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…

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 ^fHospinian rejecteth as savouring Judaisme, alligat enim religionem ad certa loca. Whereas the presence of Christ among two or three gathered together in his name, maketh any place a Church, even as the presence of a King with his attendants maketh any place a Court. As of places, so of times our opposites thinks most superstitiously. For of holy days ^gHooker saith thus. No doubt as Gods extraordinary presence hath hallowed and sanctified certain places, so they are his extraordinary works, that have truly and worthily advanced certain times, for which cause ⟨p. 10⟩they ought to be with all men, that honour God, more holy then other days. What is this but Popish superstition? for just so the ^hRhemists think that the times, and places of Christs Nativity, Passion, Burial, Resurrection, and Ascension, were made holy: & just so