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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
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.
7 It may be by the imprudencie of such as have1 good affection: As, 1. expressing too much good liking of some corrupt men, because they pretend fairly: Thus the Church was divided in Phrygia for Montanus, because some did too imprudently construct well of him, as if indeed he and his Prophetesses had truly had the gift of prophecy; others again vehemently upbraided them for it. 2. It is when things are pressed unseasonably, or in an offensive manner, without respect to the manner of things if they be satisfied in the matter. There followed many divisions upon the back of the most famous Council, (which made Greg. Nazianzen to say, He never desired to see many Bishops together) and the Centuriators give this reason or occasion, Dumb quidam fidem Nicenam imprudenter urgebant, alii eam acriter impugnabant.
7 It may be by the imprudencie of such as have1 good affection: As, 1. expressing too much good liking of some corrupt men, because they pretend fairly: Thus the Church was divided in Phrygia for Montanus, because some did too imprudently construct well of him, as if indeed he and his Prophetesses had truly had the gift of prophecy; others again vehemently upbraided them for it. 2. It is when things are pressed unseasonably, or in an offensive manner, without respect to the manner of things if they be satisfied in the matter. There followed many divisions upon the back of the most famous Councill, (which made Greg. Nazianzen to say, He never desired to see many Bishops together) and the Centuriators give this reason or occasion, Dum quidam fidem Nicenam imprudenter urgebant, alii eam acriter impugnabant.
- 1Too much liking of some upon fair pretences.
8. Too much peremptoriness where there may be1 some condescending, hath much hand in this; when men become not all things (so far as is lawful) unto others. It is marked in the Church-history, That sometimes too tenacious adhering unto Canons and Councils, by some who would not condescend in a syllable, when others did condemn the matter, hath been in this respect prejudicial; Such was the cause of the schism betwixt the East and West Church, and particularly the tenacious adhering in all things, even as to the very manner, to the Council of Chalcedon (which was indeed a famous and orthodox Council in the matter) The former instance cleareth this also.