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…

that is, that all things are done by the will of God: & therefore that nothing doth displease him as if God were mutable, and agreed not with himself, or a dissembler, affirming that he hateth & detesteth that, which yet he lusteth and alloweth. For this saith Paul, the wrath of God cometh upon the unbelievers. Ye make sad the Spirit of God, saith Isay. You have been burdenous to me saith the Lord in an other place.¹ Also the Lord is vehemently angry with, and his displeasure is inflamed against Israel. I know in deed that God is not subject to mens affections: but all these speeches do signify, that he disalloweth and condemneth evil: and that therefore sin is the cause of enmities twixt us and him: and that we can not, so long as we do evil, agree with him, that rather we may look for correction and revengement, seeing he is a just judge, who can suffer no iniquity. We almost read in the whole Scripture nothing else, but these exhortations, Fear the Lord: take heed thou offend him not: take heed & avoid evil. But these mad men do exclaim the contrary, that it is foolish to fear least we offend him, sith we do nothing either good or evil,² but he worketh all things in us. Paul saith that the very Gentiles wanting both Scriptures and doctrine, have the law written in their hearts, that is a conscience, wherewith they either defend or accuse ⟨p. 98⟩themselves before God. These evil disposed men, endeavour to deface it, denying that there is any thing whereof we may be accused, seeing all things are done of God. How should they shame to pervert the Scriptures, when they dare doc so much, that they fear not to deface that persuasi• naturally infixed, & printed in our minds of God? if for the excusing of our selves, we would allege ignorance, God sendeth us to our conscience, which can abundantly testify against us. But these mad men, having suppressed this testimony, say that God ought first to accuse himself, if he will intend any accusation against us, seeing he worketh all things in us. Moses calleth it a root bringing forth gall &. Wormwood,³ when with starterings we endeavour to suppress all remorse of conscience, & so deceive our selves, that we should think wickedness to be sport. An in very deed what poison rā be more deadly & pestilent in all the world? Also he calleth that to join drunkenness to thirst,