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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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But cthe Dr. goeth forward, denying that there is in the Ceremonies so much as any appearance of evil, to make them Scandalous. Where I observe, that he dare not adventure to describe how a thing is said to have appearance of evil, and consequently a scandalous condition. The man is cautelous, and perceiveth peradventure, that the appearance of evil can be made to appear no other thing, then that which doeth more then appear in the Ceremonies. And this I have heretofore evinced out of Zanchius.
But cthe Dr. goeth forward, denying that there is in the Ceremonies so much as any appearance of evill, to make them Scandalous. Where I observe, that he dare not adventure to describe how a thing is said to have appearance of evill, and consequently a scandalous condition. The man is cautelous, and perceiveth peradventure, that the appearance of evill can be made to appeare no other thing, then that which doeth more then appeare in the Ceremonies. And this I have heretofore evinced out of Zanchius.
The dDr. holdeth him upon kneeling in receiving the Sacramental Elements, and denieth that it is scandalous, or any way inductive to spiritual ruin. But (if he will) he may consider, that the ruder sort who can not distinguish betwixt worshipping the Bread, and worshipping before the Bread, nor discern how to make Christ the passive object of that worship, and the Bread the active, and how to worship Christ in the Bread, and make the worship relative from the Bread to Christ; are by his example induced to Bread-worship, when they perceive bowing down before the consecrated Bread, in the very same form and fashion, wherein Papists are seen to worship it, but can not conceive the nice distinctions which he and his companions use to purge their kneeling in that act from Idolatry. As for others who have more knowledge, they are also induced to ruin, being animated by his example to do that which their consciences do condemn.