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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
Part 4 › Chapter 8: Some preparatory endeavours for uniting.
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CHAP. VIII. Some preparatory endeavours for uniting.
Although we have been somewhat large in these generals, because of the falling in of several things, yet we conceive it may be useful to the point, and we may have the speedier progress afterward in loosing this great question, What an orthodox Church divided in it self in some circumstantial truths (to speak so) or contrary practices and actings, when still agreeing in the fundamentals of Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government, and having mutual esteem of the integrity one of another: What, I say, such are called to do for the healing of that breach? In reference to which, these things, or this method would be followed.
ALthough we have been somewhat large in these generals, because of the falling in of severall things, yet we conceive it may be usefull to the point, and we may have the speedier progresse afterward in loosing this great question, What an orthodox Church divided in it self in some circumstantiall truths (to speak so) or contrary practices and actings, when still agreeing in the fundamentals of Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government, and having mutuall esteem of the integrity one of another: What, I say, such are called to do for the healing of that breach? In reference to which, these things, or this method would be followed.
1. All, especially Ministers, would walk under1 the impression of the dreadfulness and terribleness of such a plague; It is like, if God were looked to as angry at a Church, and at Ministers in such a time, men would be in the greater fitness to speak concerning a healing. Some time therefore would be bestowed ⟨p. 336⟩