A04920:531
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.
ANSWER.
How maliciously ye pervert our words, and how impudently ye forge upon us a form of doctrine, which did never enter into our thoughts shall appear God willing by answering to that, which ye call the confutation of our third error, which thus beginneth.
How maliciously ye peruerte our wordes, and how impudently ye forge vpon vs a form of doctryne, which did neuer enter into our thogthes shall appere God willing bv answering to that, which ye call the confutacion of our third error, which thus beginneth.
THE ADVERSARY.
THE ADVERSARIE.
The authors of this wicked opinion,1 when they could not sufficiently confirm their errors, by the authority of gods word, they invented a new shift to approve it by gods secrete will. for say they: Though God by his revealed will, will all men to be saved, yet by hi• secrete will, he willeth many to be damned, by his revealed will, he will no wickedness, but by his secrete will he will Pharaoh to be hard hearted, Sm to curs David the patriarchs to sell their brother Joseph &c. by his revealed will he would […] that, Adam should full, but by his secret will be willeth Adam to full I marvel much where ye have found out this manner of doctrine for nther, Moses and the prophets. nether Christ and his Apostles use any such manner of doctrine. further what profit do ye to the people wih this doctrine? Sure I am that […] cause many to conceive an evil opinion of God hereby. But now forasmuch, as the secrete will of God, kowe to none but o him self alone, who hath reled it to you? how can ye sy this is god secrete will? f it was gods sece will hat Ad should fall and you […] it then it is both secrete and […], both revealed and