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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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Contents › Part 3: The method and order of the Common places of the Third part.
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The method and order of the Common places of the Third part.
After these things do follow the causes, and the general means, whereby we are both put and retained in the possession of Christ and salvation: and there be also showed the effects of Christ remaining in us. All which things, the places following do plainly teach; to wit, the places of predestination and calling, of faith and hope, of adoption, justification, Christian liberty, of repentance, of Christian life, of patience in afflictions, of the prayers of good men; and finally, of eternal life.
AFter these things doo followe the causes, and the generall meanes, whereby we are both put and reteined in the possession of Christ and saluation: and there be also shewed the effects of Christ remaining in vs. All which things, the places following doo plainelie teach; to wit, the places of predestination and calling, of faith and hope, of adoption, iustification, Christian libertie, of repentance, of Christian life, of patience in afflictions, of the praiers of good men; and finallie, of eternall life.
THE CHAPTERS AND COMMON PLACES OF THE THIRD PART. chapter I OF the eternal predestination of God, wherein also are refelled the arguments, which the adversaries make against the same, pag. 1. Whether GOD would destroy any man, pag. 42. chapter II Of the calling of God, pag. 44. Of grace, pag. 47. ⟨image 14⟩How grace and works are unto eternal life, pag. 52. chapter III Of faith and the certainty thereof; and how faith may agree with fear, pag. 63. Of security, pag. 67. Whether true faith may be separated from charity, pag. 69. How faith excelleth charity, and the contrary, pag. 75. What union the godly have with Christ, pag. 77. Of the adoption of the sons of God, pag. 79. The description of Christian hope, 82. chapter IIII That justification is of faith only, not of works, pag. 89. chapter V Of peace, bondage, Christian liberty, of offence, of conscience, and of the choice of meats, pag. 161. chapter VI Of vows in general. pag. 175. Of the vow of Nazareth, pag. 177. Of the vow of Jeptha, pag. 182. Of the Rechabites, pag. 188. Of peregrinations, pag. 191. chapter VII Of marriage, and sole life, especially of ministers, pag. 192. That chastity is no common gift of God. pag. 198. chapter VIII Of repentance, of contrition, confession, and satisfaction, pag. 203. chapter IX Of the works of supererogation, & imagined perfection of the Papists, pag. 227. Of purgatory and papistical indulgences, pag. 232. chapter X Of tears, fasting; & there also of Lent, pag. 245. Of watches, pag. 256. chapter XI Of a Christian life, and there of sundry vocations, pag. 257. Of friendship, pag. 258. How we are to take counsel of God, 260. The example of Naaman declared, 263. That the possession of riches is lawful for godly men, pag. 267. chapter XII Of liberality and magnificence, 269. Of fortitude, mortification, enduring the cross and affliction, pag. 270. Of flight. pag. 287. Whether David did well in flying to the Philistines for fear of Saul, pag. 291. Whether the holy men were inferior to the Ethnics in abiding adversities, 296. chapter XIII Of holy prayers, pag. 300. Whether prayers be the causes of the benefits of God, pag. 310. How God saith he will give that, which he will not give, and contrariwise, Ibid. Of the abuse of foreign language, 309. Of music and metre, pag. 311.