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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 REFUTATION.
THE REFVTATION.
WHERE good man, is that thy common reason? If the Precept of not committing adultery, should only appertain to part of the Israelites, and to the other part should be commanded adultery, wherefore should God be contrary to himself, if be should to divers command divers, or even contrary things? He will that the Levites carry the Ark, he forbiddeth others ⟨p. 184⟩to touch it, or stay it up, if it were about to fall. But is God therefore contrary to himself, because be approveth in some that which he condemneth in others? But hear a plain and apparent answer. God willeth, that no man should commit adultery, therefore thou wilt say, it is false that adulteries are committed with the will of God, or that the will of God doth come between in adulteries. I grant, in respect of adultery, it is adultery: I deny it, in that it is the punishment of adultery, or some other crime, as appeareth in Absalom. For this recompense before God is just, as Paul saith. What sayest thou to these things good man?
WHERE good man, is that thy common reason? If the Precepte of not committing adulterie, should only appertayne to parte of the Israelites, and to the other parte shoulde be commaunded adulterie, wherefore shoulde God be contrarie to himselfe, if be shoulde to dyuers commaund diuers, or euen contrarie things? He will that the Leuites carrie the Arke, he forbiddeth others ⟨p. 184⟩to touch it, or stay it vp, if it were aboute to fall. But is God therefore contrarie to himselfe, bycause be approueth in some that which he condemneth in others? But heare a playne and apparant aunswere. God wylleth, that no man shoulde committe adulterie, therefore thou wilt say, it is false that adulteries are committed with the will of God, or that the will of God doth come betwéene in adulteries. I grant, in respect of adulterie, it is adulterie: I denye it, in that it is the punishmente of adulterie, or some other crime, as appeareth in Absolom. For this recompence before God is iust, as Paule sayth. What sayst thou to these things good man?