A01760:401
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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But our Argument is made by a great deal more strong, if yet further Sect. 11 we consider, that by the controverted Ceremonies, we are not only made like the Idolatrous Papists, in such Rites of mans devising as they place some Religion in, but we are made likewise to take upon us those signs and symbols, which Papists account to be special badges of Popery, and which also in the account of many of our own reverend Divines, are to be so thought of. In the oath ordained by Pius the 4. to be taken of Bishops at their creation, as gOnuphrius writteth, they are appointed to swear, Apostolicas & Ecclesiasticas traditions, reliquasque ejusdem Ecclesiae observations & constitutions firmissime admitto & amplector. And after. Receptos quoque & approbatos Ecclesiae Catholicae ritus, in supra dictorum Sacramentorum solemni administration, recipio & admitto. We see Bishops are not created by this ordinance, except they not only believe with the Church of Rome, but also receive her Ceremonies, by which as by the badges of her Faith & Religion, cognizance may be had, that they are indeed her Children. And further, h Papists give it forth plainly, that as he Church hath ever abstained from the observances of Heretics, 2so now also Ca holikes (they mean Romanists) are very we I distinguished from Heretics (hey mean those of the Reformed Religion) by the Sign of the Cross, abstinence from flesh on Friday, &c. And how do our own Divines understand the Mark of the Beast; spoken of Revel. 13. 16. 17? iJunius comprehendeth confirmation under this mark: kCartwright also referreth the Sign of the Cross to the mark of the Beast. l Pareus approveth the Bishop of Salisbury his exposition, and placeth the common mark of the Beast in the observation of Antichrist his festival days, and the rest of his 5Ceremonies which are not commanded by God. It seems this much hath been plain to Joseph Hall, so that he could not deny it. For ⟨p. 44⟩