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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.
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⟩for all the Prophets, Apostles, Saints, and Saints of Paradise: Yea for the Angels, and for Jesus Christ himself.
Theophilus. I haue alreadie satisfied thée in that, if thou vnderstandest what difference there is betwéene the lyuing and the deade. And although we had none other thing but that, the scripture maketh no expresse commasidement, that ought to suffice thée, For if it were a question 1to worke subtilly and sophistically in the worde of god, I shoulde well haue asmuch reason to put forth, that wée must make prayers in perticuler, for the virgin Marye: ⟨image 262⟩for all the Prophets, Apostles, Saints, and Saintes of Paradise: Yea for the Angells, and for Iesus Christ himselfe.
- 1To pray for the Saints which are in Paradise.To pray for the Sainctes vvhich are in Paradise.
Hilla•ius. It should be requisite then by that account, to make out of hand a new Litany. In stead where the Priests do sing, saint Michael, pray for us: