A15859:364
Speculum Christianum
Speculum Christianum or, A Christian survey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, grave, and learned divine, master Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseverance of the saints. 3. A summary abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.Speculum Christianum or, A Christian suruey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, graue, and learned diuine, maister Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseuerance of the saints. 3. A summarie abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.
London: printed by George Eld, 1614
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
3 The Prescience of God is taken sometime for that knowledge, whereby God from everlasting in general ⟨p. 307⟩did know as well such things as some admitted that is sin, as also what himself would do, whether in the Elect or in the Reprobate, or in other creatures. Thus both in Fathers and Schoolmen: sometime for that knowledge, whereby specially some, that is, the Elect, he did with affection of love, foreknow as his, that loved them from eternity; as Rom. 8. [Greek or Hebrew]. Rom. 11. God hath not rejected his people (quam [Greek or Hebrew]. which he foreknow; or it is taken for Predestination it self.
3 The Praescience of God is taken sometime for that knowledge, wherby God from euerlasting in generall ⟨p. 307⟩did know as well such things as some admitted that is sinne, as also what himselfe would doe, whether in the Elect or in the Reprobate, or in other creatures. Thus both in Fathers and Schoolemen: somtime for that knowledge, wherby specially some, that is, the Elect, hee did with affection of loue, foreknow as his, that loued them from aeternitie; as Rom. 8. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Rom. 11. God hath not reiected his people (quam 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. which hee foreknow; or it is taken for Praedestination it selfe.
4 Predestination is a part of his Providence; and both (according to the Schoolmen) is only of such things which God himself doth and will do. But Providence is extended to all things; and Predestination restrained to creatures endued with reason; although sometime (in the Fathers) Predestination is taken for Providence, and so it is extended abusively to all things.