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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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1. Either when we judge of an opinion to be truth, because the promiscuous multitude doth adhere to it.
2. Or when we blindly subscribe to an opinion for truth, because many learned and holy men are the Patrons and maintainers of it.
1. When we judge of an opinion to be truth, because the promiscuous multitude, abundance in the Church adhere to it. And this is indeed the great error, men are carried away with the crowd, they are not able to stand against the stream, they are carried down with the multitude, and the number of them in the way is the great argument that concludes them in it also. Christ tells us here in the text, That many shall come in his Name, and say they are Christ, and shall deceive many. Here you are told, there may be a multitude of seducers, and a multitude of seduced, they shall deceive many.
1. When we judge of an opinion to be truth, because the promiscuous multitude, abundance in the Church adhere to it. And this is indeed the great errour, men are carried away with the crowd, they are not able to stand against the stream, they are carried down with the multitude, and the number of them in the way is the great argument that concludes them in it also. Christ tells us here in the text, That many shall come in his Name, and say they are Christ, and shall deceive many. Here you are told, there may be a multitude of seducers, and a multitude of seduced, they shall deceive many.