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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.
THE ADVERSARY.
THE ADVERSARIE.
God created man a very good thing,1 and dare you say that God ordained a very good thing to destruction? Then God delighteth in the destruction of that which is very good. Man at his creation was a just and innocent creature▪ for afore the transgression §1there was no evil neither in Adam nor in us, and think you that God ordained his just and innocent creatures to condemnation? §2what greater tyranny and unrighteousness can the most wicked man in the world, yea the devil him self do, then to condemn the innocent and just person? Hereby may we see that these careless man by more abominable then the Athei, which believe there is no God. But these affirm God to be as bad as the devil §3yea and worse: forasmuch as the devil can only tempt a man to death, but he can compel none to fall unto condemnation, but God may not only tempt, but also compel •y his eternal decree the most part of the world to damnation. And hath so done (as they say)▪ so that of necessity and only because it was his pleasure and will: then must God be worse then the devil. For the devil only tempted men to fall, but God compelleth them to fall by his immutable decree. Oh horrible blasphemy.
God created man a verey good thing,1 and dare you say that God ordeined a verey good thing to destruction? Then God deliteth in the destruction of that which is verie good. Man at his creation was a iust and innocent creature for afore the transgresion