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…

And the Feast of Tabernacles, if it had been observed as a memorial of the benefits, which Cod bestowed on his people in the wilderness, could not but shadow out Gods conducting of his children, through the course of their pilgrimage in this world, to the heavenly Canaan. 4. If Feasts which were memorials of temporal benefits, were for this reason mystical, then he must grant against himself, that much more are our Feasts mystical, which are memorials of Spiritual benefits, and consecrated to be holy signs & symbols, for making us call to mind the mysteries of our Redemption. 5. Before this Dispute take an end, we shall see out of the best learned among our Opposites, ⁱthat they observe the Holy days as mystical, and more mystical, then the B. here describeth the Jewish days to have been, and so we shall see the falsehood of that pretence, that they are observed only for order and policy, and not for mystery. 6. If we would know the true reason, which made the converted Jews to observe those days, it was not any mystical use, but that which made them think themselves obliged to other Mosaical Rites; even propter auctoritatem legis, saith ^kJunius: for albeit they could not be ignorant, that these Rites were shadows of things to come, and that the body was of Christ, in whom, and in the virtue of whose death, they did stablish their Faith, yet they did not at first understand, how such things as were once appointed by God himself, and given to his people, as ordinances to be kept by them throughout their generations, could be altogether abolished, and for this cause, though they did condescend to a change of the use and signification of those Ceremonies, as being no more typical of the Kingdom of Christ, which they believed to be already come: yet still they held themselves bound to the use of the things themselves, as things commanded by God.

And the Feast of Tabernacles, if it had been observed as a memoriall of the benefits, which Cod bestowed on his people in the wildernesse, could not but shadowe out Gods conducting of his children, through the cours of their pilgrimage in this world, to the heavenly Canaan. 4. If Feasts which were memorials of temporall benefites, were for this reason misticall, then he must graunt against himselfe, that much more are our Feasts misticall, which are memorialls of Spirituall benefites, and consecrated to be holy signes & symbols, for making us call to minde the misteries of our Redemption. 5. Before this Dispute take an end, we shall see out of the best learned among our Opposites,