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…

Thirdly, as by Scripture, and reason, so by Antiquity we strengthen our Argument. Of old, Christians did so shun to be like the Pagans, Sect. 7 that in the days of Tertullian, it was thought that Christians might not wear a Garland because thereby they had been made conform to the Pagans. Hence ^qTertullian justifieth the Soldier, who refused to wear a Garland as the Pagans did. ^rDr. Morton himself allegeth another case out of Tertullian, which maketh to this purpose, namely, that Christian Proselytes did distinguish themselves from Roman Pagans, by casting away their gowns and wearing of cloaks. But these things we are not to urge, because we plead not for dissimilitude with the Papists, in civill fashions, but in Sacred and Religious Ceremonies. For this point then at which we hold us, we allege ^sthat which is marked in the third Century out of Origen, namely, that it was held unlawful for Christians, to observe the feasts and Solemnities, either of the Jews, or of the Gentiles. Nay we find ^ta whole Council determining thus Non opportet à Judaeis vel Haereticis, feriatica quae mittuntur accipere, nec cum eis dies agere feriatos. The Council of Nice also condemned those who kept Easter upon the fourteenth day of the month. That which made them pronounce so, (as is clear from ^uConstantine's Epistle to the Churches,) was, because they held it unbeseeming for Christians ⟨p. 40⟩to have any thing common with the Jews in their rites and observances. ^xAugustin condemneth fasting upon the Sabbath day, as scandalous, because the Manichees used so, and fasting upon that day had been a conformity with them. And wherefore did Gregory advise Leander, to abolish the Ceremony of trin-immersion? his ^ywords ar plaine. Quia nunc huc usque ab Haereticis infans in Baptismate tertio mergebatur, fiendum apud vos esse non censeo. Why doth