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A61870
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A censure upon certaine passages contained in the history of the Royal Society as being destructive to the established religion and Church of England
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Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.
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Wing S6033; ESTC R32736
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any_o ecclesiastical_a exterior_a communion_n much_o less_o can_v i_o or_o any_o else_o assent_v to_o the_o subsequent_a proposition_n 6._o that_o such_o a_o respect_n or_o exterior_a communion_n may_v be_v entertain_v with_o rome_n and_o yet_o we_o incur_v no_o danger_n of_o superstition_n to_o censure_v this_o proposition_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o we_o consider_v it_o in_o a_o twofold_a sense_n either_o as_o it_o relate_v to_o that_o original_a mistake_n of_o our_o historian_n about_o the_o infallibility_n and_o sovereign_a dominion_n over_o our_o faith_n assume_v by_o the_o pope_n or_o as_o it_o relate_v unto_o the_o real_a condition_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n in_o its_o office_n and_o religious_a doctrine_n upon_o the_o first_o consideration_n arise_v this_o question_n whether_o a_o protestant_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n can_v entertain_v communion_n with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n suppose_v no_o material_a error_n in_o the_o worship_n wherein_o the_o communion_n be_v maintain_v the_o bishop_n thereof_o assume_v and_o the_o church_n allow_v of_o a_o infallibility_n in_o he_o and_o a_o sovereign_a dominion_n over_o our_o faith_n and_o not_o only_o over_o they_o and_o this_o without_o danger_n of_o superstition_n upon_o the_o second_o consideration_n arise_v this_o question_n whether_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o any_o protestant_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n to_o hold_v communion_n with_o the_o present_a church_n of_o rome_n in_o its_o ecclesiastical_a office_n and_o doctrine_n without_o danger_n of_o superstiton_n the_o first_o question_n be_v easy_o decide_v against_o our_o virtuoso_fw-la from_o that_o those_o church_n who_o have_v hold_v communion_n with_o the_o pope_n when_o those_o pretension_n be_v on_o foot_n have_v be_v involve_v in_o superstitious_a and_o idolatrous_a practice_n which_o be_v notorious_a out_o of_o all_o church_n history_n and_o the_o exorbitancy_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o that_o kind_n when_o the_o canonist_n and_o other_o abettor_n ascribe_v unto_o he_o a_o sovereignty_n over_o the_o christian_a faith_n have_v introduce_v all_o the_o superstition_n of_o the_o gregorian_a missal_n and_o blasphemy_n and_o idolatry_n nor_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o any_o thing_n ever_o contribute_v so_o much_o to_o the_o advancement_n of_o all_o those_o superstitious_a and_o idolatrous_a practice_n and_o tenet_n as_o some_o unwary_a expression_n and_o respect_n of_o communion_n which_o have_v be_v indulge_v to_o the_o pope_n by_o the_o father_n and_o other_o of_o succeed_a age_n which_o be_v notorious_a to_o any_o man_n