The Grotian religion discovered, at the invitation of Mr. Thomas Pierce in his Vindication. With a preface, vindicating the Synod of Dort from the calumnies of the new Tilenus; and David, Peter, &c. And the Puritanes, and sequestrations, &c. from the censures of Mr. Pierce. / By Richard Baxter, Catholick.
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The Grotian religion discovered, at the invitation of Mr. Thomas Pierce in his Vindication. With a preface, vindicating the Synod of Dort from the calumnies of the new Tilenus; and David, Peter, &c. And the Puritanes, and sequestrations, &c. from the censures of Mr. Pierce. / By Richard Baxter, Catholick.
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Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
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1658.
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"The Grotian religion discovered, at the invitation of Mr. Thomas Pierce in his Vindication. With a preface, vindicating the Synod of Dort from the calumnies of the new Tilenus; and David, Peter, &c. And the Puritanes, and sequestrations, &c. from the censures of Mr. Pierce. / By Richard Baxter, Catholick." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76177.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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SECT. LXXIV.
AND though the moderate Papists * 1.1 might promote the English change, yet I must confess I see cause enough to think that the Pope and the Italians so much feared it, as that they might very probably have a considerable hand in raising our wars, to break the plot. Had Grotius and such as he prevailed for a combination of France, England, and the (now Popish) Queen of Sweden, and others that were inclined to a moderation, no doubt but the Pope would have thought himself unsafe: For it is not the terms of Cassander, Grotius, or the French that will serve his turn. And though it were not a Reformation of Do∣ctrine, or the Form of Government or Worship that Grotius seemed to desire, but of Manners & such Corruptoins as without
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Councils or Traditions were brought in; yet even this much of Reformation is so hardly obtained at Rome, that neither Coun∣cils nor Emperours could ever hitherto procure it, as Grotius frequently confesseth: And therefore Grotius plainly intimateth, that unless he could have a Pope eximiously good, he would have Kings combine to force a Reformation: and this was it that the Pope was afraid of, more then of many shattered adversaries that stood at a far greater distance from him. Though the Calvinists would have used him hardlyer if they had power, yet their weakness and broken state made them seem more incon∣siderable at Rome, then such a combination of Princes for a lesser Reformation. And such a Grotian design was like to have found such abundance of favourers among the Moderate Papists in all Countries, that if it had gone on, the Pope would have found himself nowhere safe. Though among Protestants such Pacifications are very ser∣viceable to the Pope, by taking off the edge of opposition, and drawing in the un∣settled under the pretence of Unity, and opening a door to the Roman Agents to draw in more; yet if such designs were set a foot in Italy, Spain, Bavaria, Austria,
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&c. they would marr all. So that I do not wonder if it be true that some have Printed and confidently averr, that the Papists did not only kindle our wars here, and had af∣terwards an influence on both sides to blow the coals and look to their interest, but also that it was by this Roman influence that the late King was put to death: Of which to the Papists in another Treatise I have given somewhat a fuller account.