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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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And it was not new to them, it hath been the constant tenet of all the learned in all ages of the Church.a Do not believe the argument and our dispute, but let us search the Scriptures, enquire of the Apostles, ask of the Prophets, enquire of Christ, let them determine.b Theod. I am not so desperately confident, that I dare affirm any thing which the holy Scriptures have passed with silence, I rest only in the Word of God. It is a devilish spirit, to think any thing divine, which is out of the authority of Scripture.
And it was not new to them, it hath been the constant tenent of all the learned in all ages of the Church.a Doe not believe the argument and our dispute, but let us search the Scriptures, enquire of the Apostles, aske of the Prophets, enquire of Christ, let them determine.b Theod. I am not so desperately confident, that I dare affirm any thing which the holy Scriptures have passed with silence, I rest onely in the Word of God. It is a devillish spirit, to thinke any thing divine, which is out of the authority of Scripture.
- aNolo argumento credas, & nostrae disputationi, Scripturas interrogemus, Apostolos interrogemus, Prophetas interrogemus, Christum interrogemus. Amb.
- bNon adeo perdite confidens sum, ut aufim aliquid affirmare quod sacrae Scriptura silentio praeterit. Ego in sola divina Scriptura acquiesco. Theod.
We will now come, having settled the truth upon the Scripture, to answer some Objections, one or two only.