A37042:336
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
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Assert. 3. When a Believer falleth in such an evil, the Lord usually chasteneth him, either with more gross out-breakings, or with some sharp way of restoring, or with removal under a cloud, without much seen ⟨p. 167⟩evidence of recovery, as we see in the case of Solomon, who became some way guilty of this ill, of whose recovery the Scripture is very silent, even though his sin be fully recorded, and the remainders of his idolatry are marked to be standing in the days of Hezekiah; and indeed there is but little on record in Scripture of the recovery of those that have been carried so away, though we may judge charitably of some of them in the general: The Lord wisely ordereth this, partly, as a chastening to them, partly, as a warning to others, and to make all men, especially Believers, to fear, and to take heed lest they fall; because, recovery is not so easy, and even they that are spiritual may be tempted, Gallat. 6. 1.
Assert. 3. When a Believer falleth in such an evil, the Lord usually chasteneth him, either with more grosse out-breakings, or with some sharp way of restoring, or with removal under a cloud, without much seen ⟨p. 167⟩evidence of recovery, as we see in the case of Solomon, who became some way guilty of this ill, of whose recovery the Scripture is very silent, even though his sin be fully recorded, and the remainders of his idolatry are marked to be standing in the dayes of Hezekiah; and indeed there is but little on record in Scripture of the recovery of those that have been carried so away, though we may judge charitably of some of them in the general: The Lord wisely ordereth this, partly, as a chastening to them, partly, as a warning to others, and to make all men, especially Believers, to fear, and to take heed lest they fall; because, recovery is not so easie, and even they that are spiritual may be tempted, Gallat. 6. 1.
Asser. 4. These that are spreaders of error, do most1