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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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Prop. 4. That which is to be the Rule to try opinions by,1 or the touch-stone to prove and examine opinions by, it must be able and sufficient to do it, it must be adequate and proportionable to the things which are to be •ryed, it must be able to discover all truths, and to evidence all errors: Otherwise it is not a complete Rule. But that alone is the Scripture; neither Men nor Councils are able to do this: some things may appear to them to be errors, which are truths, and to be truths, which are errors, and therefore men cannot be the touch-stone, or the rule of trial, but now the Scripture is able, this is a complete rule, this is proportionable and adequate to the things to be tried, and doth reveal error by discovering it to be dissonant to it, and truth, by declaring it agreeable to it self.
Prop. 4. That which is to be the Rule to try opinions by,1 or the touch-stone to prove and examine opinions by, it must be able and sufficient to doe it, it must be adequate and proportionable to the things which are to be •ryed, it must be able to discover all truths, and to evidence all errours: Otherwise it is not a compleat Rule. But that alone is the Scripture; neither Men nor Councels are able to doe this: some things may appear to them to be errours, which are truths, and to be truths, which are errours, and therefore men cannot be the touch-stone, or the rule of tryall, but now the Scripture is able, this is a compleat rule, this is proportionable and adequate to the things to be tried, and doth reveal errour by discovering it to be dissonant to it, and truth, by declaring it agreeable to it self.
- 1Consul. Whit. con. 1. q. 6 p•• totam. Morton. Apol. Cath. p. 2. l. 1. c. 53, 54. Necesse est Scriptur d• sanct as in testimoniū vocate, nā sine his testibus, enarratione &c. Orig. Non afferamus stateras dolos••, ubi appendamu• quod vo•• mus, & quo modo volumus pro arbitrio nostro, sed stateram divinam de Scripturis sanctis, &c. Aug. Peccurro ad illam stateram dominicam, ubi non ex b mano sensu, sed ex authoritate divina rerum monē ta pensantur Aug. de cap. l. 2. c. 6, 14.