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…

REFUTATION.

REFVTATION.

ONE cried, send me to the stone quarries. But I am compelled to cry, who I pray you will send this fellow to Antycera? For I pray thee, if I should collect so, God created me whole, therefore he created that I should not perish by disease, who would not think me mad? God created Man right and innocent I grant, and yet to destruction. First we use not to speak so, but we say that Man was created for the glory of God, and then we distinguish the same: for we affirm, that God hath created some, that in saving them by mercy: others, that in condemning them by just judgement, he might manifest his glory, as Moses, Solomon, I say and Paul do testify. Therefore thou sayest, He created that which was good to destruction, and he loveth to destroy that which is good. But I say that this consequent is most foolish. For thou concludest much more than thou haste spoken, and therefore reasonest, as if thou shouldest prove that Man is created of GOD not only good, but also that he should never become evil, which latter is false. For because the Lord was worthily to condemn some, it was necessary that their beginning should be good, both because God, in that he is good, cannot create any thing but ⟨p. 41⟩that which is good, and also for that if their beginning had bin evil; he could not justly have damned that himself had made: but yet so it was requisite that their beginning should be good, that it willingly depraving it self, might evident the way to just damnation, that is, to the just execution of Gods eternal counsel.

ONE cryed, send me to the stone quarries. But I am compelled to cry, who I pray you will sende this fellowe to Antycera? For I pray thée, if I shoulde collect so, God created me whole, therefore he created that I shoulde not perishe by disease, who would not thinke me madde? God created Man right and innocent I grant, and yet to destruction. First we vse not to speake so, but we say that Man was created for the glorie of God, and thē we distinguish the same: for we affirme, that God hathe created some, that in sauing them by mercie: others, that in condemning thē by iust iudgement, he might manifest his glorie, as Moses, Salomon, I sai and Paule do testify. Therefore thou sayste, Hee created that whyche was good to destruction, and hee loueth to destroy that whiche is good. But I say that this consequent is moste foolish. For thou concludest muche more than thou haste spoken, and therefore reasonest, as if thou shouldeste proue that Manne is created of GOD not onelye good, but also that he should neuer become euill, whiche latter is false. For bycause the Lorde was worthilye to condemne some, it was necessarie that their beginning should be good, both bicause God, in that he is good, cannot creat any thing but