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

George Gillespie

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license Title: The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Author: George Gillespie Release Date: October 8, 2008 [Ebook 26849] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WORKS OF MR. GEORGE GILLESPIE (VOL. 1 OF 2)*** 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. . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . 46 . . . . . 55 57 58 80 83 . 85 . 85 . 88 . 90 iv The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER IV. THAT THE CEREMONIES TAKE AWAY OUR CHRISTIAN LIBERTY PROVED BY A SECOND REASON, NAMELY, BECAUSE CONSCIENCE ITSELF IS BOUND AND ADSTRICTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 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. . . 108 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. . . . . . . . . . . 112 CHAPTER VII. THAT FESTIVAL DAYS TAKE AWAY OUR LIBERTY, WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN US, PROVED; AND FIRST OUT OF THE LAW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 CHAPTER VIII. THAT FESTIVAL DAYS TAKE AWAY OUR CHRISTIAN LIBERTY, PROVED OUT OF THE GOSPEL.123 CHAPTER IX. SHOWING THE WEAKNESS OF SOME PRETENCES WHICH OUR OPPOSITES USE FOR HOLIDAYS. . . 132 THE SECOND PART. AGAINST THE EXPEDIENCY OF THE CEREMONIES. . . . . . . . . . 142 v 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. . . 142 . 160 . 162 . 169 . 174 . 176 . 180 . 186 vi The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER IX. ALL THE DEFENCES OF THE CEREMONIES, USED TO JUSTIFY THEM AGAINST THE SCANDAL IMPUTED TO THEM, ARE CONFUTED. . 192 THE THIRD PART. AGAINST THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CEREMONIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 CHAPTER I. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE UNLAWFUL, BECAUSE SUPERSTITIOUS, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY INSTANCED IN HOLIDAYS, AND MINISTERING THE SACRAMENTS IN PRIVATE PLACES. . . . . . . . . . 222 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. 245 CHAPTER III. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE UNLAWFUL, BECAUSE THEY SORT US WITH IDOLATERS, BEING THE BADGES OF PRESENT IDOLATRY AMONG THE PAPISTS. . . . . . 274 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. . . . . . . . 294 vii CHAPTER V. THE FIFTH ARGUMENT AGAINST THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CEREMONIES TAKEN FROM THE MYSTICAL AND SIGNIFICANT NATURE OF THEM. . . . . . . . . . . 344 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.361 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. . . . . . . 382 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 DIGRESSION I. OF THE VOCATION OF MEN OF ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER. . . . . 460 DIGRESSION II. OF THE CONVOCATION AND MODERATION OF SYNODS. . . 480 viii The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) DIGRESSION III. OF THE JUDGING OF CONTROVERSIES AND QUESTIONS OF FAITH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 DIGRESSION IV. OF THE POWER OF THE KEYS, AND ECCLESIASTICAL CENSURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 CHAPTER IX. THAT THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CEREMONIES CANNOT BE WARRANTED BY THE LAW OF NATURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 THE FOURTH PART. AGAINST THE INDIFFERENCY OF THE CEREMONIES. . . . . . . . . . 526 CHAPTER I. OF OUR OPPOSITES' PLEADING FOR THE INDIFFERENCY OF THE CEREMONIES. . . . . . . . . . . 526 CHAPTER II. OF THE NATURE OF THINGS INDIFFERENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 CHAPTER III. WHETHER THERE BE ANYTHING INDIFFERENT IN ACTU EXERCITO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 CHAPTER IV. OF THE RULE BY WHICH WE ARE TO MEASURE AND TRY WHAT THINGS ARE INDIFFERENT. . . . . . 547 CHAPTER V. THE FIRST POSITION WHICH WE BUILD UPON THE GROUND CONFIRMED IN THE FORMER CHAPTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 CHAPTER VI. ANOTHER POSITION BUILT UPON THE SAME GROUND. . . . . . 553 CHAPTER VII. OTHER POSITIONS BUILT UPON THE FORMER GROUND. . . . 566 ix CHAPTER VIII. THAT THE CEREMONIES ARE NOT THINGS INDIFFERENT TO THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND; BECAUSE SHE DID ABJURE AND REPUDIATE THEM BY A MOST SOLEMN AND GENERAL OATH. . . CHAPTER IX. A RECAPITULATION OF SUNDRY OTHER REASONS AGAINST THE INDIFFERENCY OF THE CEREMONIES. . . . . . . . . . A BROTHERLY EXAMINATION OF SOME PASSAGES OF MR COLEMAN'S LATE SERMON UPON JOB XI. 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOTICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXTRACT FROM COLEMAN'S SERMON. . . . . A BROTHERLY EXAMINATION, &c. . . . . . . . NIHIL RESPONDES: OR A DISCOVERY OF THE EXTREME UNSATISFACTORINESS OF MR COLEMAN'S PIECE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THAT MR COLEMAN DOTH NOT ONLY PREVARICATE, BUT CONTRADICT HIMSELF, CONCERNING THE STATE OF THE QUESTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE PARTICULARS IN MY BRIEF EXAMINATION, WHICH MR COLEMAN EITHER GRANTETH EXPRESSLY, OR ELSE DOTH NOT REPLY UNTO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIS ABUSING OF THE SCRIPTURES. . . . . . . . HIS ERRORS IN DIVINITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . HIS ABUSING OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIS ABUSING THE REVEREND ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIS CALUMNIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 . 583 . . . . 591 592 593 594 . 615 . 618 . 620 . 622 . 625 . 631 . 635 . 637 x The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) THE REPUGNANCY OF HIS DOCTRINE TO THE SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT. . . . MALE AUDIS; OR, AN ANSWER TO MR COLEMAN'S MALE DICIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PREFACE TO THE READER. . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER I. THAT MR COLEMAN DOTH STILL CONTRADICT HIMSELF IN THE STATING OF THIS PRESENT CONTROVERSY ABOUT CHURCH GOVERNMENT. . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER II. A CONFUTATION OF THAT WHICH MR COLEMAN HATH SAID AGAINST CHURCH GOVERNMENT; SHOWING ALSO THAT HIS LAST REPLY IS NOT MORE, BUT LESS SATISFACTORY THAN THE FORMER, AND FOR THE MOST PART IS BUT A TERGIVERSATION AND FLEEING FROM ARGUMENTS BROUGHT AGAINST HIM, AND FROM MAKING GOOD HIS OWN ASSERTIONS AND ARGUMENTS CONCERNING THE DISTINCTION OF CIVIL AND CHURCH GOVERNMENT. . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER III. THAT MR COLEMAN'S AND MR HUSSEY'S OPPOSING OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT NEITHER IS NOR CAN BE RECONCILED WITH THE SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER IV. MR COLEMAN AND MR HUSSEY'S ERRORS IN DIVINITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER V. THE PRELATICAL WAY AND TENETS OF MR COLEMAN AND MR HUSSEY, REPUGNANT