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Author: Durham, James, 1622-1658.
Title: 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.
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Print source: 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.
Durham, James, 1622-1658., Blair, Robert, 1593-1666.
Edinburgh: Printed by Christopher Higgins ..., 1659.
Subject terms:
Church of Scotland.
Church polity -- Early works to 1800.
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Table of Contents
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title page
The Preface.
THE Publisher to the Reader.
The Contents.
ERRATA.
introduction
The Rise of this following TREATISE.
The Grounds of this Treatise.
PART I. The sum of it.
CHAP. I. Several Distinctions of Scandal.
CHAP. II. Holding forth what Offence is not, and what it is.
CHAP. III. Concerning the severall wayes that Offence may be given.
CHAP. IV. Concerning that upon which Offence worketh, or, the several wayes by which it is taken.
CHAP. V. Concerning what ought to make men loath and wary as to the giving Offence.
CHAP. VI. Holding forth the difficulty to lye mainly in pra∣ctice, and shewing how far Offence ought to have influence on a Christian in his walk.
CHAP. VII. Shewing what the Scandal of the Pharisees or ma∣licious is, and clearing several other important Questions.
CHAP. VIII. Holding forth what is called-for when Offences abound.
CHAP. IX. Holding forth what ought to be the carriage of Ministers when Offences abound.
PART II. Concerning Publick Scandals, or Scandals as they are the object of Church-censures; and more particularly, as they are practical, or, in practice.
CHAP. I. Shewing that every Offence is not publick, and when it is so.
CHAP. II. Concerning what order is to be keeped in the fol∣lowing of publick Scandals.
CHAP. III. Shewing that Christs order and method, Matth. 18. is to be keeped, and what it doth imply.
CHAP. IV. Holding forth the frame wherewith Church-Offi∣cers should proceed in Censure, and helps to∣wards the same.
CHAP. V. Concerning what is to be done, when offending persons give no satisfaction.
CHAP. VI. Concerning what is to be accounted satisfaction, or satisfying.
CHAP. VII. Shewing what is not necessary to satisfaction.
CHAP. VIII. Holding forth what may be satisfying.
CHAP. IX. Concerning what is to be done, when men appear neither serious nor obstinat.
CHAP. X. Clearing whether in Church-processes an Accu∣ser be alwayes necessary.
CHAP. XI. Concerning what is to be done when the complaint is of some enjury one to the complainer.
CHAP. XII. Concerning what ought to be done by private persons, when Church-officers spare such as are scandalous.
CHAP. XIII. Shewing more particularly what it is that pri∣vate persons are called to in such a case.
CHAP. XIV. Clearing whether the Ordinances of Christ be any way polluted by corrupt fellow-worshippers.
CHAP. XV. Shewing if any thing further in any imaginable case be allowed to privat Christians.
PART III. Concerning Doctrinall Scandals, or Scan∣dalous Errours.
CHAP. I. Holding out the expediency of handling this matter.
CHAP. II. Concerning the spreading of Errour; Gods dis∣pleasure at the suffering thereof, and the faint∣ing even of good men in restraining the same.
CHAP. III. If any of the People of God may be carried away with grosse delusions.
CHAP. IV. How it is that grosse delusions may come to such height, as they often do.
CHAP. V. How errour may be known to be a judiciall stroke. and why the Lord smiteth with it.
CHAP. VI. By what means, and how Satan drives on this plague among people.
CHAP. VII. What is called-for as duty in such a case.
CHAP. VIII. When some errours are to be forborn.
CHAP. IX. What is called-for from Church-officers in the case of spreading errour.
CHAP. X. Whether at all times a publick debate be necessary with such persons upon these points.
CHAP. XI. Admonition is necessary, and how to be performed.
CHAP. XII. What is to be accounted a satisfying and successe∣full admonition.
CHAP. XIII. What is required of Magistrates for restraining of seducing spirits.
CHAP. XIV. What may be justly acknowledged to be within the reach and power of the Magistrate in such a case, and so, what is his duty.
CHAP. XV. What is called-for from people who are desirous to keep themselves pure in such a time and case as the increasing of errours and seducers.
CHAP. XVI. What further duty is required of private Profes∣sors towards Hereticks that are cut off.
PART IIII. Concerning Scandalous Divisions.
CHAP. I. How heresie, schism and division differ, together with the several kinds of division.
CHAP. II. Whence Divisions do arise, and how they are fostered and encreased.
CHAP. III. The height of evil that division bringeth.
CHAP. IIII. The causes why Division usually cometh to so great an height.
CHAP. V. What occasionall means may have influence upon division amongst the godly.
CHAP. VI. What be the sad effects of division, and the ne∣cessity of endeavouring unity.
CHAP. VII. General Grounds leading to Unity.
CHAP. VIII. Some preparatory endeavours for uniting.
CHAP. IX. What things are to be forborn in order to uniting.
CHAP. X. What is to be done in order to Uniting.
CHAP. XI. What is to be done in closing doctrinal differences.
CHAP. XII. What to do for union in points not doctrinall, but about matters of fact or personall faults.
CHAP. XIII. What to do toward uniting in divisions arising from diversity of circumstances in external ad∣ministrations, and especially arising from Church-government.
CHAP. XIV. What is to be done in order to union about divisi∣ons concerning doctrinall determinations.
CHAP. XV. What shall be done in order to union about such de∣cisions, as have practical consequents following thereon.
CHAP. XVI. The remedies of divisions, arising from misappli∣cation of power in ordination of Ministers, and admitting to, or debarring from, communion.
CHAP. XVII. Remedies of divisions arising from the misappli∣cation of power, in censuring, or sparing Mi∣nisters, reall or supposed.
CHAP. XVIII. The fears of mis-government for the time to come, and remedies thereof.
CHAP. XIX. Some advertisements concerning the overtures proposed.
CHAP. XX. What is incumbent to Magistrates and People for remedying this evil.
CHAP. XXI. The grounds and motives of the desired union.