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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 here a poor man he is gone; either this doth fill his spirit with horror to hear it, and so doth awaken him, and puts him upon reading, praying, studying, searching, or else he is carried away with the stream of the temptation, and if not ⟨p. 42⟩openly, yet he tacitly subscribes to the thing, though he speaks not out, witness the casting off that fear, that awe, that care he had before.
And here a poore man he is gone; either this doth fill his spirit with horrour to heare it, and so doth awaken him, and puts him upon reading, praying, studying, searching, or else he is carried away with the streame of the temptation, and if not ⟨p. 42⟩openly, yet he •acitely subscribes to the thing, though he speakes not out, witnesse the casting off that feare, that awe, that care he had before.
And thus Satan comes to Atheist men, if he do not awaken and unatheist you by this, he will certainly Atheist you more.
And thus Satan comes to Atheist men, if he doe not awaken and unatheist you by this, he will certainly Atheist you more.
2. To discourage and take off the heart of men from doing any thing.