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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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12 But humours in mans body can do much. I grant. But yet Christ saith; The works which I do, 1no man can do: and he must sooner be believed than all the sort of Peripatetics. Others say, that these things are only terrifiengs, devised by prudent men to contain the people in their duty. But we do know, that nothing in the scriptures is feigned or devised; for They be the pillars and sure foundation of the truth. 2And whereas they say, that the souls of men do pass and be changed into spirits; that was sufficiently confuted before, when the same was objected. 3Trismegistus saith, that Men do make unto themselves gods; namely, images made and applied unto certain aspects of the heaven, that they can speak, and give out oracles. But a foolish thing it is to think, that men can make themselves gods; and yet if they can, why do they submit & humble themselves unto them? why do they worship them, whom they themselves made? For it is a ridiculous thing, to imagine that the cause of any thing is inferior to the effect thereof. This doth Isaiah very well deride and taunt; 4A man (saith he) taketh a piece of wood, & with the one part he warmeth himself, and baketh him bread; and with the other part, he frameth himself a god. But they can speak and give out oracles. Nay rather David saith much more truly; They have eyes, and see not; they have ears, 5and hear not; they have mouths, and yet speak not. And if they be able to make gods, why do they not rather make themselves [to be] gods? For doubtless, they should be much better advised, if they would make gods of their own selves, than to make them of stones and stocks. Further, if they be gods, why do they not defend themselves? For those idols were a good while a go thrown down, and abolished. And although other idols are brought in by the naughty practise of the papists; yet shall those also by the help of God be one day taken quite away: but if they were gods indeed, they would surely defend themselves. 6