A01760:971
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 since a thing indifferent in the nature of it, can never be lawfully Sect. III used, except according to these rules, hence it followeth, that the use of a thing indifferent is never lawful to us, when we have no other warrant for using the same, beside our own will and arbitrement.
And since a thing indifferent in the nature of it, can never be lawfully Sect. III used, except according to these rules, hence it followeth, that the use of a thing indifferent is never lawfull to us, when we have no other warrant for using the same, beside our owne will and arbitrement.
fD. Forbesse speaketh unadvisedly, whiles he saith, Evenit nonnunquam, &c. It falleth out sometimes, that that which was expedient for thee to do yesterday, and to omit this day, thou may notwithstanding afterward either do it or not do it, according to thy arbitriment. As if forsooth, our using of things indifferent, should not evermore be determined by the rule of expediency, which Gods Word giveth us, but sometimes by our own will. gDr. Davenant could not dream that any except the ignorant common people, could be of this opinion, which D. Forbesse holdeth. Fallitur vulgus saith he, dumb judicat licere sibi, u• i•victu, vestitu, sermone, aut quacunquere adiaphora pro arbitrio suo: nam haec omnia ad regulam adhibenda sunt.
fD. Forbesse speaketh unadvisedly, whiles he saith, Evenit nonnunquam, &c. It falleth out sometimes, that that which was expedient for thee to doe yesterday, and to omit this day, thou may notwithstanding afterward either doe it or not doe it, according to thy arbitriment. As if forsooth, our using of things indifferent, should not evermore be determined by the rule of expediency, which Gods Word giveth us, but sometimes by our owne will.