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Title:  The Protestant resolved, or, A discourse shewing the unreasonableness of his turning Roman Catholick for salvation
Author: Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700.
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to be found, but in the true Church. After this he be∣gins again, and tells me, Christ hath a Church upon Earth; That there is but one true Church; That out of it there is no Salvation; and lastly, That the ROMAN Church, and no o∣ther, is that one true Church out of which there is no Salvation. And till we have found that it is so, he will give us leave to judg for our selves. And I would thank him for this kindness, if he would allow me to enjoy the benefit of it, and to make any use of it; otherwise it will look but like a Mockery. I desire therefore some clear convincing Evidence, That the ROMAN Church is the only true Church. He can∣not to this purpose, produce the Consent of all Christians, for two parts in three deny it. Therefore he gives me a great many Marks or Signs, sometimes more, sometimes fewer, whereby the only true Church must be known from others, and spends a great many words in shewing me how they agree to the ROMAN Church, and no other. That wherein I would next have same Satisfaction, is, supposing that all his Marks agree to the ROMAN Church, and no other; how I may know, that these are indeed the certain and incommu∣nicable Marks and Proprieties of the only true Church? To prove this, he betakes himself to the HOLY SCRIPTURE, and brings me thence some Texts, whereby he says, they are clearly proved to be so. I now, with a very hearty and sin∣cere desire to learn the Truth, and with all diligent use of such helps, as I can come by, read and consider all these Texts, and cannot discern in them any Evidenee at all of the thing which they are brought to prove; and therefore think it reasonable yet to call for some clearer proof. But now, when 'tis come to this, I presently find, that his liberal Concession to make use of my Reason and private Iudgment to find out the true Church, amounts to no more than I at first suspected, that is just nothing: For here he retires to his Principle of PORERY, That I being a private Person, ought not to judg for my self, what is the Sense of those Texts of Scripture,0