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The Common Places
The common places of the most famous and renowned divine Doctor Peter Martyr divided into four principal parts: with a large addition of many theological and necessary discourses, some never extant before. Translated and partly gathered by Anthony Marten, one of the sewers of her Majesties most honourable chamber.The common places of the most famous and renowmed diuine Doctor Peter Martyr diuided into foure principall parts: with a large addition of manie theologicall and necessarie discourses, some neuer extant before. Translated and partlie gathered by Anthonie Marten, one of the sewers of hir Maiesties most honourable chamber.
Imprinted at London : In Pater noster Rowe, by Henry Denham and Henry Middleton at the costs and charges of Henry Denham, Thomas Chard, William Broome, and Andrew Maunsell, 1583Imprinted at London : In Pater noster Rovve, by Henry Denham and Henry Middleton at the costs and charges of Henrie Denham, Thomas Chard, VVilliam Broome, and Andrew Maunsell, 1583
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48 Now, seeing it hath bin declared of me, what the apostle meaneth by Sin; and by what One man the same is entered into the world: there remaineth to consider, by what means the same hath bin spread abroad. The matter indeed is obscure and very hard, and therefore I purpose the less to stand upon it. For seeing the word of God doth plainly teach us, that there is original sin, and that it is conue•hed over unto the posterity; 1although we understand not the manner and way how it is poured [into them,] yet we must yield unto truth, and not to be too careful, or to trouble our selves in reasoning more than is necessary, as touching the way and manner, which is hard to be known, and may without damage be left unknown. Howbeit, I will not think much to rehearse those means, which I have observed amongst the Ecclesiastical writers; whose opinions, touching this matter, are four in number. The first is of them, which supposed that we receive of the parents the soul, together with the body; that even as GOD, by humane seed, doth frame the body; so of the same, he createth the soul. This opinion Augustine mentioneth, in his tenth book upon Genesis ad literam, and in many other places; and did never (so far as I can remember) disallow the same: yea rather he saith, that by this doctrine may be dissolved this knot of original sin. 2Tertullian, and many of the ancient writers, favoured this opinion; whose arguments when I examine diligently, I judge them probable, but yet not necessary: for that which they allege out of the 46. chapter of the book of Genesis, touching the 66. souls, which came forth of Jacobs thigh; 3it may be expounded not unfitly by the figure Synecdoche: so that by the soul, which is the chief part of man, is understood the body, which without controversy is begotten of the seed of parents. Also by the soul we may understand the grosser parts of the soul; such be the vegetative part, & the sensitive part, which doubtless are procreated of the seed. And that the holy scriptures sometime use this word Soul in that sense, Christ testifieth in the Gospel, where he saith; 4He that looseth his soul for my sake, shall find it.