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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 were well, to avoid this charge, if Ministers were sent through the Kingdom at this time, with Commission to preach and instruct men in ways of worship, to reveal to men the truth, and prepare mens hearts, that so when things come to be settled, we might not, if possible, have any to yield to things with implicit faith and blind obedience. It was the practice of good Hezekiah, when he restored the worship of God, 2 Chron. 29. beg. he sent out Posts, like to Evangelists, to prepare the people, and to humble them for their revoltings, and to reduce them to the worship of God. And if this be not done,1 we may fear either great opposition in men, or else blind submission and implicit obedience.
And it were well, to avoid this charge, if Ministers were sent thorow the Kingdom at this time, with Commission to preach and instruct men in waies of worship, to reveal to men the truth, and prepare mens hearts, that so when things come to be setled, we might not, if possible, have any to yeeld to things with implicit faith and blinde obedience. It was the practice of good Hezekiah, when he restored the worship of God, 2 Chron. 29. beg. he sent out Posts, like to Evangelists, to prepare the people, and to humble them for their revoltings, and to reduce them to the worship of God. And if this be not done,1 we may fear either great opposition in men, or else blinde submission and implicit obedience.
- 12 Chro 29. beg. compared with the 2 Chro. 30.6, 7.