A01760:426
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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Apostolus contrarium pronuntiat, quicquid illi intendant, saith tPareus.
- tCome. in illum locum. Sect. 11.Com. in illum locum. Sect. 11.
The other thing which our kneelers require to the making up of Idolatry, is, that the creature before which we adore, be a passive object of the adoration; whereas usay they, the Sacramental Elements are no manner of way the passive object of our adoration, but the active only of that adoration, which at the Sacrament is given to Christ, that is, such an Object and Sign as moves us upon the sight, or by the signification thereof, to lift up our hearts, and adore the only Object of our faith, the Lord Jesus: such as the holy Word of God, his works, and benefits are, by meditation and consideration whereof, we are moved and stirred up to adore him. Answ. 1. That which he affirmeth is false, and out of one page of his own book I draw an Argument, which destroyeth it, thus: If the Sacramental Elements, were only the active object of their adoration who kneel before them in the receiving, then their real presence should be but accidental to the kneelers. But the real presence of the Elements, in the act of receiving, is not accidental to the kneelers. Ergo. The proposition I draw from his own words: We can ⟨p. 58⟩neither (saith xhe) pray to God, nor thank him nor praise him, but ever there must be, before the eyes of our minds at least, something of his Works, Word, or Sacraments, if not before our external senses. He confesseth it will be enough, that these active objects of worship, be before the eyes of our minds, and that their real presence before our external senses is not necessary, but accidental to us whose minds are by their means stirred up to worship. And so it is indeed. For esse scibile or rememorativum of an active object of adoration, is that which stirreth up the mind to worship, so that the real presence of such an object is but accidental to the worshipper. The assumption I likewise draw out of the Bishops own words. For