The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)Gillespie, George
Religion
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)
Gillespie, George
Church of Scotland -- History; Gillespie, George, 1613-1648
OCCASIONS OF INJURY AND CRUELTY.
CHAPTER VI. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE INEXPEDIENT, BECAUSE THEY HARDEN
AND CONFIRM THE PAPISTS.
CHAPTER VII. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE INEXPEDIENT, BECAUSE THEY
DISTURB THE PEACE OF THE CHURCH.
CHAPTER VIII. THAT THE INEXPEDIENCY OF THE CEREMONIES, IN RESPECT OF
THE SCANDAL OF THE WEAK, MAY BE PLAINLY PERCEIVED. TWELVE
PROPOSITIONS TOUCHING SCANDAL ARE PREMITTED.
CHAPTER IX. ALL THE DEFENCES OF THE CEREMONIES, USED TO JUSTIFY THEM
AGAINST THE SCANDAL IMPUTED TO THEM, ARE CONFUTED.
THE THIRD PART. AGAINST THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CEREMONIES.
CHAPTER I. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE UNLAWFUL, BECAUSE SUPERSTITIOUS,
WHICH IS PARTICULARLY INSTANCED IN HOLIDAYS, AND MINISTERING THE
SACRAMENTS IN PRIVATE PLACES.
CHAPTER II. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE UNLAWFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE
MONUMENTS OF BY-PAST IDOLATRY, WHICH NOT BEING NECESSARY TO BE
RETAINED, SHOULD BE UTTERLY ABOLISHED, BECAUSE OF THEIR IDOLATROUS
ABUSES: ALL WHICH IS PARTICULARLY MADE GOOD OF KNEELING.
CHAPTER III. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE UNLAWFUL, BECAUSE THEY SORT US
WITH IDOLATERS, BEING THE BADGES OF PRESENT IDOLATRY AMONG THE
PAPISTS.
CHAPTER IV. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE IDOLS AMONG THE FORMALISTS
THEMSELVES; AND THAT KNEELING IN THE LORD’S SUPPER BEFORE THE BREAD
AND WINE, IN THE ACT OF RECEIVING THEM, IS FORMALLY IDOLATRY.
CHAPTER V. THE FIFTH ARGUMENT AGAINST THE LAWFULNESS OF THE
CEREMONIES TAKEN FROM THE MYSTICAL AND SIGNIFICANT NATURE OF THEM.
CHAPTER VI. THAT THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CEREMONIES IS FALSELY
GROUNDED UPON THE HOLY SCRIPTURE; WHERE SUCH PLACES AS ARE ALLEGED
BY OUR OPPOSITES, EITHER FOR ALL THE CEREMONIES IN GENERAL, OR FOR
ANY ONE OF THEM IN PARTICULAR, ARE VINDICATED FROM THEM.
CHAPTER VII. THAT THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CEREMONIES CANNOT BE
WARRANTED BY ANY ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, NOR BY ANY POWER WHICH THE
CHURCH HATH TO PUT ORDER TO THINGS BELONGING TO DIVINE WORSHIP.
CHAPTER VIII. THAT THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CEREMONIES CANNOT BE
WARRANTED BY ANY ORDINANCE OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE; WHOSE POWER IN
THINGS SPIRITUAL OR ECCLESIASTICAL IS EXPLAINED.
DIGRESSION I. OF THE VOCATION OF MEN OF ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER.
DIGRESSION II. OF THE CONVOCATION AND MODERATION OF SYNODS.
DIGRESSION III. OF THE JUDGING OF CONTROVERSIES AND QUESTIONS OF
FAITH.
DIGRESSION IV. OF THE POWER OF THE KEYS, AND ECCLESIASTICAL
CENSURES.
CHAPTER IX. THAT THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CEREMONIES CANNOT BE
WARRANTED BY THE LAW OF NATURE.
THE FOURTH PART. AGAINST THE INDIFFERENCY OF THE CEREMONIES.
CHAPTER I. OF OUR OPPOSITES’ PLEADING FOR THE INDIFFERENCY OF THE
CEREMONIES.
CHAPTER II. OF THE NATURE OF THINGS INDIFFERENT.
CHAPTER III. WHETHER THERE BE ANYTHING INDIFFERENT IN ACTU EXERCITO.
CHAPTER IV.
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