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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.
To purge my God from that injustice,1 or from those absurdities, which thou wouldest impute upon his eternal majesty, I will •ot labour, lest that ether I should seem to doubt of our own cause, ether yet to be solicit, for the defence of our eternal God. And therefore seeing that ye declare your selves not men ignorant, willing to Jearne, but devils enraged against God, against his eternal, and infinite justice, as I began, so do I finish. The Lord confound thee Satan. The Lord confound you enraged dogs, which so impudently dare bark, against the most just judgements of God. And thus leaving you to the hands of him, who suddenly shall revenge his justice from your blasphemies. For the cause of the Simple I say, First, that most maliciously ye accuse us, as that we should affirm God to be slow to mercy, and ready to wrath, which blasphemy we protest before God, before his holy Angels in heaven; and before his Church here in earth, did never enter into our heart. For the contrary thereof we daily see, and perceive, not only in our selves, to whom most mercifully he remitteth the multitude of our sins, but also in the most cruel enemies of his Church.
To purge my God from that iniustice,1 or from those absurdities, which thou woldest impute vpon his eternall maiestie, I will •ot labor, lest that ether I should seme to doubte of our owne cause, ether yet to be sollicite, for the defense of our eternall God. And therfor seing that ye declare your selues not men ignorant, willing to Iearne, but deuilles enraged against God, against his eternall, and infinite iustice, as I began, so do I finish. The Lord confound thee Sathan. The Lord confound you enraged dogges, which so impudently dare barcke, against the most iust iudgementes of God. And thus leauing you to the handes of him, who sodanely shall reuenge his iustice from your blasphemies. For the cause of the Simple I say, First, that most maliciously ye accuse vs, as that we should affirme God to be slow to mercy, and readie to wrath, which blasphemy we protest before God, before his holy Angelles in heauen; and before his Church here in earth, did neuer enter into our heart. For the contrarie thereof we daily see, and perceaue, not onely in our selues, to whom most mercifully he remitteth the multitude of our sinnes, but also in the most cruell ennemies of his Church.