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A68610 A booke of Christian questions and answers Wherein are set foorth the cheef points of the Christian religion ... A worke right necessary and profitable for all such as shal haue to deale vvith the capious quarelinges of the vvrangling aduersaries of Gods truthe. Written in Latin by the lerned clerke Theodore Beza Vezelius, and newly translated into English by Arthur Golding.; Quaestionum et responsionum Christianarum libellus. English Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606. 1574 (1574) STC 2038; ESTC S112801 79,360 184

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providence_n joseph_n genn_n 45._o 7_o &_o 50._o 20_o satan_n a_o instrument_n of_o god_n providence_n madianit●●_n judg._n 7._o 22._o 2._o king_n 12_o 22._o achitophel_n 2._o king_n 15_o 34_o &_o 17_o 14_o 23._o absalon_n 2._o king_n 17._o 23._o 2._o king_n 18._o 9_o etc_n etc_n 1._o pet._n 3._o 17_o 1._o these_o 3._o 3._o 4_o gal._n 6._o 14._o 2._o cor_fw-la 12._o 9_z act._n 2._o 23_o &_o 4._o 28_o rom._n 8._o 22_o eph._n 5._o 25_o the_o instrument_n of_o christ_n death_n luke_n 22_o 3._o 4._o john_n 12._o 6_o mat._n 27._o 18_o john_n 19_o 8_o objection_n against_o the_o foresay_a example_n difference_n between_o ●●_o and_o by_o rom._n 8._o 14._o 1._o cor_fw-la 12._o 11_z eph._n 1._o 11_o joh._n 14._o 17_o rom._n 1._o 26_o &_o 28._o 2._o tim_fw-la 2._o 2d_o permission_n or_o sufferance_n willingness_n how_o evil_a person_n perform_v god_n will._n rom._n 9_o 19_o psal._n 5._o 5_o mark._n 3._o 35_o objection_n against_o providence_n because_o god_n create_v all_o thing_n good_a why_o the_o bliss_v angel_n never_o fall_v nor_o never_o shall_v a_o objection_n that_o god_n shall_v be_v the_o author_n of_o evil_a the_o necessity_n enforce_v not_o man_n will._n math._n 26._o 54._o 56_o john_n 13._o 11_o 18._o joh._n 19_o 36_o act_n 17._o 3_o necessity_n of_o sin_v excuse_v not_o sin_n rom._n 7._o 14_o john_n 8._o 36_o rom._n 8._o 7._o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o discourse_n concern_v providence_n of_o fatherige_n evil_a upon_o god_n god_n will_v none_o iniquity_n psal._n 5._o 4_o ▪_o how_o god_n will_v or_o not_o will_v evil_a rom._n 5._o 15_o 1._o pet._n 3._o 17_o of_o sufferance_n &_o willingness_n objection_n against_o the_o foresay_a allegation_n gen._n 45._o 8_o psa_fw-la 1_o c_o 5._o ●_o jere._n 25._o ●_o ezechi_n 21_o 21._o etc_n etc_n exod._n 7._o 18_o prou._n 16._o 33_o difference_n between_o the_o good_a in_o strumente_n &_o the_o bad_a in_o execute_v god_n will_v what_o predestination_n be_v a_o worldly_a &_o over_o scrupulous_a doubt_n rom._n 8._o 19_o act_n 2._o 23._o augustin_n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la lib._n 19_o ca_fw-mi 1._o two_o sort_n of_o predestination_n the_o answer_n to_o the_o dour_a or_o objection_n last_v afore_o name_v rom._n 9_o 22_o 23._o another_o objection_n upon_o a_o distinction_n of_o term_n acts._n 13._o 48_o jude._n 4_o 1._o these_o 5._o ●_o 1._o tim_fw-la 2._o 4_o the_o right_a understanding_n of_o all_o general_a or_o indefinite_a proposition_n concern_v providence_n and_o predestination_n math._n 4._o 23._o john_n 6._o 40_o eph._n 28_o 2._o these_o 2._o 3_o rom._n 9_o 1●_o acts._n 13._o 48_o acts._n 16._o 14_o election_n must_v needs_o be_v particular_a without_o an●_z peremptory_a or_o precise_a except_v of_o any_o person_n rom._n 1._o 19_o stubbornness_n be_v the_o let_v of_o the_o effectual_a work_n of_o god_n promise_n mat._n 20._o 16_o condition_n of_o believe_v absurdity_n follow_v upon_o the_o fore_n say_v question_n the_o nature_n of_o contrary_n in_o reason_v the_o cause_n of_o unbelief_n and_o 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end_n howtrewe_v faith_n &_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o be_v interrupt_v mark_v too_o know_v a_o elect_a from_o a_o worldling_n unelected_a ▪_o or_o from_o a_o reprobate_n rom._n 7._o 13_o rom._n 7._o 15_o 19_o rom._n 7._o 25._o no_o man_n must_v be_v hasty_o deem_v for_o a_o reprobate_a