An Answer to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations

also that he had sent unto them faithful Ministers, by whom they were well, and godly instructed. but seeing they had refused their doctrine, giving over obedience to Magistrates, possessing other mens goods, having many wives, choosing unto them a new king, denying Christ to have taken the nature of man of the virgin Mary, affirming man to have free will, forcing men to put their goods in common, denying pardon to those hat sin: all these opinions to be utterly repugnant both to the law of God, and of man. After they had received this answer, they answered again in writing, & withal they sent a book, set forth in the dutch tongue, of the mysteries of the scripture. In their Epistle they published their cause again anew, and defended their doctrine to be good in their foresaid hook. They divided the whole course, and ages of the world into 3. parts, and the first age, as from Adam, until Noah to have perished with the flood, the second, in which now we be, to perish with fire: the third they say shall be new, in the which righteousness shall reign. But before that the last age shall be revealed, this that now is, must be purged with fire. But that (say they) shall not come to pass before Antichrist be disclosed, and his power be utterly put down: Then shall the ruined seat of David be erected again, and Christ shall reign upon the ⟨p. 437⟩earth and all the writings of the Prophets, shall be fulfilled: And as touching this present age, it is like to the time of the which Isai speaketh. For justice is put to silence in it, and the godly are afflicted. But now the time of liberty, and deliverance from so many, and great calamities is come, as it came unto the Israelites, being in the captivity of Babylon, and the wicked shall receive the full reward of their wickedness, as it is prophesied in the Apocalypse: but this restitution to go be fore the world to come, to the end that all the wicked being oppressed, the seat of justice might be prepared. When the Landgrave had read over their book, he gave charge to certain Ministers, of his Church to answer unto it.

also that he had sent vnto them faithful Ministres, by whome they were wel, and godly instructed. but seing they had refused their doctrine, giuing ouer obedience to Magistrates, possessing other mens goods, hauing manie wiues, chosing vnto them a new king, denying Christe to haue taken the nature of man of the virgin Marie, affirming man to haue fre wil, forcing men to put their goods in common, denying pardon to those hat sinne: all these opiniōs to be vtterly repugnant both to the law of God, and of mā. After they had receiued this answere, they answered againe in writing, & withall they sent a boke, set forthe in the dutch tōgue, of the mysteries of the scripture. In their Epistle they published their cause againe anew, and defended their doctrine to be good in their forsaid hoke. They deuided the whole course, and ages of the world into 3. partes, and the first age, as from Adam, vntill Noach to haue perished with the flood, the seconde, in which now we be, to perish with fyre: the third they saye shalbe new, in the which righteousnes shal reigne. But before that the last age shalbe reueled, this that now is, must be purged with fire. But that (say they) shal not come to passe before Antichrist be disclosed, and his power be vtterly put downe: Then shal the ruined seate of Dauid be ereced againe, and Christe shall reigne vpon the