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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.
Easy it is in deed to solute those arguments which in our names ye falsely forge either by adding such patches as in our writings can never be found,1 or else by so perverting our minds, yea and the mind of the holy Ghost that if possible it were, ye would obscure the brightness of the son, and take from creatures, the benefit of the same, to the end that in your darkness ye might still remain. And therefore • can not but complain of your devilish malice which causeth ⟨p. 109⟩you to pervert and writhe words well spoken and reasons godly and substantially made.
Easie it is in dede to solute those argumētes wc in our names ye falsly forge either by adding such patches as in our writings cā neuer be foūd,1 orels by so peruerting our mindes, yea and the minde of the holie Gost that if possible it were, ye wold obscure the brightnes of the son, ād take frome creatures, the benefitt of the same, to the end that in your darknes ye might still remaine. And therefor • can not but complain of your deuilish malice which causeth ⟨p. 109⟩you to peruerte ād writhe wordes well spokē and reasons godly and substancially made.
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Show if ye can in any of our writings that we affirm that where so ever there is election there is also reprobation of the same sort. Show that clause I say of the same sort and I will confess that ye have red more then I have done, of that matter, which nevertheless I hardly can believe. But to the end that the simple reader may understand how we do reason of election and reprobation by the contrary effects I will adduce not our reasons lately invented, but twenty years ago committed unto writing by that notable instrument of God John Calvin,