A01760:616
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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That the Lawfulness of the Ceremonies can not be warranted by any Ecclesiastical Law, nor by any power which the Church hath to put order to things belonging to Divine Worship.
That the Lawfulnesse of the Ceremonies can not be warranted by any Ecclesiasticall Law, nor by any power which the Church hath to put order to things belonging to Divine Worship.
WE have proved that the Ceremonies cannot be warranted by Sect. I the Law of God. It followeth to examine whether any Law of Man, or power upon Earth, can make them lawful or warrantable unto us.
WE have proved that the Ceremonies cannot be warranted by Sect. I the Law of God. It followeth to examine whether any Law of Man, or power upon Earth, can make them lawfull or warrantable unto us.
We will begin with Laws Ecclesiastical: where first of all, it must be considered well, what power the Church hath to make laws about things pertaining to Religion & the Worship of God, and how far the same doth extend it self. D. Fields resolution, touching this Question, is as followeth. Thus, saith ehe, we see our Adversaries cannot prove that the Church hath power to annex unto such Ceremonies and observations as she deviseth, the remission of sins, and the working of other Spiritual and supernatural effects, which is the only thing questioned between them and us about the power of the Church. So that all the power the Church hath, more then by her power to publish the Commandments of Christ the Son of God, and by her censures to punish the offenders against the same, is only in prescribing things that pertain to comeliness and order. Comeliness requireth that not only that gravity and modesty do appear in the performance of the works of Gods service, that beseemeth actions of that nature, but also that such Rites and Ceremonies be used, as may cause a due respect unto and regard of the things performed, and thereby stir men up to greater fervour and devotion.