VOLUME 3

AN ANSWERE VNTO SIR THOMAS MORES DIALOGE

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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural

wittes and shewed him light to se the goodnesse and rightwysnesse of the law of god and the waye that is in Christ to fulfill it. Wherby he loueth it naturally & trusteth to doo it. Why doeth god open one mans eyes and not a nothers? Paul Roma. ix. forbiddeth to aske that why. For it is to depe for mans capacite. God we se is honoured therby and his mercy sette out & the moare sene in the vesels of mercy. But the popish can sofre god to haue no secret hid to him selfe. They haue serched to come to the botome of his botomlesse wisdome / and because they can not attayne to that secrete and be to proude to let it alone / and to graunt them selues ignoraunt with the appostle that knew no nother then Gods glorye in the electe / they goo and sett vpp frewyll with the hethen philosophers & saye that a mans frewyll is the cause why god choseth one & not a nother / contrary vn to all the scripture.

that] om. [1573]

Paul . . . why. Cf. Rom. 9.20.

] Romans

192/6–8 We may not be curious to search gods secretes.[1573]

vesels of mercy. Rom. 9.23.

] Romans

Gods glorye in the electe. Cf. Rom. 9.23–24.

] Romans

192/12–13 A Papisticall opinion.[1573]

Paul saith it cometh not of the will ner of the dede / but of the mercy of god. And they saye that euery man hath at the least waye power in his frewyll / to deserue that power shuld be geuen him of god to kepe the lawe. But the scripture testifieth that Christ hath deserued for the electe euen then when they hated god / that there eyes shuld be opened to se the goodnesse of the lawe of God and the waye to fulfill it / and forgeuenesse of al that is passed where by they be drawen to loue it and to hate synne.

cometh . . . god. Cf. Rom. 9.16.

] Romans

Christ . . . god. Cf. Rom. 5.8.

] Romans

I axe the popish one question whether the wyll can preuent a mans wytte and make the witt se the rightwesnesse of the law and the waye to fulfil it in christ? If I must first se the reason why yer I can loue how shall I wyth my wyll doo that good thynge that I know not of? how

192/24–26 Witte, reason, & iudgement goeth before will.[1573]