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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.
•ut which is more, I am very much abashed, how they dare to attribute so much power over y• dead, to their bulls, keys & absolutions, sith that the Pope Gelasius and their decretals & Canons do witness and openly confess, that the church can bind• and unbind those y• be living, & not the dead: and that w•e do not read, that the same was ever commanded or done, not of Jesus Christ himself, which alone hath the power to do that. But hath said namely unto S. Peter: Al that that thou shalt bind or unbind upon the earth, shall be bound in heaven. He hath said namely, upon earth. For he hath never 1said, that he that shall be dead being bound shall be unbound. Behold the very words of the Canons, which do well way the words of Jesus Christ, and do confirm y• that I have said, of the authority of the keys, at the least in this place: in which is said very plainly, that by those ⟨p. 289⟩words of the gospel is declared, that none can be excommunicated, or absolved a•ter he is dead. For he saith: That which thou shalt bind or unbind upon earth. He saith not under the earth, declaring that we may bind and unbind those that be alive, for y• diversity of their merits but we cannot give sentence of the dead. Behold the question that Gratian propounded, & the resolution in his own words.
•ut which is more, I am very much abashed, how they dare to attribute so much power ouer y• dead, to their buls, keys & absolutiōs, sith that the Pope Gelasius and their decre•als & Canons doe witnesse and openly confesse, that the church can bind• and vnbinde those y• be liuing, & not the dead: and that w•e doe not read, that the same was euer cōmaunded or done, not of Iesus Christ himselfe, which alne hath the power to do that. But hath said namely vnto S. Peter: Al that that thou shalt binde or vnbinde vpon the earth, shalbe bound in heauē. He hath said namely, vpon earth. For he hath neuer