A04920:93
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.
After that ye have concluded as you think, our opinion to be naughty, by arguments drawn from nature, you make a bold promise to prove the same by plain scriptures: And yet your first entrance is but by a reason not well grounded upon these scriptures which ye allege. Thus ye write: If God hath ordained the most part of the world to perdition then were his wrath greater then his mercy, but the scripture witnesseth that his mercy is over all his creatures. Ergó (will ye conclude) He hath not created the most part of the world to perdition. To prove that gods mercy is greater then his wrath, ye bring forth the words of David. Psal. 30. & 45. Isaiah. 54. and of God him self proclaiming ⟨p. 70⟩his own name unto Moses: for these words are not the words of Moses (as ye allege) but were spoken by God him self in the ears of Moses.
After that ye haue concluded as you thinke, our opinion to be naughtie, by arguments drawen from nature, you make a bold promes to proue the same by plain scriptutes: And yet your first entrance is but by a reason not well grounded vpon these scriptures which ye alledge. Thus ye write: If God hath ordeined the most part of the world to perdition then were his wrath greater then his mercie, but the scripture witnesseth that his mercie is ouer all his creatures. Ergó (will ye conclude) He hath not created the most part of the world to perdition. To proue that gods mercie is greater then his wrath, ye bring furth the wordes of Dauid. Psal. 30. & 45. Isaiah. 54. and of God him self proclaming ⟨p. 70⟩his own name vnto Moises: for these wordes are not the wordes of Moises (as ye alledge) but were spoken by God him self in the eares of Moises.