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The treasure of trueth touching the ground work of man his salvation, and chiefest…The treasure of trueth touching the grounde worke of man his saluation, and chiefest…
The treasure of trueth touching the ground work of man his salvation, and chiefest points of Christian religion: with a brief sum of the comfortable doctrine of God his providence, comprised in .38. short aphorisms. Written in Latin by Theodore Beza, and newly turned into English by John Stockwood. Whereunto are added, these godly treatises. One of the learned and godly Father. Master I. Fox. In the which the chiefest points of the doctrine of God his election, are so plainly set forth, as the very simplest may easily understand it, and reap great profit thereby. The other of Master Anthony Gylbie, wherein the doctrine of God his election and reprobation, is both godly and learnedly handled. Seen and allowed, according to the order appointed.The treasure of trueth touching the grounde worke of man his saluation, and chiefest pointes of Christian religion: with a briefe summe of the comfortable doctrine of God his prouidence, comprised in .38. short aphorismes. VVritten in Latin by Theodore Beza, and nevvly turned into English by Iohn Stockvvood. VVhereunto are added, these godly treatises. One of the learned and godlie Father. Maister I. Foxe. In the which the chiefest poyntes of the doctrine of God his election, are so plainely set foorth, as the verie simplest may easily vnderstand it, and reape great profite thereby. The other of Maister Anthonie Gylbie, wherein the doctrine of God his election and reprobation, is both godly and learnedlie handeled. Seene and alovved, according to the order appoynted.
London: printed by J. Charlewood for Thomas Woodcocke, 1576
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Now there is no mean more apt, nor doctrine more convenient to establish the faith of the Saints, than to certify by the Scriptures, that God hath chosen them before the beginning of the world• to be holy to him self, and so written their names in the book of life in the heavens, that all their salvation resteth ⟨image 108⟩wholly upon his hands and holy counsel that can by no means be altered or changed, so that neither death, Devil, no• •ell, dare now accuse them that are by adoption grafted in Christ, who are called of the eternal purpose: because it is God that justifieth, and who dare condemn them? It is Christ that is given for them, & how shall not all things with him be given to them also? For them that he knew before, them he ordained before, that they should be like fashioned to the image of his son, and whom he appointed before, those also he called, and whom he called those also he justified, and whom he justified those also be glorified, that his eternal purpose and counsel of God, being once revealed to his Saints, by the effectual vocation and calling, which is the justification of faith wrought in their hearts by the holy spirit, they can no longer doubt neither of Election, Predestination, salvation, or glorification. Neither can any thing more beat down mans nature, and the pride of his vain heart, than to behold the majesty of God, ⟨image 108⟩making them by grace so far unlike one to the other, who were both one, altogether by nature the children of wraths of vengeance, & damnation: as the wonderful example of Jacob & Esau doeth declare, of whom the Lord pronounceth that he loveth the one, & hateth the other, before they were borne, and the terrible sentence against Pharaoh, whom the Scripture affirmeth that God raised up to show upon him his power, and hardened his hart, to make his name known, and such like, which every where are set before our eyes, to cause man to fall down before God, and to fear his judgements. But our Adversaries object against us, that this doctrine is an offence to many, and that some abuse it to carnal liberty. I do answer, that Christ […] ••umbling stone to many, and all the […] of the Gospel is likewise slandered by the evil conversation of others: