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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.
The Sycophants second Argument to the seventh Slander.
The Sycophantes second Argument to the seauenth Sclaunder.
IF (saith Calvin) it should always be done that he commandeth, whether he willeth or nilleth it, it followeth, that he willeth that sometimes his will be resisted, for if he command me, that I should not commit adultery, and yet willeth that I commit adultery, and yet I ought not to commit adultery, I ought to do against his will.
IF (sayth Caluine) it shoulde alwayes be done that he commaundeth, whether he willeth or nilleth it, it followeth, that hee willeth that sometimes his will be resisted, for if he commaunde me, that I should not committe adulterie, and yet willeth that I committe adulterie, and yet I ought not to committe adulterie, I ought to do against his will.
THE REFUTATION.
THE REFVTATION.
OUT of doubt thou hast a wonderful wit: we say and affirm, that the will of God is not elsewhere to be sought, but in the word of God. And that which thou addest, whether he will or nill, thou addest of thine own store, as Sycophants use to do. But to will, is sometimes said of those things which we allow simply, and by themselves, if we be good, because they be good, if we be evil, because they are evil, for both good men are delighted with good things, and evil men are delighted with