cardin._n florent_fw-la in_o li._n schism_n &_o conc._n that_o future_a council_n may_v abrogate_v that_o which_o be_v unjust_o do_v in_o former_a and_o that_o they_o may_v err_v abbas_n joachim_n in_o jerem._n see_v many_o of_o the_o papist_n cite_v against_o themselves_o by_o doctor_n sutlive_n de_fw-fr eccles_n c._n 11._o pag._n 55.56_o 57_o opus_fw-la imperf_n in_o math._n hom._n 35._o pag._n 900.901_o 900.901_o that_o be_v confusion_n from_o heaven_n chrysost_n on_o math._n 20._o hom_o 67._o grec_n 66._o juxta_fw-la edit_fw-la comm._fw-la pag._n 577._o ☜_o if_o the_o tongue_n of_o man_n can_v speak_v plain_a this_o be_v plain_a note_v here_o 1._o