I answere: first, that we may liue without all those things, which in the prepositiō are holden for necessarie. Second∣ly, [ 1] that not onely maister Caluin and S. Austen speake inde∣finitely [ 2] and generally of all things abused, but the Brow∣nists and Martinists doe in their refusal approue the same, viz. the things obiected are not necessarie, and therefore they meet in woods, fields, and odde corners. Thirdly, that [ 3] if the superstitious vse of a thing, doe so change the nature of the same thing, that it can neuer be wel vsed againe, then doubtlesse must we perforce reiect all things, which haue once bin prophaned and superstitiously vsed. Neither will it or can it serue our turne to say, this is necessarie, so is not that. For as the Apostle saith; Non sunt facienda mala, vt iu∣de eveniat bonum. Wee must not doe euill, that good may come thereupon. But if the thing before indifferent in it owne nature, doe stil remaine indifferent, notwithstanding the abuse, (as I haue alreadie proued it;) then may the law∣ful magistrate, and much more the Church with his autho∣ritie and assent concurring, retaine stil some thing, & reiect other some, as it shall seeme most expedient, for the quiet and peaceable gouernment of the Church. For the Church hath free libertie and power to dispose of all things, which are Adiaphora, indifferent of their own nature.
The regiment of the Church as it is agreable with Scriptures, all antiquities of the Fathers, and moderne writers, from the Apostles themselues, vnto this present age.
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- The regiment of the Church as it is agreable with Scriptures, all antiquities of the Fathers, and moderne writers, from the Apostles themselues, vnto this present age.
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- Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610.
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- London :: Printed by T[homas] C[reede] for William Welby, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Grayhound,
- 1606.
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- Church of England -- Customs and practices -- Early works to 1800.
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"The regiment of the Church as it is agreable with Scriptures, all antiquities of the Fathers, and moderne writers, from the Apostles themselues, vnto this present age." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07898.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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The Answere.
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Rom. 3. v. 8.
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Vide infra, cap 14. pro∣pofine.