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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

beloued from the begyning from before the foundations of the world frō euerlasting to euerlasting For there is no chaunge of tyme with God seeing that all thinges are present in his syght For vnto him a thousande yeares are but one day but the course change of times are in vs our déedes our knowledge in mans chaungeable wisdome This Election must of necessitie driue downe the pryde wée haue of our owne strength our owne power our owne nature our owne frée wil our owne merites our owne iustification of our owne workes and bryng vs to the feelynge of the mighty power of God which worketh all in all things to the restoring of all things in our Christ both in Heauen and Earth by whome wée are called into this state long before appointed accordyng to his purposed pleasure by whose power all things are wrought that we may boldly say wyth the Apostle who dare laye any thing to the charge of the Elect of God It is God that iustifieth who is hée that can condemne Who can seperate vs whiche are this chosen Iacob from the loue of God. Can affliction Can anguish Can persecution Can hunger Can nakednes Can peryll Can the sword For I am perswaded sayeth he that neyther death nor life nor Angel nor power nor things present eyther thinges to come neyther heyght nor depth neyther any creature can separate vs frō the loue of God in Christ Iesu our Lorde Loe this is the loue wherwith the Lorde loueth his Iacob whereby we saye O heauenly Father Lord of heauen and earth it hath pleased thée that thou myght shewe thy great goodnesse most lyberally and freely towards vs before that we were and therfore before we had done eyther good or euyl without any our merytes or deseruinges onely through thy frée mercy to elect and choose ordaine and appoint vs heyres of euerlasting lyfe and thereby to make all things pertayning to our saluation so fyrme and sure that they cannot stagger wauer nor fayle Where contrariwise if they dyd hang of our worthynesse we should euer be doubtfull because euery man is a lyar al our righteousnesse is lyke a spotted cloath and nothing but counterfayte hypocrisie wayed in the ballaunce of thy seuere iustice But the grace of this thy frée Election maketh vs most certaine sure séeing no creature is able to take out of thy hande O god Wherefore wée doo lawde and magnifye thy name worlde without ende So bee it Now after this doctrine of election and loue of God towarde Iacob the hating and Reprobation of Esau must lykewise be declared and though the aduersaries of this doctrine doo seeme to denie that there is any such Reprobation of the wycked yet the wordes are so plaine in Malachie and Romanes 9. that nothing can be more euident For what can be more plainely spoken for this purpose then that God shoulde saye before the chyldren were borne that he hated Esau. What was this b●tred but the Reprobation Reiection and condemnation by God his owne mo●th of this wicked Esau lyke as in the last verse of the fyrst Psalme where it is sayde that the Lorde knoweth the wayes of the ius●e● that is he hath them wrytten in his booke in the Heauens ●e loueth them as is sayd of Iacob he hath such care ouer them that they can not fall but vnto the glorye of God and theyr owne commodity and by the course of the contraries compared together in that Psalm it should be added the Lord knoweth not the wicked like as Christ sayth it shall bée answered vnto them I knowe you not the latter parte of the verse is that the way of the wicked shall perishe so that it appeareth to bee all one not to bee elected accepted and knowne of God and to perish and to be as a Reprobate condemned And Felinus foorthe of Kimhy doth note that that parte of the laste verse of the. 2. Psalme God beeing angrye you shall perishe foorthe of the waye dothe expounde this of the fyrste Psalme so that the Election knowledge loue and fauour of God and eternall saluation cannot be separate Like as his anger and hatred reprobation and condemnation consequently doo followe in Caine Esau Pharao Iudas the Pharisées and lyke obdurate persons so manifestly vttering them selues to bée of that sort whome God alwayes hated The chyldren not of Abraham but as Christ answereth vnto them of their father the deuyl who was a murtherer from the begynning lyke as his chyldren haue bene also euer syth the begynning of the world and therefore must of necessitie be hated of the most mercifull Lorde who is compelled by the order of his workes to vse these wicked roddes and cruel scourges for the chastisement of his childrē doing many times the works straunge from his nature that he may doo his worke of his mercy peculyar vnto his nature And than vtterly breake hate reiect and cast away into euerlasting fyre vtter destruction this rodde and scourge lyke a most merciful Father fauoring his children and hating the rodde Lyke as he sayth by his prophet Woo vnto Assur the rodde of my fury and the staffe of my indignation and after promyseth to breake the staffe and cast away the rodde Psal. 10. Suffering in the meane season yet these instruments of his wrath prepared vnto destruction with great patience for this ende that he maye vtter the ryches of his glory towards the vessels of glory which he hath prepared vnto glory Thus was Pharao the manifest scourge and rodde of God to correct to chastice to exercyse the Israelytes and to spreads the power of God through all the worlde Therefore was Moyses sent vnto him with the rodde of God his mighty mercy to breake in sunder this rodde of chastisement And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses I haue appoynted thée to bée the God of Pharao and Aaron thy brother shall be thy Prophete thou shalt speake vnto him all that I commaunde thée And he shall speake vnto Pharao to let go the chyldren of Israel forth of his lande But I wyll harden his harte sayeth the Lorde and I wyll multyplie my sygnes and wonders in Egypt and hée shall not heare you And I wyll bryng myne Armie and people ●oorth of the Lande of Egypte by most greate iudgementes and the Egyptians shall know that I am the lord Exod 12. Againe the Lorde sayth Nowe shall I stretche my hande to stryke thée and thy people with a plague and thou shalt peryshe from the earth for therefore haue I caused thée to stande for so is the Hebrewe worde that I maye shewe in thée my strength and that my name maye bée renowned through all the earth Exod 9. Then the Lorde sendeth a great hayle so that feelyng the hande of God the tenth tyme Pharao was compelled to crye The Lorde is iuste and I and my people are synners as followeth in the same Chapter Yet for all this the Lorde hardeneth his harte that hée pursueth the chyldren

bodie they shoulde not heare with the assent of theyr bodie But why the one haue eares to heare and the other haue not that is to saye why it is giuen vnto the one of the Father to come vnto the Sonne and is not giuen vnto the other who hath knowne the minde of the Lorde Must that which is manifest be therefore denyed because that which is hydden can not be comprehended or knowen Also Cap. 15. Whether if when this is heard some are turned vnto a sluggishe heauinesse and slownesse being readily bent to fal frō labour vnto wantonnesse do goe after theyr lustes must therefore that be thought false which is ●ayd of the foreknowledge of God And ●yll not we also speake that which the ●cripture being witnesse is lawfull to ●peake By lykelyhoode we are afrayde ●●ast he shoulde bee offended which can●ot take it and are not afraide least we ●lding our tongues that he which can ●ke the truth should be discea●ed with ●●sehoode Also Cap. 20. If the Apostles and the ●eachers of the Church which folowed ●em dyd both that they might intreate ●odly of the eternall election of God ●ight keepe the faithfull vnder the go●rnment of a godlye lyfe what is it ●t these our men being shutte vp with ●in●insible force of the truth do think ●t they saye well that it is not to bée ●eached vnto the people although it bee ●ue which is sayde of Predestinati●n ●ay it must vtterly he preached that he ●hich hath eares to heare may heare ●d who hath eares to heare if he ●ue not receyued of him which promy●th that he wyll giue verilye let him that receyueth not refuse yet so that he which desyreth take and drinke drinke and lyue For as godlynesse is to bée preached that God maye be duely worshipped so also is Predestination that he which hath eares to heare may glory of the grace of God in God not in him selfe This is the minde of that most excellent man which notwithstanding putteth two conditions 1 One is if these matters be reasoned of according to the rule of the worde of God 2 The other if the selfe same which the scripture declareth as touching these matters bée expounded aptlye and vnto edifying of both these poyntes we haue purposed to speake in fewe wordes and fyrst of the doctrine it selfe and then of the vse and applying of it The second Chap. Of the euerlasting counsayle of God hyd in him selfe which notwithstanding is in the ende vnderstoode by the effectes The. 1. Aphorisme ●HE waies of 1 almightie God are 〈◊〉 vnsearcheable 2 without whose e●●nall and vnchāgeable decree nothing ●one any where of any man neyther ●erally nor particularly no not those ●●gs are to be excepted 3 which albe●t in respect they are decreed of God ●g alwayes good and iust but in re●●t they are done by Sathan and other ●●l instrumentes are euyll and ther●● to bee detested and abhorred Proues out of the worde of God. Rom. 11. 33. O the déepe ryches both ●●e wisdome and knowledge of God ●vnsearcheable are his iudgements ●his wayes paste finding out Rom 9. 20. But O man who art thou which pleadest against God Iob. 9. 10. 11. 12. Who doeth great thinges and vnsearchable yea marueylous thinges without number Loe he goeth by mee and I sée him not he passeth hye and I perceyue him not Doubtlesse he wyll take awaye who wyll cause him to restore againe who shall saye vnto him what doest thou Gen. 27. 20. And Isaac sayde vnto his sonne what is this that thou has● found it so quickly my sōne who sayd because Iehoua thy God made it to come vnto my hande Ephe. 1. 11. In whome also we are chosen when we were Predestinate according to his purpose which bringeth to passe all things after the counsell of his owne wyll Exod 21● 13. But he that hath not sayd wayte for him but God was the cause that he came to his hand then wyl I appoynt thee a place whyther hée shall flee Prou. 16. 33. The lotte is cast into the lappe and all the iudgement thereof is ●rom the Lorde ●Prouer 20. 24. The steppes of a man ●●re ruled by the Lorde and howe shall a ●an vnderstande his owne way ●Prouer 21. 1. As the ryuers of waters ●● is the Kings heart in the hande of the ●orde he turneth it whether soeuer it ●leaseth him ●Esa 14. 27. Because the Lord of hoasts ●●th determined it who shall disanull ● his hande is stretched out and who ●all turne it away ●Iere 10. 23. O Lord I knowe that the ●aye of man is not in him selfe neither ●it in man that walketh to make rea●●e his steppes ●Dan 4. 32. And all the dwellers of the ●●th are coumpted as nothing and he ●th according vnto his wyl in the hoast ●heauen and in the dwellers of the ●●rth neyther is there any that can ●aye his hande and saye vnto him ●hat doest thou ●Math 10. 29. Are not two Sparrowes ●ld for a farthing one of them shal not 〈◊〉 on the ground without your Father Eph. 2. 1. 2. And you hath he quickened when you were dead in trespasses and sinnes wherin in times past ye walked according to the course of this world after the Prince which hath rule of the ayre and of the spirite that nowe worketh in men that are disobedient 1. Sam. 16. 14. But the spyrite of the Lorde departed from Saul and an euyll spyrite sent of the Lorde feared him 2. Tim. 2. 26. And being escaped out of the snare of the Deuyll of whome they are taken captiues Gen. 45. 8. Nowe therefore you haue not sent mée hyther but God. Gen. 50. 20. When yée thought euyll against mée God disposed it vnto good that hée might doo according vnto this daye and saue much people a lyue Exo. 4. 21. And I wyl harden his heart that he shall not let the people goe Exo. 7. 3. But I wyll harden Pharaos heart and multiply my myracles and wonders in the lande of Egipt Exod 9. 12. And the Lorde hardened the heart of Pharao neither dyd he obey them according as the Lord had spoken vnto Moyses Exod. 10. 1. Goe in vnto Pharao For I haue hardened his heart and the heart of his seruauntes 20. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao Exod. 11. 10. But the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart he suffred not the children of Israel to depart out of his Land. Exod. 14. 4. And I wyll harden Pharaos heart and he shall follow after you and I wyll be glorified in Pharao 17. And I behold I wyll harden the heart of the Egiptians and they shal goe in after them and I wyl be glorifyed in Pharao and in all his hoast and in his Charets and in his horsemen Deut. 2. 30. But Sihon the Kinge of Hesbon woulde not let vs passe by him for the Lord thy God hath hardened his spirite made stubborne his heart that he might delyuer him into

before the worlde vnto our glorye Eph. 1. 4. As he hath chosen vs in him before the foūdations of the world were layd that wee should be holy and without eame before him in loue 2. Thes. 2. 13. But we ought to gyue thankes alwayes to God for you brethren beloued of the Lorde because God hath chosen you from the beginning vnto saluation through sanctificatiō of the spirite and faith geuen to the trueth 1. Pet. 1. 2. Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father vnto sanctification of the spirite Exod 9. 16. And in déede for this cause haue I appointed thée to wytte to shew thée my power and that they should declare my name throughout the whole worlde Prouerb 16. 4. The Lord hath made all thinges for his owne sake yea euen the wicked for an euyll daye Rom. 9. 22. What and if God minding to declare his wrath and to make his power known hath suffered with much gentlenesse the vesselles of wrath● couched together to destruction The thirde Aphorism● THis election and chosing or Predestination and forcordaining vnto saluation being considered in the purpose of God it selfe that is to saie the decree it selfe and purpose of electing or chosing is the first fountaine of the saluation of the Sonnes of God and doeth not spring as some woulde haue it from the for●knowledge eyther of their faith or workes but rather of that onelie which is in the good pleasure of God it selfe from the which afterwarde doo both election or chosing and also faith and all good workes spring Proues out of the worde of God. Deut. 4 37. And because he loued thy Fathers he chose their seede after them and hath brought thée out of Egipt before him by his most mightie power Deut. 7. 7. 8. God hath not loued you and chosen you because you were more in number then al other people but because the Lorde loued you c. Ios 24. 2. And Iosua sayde to all the people Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel your Fathers dwelled beyonde the floodde in olde tyme as Thare the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor and serued other Gods c. Psal. 44. 3. For they possessed not the Lande with their owne sworde neither dyd their owne arme saue them but thy ryght hande and thy arme and the light of thy countenannce because thou ●a●o●●edst them Iohn 15. ●6 You haue not chosen mée but I haue chosē you and ordained you that ye goe and bring forth fruite c. Act. 13. 48. And when the Gentyles heard these things they reioyced and glorified the worde of the Lord and beleued as manie as were ordeined vnto euerlasting lyfe Act. 22. 14. And he sayd the God of our fathers hath chosen thee that thou shouldest knowe his wyl and see that iust one shouldest heare the voice of his mouth Rom. 5 6. For Christ when we were yet of no strengthe at his tyme dyed for the vngodlye Ro. 9. 11. 12. For the children being not yet borne whē as they had done neither good nor euyll that the purpose of God which is according vnto his electiō that is to say not of workes but of him y calleth might remaine sure it was said vnto her the elder shal serue the younger 13. As it is written I haue loued Iacob and haue hated Esau. 14. What shall we say then Is there any vnrighteousnesse with God God forbyd 15. For he sayth vnto Moyses I wyll haue mercie on him on whome I wyll haue mercy I wyl haue compassion on him on whome I wyl haue compassion 16. So then Election is not in him that wylleth neyther in him that runneth but in god that sheweth mercie 18. Therfore he hath mercy on whome he wyl and whome he wyl he hardneth 25. And that he might make knowne the ryches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercie which hée hath prepared vnto glorie Rom 11. 7. What then Israell hath not obtained that which he séeketh but the Elect haue obtained it and the rest haue beene hardened 35. Or who hath geuen vnto him first and it shall be geuen vnto him againe 1 Cor. 4●7 For who separateth thee and what hast thou that thou hast not ●eceaued If thou hast receyued it why reioycest thou as though thou haddest not receyued it Eph. 1. 4. As he hath chosen vs in him before the foundatiō of the world were laide that we shoulde be holy and without blame before him in loue 5. Who hath Predestinate or foreordained vs whome hée woulde adopt or chose into sonnes through Iesus Christ vnto him selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 11. In whom also we are chosen when we were Predestinate or foreordayned according to the purpose of him which worketh al things after the counsell of his owne wyll Ephe. 2. 10. For we are his workmanshyp created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes which God hath ordained that we should walke in them Colos. 1. 12. Geuing thankes vnto the Father which hath made vs meete to bée partakers of the inheritaunce of the Saintes in lyght 2. Tim. 1. 9. Who hath saued vs and called vs with an holy calling not according vnto our works but according vnto his owne purpose and grace which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus before the tymes of the worlde The fowrth Aphorism● THerefore the Scripture as of●en as it vvyll strengthen the sonnes of God vvith assured hope stayeth not eyther in the testimonies or vvitnesses of the second cause● that is to saye in the ftuites of faith nor yet in the seconde and next causes them selues to wyt faith and vocation or calling but ascendeth or clymeth vp vnto Christ him selfe in whom notwithstanding as in the head we are in very deede electe and adopted and afterward goeth vp euen vnto that euerlasting purpose● vvhich God hath purposed in no other than in him selfe Proues out of the worde of God. Math. 25. 3 Then shal the King say vnto them which shall be at his right hand come ye blessed of my Father possesse the kingdom prepared for you before the foundation of the world were layde Iohn 6. 40. And this is the wyl of him which sent mée that euery one which s●●th the sonne beleeueth in him should haue euerlasting lyfe and I wyll rayse him vp at the last daye Act. 13. 48. And the Gentyles hearing these thinges reioyced and glorified the word of the Lord beléeued as many as were ordayned vnto euerlasting lyfe Rom. 8. 29. For whome he hath foreknowen the same also hath he Predestinate or foreordained that they should be lyke the Image of his sonne Rom. 9. 8 Not they which are the children of the flesh are the children of God but they which are the chyldren of the promise are coumpted in the seede 11. For the chyldren not being yet born when as they had done neyther good nor euyl that the purpose of God which is according vnto his election that is to