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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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There are many long disputes of Divines against the Papists concerning hardening of the heart; whether or no God do harden? the Papists charge us in this point, that we make God the author of sin, in saying that God doth harden any, though there be many Scriptures that speak plain. God is said to blind, to harden &c. as you see, Exod. 9.12. Exod. 4.21. Ezech. 14.9. Rom. 9.19. He hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
There are many long disputes of Divines against the Papists concerning hardening of the heart; whether or no God doe harden? the Papists charge us in this point, that we make God the authour of sinne, in saying that God doth harden any, though there be many Scriptures that speake plaine. God is said to blind, to harden &c. as you see, Exod. 9.12. Exod. 4.21. Ezech. 14.9. Rom. 9.19. He hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he heardeneth.
And God may be said to harden the heart divers ways:
And God may be said to harden the heart divers wayes: