A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither

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Title: A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither
Author: Wither, George, 1540-1605.
Publication: Printed at London :: By Edm. Bollifant for Thomas Woodcocke,; [1588]
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Subject terms: Bible -- N.T -- English -- Versions -- Douai -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.; Bible. -- N.T -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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You know that your collection will not hold, and therfore you turne Saint Augustine to vs. Wherein still is to be noted that you of purpose flie from these works, which Augustine wrote a∣gainst Pelagius, wherein of purpose he handleth the matter of fréewill, and scrape and scratch for it here and there, where he speaketh little of it, and that but by the way. The spéech that Au∣gustine vseth in this place is this: that God sanctifieth, but hée sanctifieth not them which are not willing to be sanctified. And therfore bicause man adioineth his will to God, he is said to sanc∣tifie himselfe. This spéech of Augustine though it may be racked against his minde, to serue your assertion of fréewill, yet being interpreted according to his vndoubted meaning (as in manie places he vttereth against Pelagius) of those onely whose wils God altered, and to whom God also giueth power in some mea∣sure to performe their good desires, is verie tollerable, and may well stand.