A01760:1078
A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded vpon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…
A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland Wherein not only our own arguments [sic] against the same are strongly confirmed, but likewise the answers and defences of our opposites, such as Hooker, Morton ... Forbesse, &c. particularly confuted.A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded vpon the Church of Scotland Wherein not only our ovvne argumemts [sic] against the same are strongly confirmed, but likewise the ansvveres and defences of our opposites, such as Hooker, Mortoune ... Forbesse, &c. particularly confuted.
Leiden: printed by W. Christiaens, 1637
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No Reformed Church in Europe, is so strictly tied by the bond of Sect. II an Oath and Subscription, to hold fast her first Discipline and use of the Sacraments, and to hold out Popish Rites, as is the Church of Scotland. And who knoweth not that an Oath doth always oblige and bind, squando est factum de rebus certis & possibilibus, vere de sine dolo praemeditate, ac cum judicio, juste, ad gloriam Dei, & bonum proximi? What one of all those conditions, was here wanting? Can we then say any less, then a tPope said before us, Non est tutum quemlibet contra juramentum suum venire, nisi tale sit, quod servatum vergat in interitum salutis aeternae? O damnable impiety! which maketh so small account of the violation of the foresaid Oath, which hath as great power to bind us, as uthat Oath of the Princes of Israel, made to the Gibeonites, had to bind their posterity, 2 Sam. 21. 1. 2. For it was made by the whole incorporation of this Land, and hath no term at which it may cease to bind. Nay, (in some respects) it bindeth more straitly, then that Oath of the Princes of Israel. For, 1. That was made by the Princes only: this, by Prince, Pastors, and People. 2. That was made rashly: (for the text showeth, that they asked not counsel from the mouth of the Lord:) this, with most religious & due deliberation. 3. That was made to men: this, to the great God. 4. That sworn but once: this, once and again.
No Reformed Church in Europe, is so strictly tied by the bond of Sect. II an Oath and Subscription, to hold fast her first Discipline and use of the Sacraments, and to hold out Popish Rites, as is the Church of Scotland. And who knoweth not that an Oath doth alwayes oblige and bind, squando est factum de rebus certis & possibilibus, vere de sine dolo praemeditate, ac cum judicio, juste, ad gloriam Dei, & bonum proximi? What one of all those conditions, was here wanting? Can we then say any lesse, then a t