A37042:538
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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8. Sometimes Divisions are betwixt godly and orthodox men upon the one side, and corrupt men upon the other; as were the divisions of the Church with the Arian Heretics, and others of that nature. Sometimes again, they are amongst godly and orthodox men on both sides, and this is a main ingredient in, and aggravation of, the scandal of Division, when it is amongst Christ's own Disciples; and this is that which we would especially speak to: Concerning which we say,
8. Sometimes Divisions are betwixt godly and orthodox men upon the one side, and corrupt men upon the other; as were the divisions of the Church with the Arian Hereticks, and others of that nature. Sometimes again, they are amongst godly and orthodox men on both sides, and this is a main ingredient in, and aggravation of, the scandal of Division, when it is amongst Christ's own Disciples; and this is that which we would especially speak to: Concerning which we say,
1. That there is such a thing incident to the Church1 as division amongst godly, able, and orthodox men, as betwixt Paul and Barnabas, Act. 15. The Disciples of Christ and the disciples of John; yea, oftentimes betwixt the Disciples of Christ amongst themselves. And afterward the instances of Augustine and Jerome, Chrysostom and Epiphaneus, with many others of later times, do demonstrate it. In the Old Testament we find Job and his friends keeping up a long dispute right sharply. And, Numb. 12. something is recorded of a division between Moses, Aaron and Miriam.
1. That there is such a thing incident to the Church1 as division amongst godly, able, and orthodox men, as betwixt Paul and Barnabas,