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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 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

did repent Luc. 24. 4. 5. Then he opened their ●●ind that they might vnderstand the scriptures Act. 16. 14. And a certaine woman named Lydia which solde purple in the Citie of the Thyatirians which worshipped God heard vs whose heart the Lord opened that she gaue heede vnto the thinges which Paule spake● 1. Cor. 2. 10. But vnto vs hath God reuealed or opened them by his spyrite● For the spirite searcheth al things eue● the depthes of God. 11. For what man hath knowen the● thinges of man but the spyrite of man● which is in him So also the thinges which are of God no man knoweth but the spyrite of God. 12. And we haue not receaued the spirite of the worlde but the spyrite which is of God that we maye knowe those things which God hath geuen vnto vs. 16. For who hath knowne the minde of the Lorde that he might instruct him But we haue the minde of Christ. Colo. 1. 26. To wyt the mysterie or secréete hyd since the world began and from all ages but nowe is it made manifest vnto his Saints 27. Unto whome God woulde make knowen what is the ryches of his glorious mysterie or secréete amonge the Gentyles that is of Christ in you who is that hope of glorie Ephes. 1. 16. Making mention of you 〈◊〉 my prayers 17. That the God of our Lorde Iesus ●hrist the Father of glorie would geue ●nto you the spyrite of wisedome and ●euelation through the knowledge of ●im 18. That the eyes of your minde be●ng lyghtened you may knowe what is ●hat hope of his calling and what are ●he ryches of the glorie of his heritage ●n the Saintes ● Ioh. 3. 24. For hée that kéepeth his ●ommaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and by this doo we know ●hat hée dwelleth in vs to wyt by the spyrite which he hath geuen vs. ● Ioh. 5. 20. But we knowe that the sonne of God is commen and hath geuen vs a minde to knowe him which is ●r●e and wee are in him that is true that is in his sonne Iesus Christ he is verie God and lyfe euerlasting Rom. 8. 15. For you haue not receaued the spyrite of bondage vnto feare but you haue receaued the spyrite of adoption by whiche wée crye Abba that is to say father 16. The which very spirit witnesseth together with our spirit that we are the sonnes of God. Gal. 4. 6. And because you are sonnes God hath sent forth the spirit of his sonne into your heartes crying Abba that is to say Father Rom. 8. 14. For as many as are ledde by the spirit of God these are the sonns of God. 1. Ioh. 3. 10. By this are the sonnes of God and the sonnes of the Deuyl manifes● whosoeuer doth not exercise righteousnes is not of God nor he whiche loueth not his brother 1. Ioh. 4. 13. By this do we know that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his spirit 14. And we haue seene and beare witnes that the Father hath sent his sōne to be the Sauiour of the world Phi. 2. 13. For it is God which worketh in you both to wyl and to doo or both the wyll and the deede euen of his frée good pleasure Rom. 6. 18. And being made frée from ●nnne ye are made the seruants of righ●eousnes The eleuenth Aphorisme THese are therefore the degrees or steppes by vvhiche it pleaseth the Lorde freelie to create in his electe or chosen that precious and peculyar gifte of faith vvhereby they maie laye hold on theyr saluation in Christe But because faith is onelie begunne in vs to the ende vvee maie bee able not onelie to perseuere or continue in it but also to profite vvhich thing is altogeather necessarie 1 for this cause fyrste of all vvee are imitiated or entred as it vvere into Relygion by the Sacramente of Baptisme moreouer besides the hearing of the vvorde that fayth is 2 againe ●ealed ●n vs by the sacrament of the Lord his Supper of the which Sacraments this verily is the chiefe end that they are certaine and effectual seales also charters of the faithfull communicating or partaking with Christ 3 vvho is made vnto them vvisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption 4 VVherfore it is verie often rehearsed in Paule that vve being iustified or made righteous by faith haue peace Proues out of the worde of God. Mar. 16. 16. He that beléeueth and is baptized shall be saued Act. 2. 38. Repente and be euery one of you baptized in the name of Iesus Christ vnto remission or forgeuenesse of sinnes and ye shall receyue the gifte of the holy ghost Rom. 6. 3. Know ye not that as many of vs as are baptized into Iesus Christ are baptized into his death 4. We are buried then togeather with hym through baptysme into his death that as Christe was raysed vp from the dead vnto the glorie of his Father so we also shoulde walke in a new lyfe Gal 3. 27. For all ye that are baptized into Christ haue put on Christ. Rom● 4 11. And he receyued the signe of circumcision which should seale the 〈◊〉 righteousnes of fayth which was in the uncyrcumcision Colol● 2. 12. Being buryed with him through baptisme by which also ye haue rysen againe with him through the faith of God working effectually who raysed 〈◊〉 vp from the dead Ephes. 5. 25. 26. Lyke as Christ loued ●● congregation and gaue him selfe for 〈◊〉 sanctifie it or make it holy clensing 〈◊〉 with the washing of water thro●gh the worde 1. Pet. 3 21. To the which the figure of baptisme now agréeing saueth vs also not in that the filth of the flesh is cast away but in that a good conscience maketh request vnto God by the resurrect●●n or rising againe of Iesus Christ. 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 〈◊〉 body of Christ 1 Cor. 1. 30. But ye are of him in Christ Iesus who is made vnto vs of God wisdom and righteousnes and sanctification and redemtion Rom. 3. 21. But now the righteousnesse of God is made manifest without the law being approbated both of the lawe and of the Prophetes 22. The righteousnesse I say of God by the fayth of Iesus Christ vnto al and vpon all whiche beléeue for there is no dyfference c. 24. And they are iustified or made righteouse fréely that is to saye by his grace through the redemption made in Christ Iesus 25. Whome God hath set forth to bée an appeasement through fayth in his bloud to declare his righteousnesse by the forgeuenesse of the sinnes that are passed Rom. 4. 2. For if Abraham were iustified or made righteouse by workes hee hath whereof he may glory but not with God. Rom. 5. 1. Therefore being iustified or made righteous by fayth we haue peace towardes God through our Lord Iesus

or his thinges which cannot be seene that is to saye his euerlasting power● and Godhead are séene by the creation of the● world whylest that they are vnderstood● by the things that are made to this end● that they should be vnexcusable Rom. 2 12. Whosoeuer haue sinned without the lawe shall perish also wyth out the lawe c. Rom● 1. 21. Because that when as they knew God yeat they did not glorysie God nor gaue him thankes c. 22. When they counted them selues wise they became fooles Ioh. 17. 3. And this is euerlasting life that they know thée alone to be the true God. Ioh. 3. 36. He that beléeueth in the sonne hath euerlasting lyfe but hée that beléeueth not the sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrath of God abideth vpon him Math. 11. 17. All thinges are geuen me of my Father c. Math. 16. 17. Blessed art thou Simon the sonne of Iona● because flesh and blood hath not opened this vnto thee but my Father which is in heauen Ioh. 1. 13. Which are borne not of blood nor of the luste of the fleshe nor of the lust of man but of God. The fowrth Aphorisme BVt of some the fall is 1 greater 2 to wyt of them whome he vouchsaueth in deede to haue the externall or outward preaching of the word 3 but they being called yet neither wyll nor can answere 4 for that they doo so please them selues in their own blindnesse that they saie they see vnto whome also it is not geuen to imbrace the spyrite of trueth and to beleeue Therefore albeit their stubburnnesse be necessarie yet is it wylling or of then owne accorde 6 vvhereof it commeth to passe that being bidden vnto the feast they refuse to come 7 insomuch that the worde of life is vnto them foolisnesse and a stumbling blocke yea finallie a deadly fauour vnto death Proues out of the worde of God. Luk. 12. 47. But that seruaunt which knoweth his masters will and hath not prepared him selfe nor done according to his wyll shall bée beaten with many strypes Math. 22. 14. Many are called but few are chosen Luk. 13. 34. Ierusalem Ierusalem which killest the Prophets and stonest them which are sent vnto thée how often would I haue gathered thy Children together c. Luke 19. 42. If thou haddest euen knowne at lest in this thy day c. ●erem 7. 28. And thou shalt saye vnto them this is the Nation whiche hath not obeyed the voice of the Lorde theyr God● c. Prouerbs 1. 24. Because that I haue called and ye haue refused I haue stretched forth my hand and ther● was none that gaue any heede Ioh. 9. 41. If you were blinded you should haue no sinne but now you saye we see and therefore your sinne remaineth Ioh. 14. 17. That spirit of truth which the world cannot receaue because it doth not see him nor knowe him but ye know him because he remaineth with you and wyll be in you Ioh. 12. 39 40. Therefore could they not beleeue because Esaias hath sayd againe he hath blinded their eyes and hath hardened their hearts c. Thes. 3. 2. And that we may be delinered from froward and euyll men for all men haue not fayth Math. 13. 11. For vnto you it is geuen to knowe the mysteryes or secréetes of the kingdom of heauen but vnto them it is not geuen Math. 22. 2. The kingdom of heauen is like vnto a certaine king which made a marriage for his sonne c. Luc. 14. 16. A certaine man made a great supper and called many c. 1. Cor. 1. 18. For the preaching of the crosse is in déede to them that perish folishnes but vnto vs that are saued it is the power of God. 23. We preach Christ crucified vnto the Iewes a stumbling blocke and vnto the Gréekes foolishnesse 2. Cor. 2. 15. For we are vnto God the swéete sauour of Christ in them that are saued and in them that perishe 16. To the one we are the sauour of death and to the other we are the sauor of lyfe vnto lyfe The fyfth Aphorisme THere are others besides these vvhose vnderstanding he styrreth vp to perceyne and beleeue the things which they heare 1 But this is wrought by that generall faith wherewith all the Deuylles also being indued doo notwithstanding tremble Proues out of the word of God. Iam. 2. 19. Thou beléeuest that there is one God thou doest well the Deuyls also beléeue and tremble The sixt and seuenth Aphorisme LAste of all they vvhiche are of all men moste vnhappie doo also clyme ●he hygher that they maye haue the ●greater fall 1 for by the benefite of a ●ertaine grace they are entred thus farre ●hat they are also somewhat mooued to ●ast of the heauenlie gift 2 in so much ●hat for a tyme hauing receyued the ●eede they doo seeme to bee planted ●n the Churche of God 3 and doo also ●hewe vnto others the vvaie to saluati●●n But this is certaine that that spi●ite of adoption 4 vvhich vvee saide to bee proper vnto them vvhich are neuer caste forth 5 and vvhich are vvrit●en in the secreete of the people of God ●vvas neuer communicated● or imparted vvith them 6 for if they vvere of the elect or chosen they shoulde doubtlesse remaine with the electe or chosen All these therefore 7 because n●cessarylie but yet voluntarylie or vvyllynglie as they vvho are vnder the kingdome of synne 8 doo turne agayne vnto their vomytte 9 and fall from fayth and are therefore pulled vppe by the roote to bee caste into ●he ●yre They are forsaken I saye of God 10 vvho being moued with h●● owne wyll the which no man can with● stande 11 and with their corruption● and wickednesse notwithstanding 12 ●doeth harden them maketh fatte they● heart stoppeth their eares fynallie blin● deth their eyes 13 and for the performaunce of this thing vseth partlie their● owne euyll lustes wherevnto hee geueth them vp to the gouerned 14 partlie by that same spirite of lying which keepeth them bound in chaines to wyt because of their corruption out of the which as cut of a certaine spring there yssueth out a contine wall streame of infidelytie or vnbeleefe ignoraunce and iniquitie 15 vvhereof it commeth to passe that they hauing made shipwrack as touching faith can neuer escape the daye appointed for theyr destruction 16 that God maye be glorified in their iust dampnation Proues out of the word of God Heb. 6 4. For it is impossible that they which haue beene one lyghtened and haue tasted of the heauenlie gyfte and haue beene made partakers of the holie ghost 5. And haue tasted to the good worde of God and of the powers of the worlde to come 6. If they fall a waiel shoulde be renewed againe by repentaunce as who haue crucified againe vnto them selues the sonne of God c. Act. 8 13. And Simon also him selfe beléeued and being baptized abode with Phillip c. Math. 13.

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

purpose and grace whiche was geuen vs in Christe béefore the tymes of the world 1. Pet. 1. 2. Chosen accordyng to th●●oreknowledge of God the Father vnt● sanctification of the spirite c. Mat. 10. 22. And ye shall be hated o● all men for my names sake but he tha● abydeth vnto the ende shall be saued Luk. 21. 19. But possesse your soules by your patience Rom. 2. 7. To them that continue glory and honour and immortallitie of well doing that is to them that séeke euerlasting lyfe Ioh. 6. 37. Whatsoeuer my Father geueth me commeth vnto mée and him that commeeh vnto mée doo I not cast forth 39. This is the wyll of my Father that whatsoeuer he hath geuen mée I should lose nothing of it Ioh. 10. 28. I geue vnto them euerlasting lyfe and they shal neuer perishe neyther shal any plucke them out of my hande c. Act. 13. 48. They beléeued as many as were ordayned vnto euerlasting lyfe Rom. 8. 30. Whome he hath iustif●ed those also hath be gloryfied 39. No thing created can seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu our Lord. 2. Tim. 2. 19. But the foundation of God remayneth sure hauing this seale the Lord knoweth who are his ● Ioh. 2. 19. They went out from vs but they were none of vs for if they had béene of vs they would doubtles haue taryed wyth vs. Rom. 5. 1. Being therefore made righteouse by fayth wée haue peace towards God through our Lord Iesus Christ. 5. And hope doth not make ashamed because the loue of God is shed abroad in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. Math. 5. 2. Be gladde and reioyce because your rewarde is great in heauen Rom. 8. 14. For as many as are led by the spirit of God● are the sonnes of God. The seconde Aphorisme NOwe this is the vvaie to applie this doctrine The vvorkes of God euen the verie laste of them are such that a man can not iudge of them but after twoo sortes to wyt either after they are paste or else by the disposition of the seconde causes vvhich by long vse hee hath knowne to portende or geue a token of some certaine ende as is woont to come to passe in thinges that fall out naturallie in vvhich notwithstanding● men are vvonderfulle dymme sighted Therefore in this point that is of all other most hard it is no maruaile though the iudgement of man bee driuen into suche a narrowe straite that hee cannot but in this order vnderstande vvhat is determined of him in the secre●te counsell of god And now because this whole iudgement consisteth or standeth in the obseruation and marking of those causes vvhich do exceede or passe all power of nature vvee must needes flee some vvhither else to vvyt● to the sentence of God set forth in his worde which wheras it is in infinite pointes more certaine then all man his coniectures or gesses it doeth no doubt bring vs also a more certaine iudgement 1 The Scripture therefore beareth vvitnesse that whomesoeuer God hath Predestinate or foreordained in his eternall purpose to adopte or choose vnto sonnes through Iesus Christ in him self the same also at the time appointed are so effectuallie called that they heare and imbrace the voice of the caller by which faith being made righteous and holie in Christ 2 they must also necessarilie bee glorified VVylt thou therefore who so euer thou art be assured of thy Predestination or foreordaining and so consequentlie of saluation which thou lookest for against all the assaultes of Sathan bee assured I saie not vvith doubtfull coniectures and suche as are gathered out of man his braine maye vvith suche as are no lesse certaine and sure than if thou haddest gone vppe into heauen it selfe and vnderstoode that secreet decree from the verie mouth of God Tak● dilligent heede that thou beginne not a● that highest degree for else it wyl come to passe that thou vvilt not bee able to abide the exceeding great brightnesse of god Beginne therefore at the lowest degrees 3 and vvhen thou hearest the voice of God soundinge in thine eares and minde vvhiche calleth thee vnto Christ the onelie mediatour consider by litle and litle and search diligentlie 4 vvhether thou be iustified and sanctified that is made righteous and holie by faith in Christ for these are the effectes by the vvhich faith the very cause of thē in deede is knowne And this thou shalt know 5 partlie by the spirite of adoption crying vvithin Abba Father 6 partlie also by the power and vvorking of the same spirite in thy selfe namelie if thou feele and also indeede shew that although sinne doo dwell in thee yet it doeth not raigne in thee For vvhy Is not the holie ghost hee vvhich maketh that vvee doo not purposelie let lose all the raines vnto vngodlie and vvicked lustes as they vse to doo vvhose eies the Prince of this vvorlde hath blinded for else vvho moueth vs vnto praier albeit being neuer so colde and lyther VVho stirreth vppe in vs those vnspeakeable sighes and gronings 7 vvho after that vvee haue sinned and that sometimes vvittinglie and vvillinglie engendereth in vs that hatred of the sinne that vvee haue committed yea and that not for feare of punishment but because that vvee haue offended our moste mercifull Father 8 VVho I saie beareth vs vvitnesse that our sighinges are hearde and mooueth vs herevnto that vve dare boldelie call God our God and also Father euen after that vvee haue offended him 9 Is it not I praie you that spirite vvhome vvee haue freelie receaued being freelie geuen for a sure pledge of our adoption Nowe if vve maie gather faith by these effectes it remaineth that vvee vvere called and drawne effectuallie and by this calling againe the which vve haue shewed to bee proper vnto the sonnes of God is that vvhich vve seeke for throughlie vnderstoode to wyt that we are therefore geuen vnto the Sonne because in the ●uerlasting counsell of God● vvhich he hath purposed in him selfe wee were predestinated or foreordained whome hee woulde adopt in his Sonne 10 VVhereof finallie ensueth when as wee are predestinate or foreordained by that most stedfast wyl of God which is grounded onelie vppon it selfe 11 and that no man can plucke vs out of the hande of his sonne and that continuaunce in faith is necessarie vnto saluation that the expectation or hope of our continuaunce and so consequentlie of saluation is also certaine so that it is vngodlinesse any more to doubt of it So farre of therefore is it that this doctrine shoulde make vs slouthfull and careles 12 that contrarilie this alone doeth open an entrie vnto vs to searche the verie depthes of God by his spirite and also to vnderstande them as the Apostle doeth plainelie witnesse that when as wee knowe them 13 and vvee knowe them onelie but in parte so long as vvee lyue heere 14 so that vvee must fight

daylie against distrust vvith heauenlie armour 15 vve maie learne not to behaue our selues negligentlie but to continue stoutlie to honour him to loue feare and call vppon him 16 so that vve maie daylie more and more as touching vs as Peter sayeth Make our callinge and election sure And moreouer howe shall hee abyde sure and stedfaste against so many noisome temptacions vvithin and vvithout and against so many as the vvorlde termeth them assaultes of Fortune vvhiche hath not firste assuredlie grounded in his minde that vvhiche is moste true to vvyt that God according to his good pleasure doeth all thinges vvhatsoeuer they bee and vvhat instrumentes so euer hee vse to the profite of those that are his amongst vvhose number he must bee reckoned vvhich is set in this daunger Proues out of the worde of God. Rom. 8. 29. For whome he hath fore● knowne those also hath he foreordeyned to bée made lyke vnto the Image of his sonne that he might be the fyrst borne among many brethren 30. And whome he hath forehordeined those also hath he called an whome he hath called those also hath hée iustified or made righteous and whome he hath iustified those also hath hée glorified Eph. 1. 4. As he hath chosen vs in him before the foundations of the worlde were layd that wee shoulde be holy and vn blameable before him through loue 5. Who hath foreordeined vs whome he would adopt or chose vnto his sonnes through Christ in him selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 9. The mistery or secréete of his wyl being opened vnto vs according vnto his frée good will which he had purposed in him selfe Ioh. 10. 27. My shepe heare my voice and I knowe they follow mée Rom. 5. 2. Through whome also by ●aith we had this entry into this grace ●y which we stand and glory vnder the hope of the glory of God. Rom. 8. 38. For I am persuaded that neyther death nor lyfe neyther Angels ●or principalities neither powers neither things present nor things to come 39. Neyther height nor depth neyther any other thing creat●d can separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu our Lord. ● Cor. 2. 10. But God hath reuealed or op●ned them vnto vs by his spirit For the spirit searcheth all thinges euen the depthes of God. 1. Iohn 3. 24. Hée tht kéepeth his cōmaundementes dwelleth in him and h● in him And by this doo we knowe that he dwelleth in vs towyt by his spirite which he hath geuen vs. Psal. 95. 7. 8. To day if ye wyll heare his voice harden not your hearts as in Meriba as in the day of Massa in the wildernes Ioh. 10. 27. My ●héepe heare my voice and I know them and they follow mée 2. Cor. 13. 5. Trye your selues whe●ther you bée in fayth or no proue your selues Whether you knowe your sel●es or no to wyt Iesus Christ to be in you Gal. 4. 6. Because you are the sonnes of God God hath sent forth the Spirit of his sonne into your heartes crying Abba Father 1. Ioh. 3. 24. He that kéepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in hym and he in him and by this do we know that he dwelleth in vs to wit by the spyryt which he hath geuen vs. 1. Cor. 2. 10. But vnto vs hath God reueled or opened them by his spirite For the spirit searcheth al things euen the very depthes of God c. Rom. 6. All most in the whole Chapter 1. Iohn 3. 9. Whosoeuer is borne of God doeth not commytte sinne because his seede abideth in him neyther can he sinne because that he is borne of God. Rom. 6. 11. Lykewise gather ye also that ye your selues are both dead vnto s●nne and do also liue vnto God through Christ Iesu our Lord. 12. Let not sinne therefore reigne in your mortall body that you should obey sinne in the lustes of the body Ephes. 4. 29. Let no filthie speache come foorth of your mouth but if any be profitable for the vse of edifying that it maye mynyster grace vnto the hearers 30. And doo yée not make sadde that holy spirite of God by which ye are sealed vnto the daye of redemption Rom. 8. 26. Lykewise the spyrite also helpeth our infirmyties or we a●●enesses for we knowe not what to praye as wée ought but the spyrite it selfe ma●eth request for vs with sighes that can not be expressed Rom. 7. 24. Wretche that I am who shal delyuer mée from this bodie of death Rom. 8. 15. For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage vnto ●eare but ye haue receyued the spyrite of adoption through whome wée crye Abba Father 16. Which verie spirite beareth witnesse togeather with our spirite that we are the sonnes of God. Rom. 8. 27. But he that searcheth the heartes knoweth what is the meaning of the spirite because that hée maketh request for the Saints according to the wyll of God. Eph. 1. 13. In whome ye also haue hoped hauing heard the word of truth c. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritaunce c. Eph. 4. 30. And make not sadde that holye spirite of God by whome you are sealed vnto the daye of redemption 2. Cor. 1. 22. Who also hath sealed vs and hath geuen the earnest of the spirite in our hearts Rom. 11. 29. For the gifte and calling of God are such that he can not repent him of them Hebr. 6. 17. Wherein God wylling abundauntly to shewe vnto the heyre● of promyse the v●chaungeablenesse of his counsel bound him self by an oath 2. Tim. 2. 19. But the foundation of God standeth sure hauing this seale The Lorde knoweth who are his And let euery one that nameth the name of of Christ depart from vnrightousnesse Rom. 8. 38. For I am persuaded that neither death nor lyfe neither Angels nor principalytyes nor powers neither things present nor thinges to come 39. Neyther height nor depth neyther any thing created can separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu our Lord. Ioh. 3. 33. He that receyueth his witnesse hath sealed that God is true Rom. 4. 20. But he was made strong by fayth geuing the glory vnto God. 21. And being fully persuaded that h● was also able to doo that which hée had promised Rom. 5. 5. Hope maketh not a shamed because the loue of God is shed abroade in our● heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vs. Heb. 4. 16. Let vs therefore boldly approche vnto the throne of grace that we maie obtaine mercie and finde grace to helpe in tyme of néede 1. Cor. 1. 9. God is faithfull by whome ye are called into the fellowshippe of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. 1. Thes. 5. 24. He is faithful which hath called you who also wyll bring it to passe Heb. 10. 22. Let vs approche with a true heart and certaine perswasion of faith with pure heartes from an euyll conscience 23. And hauing our body washed with pure water let vs holde fast the

of Christ crucifyed which fayth to defyne is this To beléeue Iesus Christ to bée the sonne of the lyuing God sent into this worlde by his death to satisfye for our sinnes and so to receaue the same And thus much touching election and fayth with the order and explycation of the causes necessary to bée considered in our saluation whereby maye appeare howe for tho pretenced Catholiques doo swarue from the ryght minde of the Scriptures For where the Scriptures in declaring the causes of saluation doo sende vs onely to fayth as the onely condition whereby these causes haue theyr workyng these Catholiques doo quyte leaue out fayth and in stéed● thereof place in other condicions of merytes wylworkes pardons masses and especiall auricular confession with penaunce and satisfaction for our sinnes c. FINIS ¶ A briefe Treatise wit● certayne Answers to the Obiections of the Aduersaries of this doctrine written by Anthonie Gylbie ●Hereas three yeeres ago dearely beloued I did write of this matter of Election Reprobation whiche is called Predestination in a certayn Commentarie vpon the Prophet Malachie by the occasion of this text I haue lou●d Iacob and I haue hated Esau. The whiche Treatise by the rage of persecution partly perished and part dyd come of late to my handes accompting this doctrine so necessarie that vppon all occasions it ought with reuerence to bee vttred to the glory of God whiche so wonderfully appeareth in this his riche mercie towarde vs whome he chooseth from the fylthe of sinne to serue him in righteousnesse and to the beating downe of our corrupt nature whiche without this eyther moūteth by pride vnto presumption or falleth by infidelyty to desperation Because that without some taste of this diuine prouidence in Predestination there can bee no fayth but eyther a doubtfull wauering leading to dispayre which wée haue lefte in the Papisterye wyles wée looked to our owne weakenesse and infirmitie not able to endure one houre in the way of righteousnesse or else a vayne presumption of feyned holynesse whyles wee beeholde our owne beleefe and good works or the perfection that we doo imagine in our owne selues as doo the Annabaptistes Therefore I thoughte it good according to my simple Talent to testifie this truthe agayne vnto the worlde at the Printing of this worthy Table of the great lerned man Master Beza which is set forth in French Latin and Italian and now into Englyshe translated by our brother VV. VVhittingham wherein is most euidēntly set forth before our eies the chyefe ground of this doctryne and the principall poyntes thereof are so deepely opened that there seemed to wante nothing that was possible in fewe lynes to be vttered yet for the shortnesse therein all thinges can not be conteyned but that some briefe lessons for the vnlearned who hath not theyr sences fully exercised wyth such déepe sentences may well be adioyned as euery man hereafter shall héerevnto be moued by the spirit of God working in their hartes that many bearing wytnesse to the truthe of this most profitable doctrine nowe reuealed the mercies of God in choosing his chyldren may more and more daye by daye be disclosed and by the witnesse of dyuers consentyng togyther in one God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ may be gloryfyed For heerein chyefly standeth his prayse honor and glory that these his wonderfull mercyes toward hys Electe maye be praysed Nowe there is no meane more apte nor doctrine more conuenient to establysh the fayth of the Sayncts than to certyfye by the Scryptures that God hath chosen them before the begynnyng of the world● to be holy to hym selfe and so wrytten theyr names in the booke of lyfe in the heanens that all theyr saluatyon resteth wholy vpon his handes and holy counsell that can by no meanes be altered or chaūged so that neyther death Diuell no●●ell dare nowe accuse them that are by adoption grafted in Christ who are called of the eternall purpose bicause it is God that iustifieth and who dare condempne them It is Christ that is giuen for them how shall not all things with him be geuen to them also For them that he knew before them he ordeyned before that they should be lyke fashioned to the image of his sonne and whome hee appoynted before those also hee called and whome hée called those also he iustified and whom he iustifyed those also be glorifyed that his eternall purpose and counsell of God béeing once reuealed to his Saincts by the effectuall vocation and calling whiche is the iustifycation of fayth wrought in their heartes by the holy spirite they can no longer doubt neyther of Election Predestination saluation or glorifycation Neither can any thing more beate downe mans nature and the pride of his vayne heart than to behold the maiestie of God making them by grace so farre vnlyke one to the other who were bothe one altogither by nature the chyldren of wraths of vengeance damnation as the wonderful example of Iacob Esau doeth declare of whom the Lord pronounceth that he loueth the one hateth the other before they were borne and the terrible sentence agaynst Pharao whome the Scripture affyrmeth that God raysed vp to shewe vppon him his power and hardened hys hart to make his name knowne and such like which euery where are set before our eyes to cause man to fall downe before God and to feare his iudgementes But our Aduersaries obiect agaynst vs that this doctrine is an offence to many and that some abuse it to carnall lybertie I doo answere that Christe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●●umbling stone to many and all the 〈◊〉 of the Gospell is lykewise slaundered by the euill conuersation of others yet may we not prohibite the sweete floures from the Bées bicause Spiders sucke thence their poyson no more than wée maye stoppe the sunne to shyne bycause it hurteth sore eyes But that it may bée the glad tydings of saluation to the assurance of the fayth of the one and a cleare testymony of cōdemnation of the other to the beating downe of the pryde of man thys glorious counsel of the mightie God ought vnto all in this cleare reuelation of the Gospell to bee offered opened and publyshed Wherefore by the good wyll of God we entende to speake of this greate matter none other wayes neyther in any other sorte then the open Scriptures shall approue our sayings Therfore we say with the holy Apostle Sayncte Paule Blessed bee God the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche hath blessed vs with all spirytuall blessinges in heauenlye thinges vnto Christ lyke as he hath elected and ch●sen vs in him before the foundations of the worlde were layde that wée shoulde be holy and blamelesse before him by loue who hath predestinate vs that hee myghte freely choose vs to bee hys chyldren by Iesus Christ. Ephes. ● And thoughe there come some wycked men whiche were long before apoynted to this iudgement whiche doo turne the grace of our

confession of faith not wauering for he is faithfull which hath promised 1. Cor. 2. 10. But God hath reuealed or opened them vnto vs by his spirite For the spirite searcheth all things euen the verie depthes of God. 11. For who hath knowne the thinges t●at are of man saue the spirite of man whiche is in him So also no man hath knowne the thinges that are of God saue the spirite of God. 12. Nowe we haue not receaued the spirite of the worlde c. Rom. 8. 16. Whiche selfe same spirite beareth wytnesse togeather with our spyrite that wée are the Sonnes of God. 1. Ioh. 3. 24. He that kéepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby doo we know that he dwelleth in vs to wyt by the spirite which he hath geuen vnto vs. 1. Cor. 13. 9. For we know but in part and prophesie but in part 1. Tim. 6. 12. Fight the notable fight of fayth laye holde on euerlasting lyfe for which cause also thou art called and hast professed a notable profe●●ion before many witnesses Gal. 5. 17. The fleshe lusteth against the spyrite and the spyrite against the fleshe and these are contrarie one to another that you doo not whatsoeuer yée wyll Rom. 6. ● What shall we say then Shall wée aby●● in sinne that grace maye be more plenteous Hebr. 10. 23. Let vs holde fast the con●ession of fayth not wauering for he is faithfull which hath promised 24. And let vs consider one another to prouooke one another vnto loue and vnto good workes Iam. 3. 18. The fruite of righteousnesse is sowen with peace to the peace-makers 2. Pet. 1. 10. Wherefore brethren studie rather to make your calling and election sure For if ye doo these thinges ye shall neuer fall Rom. 8. 28. And we knowe that vnto them that loue God● all thinges worke togeather for the best euen to them that are called of his purpose 31. What shall we saye then vnto these thinges if God be with vs who can be against vs Iob. 13. 15. Although he ●yll mée yet wyll I trust in him not withstanding I wyll reproue my wayes in his sight Rom. 5. 3. And not this onelie but we do also reioyce in troubles knowing that trouble worketh patience 1. Thes. 3. 3. That no man be mooued with these troubles For ye know that we are appointed thervnto 1. Pet. 4. 19. Therefore they which are afflicted or troubled by the wyll of God● let them commende their soules vnto him in well dooing as vnto a faithfull creatour Iam. 1. 2. Br●thren accoumpt it for excéeding great ioye as often as ye fall into sundrie temptations Rom. 8. 16. Which selfe same spyrite beareth witnesse together with our spirite that we are the sonnes of God. Rom. 8. 38. For I am persuaded that neyther death nor life neyther Angels nor principalyties nor power neyther thinges present nor thinges to come 39. Neyther heyghte nor depth nor any thing created can separat vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu our Lord. The thyrde Aphorism● NOwe as touchi●g the other parte in as much as the purpose of electing or chosing can not come into any ma●● his mind but therewith the contrarie o● it and that in lyke degree must needes runne in his thought that in the meane season I saie nothing of that vvhiche is manifest to vvyt that these two are verie oftentimes knitte togeather in the vvorde of God it appeareth I thinke that they doo great wrong vnto the spi●ite of God which would haue this part buried as curious or not necessary This therefore is also to be considred but yet suche moderation being vsed that the depth of God his iudgements maie put a byt into man his curiositie and in such finally that it be not applied priuatlie eyther to any man or vnto any certaine multitude For in this point it doth also differre from election that election as we haue shewed before is reuealed or opened vnto vs by the spirite of God not in others whose heart wee can not see but in our selues and reprobation or ofcasting is alwaie for the most part hidden from men vnlesse it bee opened by God out of order or more then ordinarilie For vvho knoweth vvhether God ●aue d●termined 1 at the verie last moment of his lyfe to haue mercie on him vvhiche hath spent all his vvhole lyfe ●n vvickednesse and sinne And yet there is no cause vvhy this hope shoulde strength then any man in his vvickednesse vvhen as I speake of those thinges vvhich vve ought to obserue and marke in others and suche examples of God his goodnesse are but rare or seldome and no vvyse man vvyll promise him selfe vpon vaine securitie or reachlesnes that vvhich is not in our hande 2 It is therefore suffycient that vve knowe generallie that there are certaine vesselles prepared to destruction 3 vvhiche for as muche as God hath not shewed vnto vs vvee ought dilligentlie according to our power to call euerie one to saluation both vvith example of lyfe and also with vvordes yea euen those of vvhome vvee are almost past hope vvhen as vve beholde their naughtie actes Proues out of the word of God. Luk. 23. 43. Iesus sayd vnto him be● ryly I say vnto thée this daye shalt tho● bewyth mée in paradice Rom. 9. 21. Hath not the potter power● ouer the clay to make of the same lump● one vessell vnto honor and an ●ther vnto dishonor 2. Tim. 2. 20. Furthermore in a great house not only vessels of golde and siluer but also of yearth and wood and some for honor and some for dishonor Math. 5. 16 Let your light so shine before men that they may sée your good workes and glorifie your Father which is in heauen 1. Cor. 9. 22. I became to the weake as one that was weake that I mighte winne the weake I became all vnto al that I myght by all meanes saue some 2. Tim. 2. 25. Wyth gentlenesse teaching them whiche are of a contrarye mynd c. 1. Pet. 2. 12. And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentyles that they which speake agaynst you as euyll 〈◊〉 may by your good workes which they shall sée gloryf●e God in the day of ●●utation The fowrth Aphorisme THis meane if vve keepe vve also shall receiue much fruite by this doctrine For 1 first by the knowledge thereof we shall learne vvillinglie to yeeld our neck vnder the Maiestie of God that the more vve shall feare and reuerence him the more vve maie labour to make sure in vs the vvytnesse of our election in Christ. 2 Secondlie vvhen as vve shall ●●ygentlie consider the difference of ●od his mercie made betweene men otherwyse subiecte vnto the lyke curse it can not bee chosen but that vvee must muche more vvyllinglie acknowledge and imbrace that singular goodnesse of God than if vve should make this grace of his common vnto all men or shoulde seeke the cause of