A Retractive from the Romish Religion, List of motives
Motiue I. THat Religion which in many points giueth liberty to ſinne, is not the truth: but ſuch is the Religion of the Church of Rome: ergo, &c.
Motiue II. That Religion, which maintaynes by the grounds thereof things forbidden, by all lawes both of God, of Nature, and of Man, cannot be the true Religion: bat ſuch is the Religion of the Romane Church: ergo.
Motiue III. That Religion which imitateth the Iewes in thoſe things wherein ther are enemies to Chriſt, cannot be the truth: but ſuch is the Religion of the Church of Rome: Ergo.
Motiue IIII. That Religion which derog…teth from the glory of God in the worke of our Redemption, and giueth part thereof vntounto man, cannot be the truth of God: but ſuch is the Popiſh Religion: ergo.
Motiue V. That Religion deſerueth to bee ſuſpected, which refuſeth to bee t…y…d by the Scriptures, as the perfect and alone rule of faith, and will be iudged & …ryed by none but it ſelfe: But ſuch is the Religion of the Church of Rome: ergo.
Motiue VI. That Religion doth iuſtly deſerue to be ſuſpected, which doth pur…o…ly diſgrace the ſacred Scri…tures: But ſuch is the Religion of the Church of Rome: …go. &.
Motiue VII. That Religion is to be abhorred, which maintayneth, commandeth, and practiſeth groſſe an… palpable Idolatry; but ſo doth the Religion of the Church of Rome: …rgo, &c.
Motiue VIII. That Religion which implyeth manifold contradiction in it ſelfe, and is contrary to it ſelfe in many things, cannot bee the true Religion: but ſuch is the Religion of the Church of Rome: ergo, &c.
Motiue IX. That Religion, wh…ſe doctrines are in many points apparently oppoſite to the word of God, and t…e doctrine of the Goſpell, cannot be the truth: but ſuch is the Religion of the Church of Rome: ergo, &c.
Motiue X. That Religion which nouriſheth moſt barbarous and groſſe ignorance amongſt the people, and forbiddeth the knowledge and vnderſtanding of the grounds of the Chriſtian ſaith, cannot be the truth: but this doth the Romiſh Religion: ergo, &c.
Motiue XI. That Religion which was neuer knowne nor heard of in the Apoſtles time, nor in the primitiue Church, cannot …e the truth: but ſuch is the Romiſh Religion in moſt points thereof: therefore that cannot be the truth.
Motiue XII. That Church which maintayneth it ſelfe, and the Religion profeſſed by it, and ſeeketh to d…ſaduantage the Aduerſaries by vnlawfull, vniuſt, and vngodly meanes, cannot bee the true Church of God, nor that Religion the truth of God, by the grounds whereof they are warranted to act ſuch deuilliſh practices: but ſuch is the practice of the Romiſh Church, and therfore neither their Church, nor their Religion can be of God.
Motiue XIII. That Religion, the doctrines whereof are more ſafe both in reſpect Gods glory, Mans ſaluation, and Chriſtian charity, is to be preferred before that which is not ſo ſafe, but dangerous: But the doctrine of the Proteſtants Religion is more ſafe in all thoſe reſpects, and of the Papiſts more dangerous: ergo, that is to be preferred before this, and conſequently this to be reiected.
THIRTEENE FORCIBLE MOTIVES, DISSWADING FROM COMMVNION With the Church of ROME.
Whereby is demonſtratiuely prooued, that the now Romiſh Religion (ſo farre forth as it is Romiſh) is not the true Catholique Religion of CHRIST, but the ſeduction of Antichriſt.