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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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XII. We ought for the Scandal of the malicious, to abstain from all things from which we ought to abstain for the Scandal of the weak; for we ought not to abstain from necessary things for the Scandal of the weak, no more then for the Scandal of the malicious, and from things that are not necessary, we ought to abstain for the Scandal of the malicious, as well as for the Scandal of the weak. So that weakness and malice in the offended non variant speci•m scandali, but only gradum ejusdem speciei. Both his fault who is offended through malice is greater, then his fault who is offended through weakness, and likewise his fault who offends the weak in the Faith, is greater then his fault who offends those who are malicious against the Faith, because as we ought to do good to all men, so chiefly to those of the household of Faith. Nevertheless, the kind of Scandal remains the same, whether we have to do with the malicious or the weak.
XII. We ought for the Scandall of the malitious, to abstaine from all things from which we ought to abstaine for the Scandall of the weake; for we ought not to abstaine from necessary things for the Scandall of the weake, no more then for the Scandall of the malitious, and from things that are not necessary, we ought to abstaine for the Scandall of the malitious, as well as for the Scandall of the weake. So that weaknesse and malice in the offended non variant speci•m scandali, but onely gradum ejusdem speciei. Both his fault who is offended through malice is greater, then his fault who is offended through weaknesse, and likewise his fault who offends the weake in the Faith, is greater then his fault who offends those who are malitious against the Faith, because as we ought to doe good to all men, so chiefly to those of the houshold of Faith. Neverthelesse, the kind of Scandall remaines the same, whether we have to doe with the malitious or the weake.
They are therefore greatly mistaken, who conclude from Paul his not circumcising of Titus, Gal. 2. 4. 5