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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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13 But we, on the contrary part, will prove by many testimonies of the holy scriptures, that there is such a sin. Thus God sayeth in the sixth of Genesis; My spirit shall not always strive with man, because he is flesh. And again; All the imagination of their harts is only evil every day. And in the eight chapter; The imagination of their hart is evil, even from their very childhood. These things declare, that there sticketh some vice in our nature, when we be borne. 2Also David saith; Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and in sins my mother hath conceived me. Nothing can be plainer than this testimony. 3Also Jeremiah in the 17. chapter saith, that The heart of man is wicked, perverse, and stubborn. 4Yea the same Jeremiah and Job also do curse the day wherein they were borne into the world, because they perceived that the very original and fountain of vices sprang up together with them. 5But Job hath a most manifest testimony of the uncleanness of our nativity, for thus he saith; Who can make that clean, which is conceived of unclean seed? And our saviour saith; 6Except a man be borne again of water, & of the holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. And even as the potter doth not make any vessel anew, unless he perceive the same to be ill fashioned before: even so Christ would not us to be regenerated again, unless he saw that we were first unhappily begotten. Which he also testifieth in another place, saying; 7That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is borne of the spirit, is spirit. By which words he would signify unto us, that therefore regeneration by the spirit is necessary, because we had before but only a carnal generation.