The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Thirdly, He proceeds by Equivocations and Sophistical Elenches, that you may easily know the father of all Equivocators; but yet carrying it closer, and in a more subtle manner then his Scholars, our gross Equivocators do.

Thirdly, Hee proceedes by Equiuocations and Sophisticall Elenches, that you may easily know the father of all Equiuocators; but yet carrying it closer, and in a more subtil manner then his Scholers, our grosse Equiuocators doe.

For first, he makes as if God had forbidden them to eat any of the fruit at all, which being so monstrous an untruth, that this father of lies, for all his impudency, durst not speak out, yet he lisps and minces it with ambiguous words, and mental reservations, using ^ka speech that in the Phrase of that tongue importeth the one or the other; either that they might not eat of all, or not eat of any at all: at the least, he would fasten so much upon her, as to make her to believe, that to forbid to eat of any one, was in effect as much as to forbid them all: which doubtfulness of speech Eve well enough understanding, answereth him to both.

For first, hee makes as if God had forbidden them to eate any of the fruit at all, which being so monstrous an vntruth, that this father of lyes, for all his impudencie, durst not speake out, yet hee lispes and minces it with ambiguous words, and mentall reseruations, vsing ^ka speech that in the Phrase of that tongue importeth the one or the other; eyther that they might not eate of all, or not eate of any at all: at the least, he would fasten so much vpon her, as to make her to beleeue, that to forbid to eate of any one, was in effect as much as to forbid them all: which doubtfulnesse of speech Eue well enough vnderstanding, answereth him to both.

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