A14350:746
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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1It is not you (saith Joseph to his brethren) that sold me into Egypt; but God sent me hither before you. So God said that he sent Saul unto Samuel, 2although it seemed as if he had turned out of the way to him by chance. So Christ said unto his Apostles; 3There shall one meet you bearing a pitcher of water. These things were certain unto the providence of God, although otherwise in the sight of men, they might seem but things coming by chance. But thou wilt say; Be there then no second causes? Doth God nothing by his angels? We take not away the second causes; but we make them instruments of the providence of God: for Angels be administering spirits. 4And David saith; Who do execute his will. But although God send his angels, yet he him self is present and principal over all things; If I shall ascend (saith David) into heaven, 5thou art there; if I go down into hell, thou art there also. For he doth not so give his angels charge, as though he him self were absent. Which thing the poets feign of Apollo, that he placed P•aëton in his chariot, and by that means all the heavens in his absence were set on fire. But sins, (will some man say) depend not on providence. 6How sins be ruled by God, shall be showed afterward. In the mean time this I say; The cause of sin undoubtedly cometh from us: but at what time, and against whom it should break forth, that is in the power of God. It was wholly determined by Nebuchadnezzar, 7that he would oppress some people; but that he should oppress the Jews more than others, that was provided by God.
1It is not you (saith Ioseph to his brethren) that sould me into Aegypt; but God sent me hither before you. So God said that he sent Saule vnto Samuel,