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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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It is one reason that God doth withdraw the light he hath given, nay and suffer men to be given up to ways of error, because they walk not answerable to the truth received: You see this, Rom. 1.21, 24, 25.
It is one reason that God doth withdraw the light he hath given, nay and suffer men to be given up to wayes of errour, because they walke not answerable to the truth received: You see this, Rom. 1.21, 24, 25.
5. When a man grows weary of that light he hath, when God hath made known something to a man, and because it will not suffer him to sin quietly, he grows weary of it, or it will not stand with his ends and designs: You see this, Rom. 1.28. Because they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, therefore God gave them over to a reprobate mind, &c. So when you are weary of your light, weary of Religion, profession, it is too exact, precise, too troublesome, too laborious, too costly, because you like not to retain God, and the ways of God, therefore God gives you up to ways of error. These sins doth God often punish with error, and I say more, unreclaimednesse under any sin what ever, will bring in error.
5. When a man growes weary of that light he hath, when God hath made knowne something to a man, and because it will not suffer him to sinne quietly, he growes weary of it, or it will not stand with his ends and designes: You see this, Rom. 1.28. Because they did not like to retaine God in their knowledge, therefore God gave them over to a reprobate mind, &c. So when you are weary of your light, weary of Religion, profession, it is too exact, precise, too troublesome, too laborious, too costly, because you like not to retaine God, and the wayes of God, therefore God gives you up to wayes of errour. These sinnes doth God often punish with errour, and I say more, unreclaimednesse under any sin what ever, will bring in errour.