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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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19 And the cause why they are inexcusable, is declared in these words: Which withhold the truth in unrighteousness. They attained unto so much truth, as thereby they understood how to behave themselves towards God, and towards their neighbours, and yet withheld they the truth in unrighteousness. The very which thing did the Hebrews, as touching the truth, which God revealed unto them by the law. Seeing therefore, that both these Hebrews, and those Gentiles have been so grievously punished; what ought men, that be christians in profession to hope for, which withhold to themselves so great a light of the Gospel without fruit? Doubtless they shall become most wretched of all. And the thing it self teacheth, that they which boast of Christ, and live dishonestly, do at the length exceed all men, be they never so wicked, in naughtiness and dishonesty. The truth is after a sort withheld captive in them, 2which understand the same, and yet express it not in work and life. And it is bound and tied with the chains of naughty lusts, the which, 3when they breath out from the inferior parts of our mind, they darken the understanding, and close up the known truth in a dark dungeon. God doth lighten it in our minds, but through naughty lusts it is wonderfully darkened. We must not think (as Chrysostom warneth us) that the truth of his own nature can suffer any thing. For the truth of his own nature is unchangeable. But what discommodity soever happeneth, 4the same hurteth our mind and soul. Paul in two words toucheth those things, which Aristotle in his Ethics (when he disputeth of the incontinent person) uttereth at large. 5For he demandeth by what means the incontinent person declineth unto vices, since that in his mind he hath a right opinion? And he answereth, that this happeneth, by reason he is too much affected to the particular good, which is objected presently to the sense: by the weight whereof, the better part also is oppressed, so as he giveth place unto the lusts, neither doth he his part in effectual considering of the truth, which before he knew. 6