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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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I see a spirit in men, some look what will authority settle; others, in what way will preferment lie. And as the wind follows ⟨p. 117⟩the abundance of exhalations: so they, where there is most abundance for the world.
I see a spirit in men, some look what will authority settle; others, in what way will preferment lie. And as the winde follows ⟨p. 117⟩the abundance of exhalations: so they, where there is most abundance for the world.
I see others standing and enquiring, which way such men go, men so holy, men so learned, and few that will take the pains to enquire what is the mind of God. They ask indeed with Pilate, what is truth? what is the way of God? but they will not dig into the mine of Scripture to find this treasure, they will not take pains to search. They best they hope, that godly men and learned men will not settle any thing but what is good, and there they rest: what is this, but resolving our faith, into the determinations of men? this we are not to do, though the best of men, because it is sinful, it is not certain, it is not safe, nor is it a way like men.
I see others standing and enquiring, which way such men go, men so holy, men so learned, and few that will take the pains to enquire what is the minde of God. They aske indeed with Pilate, what is truth? what is the way of God? but they will not digge into the myne of Scripture to finde this treasure, they will not take pains to search. They best they hope, that godly men and learned men will not settle any thing but what is good, and there they rest: what is this, but resolving our faith, into the determinations of men? this we are not to doe, though the best of men, because it is sinfull, it is not certain, it is not safe, nor is it a way like men.