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…

¶ Four Chapters gathered out of Calvins Book against the Libertines. OF the opinion of the Libertines, whereby they think that the alone immortal Spirit doth all things, which poison lurketh under this sentence. Chap. xiij. After they have imagined the alone spirit, according to their own will, when they have destroyed and abolished the natures, both of Angels, of Devils, and also of souls, they say that this Spirit doth all things, not that they may signify that which the Scripture teacheth of him, saying, all creatures,¹ as they do remain in him, that so they are governed of him, and are subject to his providence, and that every one in his order is obedient to his will, but that whatsoever is in the world, must directly be judged his ⟨p. 85⟩work. So they attribute no will unto man, as if he were a stone, and they take away all difference of good and evil, that by their judgement nothing can be done wickedly, seeing God is author of all things, but that the matter may be showed more apparently, I will set down some example of their jangling. When that Swine Quintinus once as it was came into a place, where one did lye slain, and a certain godly man was there present, who said for very horror, woe is me, who hath done this wicked act? he answered by and by in his Picardian tong, I, if thou wilt know, have done it. Then the other, as one astonished, said, hast thou, art thou so wicked? Quintinus answereth, I am not he, but it is God. How saith the other, are the offences to be imputed to God which he commandeth to be punished? Then began this filthy fellow the more to vomit out his poison, saying, so the matter standeth, thou thy self hast committed it, I have committed it, God hath committed it. For that which I and thou do, God doth, also what God doth we do, for he is in us. This being granted, this sin should be imputed to God: or it is to be concluded, that there is no sin done in the world, sith there is nothing which is not made of God, so all difference of good and evil is taken away, whereon it will follow that we may not reprove any thing as evil, seeing all be the works of God, and it shall be lawful for men, as it were with reins let loose, to do whatsoever cometh in their mind, not only because we are without the danger of sinning, but also because to restrain any desire, is to hinder God.

¶ Foure Chapters gathered out of Caluines Booke againste the Libertines. OF the opinion of the Libertines, whereby they thinke that the alone immortall Spirite doth all things, which poyson lurketh vnder this sentence. Chap. xiij. AFter they haue ymagined the alone spirite, according to their owne will, when they haue destroyed and abolished the natures, both of Angels, of Deuils, and also of soules, they say that this Spirite doth all things, not that they may signifie that which the Scripture teacheth of him, saying, all creatures,