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…

OF the third onsequence which the Libertines draw out of this proposition, God doth all things: that is, that it is not lawful to reprove any thing. Chap. xvi. After they have so let louse the reins to all, as they suffer every one to live as he list, by this colour, that they ⟨p. 100⟩suffer themselves to be governed of God, from the same ground they gather that it is wickedly done if he be judged for any matter. But they can have no sitter doctrine, whereby they may make way to their abominations. For they have gained much, when they have closed or rather shut up yt eyes of their auditors, that no man dare any more judge, whether their sayings and doings be good or evil. But if we grant them this, whereto is this sentence of God, whereby he curseth all those that call evil good? See how God denounceth all things to us cursed and infortunate, if we hold that be good, which he •udgeth evil. These on the other side suffer nothing at all to be condemned. If they were above God himself, that they might remit the punishment which he threateneth, it might be there were some place of pause: but who would be condemned of God, that he might be absolved of Quintinus? when they will set this article abroach, they use these words, A Christian ought to use all things to his commodity. For as I have said from the beginning, they never speak simply and plainly, as they may apparently express that they have conceived in mind, but do entangle the matter with crooked shifts. I willingly in deed yield unto them that, that a Christian ought (as he saith) to take every thing to profit: but in that sense that the Scripture teacheth, that is, that in adversity he may call to remembrance that which Paul saith, that the faithful are afflicted for this cause, that they may be conformed to the Image of Christ, and so let afflictions be a help to them, to obtain salvation and let that consolation sustain them. If he see his brother slide or go astray, let it be to him in stead of a glass, to the end that knowing the infirmity of mans nature, he may walk in the more fear.

OF the thirde onsequence which the Libertines drawe out of this proposition, God doth all things: that is, that it is not lawfull to reproue any thing. Chap. xvi. AFter they haue so let louse the raynes to al, as they suffer euery one to liue as he liste, by this cullor, that they ⟨p. 100⟩