SECT. I. A Word by way of entry into this matter.
OUr Adversary sayes our Faith is so blind, that he hath heard many of ours say, if a General Council had defin'd white to be black, they would believe it.
Whereby we are seen disposed, sayes he, to admit of any Error, if it be Authoriz'd by a Ge∣neral Council.
Answer. First, such Arguments fetch'd from the Testimony of an Antagonist are of no weight, since, according to the Methode of the School we are bound to credit no more brought by an Ad∣versary then what he proves.
In the second place, I ask him, if clear Scrip∣ture should tell him that Black is White, would he believe it, or not? Would he not believe it? Then he would prefer his private Light to clear Scripture, which to do, is Impious. Would he