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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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Haec enim tria, scilicet Sacerdos, Altare, & Sacrificium, sunt correlativa, ut ubi unum est, caetera duo adesse necesse sit, saith cCornelius a Lapide.
- ccome. in Mal. 1. 11.comm. in Mal. 1. 11.
3. If sometimes, places, and things, be made holy by the Churches Sect. 9 dedication or consecration of them to holy uses, then it followeth that other times, places, and things, which are not so dedicated and consecrated by the Church, howbeit they be applied to the same holy uses, yet are more profane, and less apt to Divine worship, then those which are dedicated by the Church. I need not insist to strengthen the inference of this conclusion from the principles of our Opposites; for the most learned among them, will not refuse to subscribe to it. dHooker teacheth us, that the service of God, in places not sanctified as Churches are, hath not in it self (mark in it self) such perfection of grace and comeliness, as when the dignity of the place which it wisheth for, doth concur; and that the very Majesty and holiness of the place where God is worshipped, bettereth even our holiest and best actions. How much more soundly do we hold with eI. Rainoldes, that unto us Christians, no land is strange, no ground unholy; every coast is Jewry: every town Jerusalem: and every house Zion: and every faithful company, yea every faithful body, a Temple to serve God in? The contrary opinion f