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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

thine hand Ios. 11. 19. 20. There was not a Citie which made peace with the children of Israel besydes the Hiuites the inhabitantes o● dwellers in Gibeon all other they 〈◊〉 by battell For it came of the Lorde to harden theyr heartes to come against Israel in battell 1. Sam. 2. 25. And they hearde not the voyce of theyr Father because the Lord was minded to slaye them 2. Sam. 12. 11. So sayd the Lord behold I wyll rayse vp euyll against thée out of thine house wil take thy wiues before thine eyes and geue them to thy neighbour and he shal lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sonne 2. Sam. 24. 1. And the wrath of the Lord was moreouer angry against Israel and he styrred vp Dauid against them saying goe number Israel and Iuda 1. King. 12. 15. And the King heard not the people for the cause was from the Lorde that he might performe his word which he had spoken by the hand of Ahiiah the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sōne of Nebat 1. King. 22. 23. Nowe therefore behold the Lorde hath put a spirite of lying in the mo●th of all these thy Prophetes 2. Kin. 18. 25. And now haue I comen vp against this place without the Lord to destroy it The Lord sayd vnto mee goe vp against this Land and destroy it 2. Chron. 11. 4. Thus sayd the Lorde Goe not vp nor fyght against your brethren returne euery man vnto his own house for this thing is done of mee 2. Chro. 22. 7. And the treading down of Ochozias came of God. 2 Chron. 25. 20. And Amazias held not him selfe contented for it was of God that hee myght delyuer them into the hande of the enemie Nehem 9. 36. 37. Beholde we are seruants this day that in the land which thou gauest vnto our Fathers c. And it yéeldeth much fruit vnto the Kings which thou hast set ouer vs for our sinnes Iob. 1. 21. The Lorde hath geuen and the Lorde hath taken away the name of the Lorde be blessed Iob. 34. 30. Because a man that is an hypocrite raigneth and because of the offence of the people Psal. 105. 25. He turned their heart that they should hate his people and practise disceypt against his seruauntes Esa. 10. 15. Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that he weth therewith or shall the sawe set vp it selfe against him that moueth it as if the rodde should lift vp it selfe against him that taketh it vp or as if the staffe should exalt it selfe as though it were no woodde Esa. 54. 16. Beholde I haue created the Smyth that bloweth the coales in the fyre and him that bringeth forth an instrument for his worke I I saye haue created the destroyer to destroy Esa. 63. 17. Lorde why hast thou made vs to erre frō thy wayes and made vs to depart from thy feare Iohn 12. 40. and Esa. 6. 10. He hath blinded theyr eyes hardened theyr hearts least they should see with their eyes and vnderstand with theyr heart and should turne and I should heale them Iere. 48. 10. Cursed be he that doth the worke of the Lorde negligentlie and cursed bee hee whiche kéepeth backe his sworde from blood Act. 2. 23. Him I saye when you had ●aken being delyuered by the determi●ed counsell and prouidence of God ye haue slayne with wycked handes being fastened to the crosse Act. 4. 27. 28. For doubtlesse against ●hine holy sonne Iesus whom thou haddest annoynted both Herode and Pon●tius Pilate with the Gentiles and the● people of Israel were gathered together ●to doo whatsoeuer thine hand thy coūsell had determyned before to be done Rom. 9. 18. Therefore he hath mercy on whome he wyll haue mercy and hardeneth whome he wyll harden 19. Thou wylt saye then vnto mée why is ye yet angrie for who hath resysted his hyll Rom. 11. 32. For God hath shut vp all in disobedience that he might haue mercy on all Gal. 3. 22. For the scripture hath shut vp all thinges vnder sinne that the promyse by the fayth of Iesus Christ might be geuen to them that beléeue ● Thes. 3. 3. That no man should bée moued in these afflictions● For ye your selues knowe that wee are appoynted there vnto Rom. 8. 29. For whome he knew before those hee also Predestinated to bee made lyke the image of his sonne 1. Pet. 3. 17. For it is better if the wyll of God wyll so haue it that ye suffer for euyll doing 1. Pet. 4. 19. Wherefore let them that suffer according vnto the wyll of God commytte their soules vnto him in well doing as vnto a faithfull creatour The seconde Aphorisme THe selfe same God from euerlasting hath purposed and decreed in himselfe to create all things at their seasons to his glorye but namely men and that after two sorts altogether diuers the one to the other to wyt in such maner that some whome it pleaseth him according vnto his secreete wyl he maketh through mercy partakers of his glorie whom out of the word of God we do call vesselles of honour elect or chosen sōnes of the promise and Predestinate or fore-ordained vnto saluation and in other whome also it pleaseth him to styrre vp to that ende he sheweth his wrath and his power that in them also he might be glorified whome lykewise we call vessels of dishonour and wrath● and vnapte to euerie good worke Proues out of the worde of God. Prou. 16. 4. The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake yea euen the wicked for an euyll daye Esa. 43. 6. I wyll say vnto the North geue and vnto the South kéepe not back Bring my sonnes frō farre my daughters frō the vttermost part of the earth 7. All shal be called by my name and I created them for my glory I formed them and also made them Eph. 1. 5. 6. Who hath predestinate or foreordayned vs whome he would adopt or chose into his sonnes through Iesus Christ vnto him selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyl vnto the praise of his glorious grace wherwith he hath made vs to be accepted or to be lyked of in that his beloued Rom. 9● 23. And that he might make known the ryches of his glory towards the vesselles of his mercie the which he hath prepared vnto glory Rom. 8. 29. For whome he hath foreknown those also hath he Predestinate that they might bée made lyke the Image of his sonne Rom. 9. 7. 8. But in Isaac shal thy séede be called that is not they which are the children of the fleshe are the children of God but they whiche are the sonnes of the promise are coumpted in the séede Ro. 9. 21. Hath not the Potter power ouer the claye to make out of the same lumpe one vessel vnto honour and another vnto dishonour 1. Cor. 2. 7. But we speake the wisdom of God lying in a mistery that is euen the hyd wisedome which God had determyned

say not by workes but by him that calleth myght remaine sure c. 16. So then the election is not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth but in God that taketh mercy 23. And that he might make knowne the ryches of his glorie vpon the vessels of mercie which he hath prepared vnto glorye 11. What then that Which Israell séeketh c. Ephes. 1. 4. As he hath chosen vs in him before the foundacions of the world were layde c. ●5 Who hath predestinat or fore ordeined vs whom he woulde adopte or chose into his sonnes through Iesus Christ vnto him selfe 9. The mysterie of his wyll beynge reuealed vnto vs acording vnto his frée good will which he hath purposed in him selfe 11. In whome also wear chosen c. 2. Tim. 2. 19. Yeat the foundacion of God remaineth sure ha●ing this seale the Lord knoweth who are his and let euery one that calleth on the name of Christe departe from iniquitie 1. Cor. 2. 7. But we speake the wisdom of God lying hid in a mistery euen that hyd wisdome which God had determined before the world vnto our glorie 10. But God hath reueled those things vnto vs by his spirit For the spirit searcheth all thinges yea the deepe thinges of God. 1. Pet. 1. 19. 20. But being redéemed with his pretious blood as of a Lambe without spotte and vndefiled to wyt Christ which was foreordained before the foūdations of the world were layd but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes The fifth Aphorisme ALso whē there is intreated of the destruction of the reprobats or ofcasts 1 albeit the whole fault remaine within them selues 2 yet sometimes as often as it is so needefull the spirite of God to make known the ryches of his glorie vpon the vesselle● of mercie and his excellent power and also gentlenesse the better by comparison lifteth vs vp euen vnto that highe misterie vvhich in order goeth before all the causes of their damnation Of vvhich secreete doubtlesse there is no other cause known vnto men besides his righteous vvyll the which we ought reuerently to receaue as comming vndoubtedly from him vvh● is naturally iust and can no other vvay be conceyued of men nor of any other Proues out of the worde of God. Hos. 13. 9. Thy iniquity hath destroied thee O Israel but in mee is thy helpe Iohn 3. 19. And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde but men haue loued rather darkenesse than lyght Rom 9. 23. And that hée might make knowne the ryches of his glory vppon the vessels of mercy the which he hath ordained vnto glory Exod. 9. 16. And in déede for this cause I haue appointed thée euen to shew thee my power and that they should declare my name in the whole earth Psa. 33. 15. Which hath fashioned their heartes euery one considering al theyr workes Prou. 16. 4. The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake yea euen the wicked man for an euil day Rom 9. 11. For the children not being yeat borne when as they had done neyther good nor euyll that the purpose of God according vnto his electon that is not by works but by him that calleth might remaine sure c. 13. As it is writtē I haue loued Iacob but hated Esau. Where he doth not onlye say that Esau before he had done any good was ordeined vnto ●atred for after this sorte he might seeme to touch none but actual sinnes as they say or vnbelefe but faith plainlie before he was borne By which words he excludeth or sh●tteth out frō the cause of hatred original sinne also whatsoeuer in the person of Esau might be reckoned from his very birth Therfore wheras a litle after he bringeth in the reprobates or ofcastes parting here against he doth not attrybute vnto them such like kind of speach why doth not God beare the same hatred towards others also for asmuch as they are borne in y same corruption that we are I saye there is no such thing read in the word of the Apostle but he setteth this theyr exception against it who shal withstande his wyll For herevppon mannes reason gathereth that they are vnworthely condempned Neyther doth Paul au●swere that God dyd so wyll it because he dyd foresée that they woulde bée corrupted and so that the cause of the decree was grounded vppon theyr wickednesse which defence was plaine and readie if it had béene true but whylste he confesseth that it so pleased God and that it was not in their wyll to chaunge it doubtlesse hée abateth the pryde of mannes wisedome that it maye reuerentlye esteeme of the secréetes of God as is most meete But the electe or chosen he exhorteth to beholde the grace of God the which he setteth foorth with suche comparison So therefore must other testymonies be expounded in the which wee goe vp vnto the hyghest wyll of God which is the onely rule of iustice Esa. 54. 16. Beholde I haue made the Smyth that bloweth coales in the fyre and bryngeth forth an instrument for his worke I I saye haue made the destroyer to destroye Ioh. 6. 44. No man can come vnto mée vnlesse the Father that sent mée drawe him Iohn 10. 26. But you beléeue not for you are not of my shéepe as I sayd● vnto you Ioh. 12. 39. 40. and Esa. 6. 10 Therfore they coulde not beleeue because ●saias hath sayde againe He hath blinded their eyes and hardened theyr hearts least they should sée with their eyes and vnderstande with their hearts and should turne and I should heale them 1. Pet. 7. 8. And a stone to stumble at a rock of offēce vnto them which stumble at the word being disobedient vnto the which thing they were euen ordained And in many other places Iud. 1. 4. For there haue crept in certaine men being before of olde ordained vnto this condempnation The sixt Aphorisme FOr vvee must make a difference betweene the purpose of reprobating or ofcasting and betweene reprobation or ofcasting it selfe For the misterie or secrete of that God would haue to be hyd from vs But of this and of the destruction also that dependeth or hangeth vpon it vve haue causes expressed in the word of God to vvyt the corruption vnbeleefe and sinne the vvhich are necessary or must needes bee in respect of the falling out of them of the vesselles mad● vnto dishonour Proues out of the worde of God. 2. Thes. 2. 9. The cōming of the which wicked man is by the working of Sathan with all power and signes and lying wonders 10. And with all deceyu●ablenesse of vnrighteousnesse among them that perishe for that they receyued not the loue of the truth that they might be saued 11. And therefore God shal send them strong delusion that they should beléeue ●yes 12. That all they might be dampned which haue not beleeued the trueth but had pleasure in vnrighteousnesse Rom. 11. 20. Well through vnbeléef● they are broken

of the worde of God. Rmo. 10. 8. But what saith it the word is neare the euen in thy mouth and in thine heart This is that word of fayth which we preach 17. Then fayth is by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 2. Cor. 5. 18. And all these things are of God which hath reconcyled vs vnto himselfe through Iesus Christ and hath geuen the mynistery of reconciliation vnto vs. 19. For God was in Christ reconcyling the world vnto him selfe not imputing or laying theyr sinnes vnto them and hath put in vs this worde of rec●ncyliation Iam. 1. 18. He because he would begat vs with the worde of truthe that wee should be as certaine first fruites of his creatures 1. Pet. 1. 23. Being borne a new not of mortall s●●de but of immortall by the worde of the lyuing God which endureth for euer 25. But the worde of the Lorde endureth for euer And this is that worde which is preached among you Act. 16. 14. Whose heart the Lorde had opened that she shoulde geue héede to those thinges which were spoken of Paule Eph. 1. 9. The mysterie or secréete of this wyll being opened vnto vs according vnto his frée good pleasure which he had purposed in him selfe Colos. 1. 27. Unto whom God would make knowē what are the riches of this glorious mysterie or secréet among the Gentyles that is of Christ among you who is that hope of glory Rom. 6. 20. For when as you were the seruanntes of sinne you were frée from righteousnesse Ioh. 6. 44. No man can come vnto mée vnlesse my Father which sent mée drawe him 65. Therefore I sayde vnto you that no man can come vnto mée vnlesse it be geuen vnto him of my Father Gen. 3. 8. And by an by they heard the voyce of the Lorde God walking in the garden in the coole of the day and Adam and his wyfe hyd them selues from the face of the Lord God in the myddest of the garden Rom. 5. 10. For if when we were enemyes wee were reconcyled or made freends with God c. Rom. 8. 7. Because that the vnderstanding of the flesh is enimyty against God. Ioh. 8. 47. He that is of God heareth the words of God ye therfore heare not because ye are not of God. Esai 53. 1. Who wyll beléeue our reporte and vnto whom is the arme of the Lord reueled or opened Ioh. 12. 36. 40. Therefore could they not beleeue because Esaias hath sayd againe he hath blynded theyr eyes and hardened their hearts lest they should se with theyr eyes and vnderstand with theyr heart and ●●rne and I shoulde heale them Mat. 13. 13. Therefore speake I vnto them by parables because that séeyng they doo not sée and hearing they do not heare nor vnderstand Mat. 13. 11. Because that vnto you it is geuen to know the secrets of the kingdom of heauen but vnto them it is not geuen Ioh. 3. 3. Uerily verily I say vnto thée except a man be borne againe he can not sée the kingdom of God. Ioh. 4. 10. If thou diddest know that gifte of God and who he is that sayth vnto thée c. 1. Cor. 2. 14. But the naturall or fleshly man can not conceiue those thinges which are of the spirit of God for they are vnto him folyshnesse and he can not know them because that they are spiritually di●cerued 2. Cor. 3. 5. Not that wée are able of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues Ephes. 2. 1. And you hath he together quickened when as ye were dead in offences and sinnes 3. Wherin in times past ye walked as is the course of this worlde after the prince that hath power ouer the ayre euen the spyrite that nowe worketh in men that are disobedient 3. Among whome also we all had our conuersation in time past in the lustes of our fleshe doing such things as lyked our fleshe and myndes and were by nature the chyldren of wrath as well as others Ezec. 11. 19. And I wyl geue vnto them one heart and I wyll put a new spyr●ts within theyr bowelles and I wyll take away the stony heart from theyr fleshe and wyl geue vnto them a fleshie heart Psal. 51. 12. Create a cleane heart in mée O God and renue a ryght spyrite within my bowelles Ioh. 6. 44. No man can come vnto me except my father which sent mée drawe him Ioh. 6. 45. It is written in the prophets and they shall be all taught of God whosoeuer therfore hath heard of my father and learned commeth vnto mée Psal. 119. 130. The doore or entrance of thy wordes doth lyghten and maketh the simple to vnderstand Ephes. 1. 17. That the God of our Lord Iesus Christthe father of glory maye geue vnto you the spirite of wisedome and reuelation through the knowledge of him 18. That the eyes of your minde being lyghtened ye may know what the hope is of his calling Esai 50. 5. The Lord God opened mine eare and I was not rebellious neither turned I backe Psal. 119. 18. Open myne eyes and I shall beholde the wonders of thy lawe 73. Thy handes haue made mee and prepared mée make mée to vnderstand and I shal learne thy cōmaundements 130. The doore or entraunce of thy words lighteneth it maketh the simple to vnderstand Col. 1. 9. Wherfore we also since the day that we heard of it cease not to pray for you and to desire that ye may be filled with all knowlege of his wyll with all wisdom c. The tenth Aphorisme AND fyrst this spyrite in the elect or chosen causeth that they be touched in deede with the feeling of that theyr calamitie or miserie secondlie it createth faith in them that they maie be able to performe the condition annexed or● k●yt vnto the preaching of the gospell Nowe this faith is after a manner two folde The one by the vvhich Christ is generallie and vniuersallie knowen 1 to wyt by the vvhich vvee doo geue assent vnto the historie of Christ and vnto the Prophecies vvritten of him vvhich faith is also sometymes graunted to the verie reprobates or ofcastes Another which is proper and peculiar vnto the electe or chosen standeth in this that vve applie vnto our selues as our owne Christe vniuersallie and indifferentlie offered to all men and be euerie one of vs made assured of our election which in deede afore time from euerlasting vvas hiddē in the secrete of God but was afterward declared vnto vs 2 partlie by the inward te●●monie or vvytnesse of our conscience ●●rough the spirite of God being ioy●●d vnto the externall or outward prea●●ing 3 and partlie also by the power ●nd effycacie or vertue of the same spi●●te vvhich bringeth to this poiut eue●●e one of the electe or chosen being set 〈◊〉 lybertie from the bondage of sinne ●hat they beginne to wyl and to doo the ●hinges vvhich are of God. Proues out of the worde of God. Ierem. 31. 19. For after that I conuer●ed I

Christ. The twelfth Aphorisme FOR 1 whosoeuer hath obtained the gifte of true faith the same also trusting vnto the lyke lyberalitie of God ought in deede to bee carefull for perceuerance or continuance to the ende but not to stande in doubt of the same but rather in all kinde of temptations and afflictions to call vppon God 2 vvith assured hope to obtaine that which hee asketh so farre forth as is expedient or meete for asmuch as hee knoweth him selfe to be the sonne of God who cannot disceaue him 3 Furthermore he doth neuer goe so farre astray out of the right waye but that through the benefite of the same grace at the length hee commeth into the way againe But be it that sometimes faith lye buried in the chosen for a season insomuch that it may seeme to be wholie extinguished or quenched to wyt that thereby they maye knowe their owne imbicilitie or weaknesse yet it neuer goeth so farre awaie that the loue of God and their neighbour is vtterlie plucked out of their mindes For no man is iustified or made righteous in Christ but hee is also sanctified or made holie in him 4 yea and moreouer is created vnto good vvorkes the vvhich the Lord hath ordained that vve should vvalke in them Proues out of the word of God Numb 23. 19. God is not man that he can lye nor the sonne of man that he can repent hath he sayd and shal he not doo it Hath he spoken and shall he not performe it Psal. 23. 6. Yet kindnesse and mercie shall follow me all the daies of my lyfe and I shall remaine in the house of the Lord along season Psal 27. 1. The Lord is my light and my saluation of whom shall I be afraid the Lord is the strength of my lyfe of whome shall I stand in feare 3. Though they pitch Tentes against me my heart shall not feare if warre be raysed agaist mée I doo trust in him Ioh. 6. 37. What soeuer my father geueth mee shall come vnto mée and him that commeth vnto mée doo I not cast forth Ioh. 17. 15. I pray not that thou take thē out of the world but that thou kéepe them from euyll Ioh. 10. 28. And I geue vnto them euerlasting lyfe and they shall not perish for euer neither shal any man take them out of my hande 29. My father which gaue them vnto mee is greater then all and none is able to take them out of my fathers hand Rom. 5. 2. Through whom also we had this entrance by faith into this grace by the which we stand and doo glory vnder hope of the glory of God. 3. And not that only but also we doo glory in afflictions knowing that affliction worketh patience 4. And patience experience and experyence hope 5. And hope maketh not ashamed because that the loue of God is shed abrode is geuen vnto vs. Rom. 11. 20. Thou standest by faith be not hye minded but feare 1. Cor. 2. 12. But we haue not receyued the spirite of the worlde but the spirite which is of God that we maye knowe what things God hath fréelie bestowed vpon vs. 16. For who hath knowen the minde of the Lorde that he wyll instruct him but we haue the minde of Christ. 1. Cor. 10. 12. He that seemeth vnto him selfe to stande let him take héede least he fall Eph. 1. 9. The mysterie or secréete of his wyll being opened vnto vs according vnto his frée good pleasure which he had purposed in him selfe Phil. 1. 6. Being perswaded of this same thing that hee that hath begonne this good worke in you wyll performe it vntyll the day of Iesus Christ. 1. Thes. 5. 24. Hée is faithfull which hath called you which also wyll bring it to passe 2. Cor. 1. 21 Moreouer it is God which confirmeth or strengthneth vs with you into Christ which hath annointed vs. Heb. 4. 16. Let vs approche therfore with boldnesse vnto the throne of grace that wée may obtaine mercie and finde fauour to helpe in tyme of néede Heb. 10. 22. Let vs drawe néere with a true heart and certaine perswasion of fayth hauing our heartes pure from an euyll conscience and washed in our bodies with pure water 23. Let vs kéepe the confession of our faith without wauering for he is faithfull which hath promised Iam. 1. 6. But let him aske in fayth doubting nothing I. Ioh. 5. 14. And this the boldnesse whiche we haue with God to wyt that hée heareth vs if we aske any thing according vnto his wyll 15. But if wée knowe that hée heareth vs whatsoeuer we aske we knowe that we haue the requests that we haue asked of him So erred Abraham Moyses Aaron Dauid Peter c. 1. Ioh. 1. 8. If wée saye wée haue no ●●nne we disceaue our selues and theyr is no truth in vs. 10. If we say we haue not sinned we make him a lyar and his word is not in vs. Luc. 22. 32. But I haue prayed for thée that thy fayth should not fayle● therefore when thou art conuerted strenghthen thy brethren I. Ioh. 3. 9. Whosoeuer is borne of God committeth not sinne because that his seade abideth in him and he can not sinne because he is borne of God. 10. By this are the sonnes of God and the sōnes of the Deuyl manifest Whosoeuer exerciseth not righteousnesse is not of God nor he which loueth not his brother Rom. 6. 1. What shall we say then shall we remayne in sinne that grace may the more abounde 2. God forbid we that are dead in sinne howe shall we yet liue in it c. 1. Ioh. 4. 20 If a man say I loue God and hate his brother he is a lyar for hee that loueth not his brother whome hee hath séene how can he loue God whome he hath not seene 2. Pet. 1. 5. And geuing all dylygence vnto this thing ioyne vertue vnto your fayth vnto vertue knowledge 6. And vnto knowlege temperance and vnto temperaunce patience And vnto patience godlynesse 7. And vnto godlynesse brotherly kindnes vnto brotherly kindnes loue 8. For if these things bée among you ●hoūd they wyl make you that you neither shal be idle nor vnfruitful vnto the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ. 9. For he that hath not these things is ●lynd séeing nothing farre of forgetting that he was clensed from his old sinnes Ephes. 1. 4. As he hath chosen vs in him before the foundations of the world were layd that we shoulde be holy and without blame before him through loue Eph. 2. 10. For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes the whiche God hath ordeyned that we should walke in them The thirtene Aphorisme THis therefore is the vvaie vvhereby God ordaineth those his elect or chosen vnto the full execution or perfourmance of his counselles vvhome it pleaseth him to bring vp amongste men so long tyll they growe vp to full age But as touching those vvhome he calleth out vnto his

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.

God to lasciuiousnesse wantonnesse as holy Iude saythe yet knowe wée that wée are chosen by Iesus Christe that the glory of his grace hys fauour and mercy towards vs might be praysed For we are the electe and chosen kyndred and hys people by purchase that we shoulde shewe the vertue of him whiche hath called vs foorth of darknesse into this maruellous lyght This people ordayned to saluation only beleeueth Act. 13. For this Electe people onely was Christ sent into this world To them onely is the worde of saluation sent as Peter sayth To the Elect by the foreknowledge of God the Father 1. Pet. 1. Then to know what this election of God is and what in the Scriptures it doth signifye We describe and define election to bée the frée choyce of the good wyll of the almighty God appoynting and prescribing in the booke of lyfe before the begynning of the worlde whome he wyll haue to bée saued and coumpted amongest the iust Whome hée will haue holy and without faulte before him to be his children by adoption to set forth his glory This choyse his choosing this aforeappoynted purpose and ordinaunce of God is aboundauntlye set forthe in the first chapter to the Ephesians That this commeth of the free wil of God and his onely grace freely without our deseruing contrary to the vayne opinion of the Papists and Anabaptists ●he same chapter and the next chapter folowing dothe plainly testifie Ephe. 1. 2. And most euidently the Lord in his maiestie speaking to his seruant Moyses Exod. 33. declared all this to stande of his mercy saying I will haue mercy vpon whome it liketh me and I will shew mercy where it shall be my pleasure for so is the meaning of those wordes I wyll haue mercy vppon whome I will haue mercy Paul also declaring in this place the worke of God beetwixte these twoo children Iacob and ●sa● Romaines 9. saythe thus of this fr●● Election whē Rebeca was with child with one and the same father Isaack before ●he children were borne when they had neyther done good nor bad that the purpose of God whiche is by Election mighte stande it was sayde to hir not for the cause of workes but by the grace of the caller the elder shal serue the younger As it is written saythe hée Iacob I loued but Esau I hated Of the booke of lyfe Moyses speaketh Exod. 32. And Christ himselfe Luk 10. Saying to his Apostles Ioy you and be glad for your names are written in the booke of life in the heauens And in the. 69. Psalme it is spoken against the wicked Let them not be written amongst the Iust and put them forth of the booke of life And agaynst the false Prophet Ezechiel 13. Hée shall not bee in the counsaile of my people nor written in the booke of the house of Israell There be two finall causes also of this eternall purpose of the election the whiche Paule rehearseth in the first chapter to the Ephesians the one toucheth God the other perteyneth to man He hath El●cted vs bee fore the foundations of the worlde sayth the Apostle that wée mighte be holy without blame And this an●wereth the wicked which woulde abuse the mercies of God to their lust Againe it followeth He hath Predestinate vs that he myght choose vs to be his chyldren that his name may be praysed And this stoppeth the mouthes of all our aduersaryes that saye that this doctrine is not to the prayse of God so that they must cease to sclaunder this doctrine vnlesse they wyll hynder the glory of God and denye the open Scriptures Now it is to bée noted and marked dylligently that this worde election is taken after two sortes in the Scripture sometymes as it sygnifyeth absolutely the free choyse wyll and appoyntment of God without the respecte of the reuelation of the worde and message of saluation And thus speaketh the holy Apostle Saint Paul of Election saying of the carnall Iacob They were enimyes concerning the gospell for your cause but concerning the Election they are beloued for their parents For the gyftes of God and his calling are suche that he can not repent Euen as you once were mysbeléeuers from God but nowe haue attayned mercy by theyr mysbeléefe that they should attayne mercie also This Election expresseth absolutely the secret purpose of God without the respect of reuelation of the woorde or any of our workes following Under this first kinde of Election were those hundreth and twentye thousande whiche God dyd choose and kéepe vnto hymselfe in Niniuie amongst the Idolaters and the seuen thousande which God dyd leaue for himselfe in Israell in the third booke of Kings the. 19. chap. Yea those that yet are not are thus elect chosen and amongst al nations both Iewes in this long blindnes banishmente from their cuntrey amongst the Turkes in theyr Idolatrous wickednes yea amongst the Edomites the Sabees the Indians and Ethiopians And in the late blyndnesse of the Popishe church wherein wee togither wyth our fathers were altogether Idolatrous all Hypocrites and counterfaite Christians thys absolute Election whereby the mercyfull Lord God did reserue and kepe his chosen vnto hym in all places all ages all countreys without respect of personnes dyd most euydently appeare Howbeit this secreete of Election must onely ●ee lefte to the Maiestie of God where when howe and whome he thereby saueth and sheweth his mercy For to the blynde iudgement of man all these people rehearsed and suche lyke seemeth reiect reprobate and cast awaye as appeareth by Ionas condempning the Niniuites by Elias condempning the Israelites and a long whyle vntyll God had by myracle from Heauen delyuered hym from that errour vnto the chyefe Apostle Peter iudging all the Gentyles to bee a polluted people farre from the fauour of God. The seconde kynde of Election is set ●oorth and knowne euydent and open by the spirite of God working in the harts of the Elect and chosen by fayth and trust in God his promyses through Christ teaching vs that we are the chyldren of God chosen to him selfe by Iesus Christ from the begynning and therefore preparing vs to an holy and blamelesse lyfe to the lawde prayse of the grace of god The which Election besydes the dayly e●perience of our consciences maye bee approued by the testymonies of these Scryptures compared together Esa. 59. Rom 8. Ephesi 1. Colos. 3. and a verie bryefe and perfecte description of thys Election 2. Thes. 2. in these wordes Wée ought to thanke God that he hath chosen you from the begynning by the sanctifying of the spyrite and the beleefe of the trueth to the which he hath called you by our Gospell to attayne the glorye of our Lorde Iesus christ By this gratious election was Iacob dearelye beloued in his Mothers wombe and Ieremie knowne vnto God before hée was fashioned in his Mothers wombe Ieremie 1. And to bee short all other the Electe of God are thus chosen sanctified and