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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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Some who never scrupled to swear oaths enough, but yet scruple a religious oath. The Jews scrupled not to murder Christ, but scrupled to have him hang on the cross, because of the preparation to the Sabbath.
Some who never scrupled to sweare oathes enough, but yet scruple a religious oath. The Jews scrupled not to murther Christ, but scrupled to have him hang on the crosse, because of the preparation to the Sabbath.
Mens scruples of conscience are oftentimes the punishment of their looseness of conscience. I shall proceed no farther upon this. It would be endless to set down the many grounds which corrupt hearts have for the entertainment of error. And because I have spoken already much to this purpose upon a former inquiry, I shall therefore shut up this, and come to the next question propounded, which is the fourth general laid down.
Mens scruples of conscience are oftentimes the punishment of their loosenesse of conscience. I shall proceed no farther upon this. It would be endlesse to set down the many grounds which corrupt hearts have for the entertainment of errour. And because I have spoken already much to this purpose upon a former inquiry, I shall therfore shut up this, and come to the next question propounded, which is the fourth generall laid downe.
Quest. 4. Who those are that are in danger to be carried away, and led aside with error?
Quest. 4. Who those are that are in danger to be carried away, and led aside with errour?