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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. It is a fault to give offence even to the strong, or else bPeter was not to be blamed for giving offence to Christ. Yea it is a fault ⟨p. 50⟩to offend the very malicious by-things that are not necessary, as I have proven in my 12 Proposition.
2. It is a fault to give offence even to the strong, or else bPeter was not to be blamed for giving offence to Christ. Yea it is a fault ⟨p. 50⟩to offend the very malitious by-things that are not necessary, as I have proven in my 12 Proposition.
Secondly saith he, all those Scriptures condemn only the Scandal of the weak, which is made at that time, when we know they Sect. XVII will be scandalized.
Secondly saith he, all those Scriptures condemne onely the Scandall of the weake, which is made at that time, when we know they Sect. XVII will be scandalized.
Ans. 1. If he speak of certain and infallible knowledge, none but God knoweth whether a man shall be scandalized or not, by that which we are to do: He must mean therefore of such knowledge as we can have of the event of our actions: and so his answer bringeth great damnage to his own cause. Formalists know, that their weak brethren have been of a long time scandalized by the Ceremonies, and they hear them professing that they are yet scandalized, and how then can they but know that Scandal will still follow upon that which they do?