A14350:747
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 The next question is, 1Whether this providence be immutable. Why should it not? For it is the rule of all things that be done. It is written in the third of Malachi; I am the Lord, & am not changed. In the first of James; With him there is no variableness, 2nor shadowing by turning. And in the 19. of Proverbs; There be many cogitations in the hart of man, 3but the counsel of the Lord continueth steadfast. In the 46. of Isaiah; It is I that speak, 4and my counsel abideth surely, and I do what so ever pleaseth me. For seeing providence is both the knowledge and will of God, and that those things belong to the very essence of God, it can not be changed, except God him self be changed therewithal. The second causes indeed, seeing they be diverse and sundry, they oftentimes hinder themselves; 5which thing we see come to pass in the influences of heaven, that some of them be an impediment to others; but the will of God can not be hindered by any violence. In old time God ordained the ceremonies of the Jews, 6afterward he would have them to be abrogated. How then? Is not the providence of God mutable? I answer; that In God is altogether one and the self-same will; but that he fore-saw from the beginning, what might agree with the diversity of times. Augustine to Marcellinus saith, that A husbandman doth sometime sow, sometime reap, and sometime compass the soil; yet we must not say that the art of husbandry is therefore mutable. Vindicianus saith, that A certain physician ministered a medicine to a sick man, and healed him; and that he many years after falling into the same disease, took the same medicine without the counsel of the physician: ⟨p. 174⟩but when he waxed worse, he came to the physician, showing him the matter, and began to complain of the medicine. No marvel (quoth Vindicianus) then; for I ministered not the same unto thee. Now when some men marvelled thereat, and were of opinion that he used some enchantment; There is no such matter (saith he) for now is he of another age, and hath other humours than he had when I gave him that his medicine. But shall not therefore the art of physic be like it self? Even so in any wise God, although he foresee all things, yet he hath not decreed, that all things should be done at one time.