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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.
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] Romans
] Romans
] Romans
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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.
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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
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