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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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Further, we cannot deny, but that sin is a certain humane action: but every deed, as it comes in act, dependeth of the first principle of all things. God is (as the Philosophers acknowledge him) 1Primus actus, the first agent. Unless he be the upholder, there can be no agent: wherefore sin dependeth on God, as upon the cause efficient. §10Sins for the most part be motions; and motions have an order, so as the inferior dependeth upon the superior: therefore the cause of sin, so far-forth as it is a motion, is directed unto his own mover. §11Augustine hath certain testimonies of this thing, and confirmeth it also by some places of the scripture. In his book De gratia & libero arbitrio, the twelve chapter, he saith; that There is no doubt, but that God worketh in mens minds, to make their wills incline, either to good according to his mercy, or unto evil according to their merits; by his judgement undoubtedly which sometime is open, sometime secret, but evermore just. In the beginning of that chapter he saith; Who can but tremble at these horrible judgements of God, whereby he worketh what he will in the harts of the wicked, yielding to every one according to his deserts? And he addeth; He verily worketh in the harts of men the motions of their will, and by them he doth those things that he will do, who nevertheless cannot will any thing unjustly. This he proveth by the scriptures. In the first of kings we have the history of Rehoboam, 2who harkned not to the counsel of the ancients, that he should deal mildly with the people. But it is said, that this turning away was of the Lord, to the intent he might establish the saying of Ahia the Silonite. Wherefore (as Augustine expoundeth it) that naughty will was of the Lord. He allegeth another place, out of the second book of Chronicles, the 21. chapter. 3God stirred up the Philistines and Arabians against Joram, which followed idolatry; God was minded to punish him. Undoubtedly the motions ⟨p. 179⟩of the minds in the Philistines and Arabians were wicked against Joram, insomuch as they invaded other mens countries, and were infected with cruelty; and yet God is said to have stirred them up. In the same history of kings,