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…

Then that which thou addest of the disobedience of men, doeth not in deed satisfy me, because we have already resolved many arguments, of which it may ⟨p. 267⟩easily be gathered, that original sin, or sin by propagation, thou dost utterly hold for a fable, or in deed dost extenuate & make less, that that which belongeth to propagation, thou rather thinkest it to be attributed to imitation.

Then that whiche thou addest of the disobedience of men, doeth not in déede satisfie me, bycause we haue alreadie resolued manye argumentes, of whiche it maye ⟨p. 267⟩easily be gathered, that originall sinne, or sinne by propagation, thou dost vtterly holde for a fable, or in deede dost extenuate & make lesse, that that which belongeth to propagatiō, thou rather thinkest it to be attributed to imitation.

The Apostle verily, when he dealeth of these things, that is, of the first original of our bondage, he attributeth it to the disobedience of one man, which thou seemest to refer to the rebellion of every man, as if in deed every one did cast himself into the fetters of this necessity by imitation and long practise, and that we are not rather borne bondslaves even from our conception.¹ Therefore I admit not this, except thou expound thy mind in this matter more plainly. Finally that which thou adjoinest, that God never denied to any a benefit, praying to him, we acknowledge for true, but with a double conjunction annexed. For they all do not ask, but only those which are touched with knowledge of their lack: and many also ask they wot not what, or they ask not of faith, and therefore they receive not. Because therefore none asketh, or if he ask, he asketh not aright, except he which is moved of the spirit of God, and therefore which is the son of God:²