A01760:1104
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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Ans. 1. Put the case it were doubtful and questionable, what is meant by the word Discipline in the Oath; yet pars tutior were to be chosen; The B. nor no man among us can certainly know, that the Discipline meant and spoken of in the Oath, by those that sware it, comprehendeth not under it those points of Discipline for which we now contend, and which this Church had in use at the swearing of the Oath. Shall we then put the breach of the Oath in a fair hazard? God forbid. For as eJoseph Hall noteth from the example of Joshua and the Princes, men may not trust to shifts for the eluding of an Oath: Surely the fear of Gods name should make us to tremble at an Oath, and to be far from adventuring upon any such shifts.
Ans. 1. Put the case it were doubtfull and questionable, what is meant by the word Discipline in the Oath; yet pars tutior were to be chosen; The B. nor no man among us can certainly know, that the Discipline meant and spoken of in the Oath, by those that sware it, comprehendeth not under it those points of Discipline for which we now contend, and which this Church had in use at the swearing of the Oath. Shall we then put the breach of the Oath in a faire hazard? God forbid. For as eIoseph Hall noteth from the example of Iosua and the Princes, men may not trust to shifts for the eluding of an Oath: Surely the feare of Gods name should make us to tremble at an Oath, and to bee farre from adventuring upon any such shifts.
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2. The B. doth but needlessly question, what is meant by the Discipline whereof the Oath speaketh. For howsoever in Ecclesiastical use, it signify oftentimes that policy which standeth in the censuring of manners: yet in the Oath, it must be taken in the largest sense, namely, for the whole policy of the Church. For, 1.