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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 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

24. Reade the Parrable of the Sower Act. 1. 16. Men and brethren this Scripture must needes haue beene fulfylled which the holie ghost foretolde by the mouth of Dauid as concerning Iudas c. 17. For he was numbred with vs and had obtained part of his ministerie Ioh. 6. 37. Whatsoeuer my Father geueth mee shall come vnto mee and him that cōmeth vnto mée I cast not away Ezec. 13. 9. And mine hande shall be vpon the Prophets that sée vanity and diuine lyes they shall not bée in the assemblye of my people neither shal they be written in the writing of the house of Israell c. 1. Ioh. 2. 19. They went out from vs but they were not of vs for if they had béene of vs they would doubtles haue continued with vs c. Ioh. 8. 34. Uerily veryly I say vnto you whosoeuer committeth sinne is the seruaunt of sinne Rom. 5. 12. Therefore like as by one man sinne hath entred into the world and by sinne death and so death went ouer all men in as much as al men haue sinned Rom. 6. 20. For when as ye were ser●auntes of sinne ye were fréede from righteousnesse Rom. 7. 14. We know that the law is spirituall but I am carnall or fleshly sould to be subiect vnto sinne Rom. 8. 7. Because that the vnderstanding of the fleshe is enmitie against god For it is not subiecte vnto the lawe of God neyther in deede can bée 2. Pet. 2. 22. But it happeneth vnto thē which is wont to be sayd in the prouerb the dogge is turned againe vnto his vomyt and the sowe that was washed to hyr wallowing in the myre 1. Tim. 4. 1. For the spirit sayth plainly that it shall come to passe that in the latter times some shall fall from the fayth geuing héede vnto disceauing spirites and vnto doctrines of Deuyls Math. 12. 43. Read the parable of the seuen spirites Rom. 9. 19. Thou wilt then say vnto mee why is he yet angry For who hath withstood his wyll 2. Thes. 2. 6. Whose comming is by the working of Sathan with al power and signes and lying wonders 10. And wyth all diceit of vnrighteousnes in them that perish for that they haue not receaued the loue of the truth that they might be saued 11. And therefore God shall send● them strengthe of disceyuing that they should beleeue lyes Ioh. 3. 19. And this is the condemnation that light is commen in the worlde but men haue loued darknes more then light because their workes are euyl Esa. 63. 1● Wherefore hast thou O Lorde made vs to goo a straye from thy wayes thou haste made our hearte goo backe from thy feare Exod. 4. 21. Sée that thou doo all the wonders before Pharaoh which I haue put in thine hande and wyll harden his hearte that hée shall not let the people goe ¶ There are also moe● places vvhiche vve haue rehearted aboue Chap. 2. Aphorisme 1. Esa. 6. 10. Harden the hearte of this people and make his eares heauy and daube his eyes leste happyly he should see with his eyes and heare with his eares and his heart should vnderstand and when he is conuerted there should 〈◊〉 ●●aling vnto him Rom. 11. 32. For God hath shut vp all 〈◊〉 vnder dissobedience that he might 〈◊〉 mercy on all Exod. 8 32 And Pharaoh hardened his 〈◊〉 this time also and let not the 〈◊〉 c. 〈◊〉 9● 8. Harden not your heartes as 〈◊〉 Meri●ah as in the day of Massah in the Wildernesse Act. 7. 42. And God turned him selfe away and gaue them vp into the seruice of 〈◊〉 hoast of heauen as it is written in booke of the prophets Rom. 1. 29. Wherefore the Lord gaue th●● ouer vnto filthy lustes 2. Reg. 22. 23. Now therefore beholde 〈◊〉 Lord hath put a spirit of lying in the 〈◊〉 of al thy Prophets and the Lord 〈◊〉 spoken euil vpon thee ●oh 1. 3. 2. The Deuyll put in the heart of Iudas to betray Iesus 2. Cor. 43. 4. But if our gospell bée hidden it is hidden in them that perish in whome the God of this worlde hath ●●nded their mindes that is to say in the Infidelles or vnbeléeuers that the lyght of the glorious gospell of Christ who is the Image of God shoulde not shine vpon them 2. Tim 2. 26. And that being escaped out of the snare of the Deuyl by whome they are kepte prisoners they might receyue health of minde to his wyll 1. Tim. 1. 19. Hauing fayth and a good conscience which some haue put away and as concerning fayth haue made ●hypwracke Prouer. 16. 4. God hath made al things for him selfe yea euen the wicked man for an euyll daye Exod. 9. 16. And truely for this cause haue I ordayned thée that I might shew vnto thée my power and that they shoulde declare my name in the whole yearth Rom. 9. 21. Hath not the potter power ouer the clay to make of the same lump one vessell vnto honour and an other to dishonour 22. What and if God wyllyng to shew forth his wrath and to make knowen ●is power suffered with much gentle●esse the vesselles of wrath prepared to ●estruction The sixt Chap. Of the laste and full execution or performing of the counsell of God● both in the chosen and also in the ofcastes The first Aphorisme FOrasmuch as God is verie righteousnesse it selfe it is meete that he should saue the ryghteous and condempne the vnrighteous 1 But they onelie amongste men are righteous vvho being vnyted and graffed in Christe by saith yea and also rooted in him and being made one bodie vvith him 2 are in him and by him iustifyed and sanctified that is made righteous and holie VVhereby it is proued 3 that the lyfe wherevnto they are ordained to the glorie of God doeth by a certaine right appertaine vnto them onelie Proues out of the word of God. Ioh. 17. 21. That all may be one as thou Father arte in mee and I in thee that they also maye bee one in vs that the worlde maye beleeue that thou hast sent mee Rom. 9. 5. For if being planted with him we haue growne in the likenesse of his death euen so shall we growe in the lykenesse of his resurrection or rysing againe Col. 2. 7. Rooted and buylt in him and stablished in the faith as ye haue beene taught abounding therein with thankes geuing 1. Cor. 10. 16. The cuppe of blessing which we blesse is it not the communion of the blood of Christ The bread which we breake is it not the communion of the bodie of Christ Rom. 8. 50. And whome he hath predestinated or foreordained these also hath he called and whome he hath cal●ed those also hath hée iustified or made ●ighteous And whome he hath iustified 〈◊〉 made righteous those also hath hee ●●lorifyed 1 Cor. 1. 30. But ye are of him in Christ ●esus who of God is made vnto vs wis●om and righteousnesse and sanctiūca●on and redemtion 2 Cor. ● 5.

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

hath entred into the world and by sinne death and so death hath gonne ouer al men in that al men haue sinned Rom. 7. 14. For we know that the law is spiritual but I am carnall or fleshly soulde to be subiect vnto sinne Eph. 2. 3. Amongst whome also wée some times had our conuersation in the lustes of our flesh doing the things that like● 〈◊〉 flesh and thoughtes and were by na●●re the sonnes of wrath as well as others Luck 16. 23. And being in hell lyfting vp his eies when as hee was in tormentes he saw Abraham a far of and Lazarus in his bosome 24. Then he crying sayde Father Abraham take pity vpon mée and sende Lazarus that hée maye dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water and c●●le my tongue because I am tormented in this flame Math. 25. 41. Then he shall also say to those which shall be one his left hand ye cursed departe from mée into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the Deuyll and his Angels The fyfte Aphorisme AFter these two vvaies then and the same being cleane diuerse one from another shall the last ende of the iudgementes of God laie open his glorie vnto all men as who in his electe or chosen hath declared him selfe to bee both most exceeding just and also most exceeding mercifull to wyt iust in that hee hath with greatest seueritie or sharpnesse punished all the sinnes of his chosen in the person of his sonne and hath not receyued them into his fellowship before that hee hath fullye and whollie made them righteous and holie in him and in this infinitelie or without ende mercifull that hee hath purposed to chose them freelie in him selfe and afterwarde as he p●rposed hath freelie adopted them in his sonne to wyt by calling iustifying and glorifying them that faith cōming in between the which he being moued with like gentlenesse hath graunted vnto them Now on the other parte which concerneth the reprobates or ofcastes the●r corruption and vnbeleefe with the fruites springing from the same and the testimonie or vvytnesse of their owne conscience shall so reproue them that a beit they vvrestle neuer so muche against it yet God his exceeding iustice in their iust condempnation● all men approuing it maie appeare The seuenth Chap. ¶ VVhat waie this doctrine maie profi●ablie bee openlie set forth and taught HAuing declared the summe of the doctrine it selfe there remayneth that we shewe what wee thinke is espatiallye to bee obserued or marked in the Preaching and also peculyar applying of it For where as it seemeth to many to bée so harde that they flee from it as from a rocke this is to be attributed or geuen partlie to the lewdnesse and arrogancie or pryde of men partly also to the lacke of foresyght in some which goe about to open these secréetes vnaduisedlye and without any choyce and fynalli● to the vnskylfulnesse of some which knowe not orderly to applie vnto them selues the thinges which otherwyse are faithfullie and truely declared Therefore as concerning those first which sinne of mallice it belongeth vnto God alone to amend their fault which doubtles he hath allwayes done in his time and wyll lykewise do hereafter in those who me in the ende he hath purposed to haue mercy on and as for the others which abide stubborne and stiffe in their wickednesse there is no cause why we should be so moued either with their number or autority that God his truth should be dyssembled Nowe as touching the others these things I had which I thought néedeful to be obserued or taken heede of in the preaching and setting forth of this mystery or secreete First that as in other poyntes 1 so especially in this secréet of predestination or foreordeining they diligently take heede least in steede of the plaine truth of God they bring vaine and curiouse speculations which they must needes do who to make these hiddē iudgments of God to agree with mannes braine doo not onelye distinguishe or make a diff●rence betweene the foreknowledge and the purpose of God as it is altogeather néedefull for to doo but do also separate or seuer them or else do imagin a naked idle permission or sufferaunce or else make a double purpose of God from which errours when as they must n●edes fall into other endlesse and fonde errours they are partly constrained to denye such thinges as doo wholy cleaue fast togeather partly also they doo inuent both folishe and many darke distinctions or differences in the which the farther they wade the more doo they entangle them selues so that they can neuer get out of these Labyrinthes or ma●ées These therefore must bée dilygentlie taken heede of in this argument espetially than the which none other is more méete in the Churchof God to bée purelye and sincerelye or vncorruptlye taught Moreouer that there bée no kindes of speaking so farre as may bée for for teaching sake we maye sometymes godly and relygiously aduenture some thing vsed which are straunge to the scriptures and that such as come to hand in the word of God be expounded with an apt interpretation lest som ignoraunt person take any occasion of offence Also 2 there must bée great regarde had of the Auditours or hearers where in againe wée must make a difference betwéene the craftye and the symple betwéene those that are wilfully ignoraunt and them that are taken wyth simple ignoraunce and such as is vsuall vnto man 3 For vnto the one the Lorde is woonte playnlye to denounce or threaten the iudgement of his Father 4 and the other we must leade by little and little vnto the knowledge of the truth This also in this case must bee looked vnto that we haue not so much regard of the weake that whylest wée haue care of them wée take no kéepe of others of which wisedome we sée notable examples in Paule especiallye in the Epistle to the Romaines Chap. 9. 10. 11. 14. and. 15. Also that vnlesse some verie great reason let them they goe vp from the lowest degrees vnto the ●yghest a● Paule doeth in the Epistle to the Romaines which is the Method or orderlie manner of teaching of all Diuinitie hee proceedeth from the lawe to forgeuenesse of sinnes and from thence by lyttle and lyttle vnto the highest degree or that they staye in that whiche shall bee moste fyttest for the place of Scripture whiche they haue taken in hande to handle rather then to come downe from the hyghest degrée vnto the lowest For the brightnesse of God his Maiestie sodainlie offered is woont mightilie to stryke the eyes in so muche that afterwarde they are dymme in beholdinge other thinges vnlesse they haue beene vsed a long season and oftentymes to beholde that lyght Moreouer whether they goe vp from the lowest vpwardes or contrarywise come downe from the hyghest downewardes you must take héede that you r●nne not out from one extréeme vnto the other ouerpassing the middes

9 41. If ye were blinde ye should haue no sinne but nowe ye saye we sée therefore your sinne remaineth Rom. 1. 18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heauen against all vngodlinesse vnrighteousnesse of mē which with holde the truth vnrighteouslie 24. Wherfore also God hath geuen them vp to their hearts lustes vnto vncleanes to defile their owne bodies betweene them selues Rom. 7. 14. For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall or fleshly soulde vnder sinne Ephe. 2. 3. Among whom we also had our conuersation in times past in the lustes of our flesh doing such thinges as lyked our fleshe and thoughtes and were by nature the sonnes of wrath as well as others 1. Cor. 2. 14. But the fleshly man can not conceiue the things of the spirit of God for they are foolyshnes vnto him neyther can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned 2. Cor. 3. 7. If then the ministration of death ingrauen with letters in stones was glorious so that the children of Israell coulde not beholde the face of Moi●es for the glory of his countenance which glorie is done away c. 9. For if the ministery of condemnation was glorious much more doeth the ministration of righteousnesse exceede in glory Rom 7. 10. But I dyed and the same commaundement which was ordained vnto lyfe was found to turne vnto mee vnto death The eleuenth Aphorisme GOd therefore the most gentle father of the elect and chosen tempering that his iustice vvith infinite or endlesse mercy appointed his onely sonne of the same substance vvith him and also God euerlasting vvho at the time appointed should be made a verie or true man. Proues out of the word of God. Math. 1 20. Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take Marie thy wyfe For that which is conceyued in her is of the holye ghost Luke 1. 35. The holy ghost shall come vppon thee and the power of the highest shal ouershadow thee therefore also that holy thing which shall be borne of thée shall be called the sonne of God. Ioh. 1. 14. And the worde was made flesh and dwelt amongeste vs and we saw the glorie therof the glorie I say as of the onely be gotten of the father Gal. 4. 4. But after that the full time came God sent forth his sonne made of a woman made subiect vnto the lawe 1. Ioh. 1. 1. That which was from the beginning which we haue hearde which we seene with our eyes which we haue loked vpon and our handes haue handled of the words of lyfe 2. For the lyfe appeared and we haue séene it and beare witnesse and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father and appeared vnto vs 3. That I saye which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you c. Rom. 1. 3. Concerning his sonne made of the seede of Dauid according the flesh 4. And declared mightily to bée the sonne of God touching the spirit of sanctification by the resurrection from the dead 2. Cor. 5. 19. To wit because God was ●● Christ reconcyling the worlde vnto ●im selfe Philip. 2. 6. Who when as he was in ●e fourme of God thought it no robbe●e to be equall with God. 7. But he made him selfe of no repu●ation taking vpon him the fourme of a ●eruaunt being made lyke vnto man. Colos. 2. 9. For in him dwelled all the ●ulnesse of the godhead bodily The thirde Aphorisme FYrst that two natures beeing ioyned togeather into one Iesus Christ that vvhole corruption of man myght bee wholie repaired and amēded in one man. Proues out of the worde of God. Rom. 8. 3. For when as the weakenesse of the lawe coulde doo nothing in the fleshe God sending his owne sonne being made lyke vnto fleshe subiect vnto sinne and that for sinne condemned ●inne in the fleshe The fowrth Aphorisme SEcondlie vvhiche mighgt fulfyll all rigteousnesse and might be both able inough to sustaine or beare the iudgement of his father and also bee an highe priest worthy inough to pacifie his heauenlie father dying righteous for the vnrighteous and by his obedience doing awaie the stubbornenesse of Adam and cleansing all the iniquities of vs all beeing laide vpon his shoulders Proues out of the worde of God. Mat. 3 15. And Iesus answering sayde vnto him let mée alone now for thus it becōmeth vs to fulfyl al righteousnesse Math. 5. 17. Thinke not that I came to breake the law or the prophets c. Rom. 5. 18. To wit then likewise as by one offence the faulte came on all men vnto condemnation c. 1. Cor. 1. 30. But ye are of him in Christ Iesus who of God is made vnto vs wisdom and righteousnes and sanctification and redemtion The fyfth Aphorisme FYnallie that with one 1 oblation or o●●ering of his owne selfe he might ●anctifie or make holy all them that were ●o bee chosen destroying and burying 2 sinne in them by the communicating ●r imparting of his death and buryall vvith them and quickening them into●● newe lyfe by his resurrection or rysing●●gaine 3 insomuch that they doo also ●●nde more in Christe then they lost in Adam Proues out of the word● of God. Esa. 53. 4. Surely he hath borne our grieffes he hath carried our sorr●ws ●et we did iudge him smitten c. ●5 But he was wounded for our iniqui●ies he was broken for our sinnes 11. He shall sée of the trauaile of his ●oule and shall bée satisfied and by his ●octryne shall my righteous seruaunt ●ustifie or make manie righteous Rom. 3 25. Whom God hath set forth ●o be an appeasement through fayth in ●is blood to declare his righteousnes by ●he forgeuenesse of the sinnes that are ●assed Act 20. 28. Take héede therefore vnto your selues and to all the flocke in the which the holy ghost hath made you ouersaers to féede the Churche of God which he hath purchased with his owne blood Colos. 1. 20. And peace being made through his blood by him to reconcyle all things vnto him self both the things which are in earth and the thinges in heauen 21. And you which were in tymes past straungers and enemies because your mindes were set in euyll workes hath he nowe truely reconcyled 22. In the body of his fleshe through death to make you holy and vnblameable and without faulte in his sight Rom. 5. 19. For as by one mans disobedience many were made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many also he made righteous 1. Pete 2. 24. Who bare our sinnes in his bodie on the trée that we being dead vnto sinne shoulde lyue vnto rightcousnesse by whose stripes ye are healed 1. Pe. 3. 18. For Christ also once suffere●●or sinnes the righteous for the vnrigh●eous to bring vs vnto God being in ●éede mortified or become dead in the ●●eshe but quickened in the spirite 2. Cor. 5. 21. For he hath made him to ●e sinne for vs which knewe no sinne ●hat we shoulde

kingdome being yet scarce borne or in their first yeares the vvaie is more compendious or shorter 1 For vvhen as hee comprehendeth in his free conenaunt vvhereof Christ is mediator not onely the faithfull but also their posteritie vnto a thousande generations so that hee doeth plainlie pronounce it to bee holie there is no doubte but that he hath geuen the children of holie men vvhich pertaine vnto his election whom he alone doth know vnto his sonne who surelie vvyll not cast forth these also Proues out of the worde of God. Gen. 17. 7. And I wyll establishe my coue●aunt betweene mee and thée and betweene they seede after thée in theyr ●●eration with an euerlasting coue●●nt to wyt to be God vnto thée and 〈◊〉 séede after thée ●● Exod. 20. 6. And shewing mercie vn●●thousandes that loue mee and keepe 〈◊〉 commaundements ● Cor. 7. 14. For the vnbeléeuing hus●ande is sanctified by the wyfe and the ●●nbeléeuing wyfe is sanctified by her ●usbande else doubtlesse were your ●hildren vncleane but nowe are they ●olye Ioh. 6. 37. Whatsoeuer my Father ●eueth mée shall come vnto mée and ●●im that commeth vnto mée doo I not ●cast forth The fifth Chapter ¶ In what order the Lorde doeth beginn● to execute or fulfyll and in deede are effectuallie to declare his counsell of reprobation or of casting The first Aphorisme IT may easily be vnderstāded by those thinges vvhich vve haue sayde before howe the Lorde doeth bring to passe 1 that they maye goe vnto their owne place 2 whome he hath created therefore that he might be glorifyed in their iust condemnation 3 For lyke as Christ the seconde Adam from heauen is the foundation and whole substaunce of the saluation of the electe or chosen so also the fyrst Adam from the earth because he fell is therefore the fyrst causer of hatred and destruction the vvhich shall come vpon the reprobates or ofcastes Proues out of the worde of God. Act. 1 25. That hée maye take the rowme of this mynisterie and Apostlewyppe from which Iudas hath gone astraye to goe to his owne place Rom. 9 22. But what if he mynding to declare his wrath to make knowne his power hath suffered with muche gentlenesse the vesselles of wrath ordained to destruction Math. 25. 41. Then shall he also say to them that shall be on his left hande ye cursed depart from mee into euerlasting ●yre which is prepared for the D●●●and his Aungelles Rom. 5. 18. Lykewise then as by one ●offence the faulte came on all men to condempnation so by one iustifying the benefite abounded on all men vnto the iustification of lyfe ● Cor 15. 21. For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection or rysing againe from the dead 22. For as in Adam all dye euen so in Christ shall all be made a lyue The second Aphorisme FOr when as the Lorde being moued therevnto vvith such causes as hee alone knewe 1 had purposed to create them to this ende that he might shewe foorth his vvrath and power in them vvith all hee ordained as it vvere by degrees and steppes those causes by the vvhich it shoulde come to passe that the whole blame of their destruction should lye in them selues according as vve haue shewed before Man therefore falling vvyllinglie and of his owne accorde into that miserable estate 2 the Lorde wh●● vvorthelie hateth the reprobate or of●castes for so much as they are corrupte● sheweth forth his iust anger vpon some● of them so sone as they are borne Proues out of the worde of God. Rom. 9. 17. For the scripture sayth vnto Pharao for this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp that I might shew my power in thée and that my name might be declared through out all the earth 22. What and if God would to shewe his wrath and make his power knowen suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath prepared to distruction● Exod. 20. 5. I the Lord the God am a gealous God visiting the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thyrde fowrth generation of them that hate mée Ephes. 2. 3. Among whome also wée al had our conuersation in times past in the lustes of our ●lesh doing such things as lyked our fleshe and myndes and were the sonnes of wrath as well as others Rom. 5. 14. But death reigned from Adam vnto Moises euen ouer them also which had not synned after the lyke manner of the transgression of Adam which was the fygure of him that was to come The thirde Aphorisme BVt in them that are growen to full age he obserueth or vseth two other vvayes altogether diuerse and contrarye one to the other for hee vouchsaueth not some once this much fauour as to heare any thing at all of Christe 1 in vvhome alone is saluation 2 But letteth them goe in their owne vvayes and to make haste vnto assured destruction 3 For such testimonies or vvitnesses of his Godhead as hee hath left vnto them are of force onelye thus farre that they haue nothing to pretend or alleadge for their excuse 4 yet through their owne faulte for asmuc●● as this their selfe same ignoraunce an●● slaggishnesse in vvhich they are is a pu●nishment of that same corruption wher● in they vvere borne And truelie vvhatsoeuer they can see in matters touching● God by this light or rather darkness of● nature albeit they dyd not faint in the● midle of their race yet it is such as it can by no meanes be suffycient vnto saluation 5 For it is necessarie vnto saluation that we know God not only as God but also as a father in Christ 6 the whiche secreete fleshe and blood doeth not reueale or open but the Sonne him selfe to those onelie vvhome he hath receaued of his Father Proues out of the word of God. Mat. 1. 21. And she shall bring forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus For he shall saue his people from their sinnes Act 4. 12. Neyther is theyr saluation in any other For there is no other name vnder heauen which is geuen among men by which we must be saued Act 14 16. Who in the ages that are passed suffered all Nations to walke in their owne wayes Rom. 1. 24. Wherefore also God gaue them ouer vnto the lustes of their owne hartes to vncleanesse c. Ephes. 2. 11. Remember that you were sometimes Gentyles in the flesh which were called vncircumcision c. ● That you I say were at that time without Christ and were alians from the common wealth of Israell straungers from the couenaunts of promise● c. Rom. 1. 19. For that which may bee knowne of God is manifest in them for God hath shewed it vnto them Act. 14. 17. Albeit he hath not suffered him selfe to be without witnesse by do●● good vnto vs c. Act. 17. 27. That they should séeke God if paraduenture they might finde him by feeling c. Rom. 1. 20. For his inuisible things