A Collection of Theological Tracts, Vol. 1 of 6 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book A Collection of Theological Tracts, Vol. 1 of 6 (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Watson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Collection of Theological Tracts, Vol. 1 of 6 Chrifh'anity, but mere human fyftem; and heiwill be belt able to defend the former who is leaft {tudious to fupport the aioyupfess tenfions of the latter. The effeet of eftablilhed fy ems in obf'trufiing truth is to the lalt degree deplorable, ev'trforle fees it in other churches, but fcarcely any one fufpeets it in his own. Calvin, l quefiion not, thought it almolt impd ible that thescrip tures could ever have been fo far perverted as to afiifird 'the R0. Mani/is any handle for their doetrine of Tranfixbfiantiation, or that the underf'tanding of any human being could have been fo far debafed, or rather f0 utterly annihilated, as to believe in it for a moment: yet this fame Calvin followed St. Augzg/llm in the dofirine of abfolute perfonal reprobation and elee'tion, inculcato ing it as a fundamental article of faith, with nearly the We un chriftian zeal which infatuated him when he fa ened Samara to the (take. A thoufand infiances of this blind attachment to fyftem might be taken from the Eccleliafiical Hifiory of every century indeed the whole of it is little more, than the h' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."