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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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4. I say again, if that the light, and judgement and authority of the Word will not convince men of error, neither will any authority upon earth do it.* Those controversies that cannot be concluded and determined by the judgement of the Word, neither can they be determined and ended by any authority upon earth. He that doth not acknowledge himself conquered by the evidence of Scripture, will never acknowledge himself overcome by the sentence of any judge upon earth.
4. I say againe, if that the light, and judgement and authority of the Word will not convince men of errour, neither will any authority upon earth doe it.* Those controversies that cannot be concluded and determined by the judgement of the Word, neither can they be determined and ended by any authority upon earth. He that doth not acknowledg himselfe conquered by the evidence of Scripture, will never acknowledge himselfe overcome by the sentence of any judge upon earth.
- *Quae controversiae siniri non possunt ex determinatione verbi divini, neque fin•entur unquamex determination cujuscunque authoritatis humane. Da•en. Qui ex scripturar•m lata sententia se victum non agnoscit, nunquam agnoscet se victum ex sententia alterius judicis cujuscunque, Daven.Quae controversiae siniri non possunt ex determinatione verbi divini, neque fin•entur unquamex determinatione cujuscunque authoritatis humane. Da•en. Qui ex scripturar•m lata sententia se victum non agnoscit, nunquam agnoscet se victum ex sententia alterius judicis cujuscunque, Daven.