The dying man's testament to the Church of Scotland, or, A treatise concerning scandal…

Whereby it cometh to pass, that neither one sort or other can particularly understand the duty called-for in reference to their healing, more than if all visions, and directions concerning the same were sealed up, as, Isa. 29. ver. 10, 11. and Isa. 59. 10. And none of all Zions sons are in capacity to take her by the hand, Isa. 51. 18. 3. Besides these two, the Lord sometimes hath a wise design for promoving of His work, even by occasion of such divisions, as thereby to make the Gospel to be spread further than otherwayes it had been; for, by discontents and differences, sometimes men have been put ⟨p. 299⟩to go elsewhere and preach the Gospel; and in that instance of Paul and Barnabas their separating, this is brought about; the Gospel is preached by both in their several journeys, which had not been so extended had they been together; but this, and others of this kind being only proper to the Lords sovereign wisdom, we will not insist on them,

Whereby it cometh to passe, that neither one sort or other can particularly understand the duty called-for in reference to their healing, more than if all visions, and directions concerning the same were sealed up, as, Isa. 29. ver. 10, 11. and Isa. 59. 10. And none of all Zions sons are in capacity to take her by the hand, Isa. 51. 18. 3. Besides these two, the Lord sometimes hath a wise design for promoving of His work, even by occasion of such divisions, as thereby to make the Gospel to be spread further than otherwayes it had been; for, by discontents and differences, sometimes men have been put ⟨p. 299⟩to go elswhere and preach the Gospel; and in that instance of Paul and Barnabas their separating, this is brought about; the Gospel is preached by both in their severall journeys, which had not been so extended had they been together; but this, and others of this kind being only proper to the Lords soveraign wisdom, we will not insist on them,