A04920:126
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.
ANSWER.
ANSWERE.
Because that aswell your forged lies as the vanity of your reasons have ben declared I will not trouble the reader with repetition of the same. And will also touch the rest of these your arguments so briefly as I can.
Because that aswell your forged lies as the vanitie of your reasons haue ben declared I will not trooble the reader with repetition of the same. And will also touche the rest of these your argumentes so briefly as I can.
Where ye reason that we were all created in one man §1that is in Adam: So were we all created in one estate &c. If ye understand that we were all created in one estate, that is in that estate which shortly was to change, because that God had so determined in his eternal counsel, that by the fall of one, his infinite mercy towards his chosen, and severe judgement towards the vessels of wraith should evidently appear in the time appointed by his wisdom. If this I say you understand that we were all created in one estate I will not contend with you. Albeit in very deed in that self same mass there were at once vessels ⟨p. 92⟩of mercy and vessels of wraith. But because ye open yo• mind, in the contrary part saying: That we were created in Adam after the image of God to lief, I am compelled utterly to dissent from you and fear not to affirm that because none did stand to the end in that image, but all fell even to death in Adam: that therefore neither in Adam neither yet in that image as Adam had it, was any created unto lief, but in Christ Jesus were all the chosen predestinate to lief everlasting,