A01760:967
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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The first of these rules we find 1. Cor. 10. 31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. And Rom. 14. 7. 8. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Where the Apostle (as yCalvin noteth) reasoneth from the whole to the part. Our whole life, and by consequence all the particular actions of it ought to be referred to Gods glory, and ordered according to his will. Again, Col. 3. 17. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. In the expounding of which words. Dr. Davenant saith well, that Etiam illae actiones quae sunt sua natura adiaphorae, debent tamen a Christianis fieri in nomine Christi, hoc est, juxta voluntatem Christi, & ad gloriam Christi.
The first of these rules we finde 1. Cor. 10. 31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drinke, or whatsoever ye doe, doe all to the glory of God. And Rom. 14. 7. 8. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Where the Apostle (as yCalvine noteth) reasoneth from the whole to the part. Our whole life, and by consequence all the particular actions of it ought to be referred to Gods glory, and ordered according to his will. Againe, Col. 3. 17. And whatsoever ye doe in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Iesus. In the expounding of which words. Dr. Davenant saith well, that Etiam illae actiones quae sunt sua natura adiaphorae, debent tamen a Christianis fieri in nomine Christi, hoc est, juxta voluntatem Christi, & ad gloriam Christi.