A01760:922
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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These things being premitted, I will add four reasons to prove, Sect. VI that neither sacred significant Ceremonies in general, nor Kneeling, Holy days, &c. in particular, can be warranted unto us by the Law of Nature. 1. The Law of Nature can not direct us unto a supernatural end, as is acknowledged not only by xour Divines, but by yAquinas also. It only teacheth us, to seek and to do zbonum, velut finem naturae, such a good as is a end proportioned to Nature. All those precepts of the Law of Nature which •e have spoken of, could never lead men to a supernatural good. aIt is only the Divine Law, revealed from God, which informeth the minds of men, with such notions, as are supra naturam, and which may guide them ad finem supernaturalem. But all sacred significant Ceremonies, which by their holy and spiritual significations, express to us some mysteries of grace, and of the Kingdom of God; must be thought, to direct us unto a supernatural good; Therefore they are not of that sort of things, which the Law of Nature requireth. For this Law goeth no higher, then to teach men that there is a God, and that this God is to be worshipped, the knowledge of which things is not a good exceeding the proportion of Nature. For it was found in the Gentiles themselves, who knew no other good then that which was proportioned to Nature. Let me now conclude this reason with bScaligers words. Neque enim quae supra naturae leges sunt, ex naturae legibus judicanda censeo.
These things being premitted, I will adde foure reasons to prove, Sect. VI that neither sacred significant Ceremonies in generall, nor Kneeling, Holy dayes, &c. in particular, can be warranted unto us by the Law of Nature. 1. The Law of Nature can not direct us unto a supernaturall end, as is aknowledged not only by xour Divines, but by