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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. If thou canst do it, thou hast gotten y• victory. ⟨image 205⟩For unto the same do appertain the extreme or latter 1appellations. And therefore it seemeth to me, that you do greater wrong then we, without any comparison. For we do not put our selves out of reason, nor from the ordinary of justice, sith that we do appeal to none other then to our ordinary. Judge. For what wrong to we unto men, 2if from them we do appeal before God which is the sovereign Judge of all creatures, which hath already given his sentence of our differences, by his word, and by the mouth of Jesus Christ his son, and of all his Prophets and Apostles, unto the which we ought to stay our selves? 3But you not being contented with them, do appeal from God unto men: and from the counsel of the Prophets and Apostles, of whom Jesus Christ is president & chief through his holy spirit, to the councils of men, in which 4the Popes do rule and are President: who according to your doctrine, have such power and authority that they may dispense against the apostolical doctrine, & the right of nature, & consequently against the Gospel & the word of God. For the Pope hath all the divine and human rights in the cabin and chest of his breast, & that he ought to judge every one & ought not to be judged of any man: insomuch that when he shall lead innumerable of people & great companies into hell, no mortal man ought here to check and rebuke him of his faults. For he is god, who cannot be judged of men.
Theophilus. If thou cansl do it, theu hast gotten y• victory. ⟨image 205⟩For vnto the same doe apperteine the extreame or latter 1appellations. And therefore it seemeth to mée, that you do greater wrong then we, without any comparison. For we doe not put our selues out of reason, nor from the ordinary of iustice, sith that we doe appeale to none other then to our ordinary. Iudge. For what wrong to we vnto men,