A37042:193
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 2 › Chapter 5: Concerning what is to be done, when offending persons give no satisfaction.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. It is contempt, supposing a person to appear, and yet either to justify his offence, as if it were no ⟨p. 84⟩wrong; or to deny an evident fact, or to refuse any way to remove an offence given &c. yet in such cases there i• both for bearance and gentleness for a time to be essayed, and the offence is to be made inexcusable both to the conscience of the party, and to the consciences of others.
2. It is contempt, supposing a person to appear, and yet either to justifie his offence, as if it were no ⟨p. 84⟩wrong; or to deny an evident fact, or to refuse any way to remove an offence given &c. yet in such cases there i• both for bearance and gentlenesse for a time to be essayed, and the offence is to be made inexcusable both to the conscience of the party, and to the consciences of others.
3. Contempt may appear in this, when persons offending appear, and do not deny the offence, yet by such proud carriage, haughty reflecting, irreverent expressions, and such like, do bewray contempt in the manner of their carriage, and there by do give more offence than by their former miscarriage, or than if they had not appeared at all: Because, that doth reproach the Ordinance of Christ more, as it were in His presence to affront Him, and like the soldiers, to say, Hail, King of the Jews, and to mock Him.
3. Contempt may appear in this, when persons offending appear, and do not deny the offence, yet by such proud carriage, haughty reflecting, irreverent expressions, and such like, do bewray contempt in the manner of their carriage, and there by do give more offence than by their former miscarriage, or than if they had not appeared at all: Because, that doth reproach the Ordinance of Christ more, as it were in His presence to affront Him, and like the souldiers, to say, Hail, King of the Iews, and to mock Him.