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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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And God permits errors for this end, namely for the further hardening of the hearts of the wicked.
And God permits errours for this end, namely for the further hardening of the hearts of the wicked.
Object. There is an objection against this; If it be so? It will be said, then God punisheth one sin with another, he punisheth sin with error, that is, one sin with another, and he punisheth error with hardness of heart, there is the same?
Object. There is an objection against this; If it be so? It will be said, then God punisheth one sinne with another, he punisheth sinne with errour, that is, one sinne with another, and he punisheth errour with hardnesse of heart, there is the same?
Answ. Though this be a doctrine much opposed by Papists and Arminians, and upon this ground, because say they, hereby we make God the author of sin, &c. yet as God sometimes makes one sin the cure of another in a godly man, so he makes one sin the punishment of another in a wicked man: You see it plain in Psal. 81.12, 13. My people would not obey, there was one sin; and therefore I gave them up to their own hearts lusts, there is another, and the punishment of the former.
Answ. Though this be a doctrine much opposed by Papists and Arminians, and upon this ground, because say they, hereby we make God the authour of sinne, &c. yet as God sometimes makes one sinne the cure of another in a godly man, so he makes one sinne the punishment of another in a wicked man: You see it plaine in