Excerpt from A Commentarie Upon the First Chapter of the Epistle of Saint Paul, Written to the Ephesians: Wherein, Besides the Text Fruitfully Explained; Some Principall Controversies About Predestination Are Handled, and Divers Arguments of Arminius Are Examined Otwithfianding the worlds complaint of the furfeit bf Bookes (hefty wits being 0 uer-forward to vent their vn ripe and miihapen conceitsg) yet in all ages there hath been 2 and will be necefiary vfes of holy Treatifes, applyable to the varietie of occa fionspf'the time gbccaute men oeaker conceits, cannon fo eafily of themfelues difcerne how one truth is inferred fi'om another, and proved by an Other, efpecially when trttth is controverted by men of more fitbtile and fironger wits. Whereup on, as Gods troth hath in all ages beenefloppofed in form branches ofit (o the divine providence that watcheth ouer the Church, raifed Vp form to fence the Truth, and make Vp the breech: Men gifted proportionably to the time, and as well furniflat to fight Gods battels, as Sathons chatti pions haue beene to Rand for him neither have any points of Scripture beene more exae'cly difcufl fed then thofe' that'hwe-beene molt i'narpely Oppngued, oppolitiou Whetting both mens wits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.