The Works of W. Chillingworth, M. A., Containing His Book, Intituled the Religion of Protestants, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from The Works of W. Chillingworth, M. A., Containing His Book, Intituled the Religion of Protestants, Vol. 1: A Safe Way to Salvation, Together With His Sermons, Letters, Discourses, Controversies, &C, &C May it please your most Excellent Majesty, I present with all humility, to your most sacred hands, a defence of that Hcause, which is, and ought to be, infinitely dearer to vou, than all the world; gnot doubting; but upon this Dedication I shall be censured for a double boldness: both for undertaking so great a work, so far beyond my weak abilities; and again, for presenting it to such a patron, whose judgment I ought to fear more than any adversary. But, for the first, it is a satisfaction to myself, and Umay be to others, that I was not drawn to it out of any vain opinion of my;Jj self, (whose personal defects are the only thing which I presume to know) but i undertook it in obedience to him who said, tu conversus confirmafratres, not Hto St. Peter only, but to all men: being encouraged also to it by the goodness jof the cause, which is able to make a weak man strong. To the belief hereof Ui was not led partially, or by chance, as many are, by the prejudice and prejjj possession of their country, education, and such like inducements; which, if they lead to truth in one place, perhaps lead to error in a hundred; but having with the greatest equality and indifferency, made inquiry and search ginto the grounds on both sides, I was willing to impart to others that satisfac.p tion which was given to myself. For my inscribing to it your Majestys sacred gname, I should labour much in my excuse of it from high presumption, had it Hnot some appearance of title to your Majestys patronage and protection, as ubeing a defence of that book, which by special order from your Majesty was written some years since, chiefly for the general good, but peradventure not without some aim at the recovery of one of your meanest subjects from a dangerous deviation; and so due unto your Majesty, as the fruit of your own 1 high humility and most royal charity. Besides, it is in a manner nothing else but a pursuance of, and a superstructure upon, that blessed doctrine, where Jwith I have adorned and armed the frontispiece of my book, which was so 5 earnestly recommended by your royal father, of happy memory, to all the! lovers of truth and peace: that is, to all that were like himself, as the only hopeful means of healing the breaches of Christendom, whereof the enemy of souls makes such pestilent advantage. The lustre of this blessed doctrine I have here endeavored to uncloud and unveil, and to free it from those mists and fumes which have been raised to obscure it, by one of that order, which envenoms even poison itself, and makes the Roman religion much more malignant and turbulent than otherwise it would be: whose very rule and doctrine obliges them to make all men, as much as lies in them, subjects unto kings and servants unto Christ, no farther than it shall please the pope. So that whether your Majesty be considered, either as a pious son towards your royal father, King James, or as a tender-hearted and compassionate son towards your distressed mother, the catholic church, or as a king of your subjects, or as a servant unto Christ, this work (to which I can give no other commendation, but that it was intended to do you service in all these capacities) may pretend, not unreasonably, to your gracious acceptance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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