The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wiseThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise

the justification of faith, and the analogy of the sa•ie, and bo••• overturn altogether the mystery of y• redemption made by Jesus Christ: The which thing, not only the ancient Doctors, but also ¹the Scholasticals and Questionaries have well perceived, namely the master of the sentences, which proveth by good ²reasons, and by the witness of the ancient Doctors of the Church, that some are justified & saved without baptism, amongest whom saint Augustine comprehendeth all those which are dead, and have suffered martyrdom for the con••••ion of Jesus Christ. In like manner the authority of Cyprian is set forth by the master of the sentences, by the which he witnesseth, that the saith, the repentance and conversion of the heart doth recompense and suffice for baptism unto those that have not the time, nor place for to receive it, & they do call it baptism of […]. And for confirmation of this, he joineth to the example of the thee•e which was crucified next to Jesus: the which saith he was not crucified for the name of Christ, but for his demerits and wicked deeds: And he did not suffer because •e believed, but in suffering he believed. It is then declared in that thee•e how much saith a•ayleth, without the Sacrament of visible baptism: The which ⟨image 240⟩the Apostle saith: The belief of the heart justifieth, and ³to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe. But then he doth accomplish it invisibly, when the necessity shutteth up and hideth the Sacrament of baptism, not the despising of the religion. He may have some kind of baptism, where he shall not have conversion of y• heart. And the conversion of the heart may be in some, without having received baptism: But it cannot be there where baptism is despised: and we must not in no wise call that conversion of the heart unto God, when the sacrament of