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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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31 There was brought a place out of the 21 chapter of the proverbs, where it is said; 1that The hart of the king is in the hand of God, and he inclineth the same which way soever he will. The proposition is general; Which way soever he will, he inclineth the same. Here is no exception; therefore as well unto good things, as unto evil things. In the twelve of Job, 2it is said; that God doth take a way the harts of them that be rulers of the earth, and that he maketh them stagger like drunken men. And how these things must be understood of inclination, ⟨p. 196⟩I have declared. Wherefore I understand this sentence of Solomon no otherwise, than those words of saint Augustine, in his book De gratia & libero arbitrio; to wit, that he inclineth our wills unto good or evil, according to his good pleasure. 3Another argument was out of the 105. psalm, 4where it is said; God turned their hart, so as they hated them. What manner of turning that is, which he made in their harts, Augustine doth teach very well in the same place; it was no good hart that GOD made evil. But such is the goodness of God, that he useth both angels and men; and when they be evil, he piketh good things out of them. He increased the Israelites with children and with wealth; these things were good: wherefore God, by doing good unto the Hebrews, turned the hart of the Egyptians unto hatred; for hatred ariseth through other mens felicity. Wherefore God turned their hart, which naturally was evil, unto a hatred against the Hebrews; not by making of their hart evil. Ye see therefore that I feigned not, when I said that God suggesteth either inwardly or outwardly, such things as in their own nature be good; but through our fault do come occasions of sinning, but yet occasions taken, not given. And the occasions which be offered, be not the furthest removed causes, as is the fir tree hewen upon mount Pelion; but they be immediate occasions, which stir up our desires: even as the Hebrews happiness was the immediate occasion, why the Egyptians envied them.