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…

Name: A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…
Author: George Gillespie

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.

George Gillespie 1613–1648Leiden: printed by W. Christiaens, 1637

[22], 36, 54, 202, [2], 47, [1] p. · 174k words · STC 11896 · ESTC S103123

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:272p. 46

Ans. 1. Obedience to Superiors can not purge that from Scandal which otherwise were Scandal, as ^lwe have seen before.

Ans. 1. Obedience to Superiours can not purge that from Scandall which otherwise were Scandall, as ^lwe have seen before.

lsupra cap. 8. sect. 5. & cap. 9. sect, 10.

:273p. 46¶2

2. That information and giving of a reason, can not excuse the doing of that out of which Scandal riseth, ^mwe have also proven already.

2. That information and giving of a reason, can not excuse the doing of that out of which Scandall riseth, ^mwe have also proven already.

mibid. sect. 7.

:274p. 46–47¶3

3. That the Ordinance of Superiors can not make the Ceremonies necessary, I have proven in the first part of this Dispute. This ⁿis given for one of the chief marks of the man of sin, That which is indifferent, he by his laws and prohibitions maketh to be sin, and shall they who profess to take part with Christ against Antichrist, do no less then this? It will be replied, that the Ceremonies are not thought necessary in themselves, nor Non-conformity, unlawful in it self, but only in respect of the Churches ordinance. Just so

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