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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.
They will say that all this wind maketh •• corn, and […] are that we do belie their Pope and them; truly ⟨p. 103⟩I cannot blame them, if they would unfather him of such hateful blasphemies: but let our selves be charged with the wrong we have done them herein, and our lives stand, upon the slander, let his own cannons be convinced of all the evil that have written them, and more then ten thousand such in exalting of his name, and the Pope him-self be condemned of madness and frenzy, having as like a beast, as a bedlam, and as near the quality of a bedlam, as the quantity of man, consented unto them, with all pride and presumption.
They will say that all this winde maketh •• corne, and 〈…〉 are that wee doe belye their Pope and them; truely ⟨p. 103⟩I cannot blame them, if they would vnfather him of such hatefull blasphemics: but let our selues be charged with the wrong we haue done them herein, and our liues stand, vpon the slaunder, let his owne cannons be conuinced of all the euill that haue written them, and more then ten thousand such in exasting of his name, and the Pope him-selfe bee condemned of madnesse and frensie, hauing as like a beast, as a bedlame, and as néere the quality of a bedlame, as the quantity of man, consented vnto them, with all pride and presumption.
O good God, how marvellous is it to behold so many wise men, so much deceived, so many grey headed fathers so childish? so many tgnirant accounted wise? and so many infants allowed for men of grave and ripe judgement? if they can say against us, where is the city on the mountain, the visible Church? the catholic and universal Church? they are learned enough: but they cannot perceive that these are feigned fires, ⟨p. 104⟩