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A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…
A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are discussed and resolved ... / by Mr. George Gillespie ... ; published by Mr. Patrick Gillespie ...A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are discussed and resolved ... / by Mr. George Gillespie ... ; published by Mr. Patrik Gillespie ...
Edinburgh: printed by Gideon Lithgow for George Swintoun, 1649Edinburgh: printed by Gedeon Lithgovv for George Svvintoun, 1649
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.
Oh how have these men been charming and cheating me out of the right way? They have unsettled me, and frighted me out of all my marks of grace, or fruits of faith, and when they have promised me a clear resolution, behold they leave me much more unsatisfied: They have deceived me and I was deceived. When all comes to all in their way, I must either conclude (which I dare not) that I have true faith, because my heart suggesteth, and saith my sins are forgiven me, without any trial of faith by the fruits thereof, or otherwise I am left in a labyrinth, believe I must, and they will allow me no marks to know whether I believe or not. Wherefore I will not come into their secret, I will come out of their paths which lead down to the Chambers of death, I will return to the good old way, the Scripture way, Christs way, the Apostles way, in which I shall find rest to my soul.
Oh how have these men been charming and cheating me out of the right way? They have unsetled mee, and frighted me out of all my marks of grace, or fruits of faith, and when they have promised me a clear resolution, behold they leave me much more unsatisfied: They have deceived me and I was deceived. When all comes to all in their way, I must either conclude (which I dare not) that I have true faith, because my heart suggesteth, and saith my sins are forgiven mee, without any tryall of faith by the fruits thereof, or otherwise I am left in a labyrinth, believe I must, and they will allow me no markes to know whether I believe or not. Wherefore I will not come into their secret, I will come out of their paths which lead downe to the Chambers of death, I will return to the good old way, the Scripture way, Christs way, the Apostles way, in which I shall finde rest to my soule.
The third point now remains, viz. that there is no such inextricable difficulty, darkness or mist in this mark, the love of the brethren; but that the children of God may, and sometimes do clearly and safely assure their hearts by this mark, that they have passed from death to life. Which that it may ⟨p. 269⟩appear, I shall speak first to the Object, the Brethren, then to the Act, which is love.