Excerpt from The Reform'd Churches Proved Destitute of a Lavvful Ministry: To Which Is Added the Antiquity of the Doctrine Call'd Popery; Reprinted From a Book Entituled, the Shortest Way, &C., Part 1, Ch. 4. 5 Let us then fuppofe a Perfon is deliberating, ther he shall embrace the Rornezn Catholictuzth, continue a Member of the Church wherein he been educated: I allure him he will (land in no N of Learning'toemake a right Choice, but only fome natural good 'sonfo, and a hearty Refolut to fave his Soul, if he will bur weigh with Arte and without Prejudice the following general derationsl shall lay before him. Fir/l, there are in the Gofpels nefipromifes ofa perpetual infullihiliry mad to his Church 5 as will appear from the Texts. Upon their Roch [will build my Church x gates or: hell shall nos prevail against rr. M3tll.16: ' 1 will no my Father, and he wilt find you another Comforter to uhiole with you for ever. Job. 14. Il'. 16. The Comforter which it the Hobt Ghoff, Whom the Father will [end in my Nume, he shall touch you all Tnmcs and hrihg all things to'your Ra memhrunee whutfoever I have fetid unto you. Job. 14. H. I huoe yet mun); Thing: to fay unto you: hut you cunnot hour then: now. However when the Spirit oftruth zircome, he will lend you into all truth. Job. 16. It. Lo-i on: with you alway's even un'ro the end or the world. Math. If. Zo.allwhich is confirm'd by St Paul calling the Church ofchrill thf' Pillar and Ground of' Truth, 1. Tim. 3. We 15. 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.