A04920:536
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
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ANSWER.
What confirmation our doctrine hath by the invincible,1 and most evident testimonies of gods holy scriptures, I will not now dispute: only I must complain, that maliciously, and most impudently ye wrest our words, and pervert our minds. And for the probation thereof ⟨p. 290⟩I say that ye are never able to show in any of our writings the words and sentences, which in this place ye affirm us to say. ye be never able (I say) to prove that we have written or taught: that God by his revealed will, will all men to be saved, and yet by his secrete will, he willeth many to be damned. That by his reu•led will he willeth no wickedness, but by his secret will, he will Pharaoh to be hard hearted, Shimei to curse David, the Patriarchs to sell their brother Joseph, that by his revealed will, he would not that Adam should f•ll, but by his secret will he willeth Adam to fall.
What confirmation our doctrine hath by the inuincible,1 and most euident testimonies of gods holie scriptures, I will not now dispute: onely I must cōpleine, that maliciously, and most impudently ye wrest our wordes, and peruert our myndes. And for the probatiō thereof ⟨p. 290⟩I say that ye are neuer able to shew in any of our writings the wordes and sentences, which in this place ye affirme vs to say. ye be neuer able (I say) to proue that we haue written or taught: that God by his reueled will, will all men to be saued, and yet by his secrete will, he willeth many to be damned. That by his reuled will he willeth no wickednes, but by his secret will, he will Pharao to be hard hearted, Semei to curse Dauid, the Patriarkes to sell their brother Ioseph, that by his reueled will, he wolde not that Adam shoulde fll, but by his secret will he willeth Adam to fall.