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Most fruitful [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martyr Vermil Florentine, professor of divinity,…Most fruitfull [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martir Vermil Florentine, professor of deuinitie,…
Most fruitful [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martyr Vermil Florentine, professor of divinity, in the University of Tygure with a very profitable tract of the matter and places. Herein is also added [and] contained two most ample tables, aswell of the matter, as of the words: with an index of the places in the holy scripture. Set forth & allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens majesties injunctions.Most fruitfull [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martir Vermil Florentine, professor of deuinitie, in the Vniuersitye of Tygure with a very profitable tract of the matter and places. Herein is also added [and] contained two most ample tables, aswel of the matter, as of the wordes: wyth an index of the places in the holy scripture. Set forth & allowed, accordyng to thorder appointed in the Quenes maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by John Day, 1564London: printed by Iohn Day, 1564
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My father, If thou hast opened thy mouth. The godliness and obedience of this daughter is very much commended: she obeyeth her father, and confirmeth the vow. Do (saith she) as thou hast promised. For this was a great obedience, and therefore she is praised of the fathers,1 Augustine I say and Ambrose. She mought have justly not obeyed, seeing her father had vowed so rashly, but it easily appeareth, what she had a respect unto, for it is added: Seeing the Lord hath avenged thee of thine enemies. She had a regard only to the glory of GOD, as though she should have said: Seeing the Lord hath given thee the victory over thine enemies, it is not grievous to me to dye. And God, seeing he hath heard thee, seemeth to have allowed the vow.
My father, If thou hast opened thy mouth. The godlynes and obedience of this doughter is very much commended: she obeyeth her father, and confirmeth the vowe. Do (sayth she) as thou hast promised. For this was a great obedience, and therefore she is praysed of the fathers,1 Augustine I saye and Ambrose. She mought haue iustly not obeyed, seyng her father had vowed so rashely, but it easely appeareth, what she had a respect vnto, for it is added: Seyng the Lord hath auenged thee of thine enemyes. She had a regard onely to the glory of GOD, as thoughe she should haue sayd: Seing the Lorde hath geuen thee the victory ouer thyne enemyes, it is not greuous to me to dye. And God, seyng he hath heard thee, seemeth to haue allowed the vowe.
- 1Augustine. Ambrose.
But here ariseth a doubt: Why God heard this vow, when as it was unadvisedly vowed. I answer. I doubt not but that God gave the victory: but that it was given for the vow, it is not found by the words of the History: otherwise we should be compelled to allow this vow. The daughter doth in deed obey the father, but in the mean time she requireth a little space, namely of two months, that she might together with her fellow virgins comfort her self, and bewail her virginity. But how is it said: That she would descend to the mountains? For we go up to mountains, & not go down. Peradventure Jephthah's house was situate upon a mountain, and the maiden desired leave to descend to the little hills under it: or peradventure she asked leave to go to an other mountain, unto which she should go by a valley, and so we must understand that she first descended,