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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.
let them show us to what prerogative their Pope hath yielded which proclameth himself so many degrees above Angels, or that denounceth him-self the spiritual head of the Church of Christ: Hath their Pope performed any covenant 'of league with the Lord, whose servants and children he hath rent from the face of the ⟨p. 101⟩earth cancelling the date of their days, with moe then a thousand butcheries? doth the Pope yield to the omnipotency of GOD, so much as he goeth about to make him-self GOD, and is not ashamed to momise all the effects of Gods power? saying that he both can and may do all that GOD can do, to wit in the pardoning of sins, in the saving of souls, in the transmutation of times, in the altering and abrogating of laws, in the administration of spiritual gifts, to be short in all other things whatsoever? nay he is not thus content, for more expressly doth he maintain his quarrel against GOD, for by certain necessary, consequences▪ •e proveth, that he is above the only GOD of heaven carth. O hellish insination! how hast thou carried poor ignorant souls to the slavery of this monster? even in the total of there deeds and belief? what should I article any longer against him, whom these few have condemned to the pit of hell▪
let them shew vs to what prerogatiue their Pope hath yealded which proclameth himself so many degrées aboue Angells, or that denounceth him-selfe the spirituall head of the Church of Christ: Hath their Pope performed any couenant 'of league with the Lord, whose searunats and childeren he hath rent from the face of the ⟨p. 101⟩earth canceling the date of their daies, with moe then a thousand butcheries? doth the Pope yeald to the omnipotency of GOD, so much as he goeth about to make him-selfe GOD, and is not ashamed to momise all the effects of Gods power? saying that he both can and may doe all that GOD can doe, to wit in the pardoning of sinnes, in the sauing of soules, in the transmutation of times, in the altering and abrogating of lawes, in the administration of spirituall giftes, to be short in all other things whatsoeuer? nay he is not thus content, for more expresly doth he mayntaine his quarrell against GOD, for by certain necessary, conceqences e proueth, that he is aboue the onely GOD of heauen carth. O hellish insination! how hast thou caryet poore ignorant soules to the slauery of this monster? euen in the totall of there déeds and beliefe? what should I article any longer against him, whome these few haue condemned to the pit of hell