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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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This I make mention of, forsomuch as I see, that they which affirm the body of Christ to be in every place, have no reason so to say. For if that were true, then the souls of the godly should be in every place also. For Christ saith; Wheresoever I am, 1there also my minister shall be. And by this means there should be no differences between souls; 2for all should be in all places. But they say, 3that Jerome writeth thus against Vigilantins. For Vigilantius denied, that we should call upon dead men; for they are in the bosom of Abraham, and do not wander about their sepulchres and ashes. Then are they not (saith Jerome) in any stinking prison, but in a pleasant and large custody, like certain fathers of the order of senators. But (saith he) They follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth; now the Lamb is every-where. 4Further (saith he) shall we grant this unto devils, that they can wander up and down throughout the whole world; & shall we deny the same unto the blessed souls of godly men? Here Jerome (by his good leave may it be spoken) is somewhat out of the way, 5and yet he hath not spoken of that, whereof these men did mean. He erreth, in saying that the souls of dead men are conversant about their sepulchres, and that they are to be invocated; yet doth he not say, that they be every-where. He compareth them with spirits, which (he saith) do wander every where; that is, they be sometimes here, and sometimes there. But if they were every-where, they could not wander here and there, and change places: and therefore Jerome saith, that neither the lamb, nor the souls departed, nor devils be in every place; but that they in such sort wander at large, as they may be wheresoever they list. These things I have touched by the way. But Augustine answereth, ⟨p. 75⟩that that saying of Samuel may be understood of the general state of death, and not of the equality of happiness. In the latter end he addeth; that whereas there be but these two ways only, the former may not be admitted, unless it be proved to be possible, that souls departed, may by magical charms be called again, and bear the proportion of mens bodies. And therefore of necessity the other way remaineth; namely, that it was done by the counsel and will of God. But by the power of incantation that could not be done;