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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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This people ordained to salvation only believeth. Act. 13. For this Elect people only was Christ sent into this world. To them only is the word of salvation sent, as Peter saith: To the Elect by the foreknowledge of God the Father. 1. Pet. 1. Then to know what this election of God is, and what in the Scriptures it doth signify. We describe and define election to be the free choice of the good will of the almighty God, appointing and prescribing in the book of life before the beginning of the world, whom he will have to be saved, and counted amongest the just. ⟨image 110⟩Whom he will have holy and without fault before him to be his children, by adoption to set forth his glory. This choice, his choosing, this aforeappoynted purpose and ordinance of God, is abundantly set forth in the first chapter to the Ephesians. That this cometh of the free will of God and his only grace, freely without our deserving (contrary to the vain opinion of the Papists and Anabaptists) •he same chapter and the next chapter following doth plainly testify. Ephe. 1. 2. And most evidently, the Lord in his majesty, speaking to his servant Moses. Exod. 33. declared all this to stand of his mercy, saying, I will have mercy upon whom it liketh me, and I will show mercy where it shall be my pleasure, for so is the meaning of those words, I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy. Paul also declaring in this place the work of God betwixt these two children Jacob and •sa•. Romans. 9. saith thus of this fr•• Election, when Rebeca was with child with one and the same father Isaac, before •he children were borne, when ⟨image 110⟩they had neither done good nor bad, that the purpose of God which is by Election might stand, it was said to her, not for the cause of works, but by the grace of the caller, the elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, saith he: Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. Of the book of life, Moses speaketh,