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.

WARRANTED BY THE LAW OF NATURE. THE FOURTH PART. AGAINST THE INDIFFERENCY OF THE CEREMONIES.

CEREMONIES.

THINGS ARE INDIFFERENT.

CONFIRMED IN THE FORMER CHAPTER.

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND; BECAUSE SHE DID ABJURE AND REPUDIATE THEM BY A MOST SOLEMN AND GENERAL OATH.