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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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As touching the judgement of Divines, we say, 1. many Divines Sect. IV disallow of Festival days, and wish the Church were free of them. For the Belgic Churches in their Synod anno 1578. Wished, that the six days might be wrought upon, and that the Lords day alone might be celebrated. And Luther in his book de bonis operibus wished, that there were no Feast days among Christians but the Lords day. This wish of theirs declareth plainly, that they allowed of no Holy day except the Lords day; yet B Lindsey must make a fashion of saying something for an answer. This wish n(saith he) Luther & the Belgic Churches conceived, out of their miscontentment at the number, corruptions, & superstitions, of the Festival days beside the Lords day, as ye do. Aus. 1. Their wish importeth a simple and absolute misliking of all Festival days besides the Lords day, and not of their number, and corruptions only. 2. It is well, that he acknowledgeth both them and us to have reason of miscontentment at Holy-days, from their corruptions and superstitions. The old Waldenses also o(whose Doctrine was restored and propagated by John Huss, and Hierome of Prague after Wycliffe, and that with the congratulation of the Church of Constantinople) pheld, that they were to rest from labour upon no day, but upon the Lords day. Whereby it appeareth, that Holy-days have had adversaries before us. I find, that they pervert some places which they allege against us out of Calvin. qTilen allegeth Calvin. Inst. l. 2. c. 8. §. 32. acknowledging alios quoque dies festos praeter Dominicum, &c. I marvel, how a judicious Reader could imagine such a thing to be in that place, for both in that and the subsequent ⟨p. 34⟩section, he is speaking of the Lords day against the Anabaptists, and if any man will think, that §. 32. he is speaking of holy assemblies of Christians in the general, yet he can see nothing there of any Festival days beside the Lords day dedicated to holy meetings. There is an other place of Calvin abused by r