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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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1. They are improper, not only in respect of the persons that are to u•e them, but improper in their own nature. And that because,
1. They are external means, and those are too short for internal maladies.
1. They are externall means, and those are too short for internall maladies.
2. Besides, they are heterogeneall; they are diversi generis, of a divers and different kind, the one carnal, the other spiritual; the object of one, the body, the estate; of the other, the soul and conscience.
2. Besides, they are heterogeneall; they are diversi generis, of a divers and different kinde, the one carnall, the other spiritual; the object of one, the body, the estate; of the other, the soul and conscience.
2. And secondly, these were never ordained, never appointed of God for such ends in his Church. We cannot expect Gods blessing upon any thing, further then it hath Gods ordination. Now these were never ordained and anointed of Christ, as means to be used in his Church and Kingdom, for such an end, and therefore there can be no blessing expected on them.