A04920:512
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.
THE ADVERSARY.
THE ADVERSARIE.
This say you,1 with many other manifest testimonies of the Scriptures, ye •osse, and turn upside doun• seeking shifts to maintain your errors, where by you declare your self to be of the number of them, of whom it is written in the same place, which do say tush the way of the Lord is not indifferent §1ye will not that the Lord judge according to this way set. forth in his word but of necessity by an immutable […] save a certain, & of necessity to con den all the rest, ye must not so read gods word studying rather to teach the holy Ghost, then to learn your duty of him, seeking means rather to con firm your preconceived error, then to avoid it. what true•• can he learn §2at the word of God, which worshippeth the idol of his own fantasy, and hath already forsaken the mind of the trueth. Remember that the first less• ̄ of wisdom, is to be willing to learn wisdom▪ Cast away therefore the •doles of your hearts, which made you stumble in your ways, submit your selves to the word, as humble and meek lambs. for the lamb only was §3found worthy to open the seals of the book. Trust not your error to be the better because it hath many favourers specially of them, which have the name of learning for such have been always in all ages, enemies to the trueth §4inventers of sects & errors, such like as Jannes and •ambres resisted Moses so do they the trueth, as the learned scribes & Pharisees blasphemed the word of God and persecuted Christ the trueth it self, so do they yet in hu members. And even as the pharisees said, do any of the rulers or of the pharisees believe in him, this common people which know not the law is cursed,