An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations

Paul doth not absolutely define that they were reprobates, but putteth in to their choice, whether they would confess, that Christ Jesus did remain in them by faith, which they had received by the preaching of Paul, and so would admit him to be an Apostle: or to grant, that they had nothing to do with Christ, and so to confess them selves reprobates. Now let the indifferent reader judge whether that ether faithfully ye city the text, ether that righteously ye conclude upon the same. The Apostle sayeth not, except that Christ dwell in you, you are reprobates, but sayeth, as before I have alleged, do ye not know your selves that Christ Jesus is in you? except that in some what ye be reprobates. And albeit that the words were such, as ye recite, how can you thereof conclude, David, and Adam were reprobates, when they sinned? seeing that Paul in that place maketh mention of no other sin, except of the denial of Christ, to remain in them, of their ingratitude towards him, whom God had appointed preacher unto them and of giving ear & credit to false Apostles, slanderers of Christs true messengers▪ how justly I might turn Pauls words upon your heads, you easily may espy: but all such reasoning I do from my heart abhor. If ye can be able to prove that Adam refused the grace offered, or that David did storm against Nathan, ether affirming or suspecting him to be a false prophet, then had your argument some probability. for only of such, and to such speaketh the Apostle in that place. Thus doth •ther your ignorance, or malice wresting the scriptures against their native sense, compel me to trouble the reader much more then I would, if any sincerity were found in you.

Paule doth not absolutely define that they were reprobates, but putteth in to their choise, whether they wold confes, that Christ Iesus did remaine in them by faith, which they had receaued by the preaching of Paule, and so wold admitt him to be an Apostle: or to grante, that they had nothing to do with Christ, and so to confes them selues reprobates. Now let the indifferent reader iudge whether that ether faithfully ye cyte the text, ether that righteously ye conclude vpon the same. The Apostle saieth not, except that Christ dwell in you, yow are reprobates, but saieth, as before I haue alledged, do ye not know your selues that Christ Iesus is in you? except that in som what ye be reprobates. And albeit that the wordes were such, as ye recite, how can you therof conclude, Dauid, and Adam were reprobates, when they sinned? seing that Paule in that place maketh mencion of no other sinne, except of the denial of Christ, to remain in them, of their ingratitude towardes him, whom God had appointed preacher vnto them and of giuing eare & credite to fals Apostles, sclāderers of Christes true messingers how iustly I might turn Paules wordes vpō your heades, you easely may espie: but all such reasoning I do from my heart abhorre. If ye can be able to proue that Adam refused the grace offered, or that Dauid did storme against Nathan, ether affirming or suspecting him to be a fals prophete, then had your argument som probabilitie. for onely of such, and to suche speaketh the Apostle in that place. Thus doth ther your ignorance, or malice wresting the scriptures against their natiue sense, compell me to trouble the reader muche more then I wold, if any sinceritie were found in you.