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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

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

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 and thou standest by ●ayth be not hye minde● but feare 2. Cor. 4. 3. But if our gospell be hidden it is hyoden to them that perishe 4. In whome the God of this worlde hath blynded their myndes that is in the vnfaithfull least the light of the gospell of the glory of Christ which is the Image of God shoulde not shine vnto them Hebr. 12. 16. Let there be no fornicatour nor prophane or vncleane person as Esau which for one messe of meate solde his byrth right 17. For ye knowe howe that afterwarde also when he woulde haue obtained the blessing by the ryght of inherytaunce he was cast of for he founde no place of repentance although he sought that blessing with teares The seuenth Aphorisme SO when as the question of the sorting of the causes of saluatiō into degrees placing of thē as it were in a certaine new order in the saluation of the elect we do distinguish or make a differēce between the purpose of electing or chosing the whiche God hath decreed in him selfe and the election or chosing it selfe the which is ordained in Christ so that this purpose of God in the rule and order of causes goeth before this election and all other thinges which follow after Proues out of the word● of God. Rom. 8. 30. And whome he hath Predestinate or foreordained those also hath he called whome he hath called those also hath he iustified or made righteous And whome hée hath iustified or made righteous those also hath he gloryfied Ephe 1. 4. As he chose vs in him before the foundation of the worlde were layde c. 5. Who hath Predestinate or foreordained vs whome he woulde adopte or ●●ose for his sonnes through Christ vn●● him selfe according to the good plea●●re of his wyll The third Chap. ¶ Of the execution or fulfylling of the euerlasting counsaile in that which is common both to the elect or chosen and also to the reprobates or ofcastes The first Aphorism● THe Lorde to the ende he might execute or fulfyll that euerlasting counsayle vnto his glorie prepared him selfe away according vnto his infinite or endlesse wisedome which is common both to them which were to bee chosen and also to them which were to bee ofcastes For when as he had determined to shew forth a notable example of his mercie in the saluation of the chosen and also to make manifest his iust iudgement in condemning the ofcastes 1 It was of neces●itie that he shoulde shutte vp both of them vnder contumacie or disobedience and sinne that he might haue mercie on all the beleeuers 2 that is on the elect or chosen 3 for faith is a gifte of God peculiar or proper vnto the elect ● 4 and contra●y wise that he might finde matter of iust dampn●tion in those vnto whom it is geuen neither to beleeue neither yet to know the misteries or secretes of God. Proues out of the word of God. Rom. 11. 32. For God hath shut vp al vnder disobedience that he might haue mercy on all Gal 3 22. But the Scr●pture hath shut vp all things vnder sinne that the promise by the faith of Iesus Christ might be geuen to them that beléeue Act. 13 48 And the Gentiles hearing these things reioyced and glorified the word of the Lord and as many as were ordeyned vnto e●e●lasting life beléeued Eph. 2. 8. For ye are saued by grace through sayth and that not of your selues it is the gifte of God. 2. Thes. 3. 2. Fayth is not of all men or all men haue not fayth Tit 1. 1. According to the fayth of Gods elect or chosen and the knowledge of the tr●th which is according vnto Godlynes 2. Unto the hope of eternall lyfe the which God that can not lye hath promised before the world beganne Phil. 1. 29. For vnto you it is geue● in Christ his cause not onely● to beleeue in him but also to suffer for him Gal 3. 22. But the frute of the spirit is loue ioye peace long suffering gentlenesse goodnesse fayth c. Math. 13. 11. For vnto you it is not geuen to know the secréets of the kingdom of heauen but to them it is not geuen loh. 12. 37. And though he had done so many myracles before them yet they beleeued not in him 38. That the saying of Esay the prophet might be fulfilled which he spake Lord ●oho beleued our saying and vnto whom ●is the arme of the Lord opened 39. Therfore they could not beléeue becau● that Esay sayth againe 40. He hath blynded their eyes and hardened theyr hearts that they should not see with theyr eyes and vnderstand with theyr heart and should be conuerted and I should heale them The second Aphorisme THis therefore he did vvith such vvisdom that the whole faultes of the reprobates or ofcastes damnation resteth in themselues and that the vvhole praise of the saluation of the electe or chosen is vvholie to to be referred vnto his mercy for he dyd not create man in sinne for so vvhich God forbyd should he him selfe haue beene the Author of sinne and of his iustice he might not punishe it but rather hee made him after his owne Image that is in cleanesle and holynesse Proues out of the worde of God. Gen 1. 27. Therfore god created man after his owne image after the Image of god created he him male and female created he them Ephes. 4. 24. And put on that new man which after God is created in righteousnes and true holynes The thyrd Aphorisme HE afterwardes constrayned by none at all and driuen also by no necessity of concupiscence or luste● as concerning his vvyl for as yet it vvas not bond vnto finne of his owne accorde and freely rebelling against God bequeathed himself vnto sinne and vnto both deaths That is of bodie and soule Proues out of the worde of God. Gen 2. 17. In the daye that thou eatest of it dying thou shalt dye Ro. 7. 20. But yet if I doo that I would not then is it not I that doo it but sinne that dwelleth in mée Rom. 5. 12. Wherefore as by one man sinne entered into the worlde and death by the meanes of sinne and so death went ouer all men insomuch as all men haue sinned The fourth Aphorisme YEt vve must confesse that this fall of man happened not by chaunce vvhen as the prouidence of God is stretched forth euen vnto the verie smallest things neither can any thing be saide to come to passe God not knowing of it o● else altogeather vvynking at it for so thinking the vvhich God forbyd vvee must be of the opinion of the Epicures Proues out of the worde of God. Mat. 10. 29. Are not two sparowes sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father 50. But the verie heyres of your hea● are all numbred Prou. 16. 33. The lotte is cast into the lappe but the whole iudgement of it

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

or his thinges which cannot be seene that is to saye his euerlasting power● and Godhead are séene by the creation of the● world whylest that they are vnderstood● by the things that are made to this end● that they should be vnexcusable Rom. 2 12. Whosoeuer haue sinned without the lawe shall perish also wyth out the lawe c. Rom● 1. 21. Because that when as they knew God yeat they did not glorysie God nor gaue him thankes c. 22. When they counted them selues wise they became fooles Ioh. 17. 3. And this is euerlasting life that they know thée alone to be the true God. Ioh. 3. 36. He that beléeueth in the sonne hath euerlasting lyfe but hée that beléeueth not the sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrath of God abideth vpon him Math. 11. 17. All thinges are geuen me of my Father c. Math. 16. 17. Blessed art thou Simon the sonne of Iona● because flesh and blood hath not opened this vnto thee but my Father which is in heauen Ioh. 1. 13. Which are borne not of blood nor of the luste of the fleshe nor of the lust of man but of God. The fowrth Aphorisme BVt of some the fall is 1 greater 2 to wyt of them whome he vouchsaueth in deede to haue the externall or outward preaching of the word 3 but they being called yet neither wyll nor can answere 4 for that they doo so please them selues in their own blindnesse that they saie they see vnto whome also it is not geuen to imbrace the spyrite of trueth and to beleeue Therefore albeit their stubburnnesse be necessarie yet is it wylling or of then owne accorde 6 vvhereof it commeth to passe that being bidden vnto the feast they refuse to come 7 insomuch that the worde of life is vnto them foolisnesse and a stumbling blocke yea finallie a deadly fauour vnto death Proues out of the worde of God. Luk. 12. 47. But that seruaunt which knoweth his masters will and hath not prepared him selfe nor done according to his wyll shall bée beaten with many strypes Math. 22. 14. Many are called but few are chosen Luk. 13. 34. Ierusalem Ierusalem which killest the Prophets and stonest them which are sent vnto thée how often would I haue gathered thy Children together c. Luke 19. 42. If thou haddest euen knowne at lest in this thy day c. ●erem 7. 28. And thou shalt saye vnto them this is the Nation whiche hath not obeyed the voice of the Lorde theyr God● c. Prouerbs 1. 24. Because that I haue called and ye haue refused I haue stretched forth my hand and ther● was none that gaue any heede Ioh. 9. 41. If you were blinded you should haue no sinne but now you saye we see and therefore your sinne remaineth Ioh. 14. 17. That spirit of truth which the world cannot receaue because it doth not see him nor knowe him but ye know him because he remaineth with you and wyll be in you Ioh. 12. 39 40. Therefore could they not beleeue because Esaias hath sayd againe he hath blinded their eyes and hath hardened their hearts c. Thes. 3. 2. And that we may be delinered from froward and euyll men for all men haue not fayth Math. 13. 11. For vnto you it is geuen to knowe the mysteryes or secréetes of the kingdom of heauen but vnto them it is not geuen Math. 22. 2. The kingdom of heauen is like vnto a certaine king which made a marriage for his sonne c. Luc. 14. 16. A certaine man made a great supper and called many c. 1. Cor. 1. 18. For the preaching of the crosse is in déede to them that perish folishnes but vnto vs that are saued it is the power of God. 23. We preach Christ crucified vnto the Iewes a stumbling blocke and vnto the Gréekes foolishnesse 2. Cor. 2. 15. For we are vnto God the swéete sauour of Christ in them that are saued and in them that perishe 16. To the one we are the sauour of death and to the other we are the sauor of lyfe vnto lyfe The fyfth Aphorisme THere are others besides these vvhose vnderstanding he styrreth vp to perceyne and beleeue the things which they heare 1 But this is wrought by that generall faith wherewith all the Deuylles also being indued doo notwithstanding tremble Proues out of the word of God. Iam. 2. 19. Thou beléeuest that there is one God thou doest well the Deuyls also beléeue and tremble The sixt and seuenth Aphorisme LAste of all they vvhiche are of all men moste vnhappie doo also clyme ●he hygher that they maye haue the ●greater fall 1 for by the benefite of a ●ertaine grace they are entred thus farre ●hat they are also somewhat mooued to ●ast of the heauenlie gift 2 in so much ●hat for a tyme hauing receyued the ●eede they doo seeme to bee planted ●n the Churche of God 3 and doo also ●hewe vnto others the vvaie to saluati●●n But this is certaine that that spi●ite of adoption 4 vvhich vvee saide to bee proper vnto them vvhich are neuer caste forth 5 and vvhich are vvrit●en in the secreete of the people of God ●vvas neuer communicated● or imparted vvith them 6 for if they vvere of the elect or chosen they shoulde doubtlesse remaine with the electe or chosen All these therefore 7 because n●cessarylie but yet voluntarylie or vvyllynglie as they vvho are vnder the kingdome of synne 8 doo turne agayne vnto their vomytte 9 and fall from fayth and are therefore pulled vppe by the roote to bee caste into ●he ●yre They are forsaken I saye of God 10 vvho being moued with h●● owne wyll the which no man can with● stande 11 and with their corruption● and wickednesse notwithstanding 12 ●doeth harden them maketh fatte they● heart stoppeth their eares fynallie blin● deth their eyes 13 and for the performaunce of this thing vseth partlie their● owne euyll lustes wherevnto hee geueth them vp to the gouerned 14 partlie by that same spirite of lying which keepeth them bound in chaines to wyt because of their corruption out of the which as cut of a certaine spring there yssueth out a contine wall streame of infidelytie or vnbeleefe ignoraunce and iniquitie 15 vvhereof it commeth to passe that they hauing made shipwrack as touching faith can neuer escape the daye appointed for theyr destruction 16 that God maye be glorified in their iust dampnation Proues out of the word of God Heb. 6 4. For it is impossible that they which haue beene one lyghtened and haue tasted of the heauenlie gyfte and haue beene made partakers of the holie ghost 5. And haue tasted to the good worde of God and of the powers of the worlde to come 6. If they fall a waiel shoulde be renewed againe by repentaunce as who haue crucified againe vnto them selues the sonne of God c. Act. 8 13. And Simon also him selfe beléeued and being baptized abode with Phillip c. Math. 13.

Moreouer it is God that hath created vs for this thing who also hath genen vs the earnest of the spirit Rom. 6. 23. And that he might make knowne the riches of his glory towards ●he vessels of mercy whiche hee hath ord●●ned vnto glory Rom. 3. 25. Whome God hath set forth ●o bee an ap peasement through fayth in his blood to declare his righteousnesse ●y the forgeuenes of the sinnes that are p●ssed 29. Through the pacience of God to shewe at this time his righteousnesse that he myght bée righteous and a maker ryghteous of him which is of the fayth of Iesus Eph. 1. 5. Who hath foreordayned vs Whome hee would adopte or chose vnto sonnes through Iesus Christ in him selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6. To the prayse of his glorious grace wherwith he hath freely made vs acceptable or to be lyked of in that beloued The seconde Aphorisme ANd contrariwise they that remaine in the pollution or fylthinesse and death of Adam are worthelie hated of God that they maie bee damned by him those not being so much as once excepted which haue died before that they coulde sinne after the lykenesse of Adam that is to saie in acte or deede Proues out of the word of God. Rom. 5. 14. But death reigned from Adam vnto Moyses ouer those also which had not sinned after the lykenes of the transgression of Adam which● was the figure of him that was to come Eph. 2. 3. Amongest whome also we in times paste had our conuersation in ●●e instes of our ●lesh doing such things 〈◊〉 liked our flesh and thoughtes and ●●ere by nature the sonnes of wrath as ●ell as others Ioh. 3. 36. He that beléeueth not the ●●nne shall not see lyfe but the wrath of ●od remaineth vpon him The thirde Aphorisme BOth these executions or perfourminges of the iudgementes of God ●●e brought to passe by three degrees as ●ell in the one as in the other whereof ●●e fyrst hath beene by vs declared al●eadie For as touching the electe or ●hosen 1 the verie selfe same moment ●hat they haue receyued the gyfte of ●ayth after a sort they haue passed from ●eath to lyfe 2 a sure pledge whereof ●hey haue But this their ly●e is altoge●her hydde in Christ vntyll such tyme ●s that first death set them one degree ●●rewarde 3 by which death the soule ●eeing loosed from the chaynes of the ●odie entreth into the ioye of his ●orde 4 Finallie at the daie appointed fo● the iudgemente of the quicke and the dead● vvhen as this corruptible shall pu● on immortalitie and God shall be all in all then shall they at length in presence see his Mai●stie and shall inioye that vnspeakeable ioye vvhiche vvas prepared for them from everlasting to wit a rewards due vnto the righteousnesse and holinesse of Christ vvhich vvas deliuered for their sinnes and raised againe from the dead for their iustification or righteous making by whose power and spirite they haue vvalked from faith to fai●h as by their vvhole life shall plainly appeare Proues out of the worde of God. Ioh. 5. 24. Uerily verily I say vnto you he that heareth my worde and beleeueth him that sent mée hath euerlasting life shal not come vnto condemnation but hath passed frō death to life 2. Cor. 1. 22. God hath sealed vs and hath geuen the earnest of the spirite in our hartes ● Cor. 5. 5. Moreouer it is God who hath created vs for this thing who also hath geuen vs the earnest of the spirit ● Cor. 1. 4. I thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of God which is geuen you in Christ Iesu 5. ●hat in all things ye are made riche in him in all kinde of speach and in all knowledge 6. According as the testimony or witnesse of Iesus Christ hath béene confirmed in you 7. So that you are not destitute of any gifte wayting vntyll our Lorde Iesus Christ be reuealed 8. Who shall also confyrme you vnto the ende c. Rom. 8. 24. For we are saued by hope And hope if it b●e séene is no hope For that which a man seeth why should he hope for 25. But if we hope for that which wée sée not we wait for it by patience Eph. 1. 13. In whome also after that you haue beléeued ye are sealed with that holy spirit of promisse 1● Which is the earnest of our inheritance vntyl that we are set at liberty to the prayse of his glory Rom. 5. 2. By whom also we haue entrance through fayth into this grace by which we stande and reioyce vnder the hope of the g●ory of God. Luc. 23. 43. Uerely verely I say vnto thée thys daye shalt thou be with mee in paradise Math● 22. 31. And concerning the resurrection or rysing againe of the dead haue you not read what is spoken vnto you of God saying 32. I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob God is not the God of the dead but of the lyuing Luk. 16. 22. And it came to passe that the beggar died and was carried of Angels into Abrahams bosom Phillip 1. 23. For I am in a straite on both sides desiring to go hence and to be with Christ for that is best of all Act. 3. 21. Who must be conteined in heauen vntill the times of the restoring of all things which God hath forespoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world beganne Rom. 8. 21. And the creatures themselues shall bée deliuered from the bondage of destruction into the lyberty of the glory of the sonnes of God. Looke 1. Cor. 15 In the whole chapiter 2. Cor. 5. 10. For all wée must appears before the tribunal or iudgemēt seate of Christ that euery man may receiue the things which he hath done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or euill Rom. 14. 10. For we shall all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ. Math. 25. 34. Then the king shall say to those that shall be on his right hande come ye blessed of my Father possesse the kingdom prepared for you from the laying of the foundations of the world The fowrth Aphorisme NOw contrariwise 1 the reprobates or ofcastes being conceyued borne and brought vp in sinne death and the wrath of God remayning vpon them 2 when as they go out of this world do fal into another gulfe of destruction they● soules being throwne headlong into an● euerlasting horrour or trembling 3 vntyll that daie when as their bodie and soule being ioyned togeather againe they shall goe into that euerlasting fire prepared for the Deuyll and his Angelles Proues out of the worde of God. Psal. 51. 7. Beholde in iniquity was I borne and in sinne hath my mother conceyued mée Ioh. 3. 36. He that beléeueth not the sonne shall not sée lyfe but the wrath of God remaineth vpon him Rom. 5. 12. Wherefore lyke as by one man sinne

all things were set in their places and by the spyrite of his mouth all the powers that be in them And Paule consydering m●st déepely and pronouncinge moste playnlye this diuine gouernaunce of the creatures and godly prouidence of the creatour in all things for his Electe and chosen sayth thus Roma 8. Wée knowe that all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God who also are called of purpose for those which he knewe before he also predestinate that they should be like fashioned to the shape of hys Sonne Moreouer whome he hath predestinate those hath he called whome he called thē he also hath iustified whome hee hath instifyed those also hath hee glorifyed So that thys appeareth to be no newe learning or vaine doctrine of Gods prouidence and Election But the only ground of fayth and certainty of conscience in al conflictes agaynst the worlde the fleshe and the deuil agaynst Sinne Death and Hell as the Apostle vseth it in the latter end of the same chapter and all the Fathers from the beginning hath felt it For how coulde Adam by any other worke or creature eyther by comfort of any other doctrine stay hys conscience But in that the Lorde God promised to prouyde for hym and to saue him from his enemye who once had ouercome hym by the blessed seed which not by merites but by mercie and grace and therfore of his frée purpose before appoynted shoulde bée sente vnto hym to breake the headde of the Serpent Why Should Abraham haue lefte hys countrey and his owne Father● house if he had not felt this diuine prouidence fatherly care frée choyse and Election of him and his s●de By the whiche liuely feling of God his careful prouidēce and frée choyse sending him seede when he was past hope of seede cōcerning his dead bodye all the workes of nature and by the stedfastnes of faith in the temptations about the same ●éede to be made a slayne sacrifice other gréeuous temptations and aduersities from time to time layde vpon hym this chosen vessell Abraham is called the father of all faythful As by his hystorie appereth a fatherly care of our God for all his people both for bodies soules for wife and childe and all togither And Isack his sonne that chosen seed in whom all the Nations of the earth were promised to be blessed longe before the chylde was borne hath this promise of enheritaunce gyuen hym by fauour that the promise mighte be sure to all the séede as Paule sayth Rom. 14. vnto whome and his faythful seede this frée promise fatherly Election and Predestination or what else you wyll call it was againe reuealed and opened Genes 26. In these wordes thorowe thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed And the liuely sence and feelyng of this Election and fatherly care of God for him did then especially shine in his hart when the Lord said vnto him Go not into Egipt ●arie heere I wyll be with ●hée and wyl blesse thee thorow thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed Ge. 26. And after that greeuous temptation vndoubtedly wherein he was compelled for feare of the Philistines to denye his wife and call her sister after the manifolde contentions with the Philistines wherin his God dyd preserue him and at the ende in the wonderfull myracle of his chyldren whose byrthright was altered by the vnsearcheable prouidence of God the manyfest notes and tokens of the free Election and choyce of God dyd appeare And Iacob chosen and beloued in his mothers wombe felte thys free worke of God his great fauour who had chosen hym before h●e was borne and takynge occasion of the necessitie of his brother seeketh the byrthright the which God had vnto him before appoynted and promysed renouncing the course of nature then doth hée leaue and forsake his fathers house and paciently taketh all troubles offred vnto him In the which often tymes vndoubtedly he féeleth the heauy and gréeuous temptations that his fathers Abraham and Isaac had before for no creature more often suffereth trouble than the very Elect of God for the experyment of his fayth whereby the lyuely sence and vndoubted tokens of his fauourable election after many battels and victories might be made certaine sure thorough present comfort alwayes ministred vnto him eyther by secrete inspiration or manifest reuelation witnessing the singular care of his heauenly Father ouer him his dearely beloued and chosen chylde as his wonderful vision of the ladder and the Angels descending from heauen doth declare and the other vision wherein the Angell dyd shewe him the partie coloured sheepe for his portion to multiplie and encrease his substaunce as also when God biddeth him goe into his owne countreye from his d●●eytfull Laban and defendeth hys Iacob from hym And finally the glorious victory giuen vnto him ouer the ●●gell comforting him agaynst the feate of his brother Esau dooth bring foorth vnto his heart and conscience the assured signe and token of the fauour of his heauenly father first election and choosing and after euermore gouerning g●i●ing and preseruing by the frée mercy of his diuine prouidence Ieremye also chosen in his Mothers wombe as appeareth in the first chapter of his Prophecie where it is sayd from the mouth of God before I fashioned thée in thy Mothers wombe I did know thee and or euer thou wast borne I did sanctifie thée and ordeyned thee to be a Prophet vnto this people then felte the moste lyuely signes and t●kens of his Election when his ●leshe repined grudged and feared to take in hande the execution of this greate and da●ngerous embassage the power of God his spirite dothe touche his heart and openeth his mouthe to the planting and rooting vp of all people and kingdoms to breake destroy and make waste and raysed hym as a fenced towne a brasen wall and yron pyller agaynst the kinges priestes and people of the lande Nowe though sometymes hys flesh doth grudge for the burthen of his offyce and anguishe of hart as though he had beene an abiecte or Reprobate yet alwayes after the brunt of temptations vttering his weaknesse he findeth the mercyfull prouidence of his heauenly father to take a continuall care of hym and not onely comforte and assist hym but also most euidently to punish his enimies And to be short all the electe of God are thus chosen and called guided and gouerned from their mothers wombe according to the sayinge of the princely Prophete Thou arte hée that takeste mée from my Mothers wombe thou wast my hope yet when I hanged vppon my Mothers brestes I haue bene left vnto thée euer since I was borne thou art my God euen from my Mothers wombe And then doe they féele most sensibly liuely this theyr Election when temptations and aduersities doth a●aile and assault them in the which conflicts of the flesh and the spirite of sinne and grace of lighte and darknes they are