Ben Zartman
Puritan Board Junior
I've not heard this regarding circumstance before. Would you say that air conditioning or seats are not circumstances, since they are not required for the performance of worship? I though we spoke of circumstances as the, er, circumstances in which we worshipped: building, lights, psalters, microphones (at least we sing without those)--not essential parts of the service, but providing shelter and a lack of interruption while worship carries on.What is required to perform every action is attached as a circumstance to that action, even worship (an action). "Aids" are not requirements, hence they are not circumstantial.
Do you have a different view of the word 'circumstance'?