A14350:977
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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36 Nevertheless, this exposition concerning the law civill, doth not concur with the prophets words: for the Jews did not complain of judicial punishment, or of that, which the prince laid upon them; but of those calamities, which God himself brought unto them; namely, of the spoil of their goods, of the destruction of the Jewish kingdom, and of the captivity of Babylon. Here they accused the judgements of the Lord, and made a muttering that his ways were not right; wherefore some did interpret that place [to be meant] of eternal punishments, of the loss of grace, and of the spirit: the which things they say do happen to every one for his own proper sins, and not for the sins of other. Yet in the mean time they affirm, that both children, for their parents; and people, for their princes sake, do suffer temporal punishments: for God (say they) will punish the fathers in their children; for children are a certain part of their parents. And they say, that it is no absurd thing, if the children, by their afflictions do profit their parents; seeing they also by this means are called home to repentance, and that no injury is done unto them, if they die, seeing they be mortal. For that God doth wisely dispose the times either of living, or of dying; and that he doth pluck the children from their life, least either they should be corrupted with naughtiness, or else if they be already in sins, and in the state of damnation, they should not be more and more burdened: and that they may at one time or other make an end of naughty living. And unto this opinion Augustine seemeth not a little to incline, in his questions upon the book of Joshua, question the eight and ninth. And they which would not have these remnants of original ⟨p. 234⟩[…] ⟨p. 235⟩[…] ⟨p. 236⟩sin remaining after regeneration, are compelled so to say; for they cannot show, that in infants their own sins be punished, seeing they affirm them to have no sins. But we which say that they are altogether sins, do teach, that indeed they be not imputed unto eternal death; but yet that they be charged sometimes with certain punishments, to the intent it may be perceived that they displease God. But neither doth that exposition of Augustine sufficiently concur with the meaning of Ezekiel;