A01760:1116
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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3. The Ceremonies are not indifferent, because notwithstanding Sect. III that they are prescribed and commended unto us as things in themselves indifferent, yet we are by the will and authority of men compelled and necessitated to use them: Si vero ad res sua natura medias accedat coactio, &c. then say nthe Magdeburgians, Paul teacheth, Coloss 2. that it is not lawful to use them freely. If ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why as though living in the world are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not, taste not, handle not: which are all to perish with the using) after the Commandments and Doctrines of men? Hence is oTertullian taxed, for inducing a necessity in things indifferent. Now with how great necessity and coaction the Ceremonies are imposed upon us, we have made it evident pelsewhere.
3. The Ceremonies are not indifferent, because notwithstanding Sect. III that they are prescribed and commended unto us as things in themselves indifferent, yet wee are by the will and auctority of men compelled and necessitated to use them: Si vero ad res sua natura medias accedat coactio, &c. then say nthe Magdeburgians, Paul teacheth, Coloss 2. that it is not lawful to use them freely. If ye bee dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why as though living in the world are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not, taste not, handle not: which are all to perish with the using) after the Commandements and Doctrines of men? Hence is oTertullian taxed, for inducing a necessity in things indifferent. Now with how great necessity and coaction the Ceremonies are imposed upon us, we have made it evident pelsewhere.