The riches of Gods love unto the vessels of mercy, consistent with his absolute…The riches of Gods love unto the vessells of mercy, consistent with his absolute…

I come to the second instance here made of Tiberius his cruelty, which he compares to those courses, which we out of holy Scripture have learned, to be attributed unto God himself. Now this hath long ago been objected by Bertius, in his Preface to the Conference of Arminius with Junius; I say objected by him unto Piscator, & thereunto Piscator also hath answered long ago. And whereas Bertius hath replied and allowed Piscator a year for putting in his answer thereunto, whereof had he failed, he would interpret it as a confession of his insufficiency, to make good the cause maintained by him. Piscator answers, that he had no need of so long a time as he prescribed him, for after he had read over his book, in the space of two or three days he addressed himself to an answer thereunto, and within a month finished it. Now if the Author of this discourse were ignorant hereof, his ignorance might excuse him, if otherwise he might have, with more credit, occupied himself in the answering, at the least, of some chief particulars, whereupon Piscator stands, for the justifying of his doctrine delivered by him, not of his own brain, but according to the word of God, then hand over head, to hold up the crimination without taking notice of the dilution thereof, many years a go proposed and set forth to the judgement of the world. But I am content to take into consideration, how Scholastically and judiciously he carrieth himself in this crimination, as well as in the former: and the rather, because it may be that this odious comparison he makes more account of (for the preparation of his Auditors to entertain that which follows with the more propitious affection) then he doth of the strength of ought that follows, whatsoever he doth or may pretend to the contrary to the point then.

I come to the second instance here made of Tiberius his cruelty, which he compares to those courses, which we out of holy Scripture have learned, to be attributed unto God himselfe. Now this hath long agoe been objected by Bertius, in his Preface to the Conference of Arminius with Iunius; I say objected by him unto Piscator, & thereunto Piscator also hath answered long agoe. And whereas Bertius hath replyed and allowed Piscator a year for putting in his answer thereunto, whereof had he failed, he would interpret it as a confession of his insufficiency, to make good the cause maintained by him. Piscator answers, that he had no need of so long a time as he prescribed him, for after he had read over his book, in the space of two or three daies he addressed himselfe to an answer thereunto, and within a month finished it. Now if the Author of this discourse were ignorant hereof, his ignorance might excuse him, if otherwise he might have, with more credit, occupied himselfe in the answering, at the least, of some chief particulars, whereupon Piscator stands, for the justifying of his doctrine delivered by him, not of his own brain, but according to the word of God, then hand over head, to hold up the crimination without taking notice of the dilution thereof, many years a goe proposed and set forth to the judgement of the world. But I am content to take into consideration, how Scholastically and judiciously he carrieth himselfe in this crimination, as well as in the former: and the rather, because it may be that this odious cōparison he makes more account of (for the preparation of his Auditors to entertain that which followes with the more propitious affectiō) then he doth of the strength of ought that follows, whatsoever he doth or may pretēd to the cōtrary to the point thē.