The true Protestant religion set forth by way of dialogue discovering the idolatries and abominations professed and taught in the Church of Rome / by a Presbyter of the Church of England.
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- The true Protestant religion set forth by way of dialogue discovering the idolatries and abominations professed and taught in the Church of Rome / by a Presbyter of the Church of England.
- Author
- Presbyter of the Church of England.
- Publication
- London :: [s.n.],
- 1683.
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- Catholic Church -- Controversial literature.
- Protestantism -- Early works to 1800.
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"The true Protestant religion set forth by way of dialogue discovering the idolatries and abominations professed and taught in the Church of Rome / by a Presbyter of the Church of England." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63637.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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THE PREFACE.
To all Protestant Parents, and Masters of Families.
I Need not tell you how deeply you stand ingaged to provide for the Spiritual, as well as Temporal good of your Children and Families. The Command of God by Moses is plain, These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently to thy Children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up, Deut. 6.6, 7. The Apostle likewise is as plain, Eph. 6.4. And you Fathers, provoke not your Chil∣dren to wrath, but bring them up in the nur∣ture and admonition of the Lord.
If ever you intend to perform this Duty, be careful of it now. The Priests and Jesu∣its
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of Rome swarm amongst us. They com∣pass Sea and Land to gain Proselytes, and endeavour by all the wayes and Arts ima∣ginable, to root out the true Christian Pro∣testant Religion, which hath so long flourish∣ed amongst us. It concerns therefore, now most especially, all that fear the Lord, to consider one another, to teach and exhort one another, to edifie and build up one an∣other, in our most holy Faith and Duties of the Gospel. Now, to the end you may know the true Christian Faith, and the Differences between us and Rome; I have composed this little Book, which, when your Children have learned the Church Catechism, and in some measure begin to understand it, I con∣ceive will be very useful for them. Accept it as candidly, as 'tis charitably offered to you, by one, whose onely aim and Design is, to do good in his Generation, that he may make his Accounts with comfort, at the coming of Jesus Christ.