An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations

But Adam and David transgressing and horribly falling from God, were so hated in them selves, and for their sins, that first behoved the innocent Son of God, by his death to make a satisfaction▪ for their sins▪ as also for the sins of all gods children. And secondarily we say, preach write, and maintain, that the sin was so odious before God, that his justice could do none other, but inflict upon Adam, and his posteritie• The penalty of death corporal,¹ the punishments, and plagues, which daily we do see apprehend gods children. that upon David, he did execute his just judgement, which in these words he pronounced. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house, because, thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of uriah the Hittite, to be thy wife. Thus sayeth the lord: behold I will raise up evil against the out of thine own house, and I shall take thy wives before thine eyes and give them unto thy neighbour and he shall lye with thy wives in the sight of sun. for thou diddest it secretly, but I shall do this thing before all Israel, and before y• sun. This sentence,² I say, most justly pronounced, was after most sharply, and yet most justly) for sin committed) put in▪ execution. And so do we affirm that none of gods children be they never so dear, shall escape punishment, if contemptuously they transgress.

But Adam and Dauid transgressing and horribly falling from God, were so hated in them selues, and for their sinnes, that first behoued the innocent Sonne of God, by his death to make a satisfaction▪ for their sinnes▪ as also for the sinnes of all gods children. And secondarely we say, preache write, and maintein, that the sinne was so odious before God, that his iustice could do none other, but inflict vpon Adam, and his posteritie• The penaltie of death corporall,¹