A92138:1769
The divine right of church-government and excommunication
The divine right of church-government and excommunication: or a peaceable dispute for the perfection of the holy scripture in point of ceremonies and church government; in which the removal of the Service-book is justified, the six books of Tho: Erastus against excommunication are briefly examined; with a vindication of that eminent divine Theod: Beza against the aspersions of Erastus, the arguments of Mr. William Pryn, Rich: Hooker, Dr. Morton, Dr. Jackson, Dr. John Forbes, and the doctors of Aberdeen; touching will-worship, ceremonies, imagery, idolatry, things indifferent, an ambulatory government; the due and just powers of the magistrate in matters of religion, and the arguments of Mr. Pryn, in so far as they side with Erastus, are modestly discussed. To which is added, a brief tractate of scandal ... / By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Published by authority.The divine right of church-government and excommunication: or a peacable dispute for the perfection of the holy scripture in point of ceremonies and church government; in which the removal of the Service-book is justifi'd, the six books of Tho: Erastus against excommunication are briefly examin'd; with a vindication of that eminent divine Theod: Beza against the aspersions of Erastus, the arguments of Mr. William Pryn, Rich: Hooker, Dr. Morton, Dr. Jackson, Dr. John Forbes, and the doctors of Aberdeen; touching will-worship, ceremonies, imagery, idolatry, things indifferent, an ambulatory government; the due and just powers of the magistrate in matters of religion, and the arguments of Mr. Pryn, in so far as they side with Erastus, are modestly discussed. To which is added, a brief tractate of scandal ... / By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Published by authority.
London: printed by John Field for Christopher Meredith, 1646
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Duplyers pag. 59. n. 34.
The Author of the popish English Ceremonies, saith that both Cajetan 1and Bannes affirm, that we should abstain a spiritualibus non necessariis, from spiritual duties not necessary to salvation, when Scandal ariseth from the doing of them, but none of the Schoolmen ever taught to abstain totally, and altogether from any spiritual duty, for eschewing the scandal of either weak, or wicked.
The Author of the popish English Ceremonies, saith that both Cajetan 1and Bannes affirm, that we should abstain a spiritualibus non necessariis, from spirituall duties not necessarie to salvation, when Scandall ariseth from the doing of them, but none of the Schoolemen euer taught to abstaine totally, and altogether from any spirituall dutie, for eschewing the scandall of either weake, or wicked.
- 1Duplyers Doct. Aberdeen.
Answer. What the author of the English Popish Ceremonies saith in that subject, all your learning shall never be able to Answer, for our brethren, required but abstinence from these Ceremonies, till they be tried in a lawful General Assembly, for they never were yet tried in a lawful Assembly, till the late Assembly at Glasgow, anno 1638. 2. That Author argueth a Major, and we desire an Answer, if we may abstain from spiritual duties commanded by the most high Superior the Lord our God. hic & nunc in case of Scandal. Ergo, far more are we to abstain, from practising of dead Ceremonies void of all spirit of life, in the case of scandal, yea and universally, and totally we are to abstain, because the Superiors have no power to make laws in materia scandalosa, when that which they command is scandalous; and in the very matter soul-murder.