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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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3. God would hereby sift your Zeal• whether or no you will contend for the truth, as you have it expressed it. Jude 3. E•arnestly contend for the faith, which was on•• delivered to the Saints. God will now try whether you will contend for the truth,1 or whether you will bear with them that are evil. Thus God tried the Church of Pergamus, Rev. 2.14, 15. and he blames them for their lukewarmness, that they had no more zeal to oppose those errors which were vented in their times. Gods people though they be little, when they be to deal with God, dust and ashes, as deal for God, and they will not brook with error. You see the hot contention between Paul and Barnabas, Paul and Peter, what zeal and affection Paul did show for God: and all was, because they did not walk according to truth, as you read, Gal. 2.10, 11, 12, 13, 14. As Moses would not yield to Pharaoh, not in a hoof, the Orthodoxall Christians to the Arians not in* a letter, an Iota, a title; nor Paul to the Jews, no not for an hour, so the soul who is zealous for God, he cannot brook with error, nor can he yield to any thing contrary to the truth of God.
3. God would hereby sift your Zeal• whether or no you will contend for the truth, as you have it exprest it. Jude 3. E•arnestly contend for the faith, which was on•• delivered to the Saints. God will now try whether you will contend for the truth,1 or whether you will beare with them that are evill. Thus God tried the Church of Pergamus,