Excerpt from Antichrist and the Church of Rome Identified and Exposed by the Word of God: In a Treatise on the Seven Popish Sacraments My reasons for confining myself and opponent to the Word of God exclusively, for proofs of the truths of our arguments are the following: It appears to me, that if this, or any other strictly religious controversy, cannot be satisfactorily settled from the Word of God, it cannot in any other way. Qdzy, I conceive that the Word of God warrants me to believe that this is the only way which Christ, the alone Head of the Christian Church, desires all religious controversies to be determined. And, Sally, It appears to me, who am a Protestant, and, therefore, perhaps more intimately acquainted with the Scriptures than the other authorities of Popery, to be the safest way; for were I to have allowed Mr Mac guire to have fled for refuge to the authority of the Fathers of the Popish Church, or Of its legendary tradi tions as often as he apprehended danger from the Scrip tures, and to have followed him thither, I might perhaps, in the act of expelling him thence, have been dashed to pieces, not however against the rock upon which the Church of Christ is built, but against that upon which the Antichristian Church of Rome is built. 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.