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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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Max. 1 What ever the Word of God doth plainly and evidently hold forth, that is infallibly truth: the Word of God, or God in the Word doth give out all Doctrine to be believed and obeyed; and whatever the Word holds forth, what ever hath a bottom and firm footing in the Word, that is undoubtedly truth. All is divinely true which the Word holds forth, but all is not morally and practically good. All is to be believed which the Word holds forth, but all is not to be observed: what ever is in the Word is the object of our faith, but what ever is in the Word is not to be the rule of our life.
There are no provisos to be laid down in point of faith, all ⟨p. 207⟩is truth, and we must believe all:1 faith doth not single •ut it's object, it doth not pick and choose, but believes all which God hath spoken: but there must be some provisos in matter of practice; though all to be believed, yet all is not to be observed, unless,
There are no provisoes to be laid down in point of faith, all ⟨p. 207⟩is truth, and we must believe all:1 faith doth not single •ut it's object, it doth not pick and chuse, but believes all which God hath spoken: but there must be some provisoes in matter of practice; though all to be believed, yet all is not to be observed, unlesse,
- 1Fides non eligit objectum.