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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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Another hath these words,d The authority of Religion is not to be reckoned by time, but by revelation; nor art thou to take notice what day this worship began, but what this worship is [which began at that time] that which is truth is not late. The same Author dealing with those which did plead Antiquity against truth, he saith, That which we say is new, and that which you do is old; but what doth this help you or weaken us? The authority of truth is not to be measured by time, but by revelation.
Another hath these words,d The authority of Religion is not to be reckoned by time, but by revelation; nor art thou to take notice what day this worship began, but what this worship is [which began at that time] that which is truth is not late. The same Authour dealing with those which did plead Antiquity against truth, he saith, That which we say is new, and that which you doe is old; but what doth this help you or weaken us? The authority of truth is not to be measured by time, but by revelation.
- dReligionis authoritat non tempore aestimanda est, sed numine: neque enim quo die, sed quid colere caeperis in tueri convenit: quod verum est, serum non est. Arnob. Quod nos agemus, novum, quod vos, priscum
And Tertullian dealing with the same spirits in his generation saith,f Novelty doth not confute an error, but the truth: what ever is contrary to truth, doth savour of heresy, even though it be the most ancient custom.
And Tertullian dealing with the same spirits in his generation saith,f Novelty doth not confute an errour, but the truth: what ever is contrary to truth, doth savour of heresie, even though it be the most ancient custom.