A01760:440
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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There is yet a fourth sense remaining, which is Augustine's, and theirs who speak with him. His sentence which our Opposites cite for them, is, that it is sin not to adore the flesh of Christ: howbeit very erroneously he groundeth that which he saith upon those words of the Psalm, worship at his footstool, taking this footstool to be the flesh of Christ: Yet that his meaning was better then his expression & that he meant not that adoration should be given to the flesh of Christ, but to the Godhead, whose footstool the flesh is; it is plain from those words which Burgess nhimself citeth out of him. To whatsoever earth i. e. flesh of Christ, thou bowest and prostratest thy self: look not on it as earth, i. e as flesh, but look at that holy one whose footstool it is that thou doest adore, i. e. look to the Godhead ⟨p. 66⟩of Christ, whose flesh thou doest adore in the mysteries. Wherefore if we would give any sound sense to their words, who say that the flesh of Christ is to be adored, we must note with oA. Polanus, that cum dicitur carnem Christi adorari: non est propria, sed figurata enunciatio; quia non adoratur proprie caro secundum se, quia creatura est, sed Deus in carne manifestatus, seu Deus carne vestitus. But two things I will here advertise my Reader of.
There is yet a fourth sence remaining, which is Augustines, and theirs who speake with him. His sentence which our Opposites cite for them, is, that it is sinne not to adore the flesh of Christ: howbeit very erroneously he groundeth that which he saith upon those words of the Psalme, worship at his footstoole, taking this footstoole to be the flesh of Christ: Yet that his meaning was better then his expression & that he meant not that adoration should be given to the flesh of Christ, but to the Godhead, whose footstoole the flesh is; it is plaine from those words which Burgesse nhimself citeth out of him. To whatsoever earth i. e. flesh of Christ, thou bowest and prostratest thy self: looke not on it as earth, i. e as flesh, but looke at that holy one whose footstoole it is that thou doest adore, i. e. looke to the Godhead ⟨p. 66⟩