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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13866	An expositio[n] of the .4. chap. of S. Joans Reuelation made by Bar. Traheron, in sondrie readinges before his countre men in Germanie. Where in the prouide[n]ce of God is treated with an annswer made to the obiection of a gentle aduersarie; Exposition of the .4. chap. of S. Joans Revelation.	Traheron, Bartholomew, 1510?-1558?	1558 (1558)	STC 24170; ESTC S105348	32,820	74

Prophete that semeth not right For it semeth to mannes reason iuster that god shuld aduāce prosper his frendes and faithful seruantes and nat such as despice him and his But it is wel that he acknowlegeth that god is iust For thereby he confesseth that there maie be some what more in the matter thou he cold attaine vnto And yet he is angrie with him selfe that he cold not perceaue the reason of it If this happened to so notable men to men furnisched with so excellent graces of god to men so much exercised in spiritual matters it is more certaine that weake and vnpractised mindes wold be offended trobled amased with this that antichrist shuld oppresse goddes ministers ouerthrow al most quenche out the gospel of Christ al tru doctrine sette vp and blase abrode false religion thorough ●ut al the world and triumphe in his mischeife not a few daies but manie hundred yeres Bycause this must nedes be verie offensiue to manie and make them wauer and doute of goddes prouidēce it pleased god to shew aforehand by other his prophetes and apostles by this his faithful seruant S. Ioan that these thinges shuld comme to passe that al mē might know that they fal not in by chaunce but be gouerned and ordred by his wisedō and fore knowlege and so arme them selues with patience in such ouerthwarte issues as they some to vs consideringe that god doeth al thinges most iustly and wisely to his awne glorie and the furtheraunce of his chosen If you wil knew the causes why god hath appointed and ordained that antichrist shal rise and set vp his hornes and beate doune the tru church stablishe his countrefaite preisthode his kingdom of shauelinges his mōckerie nonrie and al his poperie his false doctrine and open beastlie errors serch the scriptures And if you find causes there expressed see that ye reuerence in them goddes wisedom and righteousnes As in dede some be there expressed as I doubte not but you shal heare at large whan our brother shal comme to that place in the .2 epistle to the Thessal If you find not al there expressed or be not satisfied with thē that be there expressed crie out with S. Paule O the depenes of the riches of the wisedom and knowlege of god But yet there is one thinge more that trobleth manie wittes now a daies wherein perchaunce they maie be satisfied or some what quieted and that is how it can be that al thinges cōme to passe by goddes wil and ordinance yet manie thīges in the world be don against his worde and against his wil. It is no meruail if this be hard to vndrestande For. S. Augustine graūteth that it cōmeth to passe by a wondreful vnspeakable maner that that commeth not to p●sse beside goddes wil that is don against his wil. But ye shal know that whan men do euil worckes concerninge the faute and vice of their actes they do that that is against goddes wil but concerninge the end and that that god wil turne theyr euil actes vnto thei do the thīges that god wil haue to be don And therefore S. Augustine saieth verie profoundly lernedly These be the great wonderful and exquisite worckes of god that whan mannes and angels nature had sinned that is had don not that he wold but that thei wold euen by the same wil of the creature whereby that was don that the creator wold not he fulfilled that he wold vsinge wel euen euil thinges as supremely good him selfe to the damnation of them whō he iustly fore ordained to punishment and to the saluatiō of them whom he mercifully foreordained to grace For as touchinge them selues thei did that god wold not but touchinge the omnipotentie of god thei cold no waie do it For euen in this that thei did against goddes wil goddes wil was don vpon them By these wordes he teacheth that though god abhorre mennes nawghtie and wicked dedes yet thei comme not to passe besides his wil and ordinance touching the end and vse of them For he wil make mennes nawghtie dedes serue to good endes and vses And therefore the same autor saieth againe When in the last daie Christ shal comme to iudge the world than in the most cleare light of wisedō it shal appeare that now the faith of the godlie hath how certaine ineuitable and most effectual goddes wil is how manie thinges he can do and wil not but willeth nothinge that he can not do and how tru it is that is sounge in the psal Our god is in heauen he hath don whatsoeuer he wold which surely is not tru if he wold haue some thinges don and hath not don them There is not than anie thing don onles the omnipotent wil haue it don ether in suffringe it to be don or in doinge it himselfe Hitherto S. Augustin And that you maie vndrestand that he taketh goddes suffringe for goddes ordinance though god worcke sondrie waies some tymes by himselfe and some tymes by his creatures good bad he goeth farther saieth more ouer Netheri sit to be douted but that god doeth wel in suffring to be don what soeuer is don il For he suffreth not this / but by iust iudgement Though than those thinges that be euil inasmuch as thei be euil be not good yet it is good that not only good thinges but also euil thinges shuld be For if this were not good / that euil thīges also shuld be / thei shuld in no wise be suffred of the almighty good i. god To whō without doubte as easie as it is to do what he wil so easie is it not to suffre that he wil not to be don Out of these wordes we lerne that the diuine man S. August vndrestode that al the thinges in the world comme to passe by the ordinance of god and that goddes wisedō was such that he saw it good / that euil thīges shuld be and his power such that he cold turne those euils to good Now lest anie man shuld thincke here vpō that god is the autor of euil he teacheth that there is some thinge in mennes actes not by goddes propre worckinge but by his ordinance / to a certaine end and by the propre worckinge in dede of Satan and by mānes awne nawghtines For god wrought not nawghtines in Adams herte first but ordained that Satan moued with his awne malice shuld turne Adam to euil worcke nawghtines in him thorough Adams awne faute And that nawghtines al Adams ofspringe posterite draw frō him Now than after this sorte al men ar made / euil and ful of nawghtie desires God the gouernor of the world wil haue this nawghtines / that lurcketh in mennes hertes / to be bewraied and brought forth to light whereby his awne wisedom righteousnes and mercie maie be declared So than he ordaineth that this man shal vttre in acte the lecherous desires that lie hidden in his herte this his