An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations

That ye give to God no greater power nor none other §3will, then to your good artificer, consider with your self, how undiscretely ye match his eternal God head (whose power is infinite, and whose determined will, no creature can resist) with creatures that be but impotent, unwise, a•d often disappointed of their purpose and will. True it is that no artificer, willingly, would lose his clay and labour, but is compelled to break those that be faulty. But this proceedeth partly from his ignorance, who did not before know and see the fault which was in the matter, and partly of his impotency, who can not, at his will otherwise, remedy the faulty vessel, but only by breaking the same. But dare ye, or will ye impute upon God those imperfections? so ye seem to do, for this ye write: So God created no man to §4lose him, but only loseth them, that would not be good, whom he created to be good, as the lord sayeth: I planted the a noble vine.

That ye giue to God no greater power nor none other §3will, then to your good artificer, consider with your self, how vndiscretely ye matche his eternal God heade (whose power is infinite, and whose determined will, no creature can resist) with creatures that be but impotent, vnwise, a•d oftē dissapointed of their purpose and will. Trew it is that no artificer, willingly, wold lose his clay ād labore, but is compelled to break those that be faultie. But this procedeth partly frome his ignorāce, who did not before know and se the fault which was in the mater, and partly of his impotencie, who can not, at his will otherwies, remedie the faultie vessell, but onely by breaking the same. But dare ye, or will ye impute vpon God those imperfections? so ve seme to do, for this ye write: So God created no man to §4lose him, but onely loseth them, that wold not be good, whom he created to be good, as the lord saieth: I planted the a noble vyne.