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An evident display of Popish practises, or patched Pelagianism Wherein is mightily cleared the…An euident display of Popish practises, or patched Pelagianisme Wherein is mightelie cleared the…
An evident display of Popish practises, or patched Pelagianism Wherein is mightily cleared the sovereign truth of Gods eternal predestination, the staid groundwork of our most assured safety by Christ. Written in Latin by that reverend father, master Theodore Beza, and now lately Englished by VV.H. preacher of the Gospel.An euident display of Popish practises, or patched Pelagianisme Wherein is mightelie cleared the soueraigne truth of Gods eternall predestination, the stayd groundworke of oure most assured safetie by Christ. Written in Latin by that reuerend father, mayster Theodore Beza, and now lately Englished by VV.H. preacher of the Gospell.
London: printed by Ralph Newberie, 1578
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 Scripture saith much otherwise, which affirmeth that all things are governed of God,1 even those that seem most casual. It testifieth, that the very Sparrows do not fall to the earth without the heavenly fathers will, and that all the hairs of our head be numbered.
The Scripture saith muche otherwise, whiche affyrmeth that al things are gonerned of God,1 euen those that séeme moste casuall. It testifyeth, that the verye Sparrowes do not fall to the earthe without the heauenly fathers will, and that all the haires of oure heade be numbred.
Satan indeed cannot touch Job, except God see it so good, and for that cause permit it Satan, yea the Devils ⟨p. 46⟩truly could not rage against the swine, except leave be asked of Christ, which he granted not against his will, but willingly. It resteth then we say, that all things are done if God will: and therefore as we see any thing come to pass: let us say that it came to pass, not without the just, eternal, and immutable decree of GOD, But if any man will exclaim here, that we enforce the Stoical necessity. Indeed I grant with Augustine, or rather with the truth it self, that the will of GOD is the necessity of things, but this Stoical I deny. Nor do we bind GOD to the second causes, as Homer bringeth in his Jupiter complaining, that when he would resist destiny, he could not.