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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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Thomas, when he had seen the gashes where the nails entered, & the open wound of Christ his side, he spake forth aloud; My Lord & my God. 1Also Christ prayed to his father saying; Glorify me, ò Father, with the glory, 2which I had with thee, before the world was made: which saying might not stand, unless that Christ had the divine nature; for his humane nature was not before the world was made. Also the Lord said; 3All things that my father hath, are mine: and that the father hath the divine nature, it is by none called in question; and so of necessity the son is not without the same. Besides, Christ testifieth & saith; All things that my father doth, 4I also do: but the action of them both, being all one, the natures of them must needs be one and the same. He said to the Jews; 5Before that Abraham was, I am: which cannot otherwise be referred but to his divine nature: and no less do these sayings prove; I am the resurrection and the life. 6Again; As the father hath life in himself, so he hath granted to the son to have life in himself. 7Hereby it is proved, that the son is equal to the father. And the same John wrote in his first epistle, the fifth chapter; 8And we are in him that ⟨p. 102⟩is true: that is, in his son Christ, which is very God, and eternal life. Our saviour said to Nicodemus; 9No man ascendeth into heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, which is in heaven. And Christ was not in heaven, while he talked with the Jews, unless it were as touching his divine nature: neither did he descend out of heaven, but in respect that he was God. Of which coming down, he again testifieth,