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
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