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A10213	The treasure of trueth touching the grounde worke of man his saluation, and chiefest pointes of Christian religion: with a briefe summe of the comfortable doctrine of God his prouidence, comprised in .38. short aphorismes. VVritten in Latin by Theodore Beza, and nevvly turned into English by Iohn Stockvvood. VVhereunto are added, these godly treatises. One of the learned and godlie Father. Maister I. Foxe. In the which the chiefest poyntes of the doctrine of God his election, are so plainely set foorth, as the verie simplest may easily vnderstand it, and reape great profite thereby. The other of Maister Anthonie Gylbie, wherein the doctrine of God his election and reprobation, is both godly and learnedlie handeled. Seene and alovved, according to the order appoynted.; Summa totius Christianismi. English	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Stockwood, John, d. 1610.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.; Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585. Briefe treatyse of election and reprobacion.	1576 (1576)	STC 2049; ESTC S113223	100,323	280

bodie they shoulde not heare with the assent of theyr bodie But why the one haue eares to heare and the other haue not that is to saye why it is giuen vnto the one of the Father to come vnto the Sonne and is not giuen vnto the other who hath knowne the minde of the Lorde Must that which is manifest be therefore denyed because that which is hydden can not be comprehended or knowen Also Cap. 15. Whether if when this is heard some are turned vnto a sluggishe heauinesse and slownesse being readily bent to fal frō labour vnto wantonnesse do goe after theyr lustes must therefore that be thought false which is ●ayd of the foreknowledge of God And ●yll not we also speake that which the ●cripture being witnesse is lawfull to ●peake By lykelyhoode we are afrayde ●●ast he shoulde bee offended which can●ot take it and are not afraide least we ●lding our tongues that he which can ●ke the truth should be discea●ed with ●●sehoode Also Cap. 20. If the Apostles and the ●eachers of the Church which folowed ●em dyd both that they might intreate ●odly of the eternall election of God ●ight keepe the faithfull vnder the go●rnment of a godlye lyfe what is it ●t these our men being shutte vp with ●in●insible force of the truth do think ●t they saye well that it is not to bée ●eached vnto the people although it bee ●ue which is sayde of Predestinati●n ●ay it must vtterly he preached that he ●hich hath eares to heare may heare ●d who hath eares to heare if he ●ue not receyued of him which promy●th that he wyll giue verilye let him that receyueth not refuse yet so that he which desyreth take and drinke drinke and lyue For as godlynesse is to bée preached that God maye be duely worshipped so also is Predestination that he which hath eares to heare may glory of the grace of God in God not in him selfe This is the minde of that most excellent man which notwithstanding putteth two conditions 1 One is if these matters be reasoned of according to the rule of the worde of God 2 The other if the selfe same which the scripture declareth as touching these matters bée expounded aptlye and vnto edifying of both these poyntes we haue purposed to speake in fewe wordes and fyrst of the doctrine it selfe and then of the vse and applying of it The second Chap. Of the euerlasting counsayle of God hyd in him selfe which notwithstanding is in the ende vnderstoode by the effectes The. 1. Aphorisme ●HE waies of 1 almightie God are 〈◊〉 vnsearcheable 2 without whose e●●nall and vnchāgeable decree nothing ●one any where of any man neyther ●erally nor particularly no not those ●●gs are to be excepted 3 which albe●t in respect they are decreed of God ●g alwayes good and iust but in re●●t they are done by Sathan and other ●●l instrumentes are euyll and ther●● to bee detested and abhorred Proues out of the worde of God. Rom. 11. 33. O the déepe ryches both ●●e wisdome and knowledge of God ●vnsearcheable are his iudgements ●his wayes paste finding out Rom 9. 20. But O man who art thou which pleadest against God Iob. 9. 10. 11. 12. Who doeth great thinges and vnsearchable yea marueylous thinges without number Loe he goeth by mee and I sée him not he passeth hye and I perceyue him not Doubtlesse he wyll take awaye who wyll cause him to restore againe who shall saye vnto him what doest thou Gen. 27. 20. And Isaac sayde vnto his sonne what is this that thou has● found it so quickly my sōne who sayd because Iehoua thy God made it to come vnto my hande Ephe. 1. 11. In whome also we are chosen when we were Predestinate according to his purpose which bringeth to passe all things after the counsell of his owne wyll Exod 21● 13. But he that hath not sayd wayte for him but God was the cause that he came to his hand then wyl I appoynt thee a place whyther hée shall flee Prou. 16. 33. The lotte is cast into the lappe and all the iudgement thereof is ●rom the Lorde ●Prouer 20. 24. The steppes of a man ●●re ruled by the Lorde and howe shall a ●an vnderstande his owne way ●Prouer 21. 1. As the ryuers of waters ●● is the Kings heart in the hande of the ●orde he turneth it whether soeuer it ●leaseth him ●Esa 14. 27. Because the Lord of hoasts ●●th determined it who shall disanull ● his hande is stretched out and who ●all turne it away ●Iere 10. 23. O Lord I knowe that the ●aye of man is not in him selfe neither ●it in man that walketh to make rea●●e his steppes ●Dan 4. 32. And all the dwellers of the ●●th are coumpted as nothing and he ●th according vnto his wyl in the hoast ●heauen and in the dwellers of the ●●rth neyther is there any that can ●aye his hande and saye vnto him ●hat doest thou ●Math 10. 29. Are not two Sparrowes ●ld for a farthing one of them shal not 〈◊〉 on the ground without your Father Eph. 2. 1. 2. And you hath he quickened when you were dead in trespasses and sinnes wherin in times past ye walked according to the course of this world after the Prince which hath rule of the ayre and of the spirite that nowe worketh in men that are disobedient 1. Sam. 16. 14. But the spyrite of the Lorde departed from Saul and an euyll spyrite sent of the Lorde feared him 2. Tim. 2. 26. And being escaped out of the snare of the Deuyll of whome they are taken captiues Gen. 45. 8. Nowe therefore you haue not sent mée hyther but God. Gen. 50. 20. When yée thought euyll against mée God disposed it vnto good that hée might doo according vnto this daye and saue much people a lyue Exo. 4. 21. And I wyl harden his heart that he shall not let the people goe Exo. 7. 3. But I wyll harden Pharaos heart and multiply my myracles and wonders in the lande of Egipt Exod 9. 12. And the Lorde hardened the heart of Pharao neither dyd he obey them according as the Lord had spoken vnto Moyses Exod. 10. 1. Goe in vnto Pharao For I haue hardened his heart and the heart of his seruauntes 20. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao Exod. 11. 10. But the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart he suffred not the children of Israel to depart out of his Land. Exod. 14. 4. And I wyll harden Pharaos heart and he shall follow after you and I wyll be glorified in Pharao 17. And I behold I wyll harden the heart of the Egiptians and they shal goe in after them and I wyl be glorifyed in Pharao and in all his hoast and in his Charets and in his horsemen Deut. 2. 30. But Sihon the Kinge of Hesbon woulde not let vs passe by him for the Lord thy God hath hardened his spirite made stubborne his heart that he might delyuer him into

say not by workes but by him that calleth myght remaine sure c. 16. So then the election is not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth but in God that taketh mercy 23. And that he might make knowne the ryches of his glorie vpon the vessels of mercie which he hath prepared vnto glorye 11. What then that Which Israell séeketh c. Ephes. 1. 4. As he hath chosen vs in him before the foundacions of the world were layde c. ●5 Who hath predestinat or fore ordeined vs whom he woulde adopte or chose into his sonnes through Iesus Christ vnto him selfe 9. The mysterie of his wyll beynge reuealed vnto vs acording vnto his frée good will which he hath purposed in him selfe 11. In whome also wear chosen c. 2. Tim. 2. 19. Yeat the foundacion of God remaineth sure ha●ing this seale the Lord knoweth who are his and let euery one that calleth on the name of Christe departe from iniquitie 1. Cor. 2. 7. But we speake the wisdom of God lying hid in a mistery euen that hyd wisdome which God had determined before the world vnto our glorie 10. But God hath reueled those things vnto vs by his spirit For the spirit searcheth all thinges yea the deepe thinges of God. 1. Pet. 1. 19. 20. But being redéemed with his pretious blood as of a Lambe without spotte and vndefiled to wyt Christ which was foreordained before the foūdations of the world were layd but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes The fifth Aphorisme ALso whē there is intreated of the destruction of the reprobats or ofcasts 1 albeit the whole fault remaine within them selues 2 yet sometimes as often as it is so needefull the spirite of God to make known the ryches of his glorie vpon the vesselle● of mercie and his excellent power and also gentlenesse the better by comparison lifteth vs vp euen vnto that highe misterie vvhich in order goeth before all the causes of their damnation Of vvhich secreete doubtlesse there is no other cause known vnto men besides his righteous vvyll the which we ought reuerently to receaue as comming vndoubtedly from him vvh● is naturally iust and can no other vvay be conceyued of men nor of any other Proues out of the worde of God. Hos. 13. 9. Thy iniquity hath destroied thee O Israel but in mee is thy helpe Iohn 3. 19. And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde but men haue loued rather darkenesse than lyght Rom 9. 23. And that hée might make knowne the ryches of his glory vppon the vessels of mercy the which he hath ordained vnto glory Exod. 9. 16. And in déede for this cause I haue appointed thée euen to shew thee my power and that they should declare my name in the whole earth Psa. 33. 15. Which hath fashioned their heartes euery one considering al theyr workes Prou. 16. 4. The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake yea euen the wicked man for an euil day Rom 9. 11. For the children not being yeat borne when as they had done neyther good nor euyll that the purpose of God according vnto his electon that is not by works but by him that calleth might remaine sure c. 13. As it is writtē I haue loued Iacob but hated Esau. Where he doth not onlye say that Esau before he had done any good was ordeined vnto ●atred for after this sorte he might seeme to touch none but actual sinnes as they say or vnbelefe but faith plainlie before he was borne By which words he excludeth or sh●tteth out frō the cause of hatred original sinne also whatsoeuer in the person of Esau might be reckoned from his very birth Therfore wheras a litle after he bringeth in the reprobates or ofcastes parting here against he doth not attrybute vnto them such like kind of speach why doth not God beare the same hatred towards others also for asmuch as they are borne in y same corruption that we are I saye there is no such thing read in the word of the Apostle but he setteth this theyr exception against it who shal withstande his wyll For herevppon mannes reason gathereth that they are vnworthely condempned Neyther doth Paul au●swere that God dyd so wyll it because he dyd foresée that they woulde bée corrupted and so that the cause of the decree was grounded vppon theyr wickednesse which defence was plaine and readie if it had béene true but whylste he confesseth that it so pleased God and that it was not in their wyll to chaunge it doubtlesse hée abateth the pryde of mannes wisedome that it maye reuerentlye esteeme of the secréetes of God as is most meete But the electe or chosen he exhorteth to beholde the grace of God the which he setteth foorth with suche comparison So therefore must other testymonies be expounded in the which wee goe vp vnto the hyghest wyll of God which is the onely rule of iustice Esa. 54. 16. Beholde I haue made the Smyth that bloweth coales in the fyre and bryngeth forth an instrument for his worke I I saye haue made the destroyer to destroye Ioh. 6. 44. No man can come vnto mée vnlesse the Father that sent mée drawe him Iohn 10. 26. But you beléeue not for you are not of my shéepe as I sayd● vnto you Ioh. 12. 39. 40. and Esa. 6. 10 Therfore they coulde not beleeue because ●saias hath sayde againe He hath blinded their eyes and hardened theyr hearts least they should sée with their eyes and vnderstande with their hearts and should turne and I should heale them 1. Pet. 7. 8. And a stone to stumble at a rock of offēce vnto them which stumble at the word being disobedient vnto the which thing they were euen ordained And in many other places Iud. 1. 4. For there haue crept in certaine men being before of olde ordained vnto this condempnation The sixt Aphorisme FOr vvee must make a difference betweene the purpose of reprobating or ofcasting and betweene reprobation or ofcasting it selfe For the misterie or secrete of that God would haue to be hyd from vs But of this and of the destruction also that dependeth or hangeth vpon it vve haue causes expressed in the word of God to vvyt the corruption vnbeleefe and sinne the vvhich are necessary or must needes bee in respect of the falling out of them of the vesselles mad● vnto dishonour Proues out of the worde of God. 2. Thes. 2. 9. The cōming of the which wicked man is by the working of Sathan with all power and signes and lying wonders 10. And with all deceyu●ablenesse of vnrighteousnesse among them that perishe for that they receyued not the loue of the truth that they might be saued 11. And therefore God shal send them strong delusion that they should beléeue ●yes 12. That all they might be dampned which haue not beleeued the trueth but had pleasure in vnrighteousnesse Rom. 11. 20. Well through vnbeléef● they are broken

of the worde of God. Rmo. 10. 8. But what saith it the word is neare the euen in thy mouth and in thine heart This is that word of fayth which we preach 17. Then fayth is by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 2. Cor. 5. 18. And all these things are of God which hath reconcyled vs vnto himselfe through Iesus Christ and hath geuen the mynistery of reconciliation vnto vs. 19. For God was in Christ reconcyling the world vnto him selfe not imputing or laying theyr sinnes vnto them and hath put in vs this worde of rec●ncyliation Iam. 1. 18. He because he would begat vs with the worde of truthe that wee should be as certaine first fruites of his creatures 1. Pet. 1. 23. Being borne a new not of mortall s●●de but of immortall by the worde of the lyuing God which endureth for euer 25. But the worde of the Lorde endureth for euer And this is that worde which is preached among you Act. 16. 14. Whose heart the Lorde had opened that she shoulde geue héede to those thinges which were spoken of Paule Eph. 1. 9. The mysterie or secréete of this wyll being opened vnto vs according vnto his frée good pleasure which he had purposed in him selfe Colos. 1. 27. Unto whom God would make knowē what are the riches of this glorious mysterie or secréet among the Gentyles that is of Christ among you who is that hope of glory Rom. 6. 20. For when as you were the seruanntes of sinne you were frée from righteousnesse Ioh. 6. 44. No man can come vnto mée vnlesse my Father which sent mée drawe him 65. Therefore I sayde vnto you that no man can come vnto mée vnlesse it be geuen vnto him of my Father Gen. 3. 8. And by an by they heard the voyce of the Lorde God walking in the garden in the coole of the day and Adam and his wyfe hyd them selues from the face of the Lord God in the myddest of the garden Rom. 5. 10. For if when we were enemyes wee were reconcyled or made freends with God c. Rom. 8. 7. Because that the vnderstanding of the flesh is enimyty against God. Ioh. 8. 47. He that is of God heareth the words of God ye therfore heare not because ye are not of God. Esai 53. 1. Who wyll beléeue our reporte and vnto whom is the arme of the Lord reueled or opened Ioh. 12. 36. 40. Therefore could they not beleeue because Esaias hath sayd againe he hath blynded theyr eyes and hardened their hearts lest they should se with theyr eyes and vnderstand with theyr heart and ●●rne and I shoulde heale them Mat. 13. 13. Therefore speake I vnto them by parables because that séeyng they doo not sée and hearing they do not heare nor vnderstand Mat. 13. 11. Because that vnto you it is geuen to know the secrets of the kingdom of heauen but vnto them it is not geuen Ioh. 3. 3. Uerily verily I say vnto thée except a man be borne againe he can not sée the kingdom of God. Ioh. 4. 10. If thou diddest know that gifte of God and who he is that sayth vnto thée c. 1. Cor. 2. 14. But the naturall or fleshly man can not conceiue those thinges which are of the spirit of God for they are vnto him folyshnesse and he can not know them because that they are spiritually di●cerued 2. Cor. 3. 5. Not that wée are able of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues Ephes. 2. 1. And you hath he together quickened when as ye were dead in offences and sinnes 3. Wherin in times past ye walked as is the course of this worlde after the prince that hath power ouer the ayre euen the spyrite that nowe worketh in men that are disobedient 3. Among whome also we all had our conuersation in time past in the lustes of our fleshe doing such things as lyked our fleshe and myndes and were by nature the chyldren of wrath as well as others Ezec. 11. 19. And I wyl geue vnto them one heart and I wyll put a new spyr●ts within theyr bowelles and I wyll take away the stony heart from theyr fleshe and wyl geue vnto them a fleshie heart Psal. 51. 12. Create a cleane heart in mée O God and renue a ryght spyrite within my bowelles Ioh. 6. 44. No man can come vnto me except my father which sent mée drawe him Ioh. 6. 45. It is written in the prophets and they shall be all taught of God whosoeuer therfore hath heard of my father and learned commeth vnto mée Psal. 119. 130. The doore or entrance of thy wordes doth lyghten and maketh the simple to vnderstand Ephes. 1. 17. That the God of our Lord Iesus Christthe father of glory maye geue vnto you the spirite of wisedome and reuelation through the knowledge of him 18. That the eyes of your minde being lyghtened ye may know what the hope is of his calling Esai 50. 5. The Lord God opened mine eare and I was not rebellious neither turned I backe Psal. 119. 18. Open myne eyes and I shall beholde the wonders of thy lawe 73. Thy handes haue made mee and prepared mée make mée to vnderstand and I shal learne thy cōmaundements 130. The doore or entraunce of thy words lighteneth it maketh the simple to vnderstand Col. 1. 9. Wherfore we also since the day that we heard of it cease not to pray for you and to desire that ye may be filled with all knowlege of his wyll with all wisdom c. The tenth Aphorisme AND fyrst this spyrite in the elect or chosen causeth that they be touched in deede with the feeling of that theyr calamitie or miserie secondlie it createth faith in them that they maie be able to performe the condition annexed or● k●yt vnto the preaching of the gospell Nowe this faith is after a manner two folde The one by the vvhich Christ is generallie and vniuersallie knowen 1 to wyt by the vvhich vvee doo geue assent vnto the historie of Christ and vnto the Prophecies vvritten of him vvhich faith is also sometymes graunted to the verie reprobates or ofcastes Another which is proper and peculiar vnto the electe or chosen standeth in this that vve applie vnto our selues as our owne Christe vniuersallie and indifferentlie offered to all men and be euerie one of vs made assured of our election which in deede afore time from euerlasting vvas hiddē in the secrete of God but was afterward declared vnto vs 2 partlie by the inward te●●monie or vvytnesse of our conscience ●●rough the spirite of God being ioy●●d vnto the externall or outward prea●●ing 3 and partlie also by the power ●nd effycacie or vertue of the same spi●●te vvhich bringeth to this poiut eue●●e one of the electe or chosen being set 〈◊〉 lybertie from the bondage of sinne ●hat they beginne to wyl and to doo the ●hinges vvhich are of God. Proues out of the worde of God. Ierem. 31. 19. For after that I conuer●ed I

daylie against distrust vvith heauenlie armour 15 vve maie learne not to behaue our selues negligentlie but to continue stoutlie to honour him to loue feare and call vppon him 16 so that vve maie daylie more and more as touching vs as Peter sayeth Make our callinge and election sure And moreouer howe shall hee abyde sure and stedfaste against so many noisome temptacions vvithin and vvithout and against so many as the vvorlde termeth them assaultes of Fortune vvhiche hath not firste assuredlie grounded in his minde that vvhiche is moste true to vvyt that God according to his good pleasure doeth all thinges vvhatsoeuer they bee and vvhat instrumentes so euer hee vse to the profite of those that are his amongst vvhose number he must bee reckoned vvhich is set in this daunger Proues out of the worde of God. Rom. 8. 29. For whome he hath fore● knowne those also hath he foreordeyned to bée made lyke vnto the Image of his sonne that he might be the fyrst borne among many brethren 30. And whome he hath forehordeined those also hath he called an whome he hath called those also hath hée iustified or made righteous and whome he hath iustified those also hath hée glorified Eph. 1. 4. As he hath chosen vs in him before the foundations of the worlde were layd that wee shoulde be holy and vn blameable before him through loue 5. Who hath foreordeined vs whome he would adopt or chose vnto his sonnes through Christ in him selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 9. The mistery or secréete of his wyl being opened vnto vs according vnto his frée good will which he had purposed in him selfe Ioh. 10. 27. My shepe heare my voice and I knowe they follow mée Rom. 5. 2. Through whome also by ●aith we had this entry into this grace ●y which we stand and glory vnder the hope of the glory of God. Rom. 8. 38. For I am persuaded that neyther death nor lyfe neyther Angels ●or principalities neither powers neither things present nor things to come 39. Neyther height nor depth neyther any other thing creat●d can separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu our Lord. ● Cor. 2. 10. But God hath reuealed or op●ned them vnto vs by his spirit For the spirit searcheth all thinges euen the depthes of God. 1. Iohn 3. 24. Hée tht kéepeth his cōmaundementes dwelleth in him and h● in him And by this doo we knowe that he dwelleth in vs towyt by his spirite which he hath geuen vs. Psal. 95. 7. 8. To day if ye wyll heare his voice harden not your hearts as in Meriba as in the day of Massa in the wildernes Ioh. 10. 27. My ●héepe heare my voice and I know them and they follow mée 2. Cor. 13. 5. Trye your selues whe●ther you bée in fayth or no proue your selues Whether you knowe your sel●es or no to wyt Iesus Christ to be in you Gal. 4. 6. Because you are the sonnes of God God hath sent forth the Spirit of his sonne into your heartes crying Abba Father 1. Ioh. 3. 24. He that kéepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in hym and he in him and by this do we know that he dwelleth in vs to wit by the spyryt which he hath geuen vs. 1. Cor. 2. 10. But vnto vs hath God reueled or opened them by his spirite For the spirit searcheth al things euen the very depthes of God c. Rom. 6. All most in the whole Chapter 1. Iohn 3. 9. Whosoeuer is borne of God doeth not commytte sinne because his seede abideth in him neyther can he sinne because that he is borne of God. Rom. 6. 11. Lykewise gather ye also that ye your selues are both dead vnto s●nne and do also liue vnto God through Christ Iesu our Lord. 12. Let not sinne therefore reigne in your mortall body that you should obey sinne in the lustes of the body Ephes. 4. 29. Let no filthie speache come foorth of your mouth but if any be profitable for the vse of edifying that it maye mynyster grace vnto the hearers 30. And doo yée not make sadde that holy spirite of God by which ye are sealed vnto the daye of redemption Rom. 8. 26. Lykewise the spyrite also helpeth our infirmyties or we a●●enesses for we knowe not what to praye as wée ought but the spyrite it selfe ma●eth request for vs with sighes that can not be expressed Rom. 7. 24. Wretche that I am who shal delyuer mée from this bodie of death Rom. 8. 15. For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage vnto ●eare but ye haue receyued the spyrite of adoption through whome wée crye Abba Father 16. Which verie spirite beareth witnesse togeather with our spirite that we are the sonnes of God. Rom. 8. 27. But he that searcheth the heartes knoweth what is the meaning of the spirite because that hée maketh request for the Saints according to the wyll of God. Eph. 1. 13. In whome ye also haue hoped hauing heard the word of truth c. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritaunce c. Eph. 4. 30. And make not sadde that holye spirite of God by whome you are sealed vnto the daye of redemption 2. Cor. 1. 22. Who also hath sealed vs and hath geuen the earnest of the spirite in our hearts Rom. 11. 29. For the gifte and calling of God are such that he can not repent him of them Hebr. 6. 17. Wherein God wylling abundauntly to shewe vnto the heyre● of promyse the v●chaungeablenesse of his counsel bound him self by an oath 2. Tim. 2. 19. But the foundation of God standeth sure hauing this seale The Lorde knoweth who are his And let euery one that nameth the name of of Christ depart from vnrightousnesse Rom. 8. 38. For I am persuaded that neither death nor lyfe neither Angels nor principalytyes nor powers neither things present nor thinges to come 39. Neyther height nor depth neyther any thing created can separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu our Lord. Ioh. 3. 33. He that receyueth his witnesse hath sealed that God is true Rom. 4. 20. But he was made strong by fayth geuing the glory vnto God. 21. And being fully persuaded that h● was also able to doo that which hée had promised Rom. 5. 5. Hope maketh not a shamed because the loue of God is shed abroade in our● heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vs. Heb. 4. 16. Let vs therefore boldly approche vnto the throne of grace that we maie obtaine mercie and finde grace to helpe in tyme of néede 1. Cor. 1. 9. God is faithfull by whome ye are called into the fellowshippe of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. 1. Thes. 5. 24. He is faithful which hath called you who also wyll bring it to passe Heb. 10. 22. Let vs approche with a true heart and certaine perswasion of faith with pure heartes from an euyll conscience 23. And hauing our body washed with pure water let vs holde fast the

maiestie and mightie power of God whiche suffereth not one sparrowe to fall vppon the earth without his wyll prouidence neyther one hear to fall from the head of his elect and chosen howe fiercely so euer they shall rage agaynst them Wherefore O you Serpentes séede howe soeuer you shall be offended with this that I shall speake knowe this that as the mightie God hathe made the scattered sandes able inoughe to stay the raging Seas so shall your proude waues of your boyling stomacks and our busie heades be broken and brought full lowe where and when it shall like the Lorde of all fleshe by these his weake vessels And licence must you aske as did your father the diuel● executing his tyrannie vpon the good mā Iob as we reade in the first chapter of that Hystorie before you can lay hands eyther of body or goods of his chosen and therein shall you be limitted and appoynted as there appeareth how farre you shall be able to extend your violence For God holdeth your hartes in his hand be you neuer so great tyrants can soone cause you to faynt fayle from your furie turning your harts round about as him liketh best And bicause you thus blaspheme God in words déedes following your father Lucifer abusing Gods creatures and despising his benefytes his tollerance and his long sufferan●e which might moue you to repentance as holy Paule warneth you treasure vp for your selues euen wrath vengeance agaynst the day of vengeance I doo feare nothing at all to offende you with my writing neither do you passe any thinge at all what is written or spoken though you vse to sweare stampe stare for a little space in a furious rage when you heare and feele things contrarie to your poyson But the scriptures of God all good writinges all truthe vnto suche dogs and hogs are vttered to this purpose that they may be a testimony of condemnation of the light of Gods truth reiected and despised Therefore for the elect of God that they may vnderstand the course of Gods working in al his creatures reuerence his maiestie and magnifie and renoume his holy name is this written Yet doubtlesse doo I know amongst the chiefe vessels chosen children of God there bée many whiche haue not attayned to this poynt of doctrine of Electiō Reprobatiō whom I am very loth to offend and therfore I desire thē for the loue of God to suffer me quietly without their griefe to vtter vnto other the cōfort of my conscience which I haue hereby vndoubtedly receyued like as I haue many times harkened vnto them in the cōtrarie First praying thus both of vs together vnto our heauenly father knowledging our owne infirmitie weaknesse O father in the heauens whatsoeuer we are whatsoeuer we haue whatsoeuer we knowe it is onely by thy frée grace for we were by nature the childrē of wrath we are not borne a new of fleshe blood eyther of the séede of man or of the wyl of man flesh blood can not reueale the misteries of thy heauenly kingdome vnto vs But by thy blessed wyl are we that we are by the same knowe we that we know therefore O father doo we commyt into thy handes onely our saluation If our knowledge be small yet we doubte nothing but that we are the chyldren of thy euerlasting kyngdome and therefore by thy mightye power we shall growe when it shall be thy pleasure to a more full and ryuer knowledge of a more perfyte age wherein our fayth shall bee fully able to comprehend and receyue the breadth depth heyght largenesse of thy great mercyes and gracious promyses But séeing this power of full knowledge and perfecte reuelation passeth all power naturall and remayneth onely in thy power and the light of thy spirite O Lord Doo thou what shall please thée to open to vs thy seruaunts and chyldren depending of thy handes so much of the lyght of thy countenaunce and at such tymes as shall seeme good to thy wisedome and fatherly mercye In the meane tyme thus re●tyng wholy vpon thée neyther can we dispaire neyther wyll we ●be too much carefull although wee can not attayne to the knowledge of many of thy workes neyther to the vnderstanding of many places of the scriptures but we wyll confesse vnto thé● the weakenesse of our fayth wayting alwayes for further reuelation of thy glorious lyght to be vttred vnto vs when thou shalt think of thy Fatherly beneuolence goodnesse méete and conuenient knowing most surely that thou wylt pitie our chyldishe infanci● and cause the same to serue for thy glory and our greate commoditie séeing that we doo erre and are chyldishe as sonnes before such a Father which can not put off his Fatherlye pytie but rather as thou hast brought vs vnto thée to be the heyres of thy kingdome by the blood of thy naturall sonne so we bée most sure that thou wylt lighten vs in the end with the full fruition of the bryght lyght of thy countenaunce that we maye see thée and know thée as this thy sonne our redéemer knoweth thée yea sée thée our Father face to face and know as we be knowne Thus rest wée onely of thy hande to increase our knowledge at thy good pleasure O mighty Lorde and most mercyful Father So be it If you can thus submytte your selues good brethren to the wisedome of God working in vs weakelyngs what him lyketh All the stumblyng stockes whiche might offend you may eas●ly be remoue● There be two things especially which doo séeme to stande against this doctrine of Election and Reprobation or of God his gouernaunce and prouidence for all is one in effect the one toucheth God the other man The fyrst and pryncipall is leaste that the wicked doo make God the Aucthour of synne in the Reprobate● the which doubt we maye remoue fowre maner of wayes Fyrst by the aucthoritie of Scriptures Secondlye by the testimonie of theyr own consciences which be the reprobate Thirdly by the nature of sinne Fowrthly by the maiestie of God which is bound to none of his creatures to make hym this or that vessell For the fyrst Saint Iames sayeth Let no man saye when he is tempted that he is tempted of God for God as he can not bée tempted with euyll so neyther doeth hée tempte any man But euerye man is tempted drawne awaye and entysed of his owne luste and concup●scence Then the luste when it hath conceyued bryngeth foorth synne Iames. ● And euen thus it appeared in the fyrste fall of mankynde Fyrste though the Lorde our God had warned and commaunded the contrary oure olde enemye styrreth the concupiscence and lust of the Woman with the goodnesse pleasauntnesse and beautie of the Apple then her lust conceyuing this bringeth foorth synne entysing also her husband to the breaking of God his commaundementes Genes 3. But contrarywise sayeth Iames in the same place Iam. 1. least you should erre and

were not redeemed with corruptible thinges as syluer and golde from your vaine conuersation c. 20. Whiche was foreordained before the foundation of the worlde were layd but was declared in the last times for your sake Iosua 24. 2. And Iosua sayde vnto all the people Thus sayth the Lorde God ●f Israel your Fathers dwelt beyonde ●he flood of olde tyme euen Thare the Father of Abraham and the Father of Nachor and serued other Gods. 3. And I tooke your Father Abra●am from the place which was beyond the flood Ezec. 16. 8. And I passed by thée and sawe thée and beholde thy tyme was as the tyme of loue and I spread my garmentes ouer thée I couered thy shame c. Esai 65. 1. I made my selfe manifest to them that asked not I was founde of them that sought mée not I sayde Beholde mée beholde mée vnto a Nation that called not vpon my name Eph. 2. 3. Among whome also we all had our conuersation in tymes paste in the lustes of our flesh doing such things as pleased our fleshe and our mindes were by nature the sonnes of wrath as well as they 4. But God which is rytch in mercie for his great loues sake wherewith he loued vs. 5. Euen when we were dead by sinnes raysed vs vp togeather through Christ by whose grace ye are saued 11. Wherefore remember that ye béeing in times past Gentyles in the fleshe whiche were called vncircum●icion of that which is called cyrcumsicion in the fleshe and which is made with handes 12. That ye were I saye at that time without Christ and were al●aunts from the common wealth of Israel and were straungers from the couenaunt of promise hauing no hope and were without God in the worlde 13. But now in Christ Iesus ye which once were farre of are made neere by the blood of Christ. Rom. 5. 10. For if when we were enemyes wée were reconcyled or made friendes with God by the death of his sonne much more being now reconciled or made friendes wée shall be saued by his lyfe 1. Pet. 2. 10. Ye which were sometyme no people are nowe the people of God which were not vnder mercy haue now ●btayned mercie Ioh. 9. 41. If ye were blind you should haue no sinne but now ye say we see and therefore your sinne remaineth Ioh. 3. 19. And this is the condemnation that light is comen into the worlde but men haue loued darknes more then ●light because their workes are euyll Rom 1. 18. For the wrath of God is reuealed from heauen against al vngodlinesse and vnrighteousnesse of men as who with holde the truth vniustly Rom. 2. 15. Who shewe the effect of the law written in their heartes their conscience also bearing witnesse and their thoughtes accusing one an other or excusing Act. 14. 17. All though hée hath not suffered him selfe to be without witnes in that he doeth good vnto vs geuing vs raigne fruitful seasons from heauen filling our heartes with foode and gladnes Ro. 2. 14. For whē the Gentyles which haue not the law do by nature y things of y law they hauing not the law are a law vnto them selues Act. 14. 17. Althought he hath not suffered him selfe to be c. Rom. 7. 7. What shall we say then Is the lawe sinne God forbyd naye I had not knowne sinne but by the lawe For I had not knowen luste except the lawe had sayd thou shalt not luste 1. Tim. 2. 5. For there is one God and also one mediator of God and man the man Iesus Christ. 2. Tim. 2. 25. Instructing them whiche are contrary minded if God at any time wyll geue vnto them that they may repent and know the truth 19. And that being escaped out of the snare of the Diuyll of whome they are taken captiue they may receyue helth of minde to do his wyll Act. 2. 37. When they heard these things they were pricked in heart and sayd vnto Peter and vnto the rest of the Apostles men and brethren what shall we doo 38. And Peter said vnto them Repent and let euery one of you be baptized in ●he name of Iesus Christ c. 1. Ioh. 2. 1. Litle children these thinges ● wryte vnto you that you shoulde not ●inne But if any man sinne c. The Seuenth Aphorisme THerefore after that seuere or sharpe preaching of the lawe 1 hee setteth foorth vnto them grace and gentlenesse of the gospell yet adding this condition if they beleeue in Christ 2 vvho alone can delyuer them from condemnation 3 and geue vnto them power and right to obtaine the heauenlie inheritaunce Proues out of the word of God. Ioh. 1. 12. And as many as receiued him ●he gaue vnto them this dignitie to bée made the sonnes of God to wyt vnto them that beléeue in his name Ioh. 3. 16. For so God loued the world that he gaue his only begotten sonne c. Rom. 1. 19. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of christ For it is the power of God vnto saluation vnto euery one that beléeueth to the Iew first and also to the Gréeke Rom. 8. 1. Now therefore there is no condempnation to them whiche are in Christ Iesus that is which walke not after the fleshe but after the spyrite 1. Ioh 2. 1. My lyttle chyldren these things write I vnto you that you sinne not If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the righteous c. Ioh. 〈◊〉 And as many as receiued him he gaue vnto them this dignitie that c. Ioh. 3. 16. For God so loved the world c. Rom. 1. 16. For I am not ashamed of the gospell of Christ c. Rom. 5. 1. Being therefore iustifyed or made righteous by faith we haue peace towarde God through our Lorde Iesus Christ. The nynth Aphorisme AND because all these thinges should bee done in vaine if God dyd sette foorth these secreetes vnto men onely by the outwarde preaching of his worde vvrytten and openlie published in the Churche of God 1 vvhiche notvvithstanding is the ordinarie and necessarie instrument by supposition vvhereby Iesus Christ is communicated or imparted vvith vs 2 therefore vvhen as hee hath to doo vvith his electe and chosen togeather vvith the outwarde preaching of the vvorde hee ioyneth the inwarde power of the holie spyrite vvhich doeth not as Sophisters doo suppose repayre or renewe the remnau●tes of theyr free vvyll for vvhatsoeuer freevvyll is lefte vnto vs it doeth consiste or lye in this 3 that vvee sinne vvyllinglie 4 shunnishe God 5 hate him 6 yea and moreouer can neither heare him 7 nor beleeue him 8 nor acknowledge the gyfte of God 9 no nor once so muche as thinke any good thing 10 and to bee short that vve bee vvholy subiecte vnto vvrath and the curse 11 But contrararywise rather turneth theyr stonie heartes into fleshie 12 draweth 13 teacheth 14 lightneth their eyes 15 openeth their sence heart eares and vnderstanding Proues out