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Title:  The plain mans defence against popery: or, A discourse, shewing the flat opposition of popery to the Scripture. By J.N. chaplain to a person of honour:
Author: J. N.
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Note, The Ordinances of God dep not upon the holiness or intention of person that doth administer them; but on the work of the spirit, and the word institution, containing a precept for the of them, and a promise of benefit them.Note, The Papists holding the intenti of the Priest to be necessary to the maki of a Sacrament, hang their faith and sal∣tion upon great uncertainties; they h they cannot be saved without Baptism, th Baptism is no Baptism, if the Priest did n intend to make it a Sacrament. How ca a Papist be sure of the Priests intention thus they hang their salvation upon th meer will of an impious Priest. They can be sure that they have any Sacraments o Priests among them: I must be certain tha he is a Priest that Consecrates, and that h hath an intention to make a Sacrament but how can I be sure of this? how can be sure of his Priesthood? For I must firs be assured of the Priesthood of him tha Baptized him, and of the intention of the Bishop that ordained him, and of the in∣tention of the Archbishop that ordained that Bishop, which is impossible for me; so that according to their own principles they can have no certainty that they are Christians.0