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An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations
An answer to a great number of blasphemous cavillations written by an Anabaptist, and adversary to Gods eternal predestination. And confuted by John Knox, minister of Gods word in Scotland. Wherein the author so discovereth the craft and falsehood of that sect, that the godly knowing that error, may be confirmed in the trueth by the evident Word of GodAn answer to a great nomber of blasphemous cauillations written by an Anabaptist, and aduersarie to Gods eternal predestination. And confuted by Iohn Knox, minister of Gods worde in Scotland. Wherein the author so discouereth the craft and falshode of that sect, that the godly knowing that error, may be confirmed in the trueth by the euident Worde of God
Geneva: printed by John Crespin, 1560Geneva: printed by Iohn Crespin, 1560
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To your scriptures which ye allege from the book of wisdom and from Esdras (his fourth book),1 I will shortly answer. That albeit ye will ten thousand times deck and decor them with the title of the holy Ghost, I will not the more credit them. Not that I deny but that in them there be things contained, profitable to edification, but if that therefore ye will upon any place written within them, conclude a doctrine contrary to the rest of the canonical scriptures, I will answer with the ancient writers, that they were not written, that upon them should ⟨p. 87⟩our faith be established. Let them serve, if so please you to exhortation, but for confirmation of any doctrine shall they never serve unto me. Neither yet this do I say, that I do think any of these places (rightly understand) to make any thing for your purpose, but that I will by gods grace, give ever that reverence unto the verity of God,2 that the voices of men shall not with me be comparable unto it.
To your scriptures which ye alledge from the book of wisdom and frome Esdras (his fourth booke),1 I will shortly answere. That albeit ye will ten thousand tymes deck ād decore them with the title of the holie Gost, I wil not the more creditt them. Not that I deny but that in them there be thinges conteined, profitable to edification, but if that therefore ye will vpon any place written within them, conclude a doctrine contrarie to the rest of the canonicall scriptures, I will answer with the ancient writers, that they were not written, that vpon them should ⟨p. 87⟩our faith be established. Lett thē serue, if so please you to exhortation, but for confirmation of any doctrine shall they neuer serue vnto me. Neither yet this do I say, that I do think any of these places (rightly vnderstand) to make any thing for your purpose, but that I will by gods grace, giue euer that reuerence vnto the veritie of God,2