The Protestants Plea for a Socinian: Justifying His Doctrine from Being Opposite to Scripture or Church Authority; and Him from Being Guilty of Heresie, or SchismR. H.
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The Protestants Plea for a Socinian: Justifying His Doctrine from Being Opposite to Scripture or Church Authority; and Him from Being Guilty of Heresie, or Schism
R. H.
Socinianism -- Early works to 1800
3. _That, as for an explicite Faith required of some points
necessary, he is sufficiently assured, that this point concerning
the Son's Consubstantiality with the Father, as to the affirmative,
is not so from the Protestant's affirming all necessaries to be
clear in Scripture, even to the unlearned; which this, in the
affirmative, is not to him._ §. 4.
4. _That several express, and plain Scriptures do perswade him,
that the negative (if either) is necessary to be believed; and that
from the clearness of Scriptures, he hath as much certainty in this
point, as Protestants can have from them in some other, held
against the common expressions of the former times of the
Church._ §. 6, 8.
5. _That, for the right understanding of Scriptures, either he may
be certain of a just industry used; or else, that Protestants, in
asserting that the Scriptures are plain only to the industrious;
and then, that none are certain, when they have used a just
industry, thus must still remain also uncertain in their Faith; as
not knowing, whether some defect in this their industry causeth
them not to mistake the Scriptures._
6. _Lastly; That none have used more diligence in the search of
Scripture, than the_ Socinians, _as appears by their Writings,
addicting themselves wholly to this Word of God, and not suffering
themselves to be any way bypass'd by any other humane, either
modern, or ancient Authority._ §. 9.
{Where, _The_ Protestant's, _and_ Socinian's _pretended_
{_Certainty of the sense of Scripture apprehended by them,_
Digress. {_and made the ground of their Faith against the sense of_
{_the same Scripture declared by the major part of the_
{_Church is examined_. §. 9.
§. 1.
To shew the invalidity of such a Guide as Protestants have framed to
themselves for preserving the true Faith, and suppressing Heresies,
hath for several years been the Subject of divers Modern Pens: But,
because Instances and Examples, seem to some, more weighty and
convincing, it is thought fit (the more to awaken, and the better to
satisfie him) here to let the Reader see what Apology a _Socinian_
(who tho' denying the Trinity, and our Saviors Deity, yet, most
zealously urges Scripture, and its plainness in all necessaries, as if
it justified his own Errors; or that he Erred only in matters not
necessary) upon the Protestant Principles may return for himself to a
Protestant endeavouring to reduce him to the true Faith and the
_Nicene_ Creed; and using any of these five Motives thereto, _viz._
The Testimony of 1. Scripture. 2. Catholic-Church-Authority. 3.
Councils, with the Danger and Guilt of 4. Heresie, and 5. Schism. Not
intending hereby to equal all Protestant Opinions with the _Socinian_;
but inferring that these Pleas as relating to these Motives will as
rationally justifie the _Socinian_ as the Protestant.
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