A09918:94
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.
Again, if that Paradise were eternal life, then shall also the Devil, Death, and Sin, be in eternal life, and that Paradise being over-turned by the flood, also eternal life shall utterly perish. See whether childish shifts do headlong enforce thee, with which thou doest feed thy self in such wise, as the Chameleon is reported to live with the air.
Againe, if that Paradise were eternal life, then shall also the Diuell, Deathe, and Sinne, bée in eternall life, and that Paradise béeyng ouer-tourned by the floud, also eternall life shall vtterlye perishe. Sée whether childishe shiftes doe headlong enforce thée, wyth whyche thou doest féede thy selfe in suche wise, as the Camelion is reported to lyue wyth the aire.
But lest thou mayest complain that I rather dally out thine arguments than solute them, I will show thee what we are to think by the word of God of this Argument, that is, of the end of the first created man.
But leaste thou maiste complaine that I rather dally oute thine argumentes than solute them, I wil shewe thée what wée are to thinke by the worde of God of thys Argument, that is, of the ende of the firste created man.
Quadruple wise we learn to understand the counsels of God: one is by revelation in the Prophets, whose examples are every where extant in Scripture: Another is by peculiar revelation of the spirit, as we read of Simeon, ⟨p. 44⟩and also of all faithful, to whose spirit the spirit of God beareth witness what be their gifts by Christ. For that is it which we call Faith and [Greek or Hebrew] assured persuasion, which cause, by the example of Paul, that we are so sure, that we are freely elect of GOD in Christ, as if we had bin present in his eternal counsel.