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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.
REFUTATION.
REFVTATION.
THIS verily I impute to the Scrivener, because he wrote Israelites for Idumeans in the latter prophecy which thou citest. For I suppose this thy Obed, to be he whom the Hebrews call Obadia, and the Latins Obadiah. But truly I cannot excuse this, that thou recitest out of this Prophet, those things which then shalt find in him in no place, Therefore for as much as helogeth to this place, thou art taken tardy with an open lye. For I read in Obadiah, that the Idumeans should be grievously punished, because they most cruelly raged against their kinsmen already vexed by them by all manner of means: but that which thou writest, is no where extant in him. The place therefore of Zechariah remaineth, in the expounding of which, see with what snares thou hast entangled thy seft, from whence thou canst not rid thy self. For I ask as it were from what point thou wilt begin this thy secret sufferance from will? Verily from whence those nations went beyond those bounds which were set them of God? Let us suppose that they were more moderate, yet hitherto it will follow, that (God willing so) the Jews were oppressed of them. Thus far therefore they sinned not, if we rest our selves in thine intentions. For thou denyest that will of god in any sins, by any means to come in betwixt. But who will grant thee this, that ungodly & wicked men sin not in afflicting Gods people, without this exception be added, if they pass the bounds which are set them of god? Art thou so ignorant what obedience is? Truly great is the force of truth, which enforceth thee against thy will, either to deal plainly with us, or to dissent from thy self. But, least thou be ignorant, good man, Satan or any wicked man can not move his foot, no, not even his finger, to hurt either good or evil, whether he know it Lords decree or not, but he shall sin grievously ⟨p. 138⟩