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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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Moreover, in what sort our appetite and cogitations are toward those holy works, it appeareth by the sixth chapter of Genesis; My spirit ⟨p. 255⟩(saith God) shall not strive in man for ever, 1because he is flesh. And a little after; God saw that the malice of man was great, and all the imagination of the thought of his hart was only unto evil every day. 2And in the eight chapter; The imagination of mans hart is evil even from his infancy. And those things doth God himself speak; and there is none to be believed better than him that made us, when he giveth a testimony of his own work. In the 18. chapter of Jeremiah, the people said; We will follow our own imaginations. Which place Jerome expounding, writeth thus; Where is therefore the power of freewill, and the judgement of mans own will, 3without the grace of God; seeing it is a great offence unto God for a man is follow his own thoughts, and to do the will of his wicked hart? That we be subject unto servitude, Christ teacheth us in John, saying; He that doth sin, is the servant of sin. Wherefore, seeing we commit many things, and have sins cleaving unto us from our mothers womb; we must of necessity grant that we be servants: 4But then we shall be free indeed, if the son shall set us at liberty; otherwise we serve in a most bitter bondage. Whereupon Paul said, that he was sold under sin, and so sold, as in his flesh, he confessed that there dwelt no good thing; and that he did the things which he would not, and which he hated; and that he felt another law in his members, resisting the law of the mind, and leading him away captive to the law of sin. And unto the Galatians he saith; that The flesh doth strive against the spirit, 5and the spirit against the flesh, so that we cannot do what we would.
Moreouer, in what sort our appetite and cogitations are toward those holie works, it appéereth by the sixt chapter of Genesis; My spirit