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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 Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take great pleasure in the reading thereof. Translated out of French into English, by John Brooke of AsheThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take greate pleasure in the reading thereoff. Translated out of French into English, by Iohn Brooke of Ashe
London: printed by Thomas East, 1579
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Eusebius. Thou hast said before that the souls of the blessed and the very Angels were not yet in their full glory. Also we cannot deny, but that the bodies of the faithful that are dead are yet kept in death, sith that they are in corruption, from the which they shall not be 1delivered until their resurrection, that death shall be altogether abolished. What evil is it then to pray for the dead, that their body may be delivered from corruption, and that they may have their perfect consummation in body and soul.
Eusebius. Thou hast saide before that the soules of the blessed and the verye Angels were not yet in their full glorie. Also wee cannot denye, but that the bodies of the faithfull that are deade are yet kept in death, sith that they are in corruption, from the which they shal not be 1deliuered vntill their resurrection, that death shalbe altogether abolished. What euill is it then to pray for the deade, that their bodie may be deliuered from corruption, and that they may haue their perfect consummation in bodie and soule.
Theophilus. I have already satisfied thee in that, if thou understandest what difference there is between the living and the dead. And although we had none other thing but that, the scripture maketh no express commandment, that ought to suffice thee, For if it were a question 1to work subtly and sophistically in the word of god, I should well have as much reason to put forth, that we must make prayers in particular, for the virgin Mary: ⟨image 262⟩