A68840:1702
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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The son as soon as he heard the curse of his mother, was a feared. For so hath nature ordained, that children do wonderfully fear the curses of their parents. But this man feared not to violate the law of God: which thing happeneth not seldom unto men, to have horror of small sins, and to neglect them that are more grievous. There is some fruit sometimes of curses, even as of excommunication. ⟨p. 258⟩There are some sometimes so hard & obdurated that they can be bowed by no other means then by curses, although they be corrected by public and apert reprehension. But whither this son knew that his mother had by a vow dedicated that money unto the Lord, before he took it away, it appeareth not by the words of the history.
The sonne as soone as he heard the curse of his mother, was a feard. For so hath nature ordeined, that children do wonderfully feare the curses of their parents. But this man feared not to violate the lawe of God: which thing happeneth not seldome vnto men, to haue horror of small sinnes, and to neglect them that ar more grieuous. Ther is some fruit somtimes of curses, euen as of excō municatiō. ⟨p. 258⟩Ther ar some somtimes so hard & obdurated yt they can be bowed by no other meanes then by curses, although they be corrected by publike and apert reprehēsion. But whither this sonne knew that his mother had by a vow dedicated that mony vnto the Lord, before he tooke it away, it appeareth not by the wordes of the history.
Neither is this to be passed over, in that the mother saith that she had consecrated it unto the lord, and he useth the name of .4. letters.1 Wherefore we must consider that there are two kinds of Idolatry. The one is, whereby a strange God is called upon, the other is, whereby the true God indeed is worshipped, but not with that worshipping which he himself hath commanded, but by images or idols, or by some other means invented of our selves. To the second kind of idolatry pertaineth the sin of this woman. As often as we hear an image that is made, and a strange God not added, we must understand that that image was made under the show of the worshipping of the true god: but that religion is far contrary to the institution of sound religion. Wherefore when the people (as it is written in Exodus) made themselves a golden calf, Aaron proclaimed a holy day unto the Lord, that is to the true god, and not to an idol. For they counted it absurd, to worship, either the true god himself without an image, or else an image without the title of the true God. And so must we think that Jeroboam did when he consecrated the golden calves in Dan and Bethel. For I do not believe that in images he instituted the worshipping of Baal, or Ashtaroth, or Chamos, but he would under them worship the Lord. Into the self same error fell the Samaritans also,