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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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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.
3. The trueth is, that both first and last, the Scandal of the Ceremonies is active and given; for an active Scandal is dictum vel factum vere malum, aut mali speciem habens, quo auctor aliis peccandi occasionem praebet, say mour Divines. An active Scandal is ever a sin in him who offendeth, quia vel ipsum opus quod facit est peccatum, vel etiam si habeat speciem peccati, &c. Say the nSchoolmen. A scandal given and faulty, id opus aut ex se malum, aut apparenter, say oFormalists themselves.
3. The trueth is, that both first and last, the Scandall of the Ceremonies is active and given; for an active Scandall is dictum vel factum vere malum, aut mali speciem habens, quo auctor aliis peccandi occasionem praebet, say