A brief reply to a late answer to Dr. Henry More his Antidote against idolatry Shewing that there is nothing in the said answer that does any ways weaken his proofs of idolatry against the Church of Rome, and therefore all are bound to take heed how they enter into, or continue in the communion of that church as they tender their own salvation.
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A brief reply to a late answer to Dr. Henry More his Antidote against idolatry Shewing that there is nothing in the said answer that does any ways weaken his proofs of idolatry against the Church of Rome, and therefore all are bound to take heed how they enter into, or continue in the communion of that church as they tender their own salvation.
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More, Henry, 1614-1687.
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London :: printed by J. Redmayne, for Walter Kettilby at the Sign of the Bishops-Head in St. Pauls Church-yard,
MDCLXXII. [1672]
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Walton, John, fl. 1672. -- Brief answer to the many calumnies of Dr. Henry More.
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"A brief reply to a late answer to Dr. Henry More his Antidote against idolatry Shewing that there is nothing in the said answer that does any ways weaken his proofs of idolatry against the Church of Rome, and therefore all are bound to take heed how they enter into, or continue in the communion of that church as they tender their own salvation." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a51289.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2024.
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His Answer to the Argument in the fourth
Paragraph.
To this he Answers, This is indeed a fair demonstration
that Dr. More is acquainted with Plautus his Come∣dies,
and can when he pleases descend from the Di∣vinity-chair
to a piece of unseasonable mirth an••
stage Drollery. But let this pass as a pleasant skirmi••
before the main charge.
The Reply.
If it was not indecorous for St. Paul to quot••
Heathen Poets, as Aratus and Epimenides, yea Co∣medians
as Menander in his Thais, how can it be
below such an one as I to quote a Comick Poet▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉
in any point of Drollery, but for an earnest 〈◊〉〈◊〉
ration, That ••t never was seen nor is it possible that 〈◊〉〈◊〉
body can be 〈◊〉〈◊〉 two places at once. But if this Testim••••
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does not like you, you may remember how I
showd you above, That Athanasius and Anastatius
ancient Christians declare, ••hat an Angel
himself, nor a Soul separate can be in two places
at once. But the stress of my Argument yes not
in the ••uthority of P••autus, but in t••e sense of all
mankind as I have in••ima••ed, who by common
suff••age, unless infinitely prejudiced, do ratifie
this 〈◊〉〈◊〉That one body cannot be in two places at
once. Which distinct force of this my first Argu∣ment
〈◊〉〈◊〉 A••versary endeavoured to smother, by a
Rhetorical flourish, and nimble-paced Transition
〈◊〉〈◊〉 those fetc••ed from Arts and Sciences, &c. To
which you shall now hear his Answers.
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