A14350:935
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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15 Now therefore we have laws, which so long as they be extant, shall perpetually bind us, and make us debtors to perform that righteousness which they require. 1True indeed it is that infants feel not those laws; and therefore sin lieth asleep in them; as Augustine saith in his second book De peccatorum meritis & remissione, following that which Paul saith; I sometimes lived without a law: not that there was at any time no law prescribed unto Paul, but because in his childhood he felt not the same, by reason of young age. Wherefore Paul saith; that Sin was dead, which Augustine interpreteth, was on sleep: but when the commandment was come, that is, when the law began to be known of me, sin did revive. No doubt, but it was in him before sin; but when he felt it not, it seemed dead. Now it appeareth, how those things with we have spoke, agree with the holy scriptures. 2But Pighius urgeth yet further, that these do pertain nothing unto infants, for that a law ought not to be made as touching those things which cannot be avoided. But when he speaketh thus, he followeth not the sense of the holy scriptures; for their sufficiently teach, that those things which be commanded in the law, cannot be perfectly fulfilled, when nevertheless they be straitly commanded. 3Paul saith in the epistle to the Romans, that Look what was unpossible to the law, forasmuch as it was made weak by the flesh, God sending his only son, &c. By these words it appeareth most plainly, that the law, as it is commanded, cannot be performed; for if it could, we should be justified by works. Neither had it been needful, that Christ should suffer death for us. 4There be also other offices of the law, for which it is written. For assuredly, the same is profitable to direct the actions of godly men, but most profitable of all to discover sin: 5for By the law (saith Paul) cometh the knowledge of sin. Again; I had not known lust, unless the law had said unto me, Thou shalt not lust. Besides, by the law, sin is also increased, and doth burden us the more, and doth the more grievously press us; for The law entered in, that sin might abound. And to the Corinthians; The power of sin is the law.