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The dying man's testament to the Church of Scotland, or, A treatise concerning scandal…
The dying man's testament to the Church of Scotland, or, A treatise concerning scandal divided into four parts ... : in each of which there are not a few choice and useful questions, very shortly and satisfyingly discussed and cleared / by ... Mr. James Durham ... who being dead (by this) yet speaketh ; and published by John Carstares ... ; to which is prefixed an excellent preface of famous Mr. Blair ... ; together with a table of the contents of the several chapters of each part.
Edinburgh: printed by Christopher Higgins, 1659
Part 1 › Chapter 8: Holding forth what is called-for when Offences abound.
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CHAP. VIII. Holding forth what is called-for when Offences abound.
IT may be profitable to enquire what is called for from a Christian living in the time when offences abound, and when there is too great a readiness both to give and take offence? Answ. It is hardly possible to condescend on all particulars here; yet because the thing is useful, and the Scripture is full in reference to this matter, in the fourteenth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, and in both the Epistles to the Corinthians, and elsewhere, We may hazard to propose these general directions.
IT may be profitable to enquire what is called for from a Christian living in the time when offences abound, and when there is too great a readinesse both to give and take offence? Answ. It is hardly possible to condescend on all particulars here; yet because the thing is usefull, and the Scripture is full in reference to this matter, in the fourteenth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, and in both the Epistles to the Corinthians, and elsewhere, We may hazard to propose these general directions.
1. A man would not only respect his own clearness in conscience as to the lawfulness of a deed, but would even have respect to the satisfaction of the consciences of others, as it is, 1 Cor. 10. 29. The neglect of this casteth a door open to many evils; and did this abound, that men were burning with any offence taken by others, as was Pauls case,