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…

That whereby the D. either was deceived, or would deceive, appeareth to be this; that he taketh every thing which agreeth to a individual thing, to agree to it quo ad individuum: as if to speak of Peter quatenus est homo; and to speak of him quatenus est individuum signatum, or, res singularis sub specie hominis, were all one thing. Even so, to say of my individual action of hearing the Word, that it is necessary because of the commandment of God, (and in that respect remunerable;) is not to speak of it quo ad individuum; but as the specific nature of that action of hearing the Word,) which God ⟨p. 5⟩hath commanded,) is found in it. For if we speak of this individuall action, quo ad individuum, we can not consider it otherwise then respectu adjecti modi: because in moral actions, modus adjectus is principium individuationis, and nothing else, doth individualize a moral action.

That whereby the D. either was deceived, or would deceive, appeareth to be this; that he taketh every thing which agreeth to a individuall thing, to agree to it quo ad individuum: as if to speake of Peter quatenus est homo; and to speake of him quatenus est individuum signatum, or, res singularis sub specie hominis, were all one thing. Even so, to say of my individuall action of hearing the Word, that it is necessary because of the commandement of God, (and in that respect remunerable;) is not to speake of it quo ad individuum; but as the specificall nature of that action of hearing the Word,) which God ⟨p. 5⟩hath commanded,) is found in it. For if we speake of this individuall action, quo ad individuum, we can not consider it otherwise then respectu adjecti modi: because in morall actions, modus adjectus is principium individuationis, and nothing else, doth individualize a morall action.

Thus shall my Position stand good, namely, that those individual Sect. IV actions which the D. calleth necessary, because their species is commanded of God, and those individual actions which he calleth indifferent, because their species is not commanded, both being considered quo ad inviduum; the former hath no other remunerable good in them, then the latter; and the whole remunerable good which is in either of them, standeth only in adjecto modo. Which being so, it is all one, when we speak of any individual morall action quo ad individuum, whether we say that it is good, or that it is remunerable and laudable, both are one. For as is well said by