A04920:123
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.
THE ADVERSARY.
THE ADVERSARIE.
You say that God reprobated and ordained man to damnation the most part of the world afore the foundations of the world were laid,1 and yet in the creation God made all men after his own image good and righteous, as the scripture witnesseth. for as we were all created in one man that is Adam. So were we all created in one estate that is after the image of God to lief, then if your opinion be true the ordinance of God in his election afore the world is not conform to his ordinance in the creation.2 And the h•lie Ghost ⟨p. 91⟩sayeth: If I build up again that which I have cast down before I declare my self to be a transgressor: if God created man to his own image unto lief whom before the creation he had reprobate and cast away, declareth he not thereby him self to be inconstant and a transgressor. Ye can not escape here with your bare solution, where ye say afore the world, God hath not ordained all but some unto damnation, for in our creation all were ordained unto lief, for so much as we were all created after the image of God of the ordinance of God in our election afore the world. The Apostle writeth §3thus. we be blessed sayeth he with all manner of spiritual blessings in heavenly things by Christ according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundations of the world were laid that we should §4walk in them.3