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…

Before I part from this, I think fit to add something concerning the stile here given to Lucidus, before the revocation of his pretended error; for here I find him styled the Predestinarian. Now I presume this Author, that pretends so great reverence to grey hairs, and so much prefers Antiquity before Novelty, hath good ground for this his denomination of him, and that out of Antiquity. Now I desire he would be pleased to communicate unto us, his learned reading in Antiquity for this; and the rather, because in the whole story of the business between Faustus and Lucidus, I find no mention of any such attribute given to his person, or to the doctrine (reputed by Faustus erroneous) maintained by him. The term Praedestinatus qualifying a person, I find first in Arnobius junior, and from that time I find not the Praedestinati, or Praedestinatians mentioned till the days of Hinemarus, about the year of our Lord God 850. And as for the story of the Predestinarian Heresy, which this Author licks his lips at, the original whereof is referred to the year 415 by Sigibertus; it is very strange, that in Austins days it was not known unto him, or being known, not taken notice of by him, nor by Prosper neither after him. And Alphonsus à Castro in his Book contra Haereses, professeth that the Author of this Heresy he found not, neither in Sigibert, nor in any other; because indeed not one of those who wrote of Heresies makes mention of this Heresy, besides Bernard of Lutzenburg in his Catalogue of Heretics; and he saith no more of it, then what Sigibert mentioneth in his Chronicle. And withal he adds, that after this error was buried, by the space of almost a thousand years, it was revived by John Huss the Bohemian. Whereby it appears, that Alphonsus was not of this Authors opinion in censuring this Lucidus for a Predestinarian. And the first that I find to intimate so much is Hincmarus about the year 850. In like sort Prateölus acknowledgeth that, Quis corum Dux & institutor fuerit, nescitur. But Gerardus Vossius hath herein helped us with this conjecture, referring the original of this Heresy to the Monks of Adrumetum; and Bishop Usher in his Historiá Godescalci saith, Vossius was the first that charged those Adrumetine Monks to be the author thereof. Yet if I be not deceived, he might be beholding to Coccius for helping him to this conceit.

Before I part from this, I think fit to adde something concerning the stile here given to Lucidus, before the revocation of his pretended error; for here I find him stiled the Predestinarian. Now I presume this Author, that pretends so great reverence to gray haires, and so much preferres Antiquity before Novelty, hath good ground for this his denomination of him, and that out of Antiquity. Now I desire he would be pleased to communicate unto us, his learned reading in Antiquity for this; and the rather, because in the whole story of the businesse between Faustus and Lucidus, I find no mention of any such attribute given to his person, or to the doctrine (reputed by Faustus erroneous) maintained by him. The terme Praedestinatus qualirying a person, I find first in Arnobius junior, and from that time I find not the Praedestinati, or Praedestinatians mentioned till the daies of Hinemarus, about the year of our Lord God 850. And as for the story of the Predestinarian Heresy, which this Author licks his lipps at, the originall whereof is referred to the yeare 415 by Sigibertus; it is very strange, that in Austins daies it was not known unto him, or being known, not taken notice of by him, nor by Prosper neither after him. And Alphonsus à Castro in his Book contra Haereses, professeth that the Author of this Heresy he found not, neither in Sigibert, nor in any other; because indeed not one of those who wrote of Heresics makes mention of this Heresy, besides Bernard of Lutzenburg in his Catalogue of Heretiques; and he saith no more of it, then what Sigibert mentioneth in his Chronicle. And withall he addes, that after this errour was buried, by the space of almost a thousand years, it was revived by John Husse the Bohemian. Whereby it appears, that Alphonsus was not of this Authors opinion in censuring this Lucidus for a Predestinarian. And the first that I find to intimate so much is Hincmarus about the yeare 850. In like sort Prateölus acknowledgeth that, Quis corum Dux & institutor fuerit, nescitur. But Gerardus Vossius hath herein helped us with this conjecture, referring the originall of this Heresy to the Monks of Adrumetum; and Bishop Usher in his Historiá Godescalci saith, Vossius was the first that charged those Adrumetine Monks to be the author thereof. Yet if I be not deceived, he might be beholding to Coccius for helping him to this conceit.