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.

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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.
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Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.
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[Imprinted at London :: [By J. Charlewood] for Thomas Woodcocke, dwelling in Paules Church yarde, at the sygne of the blacke beare,
[1576]]
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10213.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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The first Aphorisme.

IT may easily be vnderstāded by those thinges vvhich vve haue sayde before

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howe the Lorde doeth bring to passe, (1) that they maye goe vnto their owne place, (2) whome he hath created there∣fore, that he might be glorifyed in their iust condemnation. (3) For lyke as Christ the seconde Adam from heauen, is the foundation and whole substaunce of the saluation of the electe or chosen, so also the fyrst Adam from the earth, because he fell, is therefore the fyrst causer of ha∣tred and destruction, the vvhich shall come vpon the reprobates or ofcastes.

Proues out of the worde of God.

[ 1] Act. 1 25. That hée maye take the rowme of this mynisterie and Apostle∣wyppe, from which Iudas hath gone a∣straye, to goe to his owne place.

[ 2] Rom. 9 22. But what if he mynding to declare his wrath, & to make knowne his power, hath suffered with muche gentlenesse the vesselles of wrath ordai∣ned to destruction?

Math. 25. 41. Then shall he also say to them that shall be on his left hande: ye cursed, depart from mee into euerlasting

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yre, which is prepared for the D•••• and his Aungelles?

Rom. 5. 18. Lykewise then as by one offence the faulte came on all men to condempnation, so by one iustifying, the benefite abounded on all men, vnto the iustification of lyfe.

. Cor 15. 21. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrecti∣on or rysing againe from the dead.

22. For as in Adam all dye, euen so in Christ shall all be made a lyue.

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