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The arraignment of errorThe arraignment of errour
The arraignment of error: or, A discourse serving as a curb to restrain the wantonness of mens spirits in the entertainment of opinions; and as a compass, whereby we may sail in the search and finding of truth; distributed into six main questions. Quest. 1. How it may stand with Gods, with Satan's, with a mans own ends, that there should be erroneous opinions? Quest. 2. What are the grounds of abounding errors? Quest. 3. Why so many are carried away with error? Quest. 4. Who those are that are in danger? Quest. 5. What are the examens, or the trials of opinions, and characters of truth? Quest. 6. What ways God hath left in his Word for the suppressing of error, and reducing of erroneous persons? Under which general questions, many other necessary and profitable queries are comprised, discussed, and resolved. And in conclusion of all; some motives, and means, conducing to an happy accommodation of our present differences, are subjoined. / By Samuel Bolton minister of the Word of God at Saviours-Southwark.The arraignment of errour: or, A discourse serving as a curb to restrain the wantonnesse of mens spirits in the entertainment of opinions; and as a compasse, whereby we may sail in the search and finding of truth; distributed into six main questions. Quest. 1. How it may stand with Gods, with Satans, with a mans own ends, that there should be erroneous opinions? Quest. 2. What are the grounds of abounding errours? Quest. 3. Why so many are carried away with errour? Quest. 4. Who those are that are in danger? Quest. 5. What are the examens, or the trials of opinions, and characters of truth? Quest. 6. What waies God hath left in his Word for the suppressing of errour, and reducing of erroneous persons? Under which generall questions, many other necessary and profitable queries are comprized, discussed, and resolved. And in conclusion of all; some motives, and means, conducing to an happy accommodation of our present differences, are subjoyned. / By Samuel Bolton minister of the Word of God at Saviours-Southwark.
London: printed by G. Miller for Andrew Kembe, 1646
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2. God permits it to sift our graces; and this will try you to the back: There are 5. Graces God doth now sift in his people.
1. Their Knowledge, here God tries y••r knowledge, how you have thriven under means, what knowledge you have to discern between error and truth, light and darkness. God expects after all the means you have had,1 that you should not still be children, but men in knowledge, and that you should be able to discern between light and darkness. As we read of a full assurance of faith, so we read of a full assurance of knowledge, some that are weak in knowledge, some stronger; God doth by these, try what your knowledge is, under all the light you have enjoyed.
1. Their Knowledge, here God tries y••r knowledge, how you have thriven under meanes, what knowledge you have to discerne betweene errour and truth, light and darknesse. God expects after all the meanes you have had,1 that you should not still be children, but men in knowledge, and that you should be able to discerne betweene light and darknesse. As we reade of a full assurance of faith, so we reade of a full assurance of knowledge, some that are weake in knowledge, some stronger; God doth by these, try what your knowledge is, under all the light you haue injoyed.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew]. Col. 2.•.〈non-Latin alphabet〉.