A Catholick catechism shewing the impossibility the Catholick religion should be varied to the degree of a thought, from the measures left sealed by the apostles, without the loss of truth, and therefore the impossibility popery, or whatever else is not found in Scripture, should be Catholick : composed to the capacity of the meanest that will but consider, that they may know and be ready upon unmovable reasons, to give an apologie or defensive answer for the Catholick religion, if they are indeed of it, and be secured from temptation in times of danger.

Quest. What Rule is then to be observed in the great Di∣versities of Men in Religion, that may most abound to the Ho∣nour of Catholick Religion?

Answ. To own and embrace any thing we find in any Man, or Society of Men, that is truly Catholick, if it be but according to the Light of Natural Religion; to joyn with them in the Performance of any of such Services, so far as they will admit it, and keep to the Simplicity and Sincerity of them, according to the Instances before-na∣med, of Jonah and St. Paul: And much more should we do this, when True Revealed Religion is joyned with Natu∣ral, if nothing be requir'd of us that corrupts and defiles it: No Man's Errour, in which we are not forced to communi∣cate, should drive us from Truth, or any part of it: And upon these Foundations we should endeavour to win fur∣ther and further upon all, to bring them home to God, wherein they wander.

We should make Allowances to every Man, differing in smaller things, receiving him without conditioning him to subscribe to us, in things of Doubtful, that is, Private Disputation.

If any one erre from the Truth, and one convert him by Evidences of that Truth, let him know, that he that converts a Sinner from the errour of his way, shall save a Soul from Death, and hide a Multitude of Sins.

But if we cannot be admitted to such Communions with those that are so enslav'd to False, or would bring us under the power of Private, or will have nothing to do with us, nor admit us to them; we must not yet desert our Catholick Respect to all that is True and Good among them, but acknowledging what is so, value and praise it, desire the Divine Acceptance for them in any Good thing, so as to bring them out of the Errours they have adjoyned to it, and, as you have opportunity, reason them out of the one by the Evidence of the other.