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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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And might not the name of a Law be given unto that Edict of King Darius, whereby dhe decreed that all they of his Dominions, should fear the God of Daniel, forasmuch as he is the living and eternal God, who reigneth for ever: yet it prescribed nothing under some pain or punishment to be inflicted by him who so prescribed. Wherefore though the Prince publisheth Ecclesiastical Laws under other pains and punishments, then the Clergy doth, this showeth only that Potest•s [Greek or Hebrew] is not the same, but different in the one and in the other: yet if it be granted, that whatsoever Ecclesiastical Law, a Synod of the Clergy hath Power to make and publish, the Prince hath Power to make and publish without them, by his own sole Authority, it followeth, that that Power of the Church to make Laws which is called Potest [Greek or Hebrew], doth agree as much, as properly, and as directly to the Prince, as to a whole Synod of the Church.
And might not the name of a Law be given unto that Edict of King Darius, whereby dhee decreed that all they of his Dominions, should fear the God of Daniel, forasmuch as he is the living and eternall God, who raigneth for ever: yet it prescribed nothing under some paine or punishment to be inflicted by him who so prescribed. Wherefore though the Princ• publisheth Ecclesiasticall Lawes under other paines and punishments, then the Cleargie doth, this sheweth onely that Potest•s 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is not the same, but different in the one and in the other: yet if it be granted, that whatsoever Ecclesiasticall Law, a Synode of the Cleargie hath Power to make and publish, the Prince hath Power to make and publish without them, by his owne sole Auctority, it followeth, that that Power of the Church to make Lawes which is called Potest• 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, doth agree as much, as properly, and as directly to the Prince, as to a whole Synode of the Church.
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