A01760:583
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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Answ. 1. The B. could not have made this word good, that the Jews did ever & from all antiquity keep the days of Purim, in this fashion.
Answ. 1. The B. could not have made this word good, that the Iewes did ever & from all antiquity keep the dayes of Purim, in this fashion.
2. This manner of holding that Feast, whensoever it began, had no warrant from the first institution, but was (as many other things) taken up by the Jews in after ages: and so the B. proveth not the p•nt which he taketh in hand, namely, that the days spoken of in this text were enacted or appointed to be kept as holy days.
2. This maner of holding that Feast, whensoever it beganne, had no warrant from the first institution, but was (as many other things) taken up by the Iewes in after ages: and so the B. proveth not the p•nt which he taketh in hand, namely, that the dayes spoken of in this text were enacted or appointed to be kept as holy dayes.
3. The service which the Jews in latter times use upon the days of Purim, is not much to be regarded. For as rGodwin noteth out of Hospinian, they read the history of Esther in their Synagogues, and so often as they here mention of Haman, they do with their fists and hammers beat upon the benches and boards, as if they did knock upon Hamans head.
3. The service which the Iewes in latter times use upon the dayes of Purim, is not much to be regarded. For as