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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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3. There was a custom in the Churches of God, to give the Sect. XIV holy Communion to Infants, & another custom to minister Baptism only ⟨p. 106⟩about Easter and Pentecost: Sundry such abuses got place in the Church.
3. There vvas a custome in the Churches of God, to give the Sect. XIV holy Communion to Infants, & another custome to minister Baptismeonly ⟨p. 106⟩about Easter and Pentecost: Sundry such abuses got place in the Church.
If then it be enough to pitch upon custom, why ought not those customs to have been commended & continued? But if they were commendably changed, then ought we not to follow blindly the bare custom of the Church, but examine the equity of the same, and demand grounds of reason for it.
If then it be enough to pitch upon custome, why ought not those customes to have been commended & continued? But if they were commendably changed, then ought we not to follow blindly the bare custome of the Church, but examine the equity of the same, and demaund grounds of reason for it.