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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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4 He may also put those laws in execution, when other means will not reclaim them. And thus the Princes and Emperors did in former times: if those examples of Constantine, Theodosius, Valentinian, Justinian, &c. be of any weight, which I confess will be but of little, if the word will not allow it. And therefore we will come to the third Question, which is,
4 He may also put those laws in execution, when other means will not reclaim them. And thus the Princes and Emperours did in former times: if those examples of Constantine, Theodosius, Valentinian, Justinian, &c. be of any weight, which I confesse will be but of little, if the word will not allow it. And therefore we will come to the third Question, which is,
Quest. 3. Whether this power, which is asserted in the former Question, be a power which is warranted and ordained of God?
And this is needful to be cleared; it is the main of all; for, if it cannot be evidenced that the Magistrate is endued with such a power, it will then follow, that he is an usurper, and brings guilt upon his own soul in the exercise of it.
And this is needfull to be cleared; it is the main of all; for, if it cannot be evidenced that the Magistrate is endued with such a power, it will then follow, that he is an usurper, and brings guilt upon his own soul in the exercise of it.