I. Question: Why are you a Catholic? The answer follows. II. Question: But why are you a Protestant? An answer attempted (in vain) / written by the Reverend Father S.C. Monk of the Holy Order of St. Benedict ...

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Title: I. Question: Why are you a Catholic? The answer follows. II. Question: But why are you a Protestant? An answer attempted (in vain) / written by the Reverend Father S.C. Monk of the Holy Order of St. Benedict ...
Author: Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674.
Publication: London :: [s.n.],; 1686.
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Subject terms: Catholic Church.; Protestantism -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
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§. 9.

Cath.

This being so, are not they who are Disciples in Gods Church, obliged in conscience to believe their Teachers, and Sub∣jects to obey their Governors?

Prot.

Yes, without doubt: But yet with this condition, that these Teachers teach truth, and these Governors command lawful things.

Cath.

But is every Subject to be a Iudg whether the Doctrine taught him be true, and the thing commanded lawful?

Prot.

The Scripture is to be Judg between them.

Cath.

Indeed that which you say would be to some purpose, if the Scripture could speak and answer the Readers Questions and Doubts, as we two can do to one another. But the Scripture being only a Writing, and by consequence incapable of interpreting its own mean∣ing whensoever any doubt of its true sence arises, if it may be per∣mitted to every Christian to judg of his Teachers Doctrines by ex∣amining them by Scripture, the Church may as well be without Teachers.