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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.
I omit the rest of the phrases which be common in scripture and make plain difference betwixt the elect and reprobate, because before I have noted diverse and after must be compelled to repeat the same. How sufficiently ye have proved your general, special, and most special election, let the readers judge by that which is answered to your eight unreasonable reason, and to your 13. vanity.
I omitte the rest of the phrases which be common in scripture and make plaine difference betwext the elect and reprobat, because before I haue noted diuerse and after must be compelled to repete the same. How sufficiētly ye haue proued your generall, speciall, and most speciall election, let the readers iudge by that which is answered to your eight vnreasonable reason, ād to your 13. vanitie.
That impudent blasphemy which maliciously ye lay to our charge shall God (without speedy repentance suddenly revenge upon your own heads) blasphemous mouth,1 I write to thee whose corrupt manners, friendly and secretly I have rebuked, but whose malice I now know. Canst thou not be unthankful unto man, except that also thou pour forth thy venom against gods Majesty? Impudent liar (which of us hath promised unto thee or unto any of thy pestilent sect, that which he hath not performed? Examine thy conscience, and deny if thou canst, but more hath been performed unto thee, then ever was promised, yea even when thou diddest deserve to have been abhorred of all honest men: and yet without fear or shame doest thou accuse us that we should accuse God of hypocrisy and that we would make him a dissembler like unto our selves. The Lord for his great Names sake either purge thy heart, or suddenly repress that venom in thee and in that pestilent • sect, to his own glory, and to the con fort of his Church. Repent, repent (I say) or else shortly shall ⟨p. 113⟩thou feel what it is to contristate and make sorrowful the Spirit of God, be the instruments, in whom he worketh never so weak.