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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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6 But heavenly inspiration was not communicated to all the prophets alike. 1For some saw more, and some less. In the 12. of the book of Numbers God saith, 2that he did insinuate himself to other prophets after divers fashions, but that he presented himself unto Moses mouth to mouth, and face to face. 3And at the end of Deuteronomy it is written, 4that after Moses, there was never the like prophet. Which yet must be understood of the time before the coming of Christ. For otherwise by the testimony of Christ himself, John Baptist was greater than Moses. For (saith he) Among the children of women there arose not a greater than John Baptist. For other prophets foretold that Christ in time would come, but he with his finger showed him to be present and conversant among men. We may also, although somewhat rudely, thus distinguish the degrees of prophesies, if that we call one, an oracle, another a dream, and an other a vision. An oracle is, 5when by the voice of God him self, it is told what we should do. So was Abraham warned by a voice from heaven, that he should not kill his son. As for the manner of dreaming, there is no need of examples, 6they are plentiful in every place of the holy scriptures. A vision may be in three sorts: either when true things be discerned by an infused light, and by the mere understanding: or else when besides that light, images also are described, and that either in the mind: 7as when Zechariah saw the horns and the candlesticks, and Jeremiah the pot: or else in the eyes ⟨p. 20⟩and outward sense, as was that hand, spoken of by Daniel, which appeared on the wall: and as that, 8