The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)

Name: The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)
Author: Gillespie, George

Gillespie, George

Church of Scotland -- History; Gillespie, George, 1613-1648

THE WORKS OF

                           MR. GEORGE GILLESPIE

                          MINISTER OF EDINBURGH,

                AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM SCOTLAND

                    TO THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY, 1644

                           NOW FIRST COLLECTED.

                  WITH MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS,

                       BY M. W. HETHERINGTON, LL.D.

                             IN TWO VOLUMES.

                                 VOL. I.

                                EDINBURGH:

                     ROBERT OGLE AND OLIVER AND BOYD.

               M. OGLE & SON AND WILLIAM COLLINS, GLASGOW.

                       HAMILTON, ADAMS & CO, LONDON

                                  1846.





CONTENTS


ADVERTISEMENT.
MEMOIR OF THE REV. GEORGE GILLESPIE.
APPENDIX. EXTRACTS FROM WODROW’S ANALECTA (MAITLAND CLUB EDITION)
DISPUTE AGAINST THE ENGLISH POPISH CEREMONIES OBTRUDED ON THE CHURCH OF
SCOTLAND.
   DEDICATION
   AUTHOR’S PREFACE
   PROLOGUE.
   ORDER.
   THE FIRST PART. AGAINST THE NECESSITY OF THE CEREMONIES.
      CHAPTER I. THAT OUR OPPOSITES DO URGE THE CEREMONIES AS THINGS
      NECESSARY.
      CHAPTER II. THE REASON TAKEN OUT OF ACTS XV. TO PROVE THE NECESSITY
      OF THE CEREMONIES, BECAUSE OF THE CHURCH’S APPOINTMENT, CONFUTED.
      CHAPTER III. THAT THE CEREMONIES THUS IMPOSED AND URGED AS THINGS
      NECESSARY, DO BEREAVE US OF OUR CHRISTIAN LIBERTY, FIRST, BECAUSE
      OUR PRACTICE IS ADSTRICTED.
      CHAPTER IV. THAT THE CEREMONIES TAKE AWAY OUR CHRISTIAN LIBERTY
      PROVED BY A SECOND REASON, NAMELY, BECAUSE CONSCIENCE ITSELF IS
      BOUND AND ADSTRICTED.
      CHAPTER V. THAT THE CEREMONIES TAKE AWAY CHRISTIAN LIBERTY, PROVED
      BY A THIRD REASON, VIZ., BECAUSE THEY ARE URGED UPON SUCH AS, IN
      THEIR CONSCIENCES, DO CONDEMN THEM.
      CHAPTER VI. THAT THE CEREMONIES TAKE AWAY CHRISTIAN LIBERTY PROVED
      BY A FOURTH REASON, VIZ., BECAUSE THEY ARE PRESSED UPON US BY NAKED
      WILL AND AUTHORITY, WITHOUT GIVING ANY REASON TO SATISFY OUR
      CONSCIENCES.
      CHAPTER VII. THAT FESTIVAL DAYS TAKE AWAY OUR LIBERTY, WHICH GOD
      HATH GIVEN US, PROVED; AND FIRST OUT OF THE LAW.
      CHAPTER VIII. THAT FESTIVAL DAYS TAKE AWAY OUR CHRISTIAN LIBERTY,
      PROVED OUT OF THE GOSPEL.
      CHAPTER IX. SHOWING THE WEAKNESS OF SOME PRETENCES WHICH OUR
      OPPOSITES USE FOR HOLIDAYS.
   THE SECOND PART. AGAINST THE EXPEDIENCY OF THE CEREMONIES.
      CHAPTER I. AGAINST SOME OF OUR OPPOSITES, WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
      INCONVENIENCY OF THE CEREMONIES, AND YET WOULD HAVE US YIELD TO
      THEM.
      CHAPTER II. AGAINST THOSE OF OUR OPPOSITES WHO PLEAD FOR THE
      CEREMONIES AS THINGS EXPEDIENT.
      CHAPTER III. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE INEXPEDIENT, BECAUSE THEY ARE
      PREPARATIVES FOR GREATER EVILS.
      CHAPTER IV. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE INEXPEDIENT, BECAUSE THEY HINDER
      EDIFICATION.
      CHAPTER V. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE INEXPEDIENT, BECAUSE THEY ARE

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