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A76988	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.	Bolton, Samuel, 1606-1654.	1646 (1646)	Wing B3517; Thomason E318_1; ESTC R200547	325,527	388

foundation in Scripture Cum habeamus omnium exactissimam perfectissimam regulam ex divinarum Scripturarum assertione ●ro vos omnes ut relinquatis quid huic quid illi videatur de bis a Scripturis haec o●n a in quirite Chrys Nihil sinè nihilixira nihil praeter nihil ultra divinam Scripturam admittendum est Consul Mortō p. 2. l. 3. cap. 25. every heretick will alledge Scriptures but the Scripture will not patronize errours you may cast them upon Scripture but the Scripture will not father these unlawfull births of your owne which are begotten between ignorance and corrupt affections The Scripture it self is a pure fountain without mud an infallible rule without errour or deceit and nothing else is 6 Prop. That which is the rule whereby opinions are to be tryed is to be a just exact measure capable of no addition nor no detraction neither of lengthning nor of lessening But that is only proper to the Word of God Mens judgements of things are capable of addition they are not so full to which nothing more can be or ought to be added nor are they so perfect from which nothing can be taken away Never were the results of men so full that there was place for no addition nor so perfect that they had not after cause to retract in some thing But now the Scripture is such a Rule which is exact compleat and perfect and this is largely handled by our Divines against the Papists in opposition to their supply of unwritten traditions they are able to make the man of God perfect there needs no traditions of men there is a sufficiency a perfection in Scripture Nay and they are not onely compleat perfect but intire in this perfection to which nothing must be added nor from which nothing must be substracted and taken away as you see it Deut. 4.2 Yee shall not add to the Word which I command you nor shall ye diminish ought f●●m it so the 12. Deut. 32. and Deut. 5.32 Yee shall doe whatever the Lord hath commanded you shall not turne aside to the right hand or to the left Neque pastor neque concilium imo neque Argelus in ●ebus fidei recipiendus est non dico solum con●ra scripturas sed etiam obsque scripturis vel praeter scripturas Bil. Con. Apol. p. 2. p. 266. Diabolicum est extra divinarum Scripturarum authoritatem aliquid divinum putare Theoph. Gal. 1.8 If an Angell from Heaven should preach another Gospell let him be accursed And Rev. 22.18 19. which shuts up not onely Johns Prophecy but the whole ●anon of Scripture If any man shall add to this prophecy God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book and if any man shal take away from the words of this book God shall take away his part out of the book of life and holy City c. and therefore the Scriptures being so exact a rule so compleat and entirely perfect capable of no addition nor diminution it must needs follow that the Scripture is the alone rule whereby we are to try opinions that lapis lydius or touch-stone whereby we are to prove all the doctrines of men And so much for the first Argument Arg. 2. That which is to be our Judge after death is surely to be our Rule in life this is plain if we are to be judged by it surely we are to be ruled by it if it must be our Judge hereafter then our Law here But the Scripture shall be our Judge after death Joh. 12.48 He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my Word hath one that judgeth him Mort. Ap. C at p. 2 l. 1. c. 48 53 c. Cons Park de polit eccl l 2. c. 2. p. 148 149. Non aliter impios haereticos perfrictae frontis poss●mus convincere nisisacros habeamus codices ex quibus clara veritas elucescit Mort. def Apo l. p 1 c. 9. See Reynolds conf p. 97. Cons Park l. 2. c. 2. p. 130. the Word which I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day So 2 Thess 1.8 He shall come in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 2.16 He shall judge men according to my Gospel Arg. 3. That which is the touch-stone to discover truth and to manifest errour is certainly the rule to trie opinions But the Scripture is the touch-stone to discover truth and to manifest errour therefore For the truth of this minor proposition that the Scripture is the touch-stone it is easily made good thus That whereon all truths are founded and by which all truths are confirmed and wherein all errours are convinced and condemned is surely the touch-stone whereby all opinions are to be tryed But in the Scripture are all truths founded and by it are all truths confirmed errours convinced and condemned Ergo. Arg. 4. That unto which God himself doth demit us and send us to try opinions that surely is the rule to try opinions But to the Scripture doth God demit and send us for the tryall of opinions for the finding out of truth from errour and discovering errour from truth therefore surely this is the rule Now that God doth demit and send us thither for the tryall of opinions and for the discovery of truth from errour you shall see Isa 8.20 To the Law and to the testimonies if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them When the Question was to be resolved against the Sadduces concerning this point of the resurrection Christ doth reduce them to the Scripture and tels them if they had searched and enquired there they would have been convinced of their errour Consul Whitak cont 1. q 5 cap. 13. Matth. 22.29 Jesus said unto them Ye erre not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God So when he would prove to the Jews that he was the Messiah for proof of that he reduceth them to the Scriptures Joh. 5.39 Search the Scriptures for in them ye thinke ye have eternall life and they are they which testifie of me It should be our enquiry in all our opinions what saith the answer of God men say this others say that but what saith the answer of God a De c●●lo quae●●nd●● est judex sed quid p●●sanu● ad coe um cum habe●m●● hi● in Evangelio ●estamentum The Judge is to be sought from heaven but what need we knock at heaven when we have his Word his minde in Scriptures b Coelestis judex non ●u nubibu● sed ex Scripturis quaerendus You are not to seek the heavenly Judge from the clouds but from the Scriptures In ter●●inamlis controversii● Theologicis sacrae divi●●que Scripturae solummodo relinquatur locus So then that unto which God doth demit us and that wherewith we are to consult in all controversies of faith of