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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. There was a consociation of Churches: we read of two Churches consociated, Jerusalem and Antioch, and how many more is not evident, only it is probable there were others also.
1. There was a consociation of Churches: we reade of two Churches consociated, Jerusalem and Antioch, and how many more is not evident, only it is probable there were others also.
1. De jure, it ought to have been so, the case was no less theirs in Syria and Cilicia, then theirs in Antioch, it was every way their case, they were alike concerned in the case and cure; they were troubled with the same doctrine, and their souls were subverted, as well as Antioch, as it appears by Act. 15.23, 24. And being alike interested, and their case the like, and knowing of the remedy, it may be probable, I say, that the Churches of Syria and Cilicia had their Elders there, as well as Antioch.
1. De jure, it ought to have been so, the case was no lesse theirs in Syria and Cilicia, then theirs in Antioch, it was every way their case, they were alike concerned in the case and cure; they were troubled with the same doctrine, and their souls were subverted, as well as Antioch, as it appears by Act. 15.23, 24. And being alike interessed, and their case the like, and knowing of the remedy, it may be probable, I say, that the Churches of Syria and Cilicia had their Elders there, as well as Antioch.
2. The acts, determinations and decrees are sent unto them all conjunctly, I say, to them, even as to Antioch; and messengers appointed to report the determinations of the Assembly to them, as to the other; as you see, vers. 23. And therefore as they ought to be here in their delegates, and messengers, as well as Antioch: that which concerns all ought in this case to be handled of all: and by the Letters sent to them, as to Antioch, it is probable they joined in the referring the Question and cause to the results of that Assembly. Besides, they sent to these Churches, but we read not that they sent to other Churches, but yet other Churches were bound by this decree; and why therefore did they send to these and not to other, if that these, and not the other had not deferred the same cause, and sent their Commissioners to Jerusalem with Antioch? Neither have we any thing in Scripture to the contrary, to prove they were not there, and therefore it may be probable they were there in their delegates. But this shall suffice to show you here was a consciation.