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…

5. He had said to better purpose; what is it that may offend them, or doth offend them, that it may be voided? whereunto I answer, ⟨p. 41⟩that there is a twofold Scandal which may be and hath been given by things lawful in themselves, (as I touched in my. 5. Proposition) Viz. the giving of occasion to the weak to condemn our lawful deeds, & the animating of them to follow our example against their own consciences: both ways we make them to sin. The Apostle 1. Cor. 10. 29. where he is speaking of a certain kind of Idolothyts which are in themselves lawful, and only evil in the case of Scandal, showeth, that if the weak in a private banquet, see the strong eating such meats as have been offered to Idols, notwith standing of warning given, then is the weak one scandalized; because would the Apostle say, ^tvelipse etiam edet tuo exemplo, vacillante conscientia, vel tacite factum tuum damnabit. Behold what Scandal may arise, even out of things which are in themselves lawful, which also ariseth out of the Ceremonies, (let them be as lawful as can be.) 1. We are provoked to disallow of lawful things, and to condemn the doers, as superstitious and popishly affected. 2. We are animated by the example of Formalists to practise Conformity, which in our consciences we condemn, and by consequence do sin, because he that doubteth is damned, and whatsoever is not of faith, is sin.

5. He had said to better purpose; what is it that may offend them, or doth offend them, that it may be voided? whereunto I answere, ⟨p. 41⟩that there is a twofold Scandall which may be and hath beene given by thinges lawfull in themselves, (as I touched in my. 5. Proposition) Viz. the giving of occasion to the weake to condemne our lawful deeds, & the animating of them to followe our example against their owne consciences: both wayes we make them to sinne. The Apostle 1. Cor. 10. 29. where he is speaking of a certaine kind of Idolothyts which are in themselves lawfull, and only evill in the case of Scandall, sheweth, that if the weake in a privat banquet, see the stronge eating such meates as have beene offered to Idolls, notwith standing of warning given, then is the weake one scandalized; because would the Apole say,