An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations

But as the hole praise of this we give to God, arrogating no part of it to our selves, so we constantly affirm that nether faith, neither works, neither yet any quality that is, or that God foresaw, to be in us, is the cause of our predestination or election to life everlasting, as before we have sufficiently proved.

But as the hole praise of this we giue to God, arrogatīg no part of it to our selues, so we constantly affirme that nether faith, neither workes, neither yet any qualitie that is, or that God forsaw, to be in vs, is the caus of our predestination or electiō to life euerlasting, as before we haue sufficiently proued.

Ye are so inconstant,¹ now granting predestination to be the free and mere gift of God, without any condition of our works: and immediately after ascribing it to our obedience ⟨p. 188⟩and walking in the way, that leadeth to life. In this your inconstancy, say, I can not tell how to handle you One thing I see, to my great comfort, that the glory of Christ Jesus, is so manifest, and the power of his trueth so invincible, that he will reign, in the midest of his enemies. The devils them selves must acknowledge and openly confess, that he is Lord, and the only Son of the living father: and the adversaries of his trueth, even when they fight most outrageously against the same, are compelled, to give testimony to it, as you do here in divers places: as when ye say, it followeth not, that because we must walk in the way, that leadeth to life, that therefore, for walking in the way of salvation, we are chosen (and as you write) accepted. But because (I say) that your inconstancy doeth straight carry you to denial of this, I can the less credit, that this be a true confession proceeding from an unfeigned heart: but rather that it is the mighty power of the verity, which (will ye nill ye) compelleth your mouths, to give witnessing upon her part, against your selves. God grant I may be deceived, in this my judgement. for him I take to record, that I am no otherwise enemy to any of you, then in so far, as ye declare your selves manifest enemies to the free grace of God, and to the glory of the eternal Son of the eternal father of Christ Jesus our Lord and only Saviour.