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SECT. 18.19. Concerning Protestants witnessing against the Negative argument from Scripture.

1. Bellarmine was brought in by the Def. as an indifferent Adversary, confessing that Protestants hold the Apostles to have instituted some things, pertaining to rites and order, which are not written. Which was also granted unto him, as making nothing against us. Only the vanity of that allegation was in some particulars declared, which how they are cleared (it being a matter of no moment) I refer to the Readers judgement.

1. BEllarmine was brought in by the Def. as an indifferent Adversarie, confessinge that Protestants holde the Apostles to have instituted some thinges, perteyning to rites and order, which are not written. Which was also granted unto him, as making nothing against us. Onely the vanitie of that allegation was in some particulars declared, which how they are cleared (it being a matter of no moment) I referre to the Readers judgement.

2. Chemnitius was alleged, saying, there be some Ecclesiastical Rites, which have neither command, nor testimony, in Scripture, which yet are not to be rejected. Answer was made, that this in a right sense is granted by us. The Rejoinder taxeth this as an idle shift: because 1 Chemnitius did not intend such a restrictive sense. 2. Circumstances of Order have command and testimony in Scripture. But 1. It is no idle shift so to interpret an allegation objected, as that the interpretation cannot be confuted, but barely denied. 2. As Circumstances of order and decency have their general command or testimony in Scripture, so have those Rites which Chemnitius understandeth, or else his sentence is without any ground out of Scripture.