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The opening of heaven gatesThe opening of heauen gates
The opening of heaven gates, or The ready way to everlasting life Delivered in a most familiar dialogue, between reason and religion, touching predestination, Gods word, and mans free-will, to the understanding of the weakest capacity, and the confirming of the more strong. By Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God, at South-Shoobery in Essex.The opening of heauen gates, or The ready way to euerlasting life Deliuered in a most familier dialogue, betweene reason and religion, touching predestination, Gods word, and mans free-will, to the vnderstanding of the weakest capacitie, and the confirming of the more strong. By Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God, at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by G. Eld for John Wright, 1610London: printed by G. Eld for Iohn Wright, 1610
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.
Rel. Nay, rather would I have thee to show some reason, that should move God ⟨p. 75⟩not to forsake him, whom he knew it most expedient to leave.
Rel. Nay, rather would I haue thée to shew som reason, that should moue God ⟨p. 75⟩not to forsake him, whome he knew it most expedient to leaue.
Rea. Here again dost thou allude to the glory of God, but if I might still follow the appetite of reason, I should demand why God why such preposterous means doth exact his glory at the hands of his poor creatures.
Rea. Here agayne dost thou allude to the glory of God, but if I might still follow the appetite of reason, I should demand why God why such praeposterous meanes doth exact his glory at the hands of his poore creatures.
Reli. Truly thou mayest, but I will take a day to answer thee, till such time as the Lord hath called me to sit in commission about the affairs of his secret counsel, yet if I say he will be so glorified, because1 it his own will, what then? Is there any2 fault? But take the words of Master Calvin for thine answer in this case, who saith thus. The first man fell because the LORD did judge it expedient, why he so judged, is unknown to us: Yet certain he so judged, for no other reason but because he saw that thereby the glory of his name should most worthily be set forth, when thou hearest therefore mention made of the glory of God, there think of his righteousness, for it must be righteous that deserveth praise, and let us rather