An wholesome antidotus or counter-poison, against the pestilent heresy and sect of the Anabaptists…An holsome antidotus or counter-poysen, agaynst the pestylent heresye and secte of the Anabaptistes…

Joi. Ergo it followeth, that they, which are exhorted, by the prophet, to return to god, were sometimes with god. If they were sometimes with god: ergo this is not the first sin, that they did commit, afore that they knew the truth but it was the sin, that they committed, after that they knew the truth and had faith. ⟨image 91⟩We have proved, I think, that the since that we commit after the knowledge of the truth, are forgiven, by God. In the .xxiiii. of the Proverbs, it is written that a righteous man falleth vii. times in the day, & riseth a gain, but that the ungodly do fall, to their utter damnation. Here thou hast a manifest and a plain difference, betwixt the godly & the ungodly, or betwixt the faithful & infidel. The ungodly, after that he is come, in to the bottomless pit, of ungodliness, doth contemn, & remaineth in sin to the last end with despair. A godly man, is not he that sinneth not, but he, which falling .vii. times in the day, doth not continue in sin, but riseth again. With this place, are the Pelagians, ⟨image 92⟩Novatians, and Anabaptists confounded & convicted. Add unto these the .xviii. of Mat. & the .xvii. of Luke, where Christ doth plainly say: If thy brother doth trespass against thee, rebuke him betwixt thee and him alone, if he be sori for his offence or repenteth, forgive thou him. And if he .vii. times in the day doth offend thee, & .vii. times in the day cometh to the saying: I am sorry for mine offence, thou shalt forgive him.

Ioi. Ergo it foloweth, that they, which are exhorted, by the prophete, to returne to god, were somtymes with god. If thei were sometymes with god: ergo this is not the fyrste sinne, that thei did committe, afore that thei knew the truthe but it was the synne, that thei committed, after that thei knew the truthe and had faith. ⟨image 91⟩We haue proued, I thynke, that the synnes that we cōmit after the knowledge of the truth, are forgeuen, by God. In the .xxiiii. of the Prouerbes, it is written that a rightwyse man falleth vii. tymes in the day, & ryseth a gayne, but that the vngodly do fall, to their vtter dampnacion. Here thou hast a manifest and a playne difference, betwexte the godly & the vngodly, or betwixt the faithfull & infidell. The vngodly, after that he is come, in to the bothomlesse pitte, of vngodlynesse, dothe contempne, & remayneth in synne to the last ende with dispayre. A godlye man, is not he that synneth not, but he, which falling .vii. tymes in the day, doth not continew in synne, but ryseth agayne. With this place, are the Palagians,