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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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Qu. 4. Whether the strictness and holiness of those, who are the maintainers and entertainers, the publishers and receivers of an opinion, be not enough to discover the opinion or doctrine to be a truth?
Qu. 4. Whether the strictnesse and holinesse of those, who are the maintainers and entertainers, the publishers and receivers of an opinion, be not enough to discover the opinion or doctrine to be a truth?
Before I come to the Answer, I must tell you that this hath been the great Episcopal argument for their Diana. aI can never believe, saith one, that Ambrose, and Augustine, and the rest of the holy Fathers would have taken upon them the office of a Bishop, if it had not been lawful.b Far be it from me, saith another, to think that the ancient form of the Church, and so many godly and renowned men Bishops, should be thought tyrannical, or that such holy and learned men should be in such an error.
Before I come to the Answer, I must tell you that this hath been the great Episcopall argument for their Diana. aI can never believe, saith one, that Ambrose, and Augustine, and the rest of the holy Fathers would have taken upon them the office of a Bishop, if it had not been lawfull.b Farre be it from me, saith another, to thinke that the ancient forme of the Church, and so many godly and renowned men Bishops, should be thought tyrannicall, or that such holy and learned men should be in such an errour.
- aEgo nunquam credam Ambrosium, Augustinū reliqu•sque sanctos patres Episcopatum tyrannicum gerere voluisse. Far.