A76988:379
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Indeed these cautions are used as means to preserve us in our standing, and keep us from falling, but they do not any way prove, that Gods people may fall. These things I do but hint at, to set you right in the understanding the meaning of these ⟨p. 81⟩cautions, lest you should make bad collections from them.
Indeed these cautions are used as meanes to preserve us in our standing, and keep us from falling, but they doe not any way prove, that Gods people may fall. These things I doe but hint at, to set you right in the understanding the meaning of these ⟨p. 81⟩cautions, lest you should make bad collections from them.
Cautions imply not a possibility in the thing, but serve in stead of means to prevent it. And you see it plain here in this 24 verse; Those whom Christ promiseth to be preserved, and saith it is impossible that they should be deceived, yet to these he gives these admonitions and cautions, which are means of their preservation: Take heed that no man deceive you. Christ doth not promise preservation to our security, but to our sedulity; not to our neglect, but to our use of means: he that promised Hezekiah should live, decreed that Hezekiah should eat. He that* hath ordained to the end, hath determined to the means too; and therefore Hezekiah used physic after God promised to prolong his days.
Cautions imply not a possibility in the thing, but serve in stead of meanes to prevent it. And you see it plaine here in this 24 verse; Those whom Christ promiseth to be preserved, and saith it is impossible that they should be deceived, yet to these he gives these admonitions and cautions, which are meanes of their preservation: Take heed that no man deceive you. Christ doth not promise preservation to our security, but to our sedulity; not to our neglect, but to our use of meanes: he that promised Hezekiah should live, decreed that Hezekiah should eate. He that