A68840:1956
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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Fasting and prayers should be had in the ordering of Ministers. But I would demand of the Bishops why they institute Ministers only at those .iiii. times of the year. Undoubtedly, they can render no certain & just reason thereof.1 Augustine in his book de Haeresibus, sayth the Aerius contemned oblations for the dead, & also such fast as were appointed, because Christians were not under the law but under grace: but he would ye every man should fast at his own pleasure when he himself would. In deed I allow not Aerius in that he was an Arian, but as touching sacrifices & oblations for the dead, he judged rightly & godly. And also concerning appointed fasts, I see no cause why he ought to be reproved, unless peradventure he thought this, that fasts could not be denounced of the Magistrate & of the Church, as the difficulty of times required. The reason also which he useth, ye Christians are not under the law, but under grace, is weak: for we are not so delivered from the law, that we are absolved from all order.2 Augustine also writeth that Joviniā contemned abstinences & fasts as things vain, & unprofitable: where in if he spake of bare fasts only, & such as were appointed at certain days & certain times of the year, he judged not ill. For unless they be adjoined with faith & repentance, & also with vehement prayers, they nothing at all profit. In Isaiah the .58. chap. the people complained: We have fasted, & thou hast not looked upon us: which words show, that fasts with out circumstances requisite, are not acceptable unto God: but if they be joined with their additions, they are not unprofitable.
Fasting and prayers should be had in the ordering of Ministers. But I would demaund of the Byshops why they institute Ministers onely at those .iiii. tymes of ye yere. Vndoubtedly, they cā render no certayn & iust reason therof.1 Augustine in his boke de Haeresibus, sayth ye Aerius contemned oblatiōs for the dead, & also such fast as were appointed, bycause Christiās were not vnder ye law but vnder grace: but he would ye euery mā should fast at his owne pleasure whē he himselfe would. In dede I allow not Aerius in yt he was an Arriā, but as touchīg sacrifices & oblations for ye dead, he iudged rightly & godly. And also concerning appointed fastes, I see no cause why he ought to be reproued, vnles peraduēture he thought this, yt fastes could not be denoūced of the Magistrate & of ye Church, as ye difficulty of times required. The reason also which he vseth, ye Christiās are not vnder ye law, but vnder grace, is weake: for we are not so deliuered frō the law, yt we are absolued frō all order.