THE ADVERSARIE.
God created man a verey good thing,* 1.1 and dare you say that God ordeined a verey good thing to destruction? Then God deli∣teth in the destruction of that which is verie good. Man at his creation was a iust and innocent creature▪ for afore the transgre••sion [ 1] there was no euill neither in Adam nor in vs, and think you that God ordeined his iust and innocent creatures to condemna∣tion? [ 2] what greater tyrannie and vnrighteousnes can the most wicked man in the world, yea the deuil him self do, then to con∣demne the innocent and iust person? Hereby may we se that the∣se careles man by more abominable then the Athei, which beleue there is no God. But these affirme God to be as bad as the deuil [ 3] yea and worse: for asmuch as the deuil can onely tempt a man to death, but he can compell none to fall vnto cōdemnation, but God may not onely tempt, but also compell ••y his eternall decre the most part of the world to damnation. And hath so done (as they say)▪ so that of necessitie and onely because it was his pleasure and will: then must God be worse then the deuil. For the deuil onely tempted men to fall, but God compelleth them to fall by his im∣mutable decre. Oh horrible blasphemie.