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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.
Nether yet need you to marvel, if ye list to take such pains, as to read our writings, where that we find the doctrine that we teach (your surmised lie, we cast upon your selves) seeing that Moses, the prophets, Christ Jesus, and his Apostles in all writings do affirm the same. But yet lest that ye should think that we attribute nothing to gods secret will,1 I will in few words confess what we teach maintain and believe, in that case. And that the rather because you gather a great absurdity, not of our doctrine, but of that which ye falsely impute upon us, in this manner. forasmuch (you say) as the secrete will of God is known to none but to him self alone, Who hath revealed it to you? how can you say this is gods secret will? if it was gods secret will that Adam should fall and you knew it▪ then it is both secret and unsecret, both revealed and unrevealed, both known and unknown. What great absurdity is this?
Nether yet nede you to maruell, if ye list to take such paines, as to read our writīges, where that we finde the doctryne that we teach (your surmised lie, we cast vpon your selues) seing that Moises, the prophetes, Christ Iesus, and his Apostles in all writings do affirme the same. But yet lest that ye should think that we attribute nothing to gods secret wil,1 I will in few wordes confesse what we teach maintein and beleue, in that case. And that the rather because you gather agreate absurditie, not of our doctryne, but of that which ye falsely imput vpon vs, in this maner. for asmuch (you say) as the secrete will of God is knowen to none but to him self alone, Who hath reueled it to you? how can you say this is gods secret will? if it was gods secret will that Adam should fall and you knew it▪ then it is both secret and vnsecret, both reueled and vnreueled, both knowen and vnknowen. What greate absurditie is this?
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