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A reply to Dr. Mortons general Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the…A reply to Dr. Mortons generall Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the…
A reply to Dr. Mortons general Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the surplice, cross in baptism, and kneeling at the receiving of the sacramental elements of bread and wine.A reply to Dr. Mortons generall Defence of three nocent [sic] ceremonies viz. the surplice, crosse in baptisme, and kneeling at the receiving of the sacramentall elements of bread and wine.
Amsterdam: printed by Giles Thorp, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
SECT. XIII.
TO many testimonies alleged out of the Fathers, answer is given, 1. That they speak not of things only beside the Scripture, but of things contrary: which answer is again repeated under the form of a distinction betwixt Scriptura negans, and negata. 2. They speak not of ceremonies, but of doctrines.
TO many testimonies alledged out of the Fathers, answer is given, 1. That they speake not of things onely beside the Scripture, but of things contrary: which answer is againe repeated under the forme of a distinction betwixt Scriptura negans, and negata. 2. They speak not of ceremonies, but of doctrines.
To which the reply is easy: 1. our meaning is mistaken, I fear, wilfully, when we are made authors of an opposite distinction betwixt beside and against in this case. It sufficeth us that beside in points of religion, be all one with against. 2 Though those general sayings be applied to doctrines in most of the places alleged, yet that hindereth not, but▪ the truth of them may be taken so generally, as to include also religious ceremonies. A particular or proper conclusion may be drawn from a general proposition, and yet the proposition remain general still in the largest extent that it is capable of.
To vvhich the reply is easie: 1. our meaning is mistaken, I feare, wilfully, when wee are made authours of an opposite distinction betwixt beside and against in this case. It sufficeth vs that beside in poynts of religion, bee all one with against. 2 Though those generall sayings be applyed to doctrines in most of the places alledged, yet that hindereth not, but the truth of them may be taken so generally, as to include also religious ceremonies. A particular or proper conclusion may be drawne from a generall proposition, and yet the proposition remaine generall still in the largest extent that it is capable of.