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.

Proues out of the worde of God.

Rom. 9. 21. Hath not the pot••er power ouer the clay to make of the same lump one vessel to honour, and an other to dis∣honour?

22. What and if God minding to shew his wrath, and to make his power knowen, did suffer with much patience the vesselles of wrath, prepared to de∣struction•• &c.

1. Pet. 2. 8. And a stone of stumblyng, and a rocke of offence to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient, vnto the which thing they were then o••∣dained.

Exod. 9. 16. And in deed for this cause haue I appointed thee, to wytt to shewe thée my power, and to declare my name through out the whole worlde.

Prou. 16. 4. God hath made al thinges for him selfe, yea euen the wicked man, for the day of euyll.

Esa. 54. 16. Behold I haue created the ••mith, that bloweth coles in the fire, and ••ringeth forth a tole for his worke: I, I say, haue created the destroyer to destoy.

Rom. 9. 11. For the chyldren bee∣ing not yeat borne when as they had done nothing neyther good, nor euyll, that the purpose of God. which is accor∣ding vnto his election, that is to say, not of workes but of him that calleth, might remaine sure, &c.

13. As it is written Iacob haue I lo∣ued, and Esau haue I hated.

17. For the scripture sayth vnto Pha∣rao, for this same purpose haue I styr∣red the vp, that I might shew my power in thée, and that my name might be de∣clared thorough out all the earth.

18. Therefore hee hath mercie on whome he wyll, and whome he wyll he hardeneth.