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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. Again, though they may err, doth this take away their right of judgement of error and truth? weakness and subjection ⟨p. 287⟩to error in judgement doth not take away right of judgement. God hath allowed this way of judgement, to determine of doubtful doctrines, and decide controversies, and he hath said, Let the spirit of the Prophets be subject to the Prophets, 1 Cor. 14.32. A place which Junius applies to this, and the error of some must not nullify the ordinance of God.
2. Again, though they may erre, doth this take away their right of judgement of errour and truth? weaknesse and subjection ⟨p. 287⟩to errour in judgement doth not take away right of judgement. God hath allowed this way of judgement, to determine of doubtfull doctrines, and decide controversies, and he hath said, Let the spirit of the Prophets be subject to the Prophets, 1 Cor. 14.32. A place which Junius applies to this, and the errour of some must not nullifie the ordinance of God.
3. Though they may err, yet they are not so likely to err, as others: an Assembly of godly and learned men met together in Gods way, they are under a promise to be led into the way of all truth.
3. Though they may erre, yet they are not so likely to erre, as others: an Assembly of godly and learned men met together in Gods way, they are under a promise to be led into the way of all truth.