An apologie for Iohn Wickliffe shewing his conformitie with the now Church of England; with answere to such slaunderous obiections, as haue beene lately vrged against him by Father Parsons, the apologists, and others. Collected chiefly out of diuerse works of his in written hand, by Gods especiall providence remaining in the publike library at Oxford, of the honorable foundation of Sr. Thomas Bodley Knight: by Thomas James keeper of the same.
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An apologie for Iohn Wickliffe shewing his conformitie with the now Church of England; with answere to such slaunderous obiections, as haue beene lately vrged against him by Father Parsons, the apologists, and others. Collected chiefly out of diuerse works of his in written hand, by Gods especiall providence remaining in the publike library at Oxford, of the honorable foundation of Sr. Thomas Bodley Knight: by Thomas James keeper of the same.
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James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.
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At Oxford :: Printed by Joseph Barnes, printer to the Vniversitie,
1608.
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"An apologie for Iohn Wickliffe shewing his conformitie with the now Church of England; with answere to such slaunderous obiections, as haue beene lately vrged against him by Father Parsons, the apologists, and others. Collected chiefly out of diuerse works of his in written hand, by Gods especiall providence remaining in the publike library at Oxford, of the honorable foundation of Sr. Thomas Bodley Knight: by Thomas James keeper of the same." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04328.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2025.
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The Answere.
I hope our Apologists neede not to bee sent backe a∣gaine to schoole, or to their Schoolemen, to learne this distinction, that al things that shall be, bee in re∣spect of God and his decree necessarie, though in re∣spect of vs they be not so, from whom the knowledge of Gods will, in this behalfe, is purposely hidden, be∣cause we should not disesteeme or neglect praier, and other ordinarie meanes for our Saluation. He telleth vs, that Gods promises and threatnings are x 1.1 conditio∣nall, & that as God hath appointed the end, so he hath appointed the meanes of our Saluation but notwith∣standing this necessitie, these are his very words,y 1.2quā∣vis omnia futura de necessitate eveniāt; Deus tamē vult quod bona servis suis eveniant, per medium guo oratur.
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x 1.1
Deus nemini promittit poe∣nam vel pre∣mium, nisi sub conditione tacita, vel ex∣pressa De Ver Scrip. p. 383.