THE

CASE

STATE D

Between the

CHURCH of ROME

AND THE

CHURCH of ENGLAND.

Wherein is Shewed,

That the Doubt and the Danger is in the
Former, and the Certainty and Safety
in the Latter Communion.

For their Rock is not
not as our Rock, even our
Enemies themselves being Judges.

xxxii. 31.

The Fifth Edition.

LONDON,

Deut.

Printed for George Strahan at the Golden
Ball over-against the Royal Exchange,
Cornbill. 1714.

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CONTENTS:

ERUSALEM the Mother Church. page à

2. Of the Supremacy of St. Peter.

JERUSALEM 3

3 Of the Unity of the Church.

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4. Of New Articles of Faith, and of the Sa-

craments.

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5. More Divifions in the Church of Rome than

among Us

6. The Communion of Rome the least part of

the Catholick Church:

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7. Of General Councils. And how the Church

of Rome came to be called, firft the La-

tin, and then the Catholick Church. 21

8. The Infallibility of General Councils. 23

9. Of the Promifes of Infallibility, &c. made

to the Church.

10. Of the Infallibility of the Apoftles.

11. Of Miracles and the Legends.

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12. The Circle of Church and Scriptures. 35

Of God's being obliged to give us an In-

fallible Guide.

13. None faved but by Christ.

Yet this condemns not the Heathen.

Our Advantage over them.

Of the Jews and Samaritans.

The Jews had a stronger Plea than the

Church of Rome.

The great Defection foretold.

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