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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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Before I come to give a full answer to this, we will premise three or four things, which may be serviceable to the more clear and distinct answer.
Before I come to give a full answer to this, we will premise three or foure things, which may be serviceable to the more cleere and distinct answer.
1. There is no man can plead immunity from all kind of errors, there is not a man but is in danger to be led aside with some error or other, as we say of sin, •in atham asher lo jechate, there is no man which sins not; so we may of error, there is no man who errs not.
1. There is no man can plead immunity from all kinde of errours, there is not a man but is in danger to be led aside with some errour or other, as we say of sin, •in atham asher lo jechate, there is no man which sins not; so we may of errour, there is no man who errs not.
There is no man on earth, who hath an unerring privilege, an unerring spirit, no not all men on earth together; not Fathers, Synods, Councils, but are subject to error, as is confessed by all, and largely proved against the Papists; that is the first, that no man can plead an immunity and freedom from any kind of error. Nemo sine crimine, & nemo sine error, are alike.
There is no man on earth, who hath an unerring priviledge, an unerring spirit, no not all men on earth together; not Fathers, Synods, Counsells, but are subject to errour, as is confessed by all, and largely proved against the Papists; that is the first, that no man can pleade an immunity and freedom from any kinde of errour. Nemo sine crimine, & nemo sine errore, are alike.