A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Thou silly man, shall I fear there is a God, when I go about my villainies? But they shall one day believe and feel: there may be Atheists on earth, there are none in hell: no sooner come thither, but they know to their endless sorrow, that there is a GOD.^f Bellarmine saith, that the faith of reprobates and devills, est recta & vera fides ex parte objecti; is a right and true faith in regard of the object. And^g Augustine. comparing Peters confession, Matth. 16.16. Thou art Christ the Son of the living God: with the devils acknowledgement Mark 1.24. I know who thou art, even the holy one of God: saith, that though Peter for this was commended, and Satan expelled: albeit the same confession was beneficial to the one, and not to the other: In utrisque tamen non falsa, sed vera; non neganda, sed agnoscenda; non detestanda, sed approbanda. Yet the faith in both was not false but true; not to be denied, but acknowledged; not to be detested, but approved. Let this faith be granted true, so far as it goes; yet as it hath many other differences, so this one especially. The faith of reprobates and devils is compelled ex evidentia signorum, by the demonstration of the signs; faith of the elect ex evidentia Spiritus, by the evidence of the Spirit. Theirs against their wills, ours from the ground of our hearts; for that is the seat and subject of all approved faith.

Thou silly man, shall I feare there is a God, when I goe about my villanies? But they shall one day beleeve and feele: there may be Atheists on earth, there are none in hell: no sooner come thither, but they know to their endlesse sorrow, that there is a GOD.^f Bellarmine saith, that the faith of reprobates and devills, est recta & vera fides ex parte objecti; is a right and true faith in regard of the object. And^g Augustine. comparing Peters confession,