A68840:1518
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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I answer: That which they first say,1 that it is absurd to attribute lies unto Angels: they ought to consider, that not whatsoever by any means is feigned, is straightway a lye. Christ appeared unto his Disciples as a stranger, and yet he lied not: he appeared also unto Mary like a Gardiner, and for all that he lied not. So Angels, although they seemed men, when as they were not men, yet were they not liars. For they came not therefore, to prove them selves to be men, but only that they might come to men, and talk with them.
I answer: That which they first say,1 that it is absurde to attribute lyes vnto Angels: they ought to consider, that not whatsoeuer by anye meanes is fayned, is straightway a lye. Christ appeared vnto his Disciples as a straunger, and yet he lyed not: he appeared also vnto Mary lyke a Gardiner, and for al that he lyed not. So Aungels, althoughe they semed men, when as they were not men, yet wer they not lyers. For they came not therfore, to proue them selues to be men, but onely that they might come to men, and talke with them.
- 1Not whatsoever is feigned, is a lye.Not whatsoeeuer is fayned, is a lye.
To the argument of Christ touching his own body, I thus answer.1 First the apostles thought it had ben a ghost which had appeared. And Christ to refel that, saith: feel and see, because a spirit hath not flesh & bones. By the feeling might be perceived, that it was a true and perfect body which was present, and not a vain fancy. But thou wilt say, that it was a true body in deed, but yet taken for a time, and such a body, as sometimes Angels are wont to put on. But ⟨image 216⟩