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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.
And indeed, the wicked do glad themselves, as the masters of their own desires but the matter will at the last make proof, that by them, although wicked and unwilling, that is accomplished, which was ordained from above.
And indéede, the wicked do gladde themselues, as the maysters of theyr owne desires but the matter wyll at the last make proofe, that by them, although wicked and vnwilling, that is accomplished, whiche was ordeyned from aboue.
Further, God sometimes useth the wicked, to punish the sins of men, as if they were whips, and other sometimes, as if he should draw them by the neck, he causeth them to be instruments of his loving kindness.
Further, God sometymes vseth the wicked, to punish the sinnes of men, as if they were whyppes, and other sometimes, as if hée shoulde drawe them by the necke, hée causeth them to bée instrumentes of hys louing kindnesse.
To gather into one sum the examples of the first member, should be a matter of immeasurable labour, only to touch a few shall be the best. After that God exciting the King of Assur to war, called him the rod of his wrath,1 and declared him to be armed, not with any other, but with the staff of his displeasure. Afterwards he inveigheth against his pride, because he did not acknowledge himself to be driven of another, as if it were an axe or saw. By this means they are called the Lords Sanctified,2 and hired Soldiers, and to bestow their labour in his affairs, whom otherwise their own ambition, cruelty, and covetousness enforceth, and the Lord witnesseth himself again with an hiss or sound of a Trumpet, to call them to war. And that the way to Gods bountifulness is prepared, by the wicked acts of men, even one place of Hoses doth sufficiently declare. The conspiracy of Josephs brethren, when they sold him, was more than lewd, wicked, and cruel. But Joseph transferreth to God the cause of this selling,