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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 3 › Chapter 6: By what means, and how Satan drives on this plague among people.
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11. Sometimes he maketh use of humane reason, and crieth down every thing that seemeth not consonant to it: upon which ground the resurrection was denied by the Sadducees, and some of the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 15. and the most fundamental truths of the Gospel, are by the Socinians and others unto this day. Sometimes again, all use of reason, learning or prudence is disclaimed; in which respect, such men are called unreasonable, 2 Thes. 3. and brute beasts, 2 Pet. 2. and Jude, 10.
11. Sometimes he maketh use of humane reason, and cryeth down every thing that seemeth not consonant to it: upon which ground the resurrection was denied by the Sadduces, and some of the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 15. and the most fundamentall truths of the Gospel, are by the Socinians and others unto this day. Sometimes again, all use of reason, learning or prudence is disclaimed; in which respect, such men are called unreasonable, 2 Thes. 3. and bruit beasts, 2 Pet. 2. and Iude, 10.
12. They endeavour by all means to carry the favour of the civil Magistrates, and to have Ministers especially such as are zealous against them, made hateful and suspected unto them, and the gaining of this hath a double advantage with it to their cause, as it strengtheneth it, and weakeneth the truth: this we see the false Prophets did of old, 1 King. 22