A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

But there are two things may be here objected: 1. May not one chosen and justified, and regenerate be drawn away, and infected with Heresy through the flight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive? If so, then Heresies, do not make manifest who are approved. who not. 2▪ May not many who are not approved of God be preserved from the infections of Heresies; Yea, be forward in resisting and opposing them? If so, then preservation from, and resisting of Heresies cannot make manifest that one is approved of God. These objections are no more against me, then against the Text of Scripture. To the first, I answer, a regenerate person may be tempted and drawn over to Heresy, as he may be tempted and drawn over to other great sins. Heresy doth no otherwise consist with the state of grace in any ⟨p. 121⟩person, then other works of the flesh, adultery, fornication, drunkenness, or the like. Look upon an elect and justified person, while lying in some great sin, for instance, Noah, Lot, David, Peter, even so must ye look upon an elect and justified person poisoned with Heresy. But then that person being elected, justified and regenerate, cannot be supposed to live & die in that sinful estate, but God will certainly heal his backslidings, and rescue his soul out of the snare of the devil by repentance, for the elect cannot be deceived, so as to continue and die in a Heresy, Mat: 24. 24. And while he continueth in such a gross sin or Heresy, you may truly say, that for that time he is [Greek or Hebrew], unapproved, or like dross and unrefined silver, in which sense the word is used by the Apostle, where he speaks of his bringing his body into subjection, lest he himself should be found [Greek or Hebrew], where the old English translation readeth, Lest I my self should be reproved, which is too soft a word. The new Translation hath, Lest I my self should be a cast away. Beza, ne ipse rejectaneus fiam. In the same sense tis used, 2 Cor. 13. 5. Know you not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobats. Beza, nisi rejectanei estis. H. Stephanus expones, [Greek or Hebrew], minime probus non probandus: Item adulterinus non sincerus, and he cites Aristotle, [Greek or Hebrew].

But there are two things may be here objected: 1. May not one chosen and justified, and regenerat be drawn away, and infected with Heresie through the flight of men, and cunning craftinesse, whereby they lie in wait to deceave? If so, then Heresies, doe not make manifest who are approved. who not. 2 May not many who are not approved of God be preserved from the infections of Heresies; Yea, be forward in resisting and opposing them? If so, then preservation from, and resisting of Heresies cannot make manifest that one is approved of God. These objections are no more against mee, then against the Text of Scripture. To the first, I answere, a regenerat person may be tempted and drawn over to Heresie, as he may be tempted and drawen over to other great sins. Heresie doth no otherwise consist with the state of grace in any