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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.
How oft that evil men hurt good men, the wicked men §25sin, and in the end they suffer just punishment: and yet by them, nevertheless doth God chasten, instruct and confirm his own: and by the manifest enemies of his Church doth God make glorious his Church.
How oft that euill men hurt good men, the wicked mē §25sinne, ād in the end they suffer iust punishement: and yet by them, neuertheles doth God chasten, instruct and confirme his own: and by the manifest ennemies of his Church doth God make glorious his Church.
Yet can it not be said, that those evil instruments §26do obey God. For albeit that God worketh his ⟨p. 172⟩work by them, yet they so far as in them lieth, and as concerning their own counsel and will, do not the work of God, but their own work: for the which meritably they are punished. Albeit what so ever God worketh by the wicked is good, yet what so ever the wicked men work is evil.
Yet can it not be said, that those euill instrumentes §26do obey God. For albeit that God worketh his ⟨p. 172⟩work by them, yet they so far as in them lieth, and as cō cerning their own counsell and will, do not the work of God, but their own work: for the which meritably they are punished. Albeit what so euer God worketh by the wicked is good, yet what so euer the wicked men work is euel.