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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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The former, to wit, public judgement, they say belongs to them, that are in public authority; the other belongs to all to whom God hath given a reasonable soul. And* Aquinas grants some kind of judgement to the people. And therefore this judgement, viz. rational and private judgement, may be exercised, by their own confession, and yet in this they are not judge of their Judges.
The former, to wit, publike judgement, they say belongs to them, that are in publike authority; the other belongs to all to whom God hath given a reasonable soul. And* Aquinas grants some kinde of judgement to the people. And therefore this judgement, viz. rationall and private judgement, may be exercised, by their own confession, and yet in this they are not judge of their Judges.
- *V••squisque debet ••tus suos examinare ad scientiā quam à Deo habet, omnis enim homo debet secundum ratione• agere. Aquin.V••squisque debet ••tus suos examinare ad scientiā quam à Deo habet, omnis enim homo debet secundum ratione• agere. Aquin.
Obj. 2. Those who ought to rest in the judgement of their Doctors and teachers, they ought not to examine and judge of doctrines, and receive or reject them, as they shall appear to them to be true or false. But private Christians ought to rest in the judgement of their Doctors. For this, they urge that of Christ, The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses chair, what ever they say to you, do.