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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. To them brought in God suffers errors;
1. To them brought in God suffers errours;
1. To sift and try his own people; these times are sifting times: As times of calamity, when misery abounds, so times of division when errors abounds, they are times of sifting; times wherein God will try what mettle you be made of, whether you be corn or chaff, whether dross or gold, whether wheat or tares. He is said in Amos 9.9. to sift the Nations: I will sift the house of Israel, as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. There is your comfort, not a grain shall be lost, who ever is true grain, who ever is sound and sincere, they shall never be lost, God will preserve them, none shall be lost. Every man hath his hour of sifting one way or ⟨p. 7⟩other, he hath his hour of temptations, and blessed are they which endure temptation, blessed are they who hold out the trial, James 1.12. A Soldiers valour and courage is not so well known in the Garrison as in the field, there he is discovered: So a Christian is not known till an hour of temptation comes, and then he is discovered.
1. To sift and try his own people; these times are sifting times: As times of calamity, when misery abounds, so times of division when errours abounds, they are times of sifting; times wherein God will try what mettle you be made of, whether you be corne or chaffe, whether drosse or gold, whether wheate or tares. He is said in Amos 9.9. to sift the Nations: I will sift the house of Israel, as corne is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least graine fall upon the earth. There is your comfort, not a graine shall be lost, who ever is true graine, who ever is sound and sincere, they shall never be lost, God will preserve them, none shall be lost. Every man hath his houre of sifting one way or