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Works of W. Chillingworth, M. A. , Containing His Book, Intituled the Religion of Protestants, Vol. 1 : A Safe Way to Salvation, Together with His Sermons, Letters, Discourses, Controversies, &C, &C (Classic Reprint) by William Chillingworth (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Book TitleWorks of W. Chillingworth, M. A. , Containing His Book, Intituled the Religion of Protestants, Vol. 1 : A Safe Way to Salvation, Together with His Sermons, Letters, Discourses, Controversies, &C, &C (Classic Reprint)
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SynopsisExcerpt from The Works of W. Chillingworth, M. A., Containing His Book, Intituled the Religion of Protestants, Vol. 1: A Safe Way to Salvation, Together With His Sermons, Letters, Discourses, Controversies, &C, &C May it please your most Excellent Majesty, I present with all humility, to your most sacred hands, a defence of that Hcause, which is, and ought to be, infinitely dearer to vou, than all the world; gnot doubting; but upon this Dedication I shall be censured for a double boldness: both for undertaking so great a work, so far beyond my weak abilities; and again, for presenting it to such a patron, whose judgment I ought to fear more than any adversary. But, for the first, it is a satisfaction to myself, and Umay be to others, that I was not drawn to it out of any vain opinion of my;Jj self, (whose personal defects are the only thing which I presume to know) but i undertook it in obedience to him who said, tu conversus confirmafratres, not Hto St. Peter only, but to all men: being encouraged also to it by the goodness jof the cause, which is able to make a weak man strong. To the belief hereof Ui was not led partially, or by chance, as many are, by the prejudice and prejjj possession of their country, education, and such like inducements; which, if they lead to truth in one place, perhaps lead to error in a hundred; but having with the greatest equality and indifferency, made inquiry and search ginto the grounds on both sides, I was willing to impart to others that satisfac.p tion which was given to myself. For my inscribing to it your Majestys sacred gname, I should labour much in my excuse of it from high presumption, had it Hnot some appearance of title to your Majestys patronage and protection, as ubeing a defence of that book, which by special order from your Majesty was written some years since, chiefly for the general good, but peradventure not without some aim at the recovery of one of your meanest subjects from a dangerous deviation; and so due unto your Majesty, as the fruit of your own 1 high humility and most royal charity. Besides, it is in a manner nothing else but a pursuance of, and a superstructure upon, that blessed doctrine, where Jwith I have adorned and armed the frontispiece of my book, which was so 5 earnestly recommended by your royal father, of happy memory, to all the! lovers of truth and peace: that is, to all that were like himself, as the only hopeful means of healing the breaches of Christendom, whereof the enemy of souls makes such pestilent advantage. The lustre of this blessed doctrine I have here endeavored to uncloud and unveil, and to free it from those mists and fumes which have been raised to obscure it, by one of that order, which envenoms even poison itself, and makes the Roman religion much more malignant and turbulent than otherwise it would be: whose very rule and doctrine obliges them to make all men, as much as lies in them, subjects unto kings and servants unto Christ, no farther than it shall please the pope. So that whether your Majesty be considered, either as a pious son towards your royal father, King James, or as a tender-hearted and compassionate son towards your distressed mother, the catholic church, or as a king of your subjects, or as a servant unto Christ, this work (to which I can give no other commendation, but that it was intended to do you service in all these capacities) may pretend, not unreasonably, to your gracious acceptance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com, Excerpt from The Works of W. Chillingworth, M. A., Containing His Book, Intituled the Religion of Protestants, Vol. 1: A Safe Way to Salvation, Together With His Sermons, Letters, Discourses, Controversies, &C, &C Sir, - upon the first news of the publication of your book, I used all diligence with speed to procure it; and came with such a mind to the reading of it, as St. Austin, before he was a settled catholic, brought to his conference with Faustus, the Manichee. For, as he thought, that if any thing more than ordinary might be said in defence of the Manichean doctrine, Faustus was the man from whom it was to be expected: so my persuasion concerning you was, Si Pergama dextm defendi possunt, certe kac defensa videbo. For I conceived, that among the champions of the Roman church, the English in reason must be the best, or equal to the best, as being by most expert masters trained up purposely for this war, and perpetually practised in it. Among the English, I saw the Jesuits would yield the first place to none and men so wise in their generation as the Jesuits were, if they had any Achilles among them, I presumed, would make choice of him for this service. And besides, I had good assurance that in the framing of this building, though you were the only architect, yet you wanted not the assistance of many diligent hands to bring you in choice materials towards it; nor of many careful and watchful eyes to correct the errors of your work, if any should chance to escape you. Great reason therefore had I to expect great matters from you, and that your book should have in it the spirit and elixir of all that can be said in defence of your church and doctrine; and to assure my self, that if my resolution not to believe it, were not built upon the rock of evident grounds and; reasons, but only upon some sandy and deceitful appearances, now the wind and storm and oods were coming, which would undoubtedly overthrow it. 2. Neither truly were You more willing to effect such an altera tion in me, than I was to have it effected. For my desire is to go. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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