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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07966	An apology of English Arminianisme or A dialogue betweene Iacobus Arminius, professour in the Vniuersity of Leyden in Holland; and Enthusiastus an English Doctour of Diuinity and a great precisian. Wherein are defended the doctrines of Arminius touching freewill, predestination, and reprobation: the said doctrines being mantained & taught by many of the most learned Protestants of England, at this present time. Written by O.N. heertofore of the Vniuersity of Oxford.; Apology of English Arminianisme.	O. N., fl. 1634.	1634 (1634)	STC 18333; ESTC S119849	84,307	213

Sinne but only the Euill of punishment as is aboue expressed as namely Warr and Aduersity as appeareth more euidently by the opposition of the word Peace next precedent For the words in Esay are I make peace and create euill And therefore Hyperius the learned Protestant thus commenteth vpon this place f In method Theolog. lib. 2. p●g ●●● Malum pro bello accipitur vtpote quod paci sit oppositum A point so euident that the English ●ibles themselues of the yeare 1576. as aboue I declared in their Marginall notes of this place doe thus paraphrase the foresaid place in Esay I sendpeace and warre prosperity and aduersity Now touching the Example of Abraham First I answere That the Text it selfe she weth that Gods euen Reuealed Will to Abraham signified by the Angell and not his Secret Will wa●● that Abraham should not offer or a● the Text sayth g Genes 22. Lay his hand vpon the child Againe God only commanded Abraham to offer his sonne as the Text sayth to h Genes vbi supra proue Abraham Therfore Gods Reuealed will was not to haue it done but only to haue it commaded for the triall of Abraham Secondly admitting that it had beene Gods Reuealed Will that Abraham should offer his Child and that this his Will should not haue beene countermanded by his said Reuealed Will to Abraham yet according to the iudgment of some learned i Amandus Polanus in Partition Theolog. ● 1. pag. ●● Protestants it may be well interpreted that when God willed by this act to try Abraham the true meaning and intent both of Gods Will and wordes were truly to be performed in Abraham by the only offering his sonne vp in deuotion and fayth And accordingly the Apostle sayth * Heb. 11. By fayth Abraham offered Isaac when he was tempted Lastly I say admit that God had a Reuealed Will and a Concealed Will touching the offering vp of Isaac Yet this is meerely impertinent to conuince or proue that God by his Secret Will determineth the Reprobation of any man ordayning him euen from his Mothers wombe to damnation And thus much concerning this Subiect of Reprobation defended with 〈◊〉 a strong bent and vehemency by diuers of our Aduersaries But now Enthusiastus heer I giue a full stop to this our discourse what my small talent in defence of these my former doctrines and in impugning of yours could affoard I haue not beene you see sparing or nigard in making vse thereof and this for the altering and indeed bettering of your iudgement Now if I could discerne that they haue wrought with you so forcibly as I do couet O how bountifully were my labour recompensed how larg a retaliation should I account it to be for any paines taken therein Your former wordes and I hope they doe not stand Neutrall to your mind since such men were worthily rebuked k Rom. ● Qui linguis suis dolos● agebant do partly encourage me that my discourse hath not fallen vpon the stones or on the barren ground but that it hath somewhat wonne vpon your iudgment And for your greater strengthening in the beliefe of these points which I haue prooued in our former disputation for most true Here I do witnes before the whole Court of Heauen that if your contrary doctrine● be true God doth seeme to cease to be God and himselfe to renounce Himselfe Since he should then by depriuing man of Freewill and reprobating him to damnation without any preuision of his workes seeme partly to relinquish and ab●ndon his owne Essentiall Incommunicable Attributes of Good●●● and Mercy Enthusiastus Learned Arminius This your serious and zealous Protestation is not much needfull so strong a battery assault your Arguments haue already madevpon my Iudgment Therefore though I haue aboue giuen sufficient ouer●ure how highly I prized your proofs and how working they seemed with me to be Neuerthelesse to withdraw the veyle which you perhaps may feare to be betw●ene my former words and my most retired and secret thoughts Know you Arminius and this learned Assembly that at this present I do freely vnbreast my selfe vnto you all and do confesse in all candour and sincerity that I am conuinced 〈◊〉 this our Conflict I grant that I 〈◊〉 lost the day notwithstanding my former windy ventitation and presumed confidence that you come off with honour But what Is this in a true iudgment any disreputation to me Noe. Since in being ouercome I do ouercome and in my Ouerthrow I am Victorious as now by this meanes triumphing ouer those Errours to which my Iudgment was afore enthralled Let Truth euer preuaile Veritas m Psal 116. Domini manet in 〈◊〉 Till the time of this our disputation I grant I euer was most strong I will not say pertinacious in defence of my former doctrines euen my Contrall cogitations were euer that way fixed But since my Cause lyes thus wholy prostrate by force of your former Authorities I will for euer after repudiate to which I was afore as I may say so much espoused my former Errours strongly senting of Innouation Neuer therfore more will I entertayne the least thought of them And no more Enthusiastus will I be called as tasting of aēry Illuminations self-●●●● Pl●●●ncy and belieuing in a mans owne Iudgment Orthodoxus shall heereafter be my Name I will decline for the tyme to come the obliquity of the paths of such men who tread asyde to all ancient times and wil be content to follow the Tract of Reuerend and gray-hayred Antiquity especially seeing she doth anchour herselfe so firmely immoueably vpon Gods sacred Word I haue hitherto vnknowingly bene sick though n Iohn 11. My sicknes hath not bene to death Now I am healed Giue me then leaue to congratulate my owne recouery suffer me with patience to launch forth a litle in words My selfe am now cured by this learned Mans discourse accounting it my honour to become his Proselite or Cannertite I thirst to cure others labouring with my former disease O then you Worthy men of my owne Nation who did accompany me to this Mans presence and I you out of England I haue I speake with griefe often in my publike Sermons to you and in my priuate discourses inuenomed your Iudgments with these former dāgerous Theories and Speculations now Charity o 1. Cor. 13 quae adificat omnia 〈◊〉 omnia sperat commands me to 〈◊〉 what I can the hurt already done● Suf●er then for your owne good that these my wordes may be an Antidote to your former poyson by me distilled I Thinke what it is to dismantle as it were and to disarme Man of Freewill It is to resemble man made according to the p Gen. 1. Image of the Highest or rather to transforme him vnto a Beast who worketh nothing of himselfe but only by the push of another so the knife cutteth not of itselfe but as a dead instrument moued by