A37042:497
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
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.
1. If our blessed Lord Jesus, and His Apostles, did restrain people from any due liberty, when they expressly prohibit their companying with such, and hearing of such, especially where it is done purposely, usually and deliberately. And, we suppose, that there is scarce a direction in reference to any particular in the Word more frequently, weightily, and peremptorily pressed than this, as the places alleged do clear.
1. If our blessed Lord Jesus, and His Apostles, did restrain people from any due liberty, when they expresly prohibit their companying with such, and hearing of such, especially where it is done purposely, usually and deliberatly. And, we suppose, that there is scarce a direction in reference to any particular in the Word more frequently, weightily, and peremptorily pressed than this, as the places alleaged do clear.
2. They […] consider, if our blessed Lord Jesus, or the Apostles, had any fear of losing their respect, or of inability to maintain their point against any Seducers; yet do they press this themselves, and command ⟨p. 264⟩and charge other Ministers after them, to press this also upon their hearers.
2. They 〈…〉 consider, if our blessed Lord Jesus, or the Apostles, had any fear of losing their respect, or of inability to maintain their point against any Seducers; yet do they presse this themselves, and command ⟨p. 264⟩and charge other Ministers after them, to presse this also upon their hearers.
3. They would consider, if these (to wit, our blessed Lord and the Apostles) did foster carnal passion, whileas yet they so pressed the people, and did reprove the suffering of such to continue in fellowship; Yea also they di so practise it themselves, the Church-history recordeth, that the Apostle John having entered a Bath, where the heretic Cerinthus was, he did immediately in hast go out, professing fear to be ruined with him, if he should continue under the same roof.