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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41777	The forerunner to a further answer (if need be) to two books lately published against Tho. Grantham of Norwich wherein the spirit and temper of the Calvinists is discovered, particularly Mr. Calvin, Mr. Finch, and his little præcursor : to which is prefixed, the solid testimony of Mr. George Wither, against Calvinism, the worst of doctrines / by Tho. Grantham ...	Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692.; Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1691 (1691)	Wing G1532; ESTC R39423	9,810	7

saith Dr. Pierce a Learned and Able Minister of the Church of England Servetus was burnt at Geneva for less than being a Socinian and who was not so bad as Mr. B. a Presbyterian hath laboured to fancy me And he tells us also That Oecolampadius a Learned Protestant was offended at the barbarity of the Sentence Nor find I any thing saith he pretended against Servetus which was so highly blasphemous as to make God the Author or Cause of Sin And how well Calvin could tell his own Tale and how diligent he was in being the first Informer of his Affairs we may guess by his Epistles 164 165 which he writ to the Four Helvetian Cities for gaining Authority to his new Device for let them say what they please to lessen the Guilt of that Cruelty yet they are Parties and must not so easily be heeded as other Men who are none If Servetus his Books were so blasphemous why was Calvin so diligent in burning up the Impression which he should rather have preserved that Posterity might see some competent Cause for such a terrible Execution Yet by the Providence of God one or two of the Copies escap'd the Flames and we are assured by peerless Grotius that in the Copy which he saw he could not find those things which were objected by Mr. Calvin what Melancton wrote it was meerly on supposition that Calvin's Narrative was true Thus far the Learned Pierce in dislike Calvin ' s Cruelty against Servetus And by this we may perceive how little Credit there is to be given to Dr. Owen and Mr. Finch or his Little Praecursor not one of them having seen the Book which they condemn but receive their Information from them that were his Murderers And grant that Servetus did err in that great Mystery of the Trinity yet must he for this be burnt to death Why then Dr. Owen Mr. Finch and his Little Lawyer would make bloody Work even in England where there are too many who are as erroneous concerning that glorious Mystery as Servetus was the more is the pity for seeing they justify Calvin in that bloody Act how can they refuse doing the like were it in their Power unless they will come short of that Zeal which they commend in Mr. Calvin By this print of the Foot we may know the stature of that Monster of Persecution which did not the Law restrain would appear in too many Professors at this Day I speak what I know by the Usage I have met with in this City both from Professors and Prophane 4. Now let us hear how famous Mr. Calvin was in the Judgment of some Learned and Sober Protestants 1. He is thought to err in the Mystery of the Trinity as well as Servetus though perhaps not so much These are his words speaking of the Three Persons c. If the Names have not without cause been invented we ought to take heed that in rejecting them we be not justly blamed of proud Presumptuousness I would to God says he they were buried indeed so that this Faith were agreed of all Men that the Father Son and Holy Spirit are one God and yet the Father is not the Son nor the Holy Ghost the Son but distinct by certain Properties Institut L. 1. c. 13. Sect. 3. And this his Tres Proprietates is objected against him by some of the Learned Protestants And I am of Opinion should I write of the Blessed Trinity as Mr. Calvin has done Mr. Finch and his Forerunner would cry out Blasphemy 2. He condemns the Ancient Fathers because they were not of his Mind in the Case of Irrespective Reprobation but hold That there was Salvation for all Men through God's Mercy in the Gift of his Son He brands them saith a Learned Protestant as Pelagianising in their Opinions But 3. his rudeness of Speech was intolerable He called great and good Men by Titles unseemly as Serpent Pest Lossel Fool Knave Devil filthy Dog impudent Hangman c. And Bucer a Learned Protestant calls him Fratricide a Murderer of his Brethren And Grotius says He grew worse and worse and that Calvin ' s Disciples are such themselves in Disposition as they make God to be in their Imaginations towards the greater part of Mankind And truly this is too apparent in two of his Followers I mean the Little Praecursor and Mr. Finch whose study has been to render me very odious though I am sure they know no Evil by me more no nor so much as they know by themselves And yet thus I am represented by them viz. audacious impudent turbulent impetuous impertinent scurrilous prejudic'd Mechanick a Fool despicable wise Mr. Grantham a despised Man Coxcomb addle-Brain dull Kitching-pate Clown Blunderbuss dissembling Prater Brawler bellowing hideous bleat thick-skull Momus one decreed to steal wrangling Fellow Dolt poor Fop soft-pated Clod Caviller Brazen-●orehead inconsiderate Fellow gagling Goose a quarrelsome boisterous Man one that has lost all Credit and Esteem with all wise and knowing Christians that worship the Holy Trinity one like a Woman scolding and quarrelling in the Streets one like an impertinent Woman c. So that I think these two Calvinists have come near the pitch of their Master And such as will not spare Mens Reputation are not to be trusted with their Lives any more than Mr. Calvin 5. There is one thing which runs through Mr. F's Epistle and Book and that is a talk of special discriminating Grace As if God's Grace which he gives to most Men were of little use for them that have it yea of no use at all in respect of Eternal Life All that Mr. F. allows that Grace to effect for them in the other World is only to make their Punishment less in Hell as you may see in p. 15. of his Answer which is a piece of as woful Divinity as ever was heard surely Reader I humbly advise thee to take heed how thou receivest these Dictates and esteem all even the least Measure of Grace from God to be a special favour and such as in its Nature and Effect if it be all that ●e design'd for thee be it never so little will certainly lead thee to Heaven thou being a faithful improver of it sincerely though under many Infirmities and this through his own Goodness in Christ Jesus our Lord who gave himself a Ransom for all to be testified in due time 1 Tim. 2. 6. 2. Again observe that these terms discriminating Grace c. are not found in the Scripture nor wisely made use of to render some of God's Grace not to be discriminating as they please to phrase it We know God gives more Talents to some than he does to others yet Grace is the same in Nature and Efficacy if improved and to leave the Receiver under unpardonable Guilt if not improved Mat. 25. and we shall only be accountable for what God gives to each one and for no more nor will he deal in severity but where his Grace hath been