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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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That the Ceremonies are not necessary in themselves our Opposites a knowledge; and that they are not necessary in respect of the Churches determination, I have proven in the first part of my Dispute. Wherefore having no necessity in them, they ought to be abolished, when scandal is known to arise out of them.
That the Ceremonies are not necessary in themselves our Opposites a knowledge; and that they are not necessary in respect of the Churches determination, I have proven in the first part of my Dispute. Wherefore having no necessity in them, they ought to be abolished, when scandall is knowen to arise out of them.
2. Giving and not granting, that the Scandal of them who were first offended at the Ceremonies, was only passive, yet the using of ⟨p. 36⟩them after Scandal is known to rise out of them, must be an active Scandal, because the keeping of a thing which is not necessary, after scandal riseth out of it, is an active Scandal, though the Scandal which at first rose out of it, had been only passive, as I show in my seventh Proposition.
2. Giving and not graunting, that the Scandall of them who were first offended at the Ceremonies, was only passive, yet the using of ⟨p. 36⟩them after Scandall is knowen to rise out of them, must be an active Scandall, because the keeping of a thing which is not necessary, after scandall riseth out of it, is an active Scandall, though the Scandall which at first rose out of it, had beene only passive, as I shew in my seventh Proposition.