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…

Now, it is not in the power of Prelates, nor of any man living, to give us these graces, or to work them in us, which they will have to be signified by their Mystical and Symbolical Ceremonies. Wherefore ^kBeza saith well of such humane rites as are thought to be significant; Quum nulla res signis illis subsit, proptereà quòd unius Dei est promittere, & suis promissionibus sigillum suum opponere: consequitur omnia illa commenta; inanes esse larvas, & vana opinion miseros homines, illis propositis signis deludi. ^lD. Fulk thinks he hath alleged enough against the significative and commemorative use of the Sign of the Cross, when he hath said, that it is not ordained ⟨p. 83⟩of Christ nor taught by his Apostles: from which sort of reasoning it followeth, that all significant Signs which are not ordained of Christ, nor taught by his Apostles, must be vain, false, and superstitious.

Now, it is not in the power of Prelats, nor of any man living, to give us these graces, or to worke them in us, which they will have to be signified by their Misticall and Symbolicall Ceremonies. Wherefore ^kBeza saith well of such humane rites as are thought to be significant; Quum nulla res signis illis subsit, proptereà quòd vnius Dei est promittere, & suis promissionibus sigillum suum opponere: consequitur omnia illa commenta; inanes esse larvas, & vana opinione miseros homines, illis propositis signis deludi. ^lD. Fulk thinkes he hath alleadged enough against the significative and commemorative vse of the Signe of the Crosse, when he hath said, that it is not ordained ⟨p. 83⟩of Christ nor taught by his Apostles: from which sort of reasoning it followeth, that all siginficant Signes which are not ordained of Christ, nor taught by his Apostles, must be vaine, false, and superstitious.

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