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…

Good God, what a monster of ignorance and lewdness do I see? First of all, the place of Paul which thou citest, thou dost manifestly wrest, for neither doeth it appertain to any part of men alone, but in like sort every one without exception. Paul with this word of Justice condemneth every man, not so much as one excepted. For all, insomuch as they are the children of Adam, and without Christ, (and in this respect they are considered of Paul in this place) are holden convict of that crime whereof Paul reasoneth, because there is not so much as one which doth either honour God, or help his neighbour by the prescription of that knowledge which partly GOD hath engraven in the minds of men, ⟨p. 223⟩and partly proposeth to all by the contemplation of the creatures. This is the natural exposition of Pauls words, as appeareth by the order and conclusion of the whole disputation. But to what end be all these, to that whereof we deal? For is not God therefore offended with the wickedness of men, because he useth it well, both to the comforting of the godly, and to the correcting of the ungodly? Furthermore, whereas thou pratest of the ministering of affections, why doest thou wrest it against us, which teach no other thing, but that GOD doeth justly and wisely, move, incline, govern, and bring to the end which himself determined, even wicked wills? (for that which I have already said now a thousand times) we place the whole lewdness and desert, both affections and actions, as it is meet in the wicked and Eclipsed beginnings. Therefore thou strivest not against us, but against thine own shadow. But now how sottish, how false, and how wicked be those things which thou addest? For first thou affirmest, that men are guiltless before lewd affections: because (sayest thou) sin is of wicked affections. But when thou sayest these things, art thou not a plain Pelagian? For say how are we borne the children of wrath, yea, how we are conceived in iniquity, how we have need of the badge of remission of sins, and new birth, that is, Baptism even from our beginning, if there be no sin but of wicked affections, nor that we are guilty & the children of wrath before we travel with wicked affections? But if these things be true (as they are most false) from whence should wicked affections spring?