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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
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147, 148, 149, 150, 151. CHAP. 15. Showing if any thing further in any imaginable case be allowed to private Christians, p. 151, 152, 153.
147, 148, 149, 150, 151. CHAP. 15. Shewing if any thing further in any imaginable case be allowed to privat Christians, p. 151, 152, 153.
PART III. Concerning Doctrinal Scandals, or Scandalous Errors. CHAP. 1. Holding forth the expediency of handling this matter, p. 154. Error vented by those who are corrupted therewith, is no less scandalous, and no less to be accounted so than gross practices, p. 155, 156. CHAP. 2. Concerning the spreading of error; Gods displeasure at ⟨image 11⟩the suffering thereof, and the fainting even of good men in restraining the same, p. 157. What height delusions of this kind may come unto, p. 158, 159. with what use may be made of the same, p. 159, 160. The tolerating of gross error is most displeasing to God, and why, p. 160, 161. Sometimes those who want not affection are too condescending to erroneous Teachers, and why, p. 162, 163. CHAP. 3. If any of the People of God may be carried away with gross delusions, p. 164. It is not simply impossible but some may, in a great measure, for a time be carried away, ibid. yet not so easily as unto gross practical evils, p. 165, 166. When any Believers fall in such evils, usually the Lord singularly chasteneth them for the same, p. 166. Ordinarily corrupt Teachers set more upon Professors to withdraw them than upon others that want profession, and why, p. 167, 168, 169. CHAP. 4. How it is that gross delusions may come to such an height as they often do, p. 170. What hand the Lord may have in such a plague, cleared, p. 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177. CHAP. 5. How error may be known to be a judicial stroke, and why the Lord smiteth with it, p. 177, 178, 179. What causes do most ordinarily procure this plague of delusion, p. 180, 181. CHAP. 6. By what means, and how, Satan driveth on this plague amongst a people, p. 182, 183. What is Satan's method of proceeding, p. 183. How he prosecuteth it, p. 184, 185, 186, 187, 188. The means and arguments that are used to carry on this design, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193. The manner how this design is carried on by Satan through corrupt Teachers his emissaries; p. 194. What accession a people may have to the bringing of this plague upon themselves, cleared, p. 195, 196. CHAP. 7. What is called for as duty in such a case, p. 196. What is not the proper duty or remedy in such a case; Sure an absolute toleration of all errors and the promoters thereof is not, p. 197, 198. Extremes here are to be eschewed, p. 198, 199, 200. CHAP. 8. When some errors are to be forborne, p. 201.