PHIL. Ye say trueth. Although if I had leisure, it were but a trifle to confute this their wicked heresy, with all the other that they maintain, yet will I for the confirmation of your consciences rehearse certain Scriptures, which shall utterly refel ⟨image 21⟩their wicked opinion of denying remission & forgiveness of since to sinners. God saith by his Prophet these words: If the wicked shall repent 1him & turn from all his since, which he hath wrought, & shall keep all my precepts, and do judgement & righteousness, he shall live and shall not die. I will not remember all his iniquities, which he hath wrought. In his righteousness which he hath wrought, shall he live. Is it my will, saith y• LORD God, that the wicked should dye, & not ra there that he should turn from his ways & live? Again in that same Chapter, turn & repent ye from all your iniquities, & your iniquity shall work you no displeasure. Cast away from you all your wickednesses, wherein ye have offended, & make you a new hart & a new spirit: & wherefore will ye dye O the house of Israel? For I will not that any man should dye ⟨image 22⟩saith the LORD god. Return and live. Also by another Prophet he saith, Return, O thou rebel Israel, 2saith the LORD, and I will not turn away my face from you, for I am holy, saith the LORD, and I will not be angry for evermore.
Again in another place the Prophet 3saith, turn to the LORD your God, for he is gentle & merciful, patient & of much gentleness, & ready to forgive his malice. Do not all these sentences prove manifestly y• gods mercy lieth bent out for all manner of sinners at all times, if they repent & turn?
PHIL. Ye saye truethe. Although yf I had leasure, it were but a tryfle to confute this theyr wycked heresy, wt all the other that they mayntayne, yette wyll I for the confyrmacion of youre consciences rehearse certayne Scriptures, which shall vtterly refell ⟨image 21⟩theyr wycked opinion of denyēg remission & forayuenes of synnes to synners. God sayth by his Prophet these wordes: If the wycked shall repente 1hym & turne from all his synnes, whiche he hath wrought, & shall kepe all my preceptes, and do iudgement & righteousnesse, he shall lyue and shall not dy. I wyll not remember all his iniquities, which he hath wrought. In his righteousnes whiche he hathe wroughte, shall he lyue. Is it my wyll, sayth y• LORDE God, that the wycked should dye, & not ra ther that he shoulde turne from his wayes & lyue? Agayne in that same Chapter, turne & repent ye from all your iniquities, & your īiquite shall worke you no displesure. Cast away frō you al your wickednesses, wherī ye haue offended, & make you a newe hart & a new spiryte: & wherfore wyl ye dye O ye house of Israell? For I wyll not that any man shoulde dye ⟨image 22⟩sayth the LORDE god. Returne and lyue. Also by another Prophette he sayth, Returne, O thou rebell Israell, 2sayth the LORDE, and I wyll not turne awaye my face from you, for I am holy, saythe the LORDE, and I wyll not be angrye for euermore.
Agayne in another place the Prophet 3sayth, turne to the LORD your God, for he is gentle & mercyfull, pa cient & of much gentlenes, & redy to forgyue his malyce. Do not all these sētēces proue manifestli y• gods mer cy lyeth bent out for all māner of siners at all tymes, yf they repent & turne?
- 1Eze. xviii.
- 2Jere. iii.Iere. iii.
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