A01760:351
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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The proposition thus explained, is confirmed by these five proofs, 1. Gods own precept, Isa. 30. 22. Ye shall defile also the Sect. 3 covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth, thou shall say unto it, get thee hence. The covering of the Idol here spoken of, iGaspar Sanctus rightly understandeth to be that, quo aut induebantur simulacra Gentilico ritu, aut bracteas quibus ligneae imagines integuntur, aut quo homines Idolis sacrificaturi amiciebantur. So that the lea•t appurtenances of Idols are to be avoided. When the Apostle kJude would have us to heat the garment spotted with the flesh, his meaning is, detestandam esse vel superficiem ipsam mali five peccati, quam tunicae appellatione subinnuere videtur, as our own lRolloke hath observed. If the very covering of an Idol be forbidden, what shall be thought of other things which are not only spotted, but irrecoverably polluted with idols? many such precepts were given to Israel, as Exod. 34. 13. Ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. Deut. 7. 25. 26. The graven images of their Gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver and gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. Read to the same purpose Numb. 33. 52. Deut. 7. 5. and 12. 2. 3. Secondly, God hath not only by his precepts commanded us to abolish all the relics of Idolatry, but by his promises also manifested unto us, how acceptable service this should be to him. There is a command