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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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17 The like examples also are not wanting in the new testament, when the Lord revealed to his apostles a certain show of his glory & majesty upon mount Tabor: 1he shone with exceeding great brightness & light, & was wholly changed before them: with whom Moses & Elijah were strait way present, & the voice of the father was heard from heaven. These things, because they did many ways exceed the power of mans sight, the apostles eyes might not endure them: wherefore they fell prostrate upon the earth, as if they had been dead. Also Peter, 2when at Christs beck he had fished, and caught an incredible number of fishes (for before that commandment he had laboured long in vain) wondering at the strangeness of the thing, and perceiving that God was in Christ, he was so afraid, that he said to him; I pray thee Lord depart from me: for I am a sinful man, and cannot abide the presence of the Godhead without peril. And Paul, when he would make relation, 3how he was taken up even to the third heaven, where he learned such heavenly things, as he could not by speech express unto man, wrote: Whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not. Assuredly he durst not affirm, that those things happened unto him while he used the body, and senses of this life. Wherefore it is evident enough, that Gideon was not astonied without a cause.
17 The like examples also are not wanting in the new testament, when the Lord reuealed to his apostles a certeine shew of his glorie & maiestie vpon mount Tabor: 1he shone with excéeding great brightnes & light, & was wholie changed before them: with whom Moses & Elias were strait waie present, & the voice of the father was heard from heauen. These things, bicause they did manie waies excéed the power of mans sight, the apostles eies might not endure them: wherefore they fell prostrate vpon the earth, as if they had béene dead. Also Peter, 2when at Christes becke he had fished, and caught an incredible number of fishes (for before that commandement hée had labored long in vaine) woondering at the strangnes of the thing, and perceiuing that God was in Christ, he was so afraid, that he said to him; I pray thee Lord depart from me: for I am a sinful man, and cannot abide the presence of the Godhead without perill. And Paule, when he would make relation,