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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 twelfth Slander.
The twelfth Sclaunder.
The wicked in their wickedness do rather Gods work than their own.
The wicked in theyr wickednesse doe rather Gods worke than their owne.
The Slanderers Arguments to the twelfth Slander.
The Sclaunderers Arguments to the twelfth Sclaunder.
IF it be so, God is angry with good, for if wickedness be the work of God, then wickedness is good, for the works of God are good And if ungodliness be good, then godliness is evil, for it is contrary to ungodliness. Therefore when the holy Scriptures say, thou shalt hate evil, and love good, they com•• and usto love iniquity, & hate godliness. And further, they say, that this article tasteth I can not tell what Libertinism, and they marvel that thou art so offended with Libertines.
IF it be so, God is angrie with good, for if wickednesse bee the worke of God, then wickednesse is good, for the workes of God are good And if vngodlynesse be good, then godlynesse is euill, for it is contrarie to vngodlynesse. Therfore when the holy Scriptures say, thou shalt hate euill, and loue good, they com aūd vsto loue iniquitie, & hate godlynesse. And further, they say, that this article tasteth I can not tell what Lybertinisme, and they maruell that thou art so offended with Libertines.