A PRESERVATIVE AGAINST POPERY, IN SEVERAL Select Discourses UPON THE PRINCIPAL HEADS OF CONTROVERSY BETWEEN PROTESTANTS AND PAPISTS: BEING WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED By the most eminent Divines of the Church of England, CHIEFLY IN THE REIGN OF KING JAMES II. COLLECTED BY HE RIGHT REV. EDMUND GIBSON, D.D. SUCCESSIVELY LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN AND LONDON, CAREFULLY REVISED AND EDITED FOR THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE REFORMATION, BY THE REV. JOHN CUMMING, D.D. VOL. VII. LONDON PUBLISHED AT THE SOCIETY'S OFFICE, 8, EXETER HALL, STRAND, The Texts examined, which Papists cite out of the Bible, for the PAGE 1685 1 BOOK IV. PRAYERS TO SAINTS AND ANGELS. I.—A Discourse concerning the Invocation of Saints. By Dr. S! 71 17 125 III.-A Discourse concerning the Worship of the blessed Virgin III.-The Texts examined, which Papists cite out of the Bible, for the proof of their Doctrine concerning the Worship of Angels borough 218 iv PAGE BOOK V. THE WORSHIP OF IMAGES AND RELICS. I.-The Fallibility of the Roman Church demonstrated, from the which assert that the Veneration and honorary Worship of F(fb 16 WHITBY, late Precentor of Salisbury II-A Discourse concerning the Second Council of Nice, which first introduced and established Image Worship in the Christian Church, A.D. 787. By Dr. COMBER, late Dean of Durham 281 373 THE WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH OF ROME JUSTLY CONDEMNED. BOOK III. THE CELEBRATION OF DIVINE SERVICE IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. (CONTINUED.) THE TEXTS EXAMINED WHICH PAPISTS CITE OUT OF THE BIBLE, FOR THE PROOF OF THEIR DOCTRINE FOR PRAYERS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. PART I. THE common pretence of the doctors of the Church of Rome against allowing to the people the use of the holy Scriptures, is their being so extremely liable to be misunderstood, and to have false and corrupt senses imposed upon them. And indeed, whosoever impartially considers the wild and extravagant senses which they themselves impose upon sundry texts of Scripture, in defence of their own unscriptural doctrines, will be very much tempted to suspect, that their design was to make instances of the truth of this their pretence, and to convince the world how liable the Scripture is to be abused, not only by the common people, but also by men of wit and learning, when once they are listed by their interest to serve a bad cause and to strengthen this suspicion, I know no greater argument, than their vain and impotent endeavour to justify from Scripture this most uncharitable and unchristian practice of their Church, viz. their concealing from the people their |