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…

but yet these things satisfy thee not. Be it so, for what may satisfy such envy, such madness, and such lewdness, as this is? But yet indeed these things do (whether thou wilt or no) sufficiently show what wickedness it is, to dare object ye to any man, which he hath plainly testified, that he hateth as a most wicked blasphemy. But let us yet bring moe testimonies out of the same Book,¹ least I be (sayeth he) too tedious. I verily perceive that to have bin accomplished that Augustine teacheth. And these be the words of Augustine. These be the great works of the Lord, sought out into all his wills, and so wisely sought out, that when the Angelical and humane creature had sinned, that is, had done not that which he would, but that it self would, even by the same will of the creature, whereby that was done which the Creator would not, he fulfilled that which he would, using well even the wicked as the chief good, to their damnation, whom he had predestinate to pain, and to their salvation, whom he lovingly predestinate to grace, for as much as appertaineth to themselves, they did that which God would not, but so much as appertaineth ⟨p. 71⟩to the omnipotency of GOD, they were by no means able to do it, surely even in that self thing which they did against the will of God, the will of God is done of them, for therefore the great works of the Lord, sought out into all his wills, that in a wonderful and unspeakable manner that be not done beside his will, which also is done against his will, because it should not be done if he did not suffer it, nor indeed doth he suffer against his will, but willingly. But also the said Augustine a little before sayeth, it is not to be doubted,² that God doth well in suffering to be done, whatsoever is evil done, for he suffereth not this, but by his just judgement. Albeit therefore those things that be evil, in that they are evil, they are not good, yet that they be not only good, but evil, is good, for except this were good that they should even be evil, they should by no means be suffered to be of the omnipotent good, to whom without doubt, as it is easy to do what he will, so is like easy, not to suffer that he will not, except we believe this, the very beginning of our faith, whereby we profess our selves to believe in the Almighty God, is endangered.