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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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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.
The Ethnics (as we gather by good authors writers of histories) when they had gotten the victory, did straightway sing hymns in praises of their Gods:1 & if they with so great a study gratified their false Gods, how much more ought we for the benefits which we have received, without any tarrying to offer thanks unto the true and lively God, whom we worship.
The Ethnikes (as we gather by good authors writers of histories) when they had gotten the victory, did strayghtway syng hymnes in praises of their Gods:1 & if they with so great a study gratified their false Gods, howe muche more ought we for the benefites which we haue receaued, without any tarying to offer thankes vnto the true and liuely God, whom we woorship.
- 1Conquerors did straightway sing Hymns unto their godsCōquerers did straightwaye syng Hymnes vnto their gods
Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel. Because this Hebrew word Perag is doubtful, therefore the sense thereof may be taken divers ways. First, it signifieth to make naked & to spoil, as it is put in Exodus, when Aaron took golden ornaments of the Israelites, to make the molten Calf. For he was reproved of Moses, because he had with ignominy made naked the people. Wherefore according to this signification the sense of the ditty is: Give thanks unto God, which first made you naked both of strength and of his aid, when we were given over unto the Canaanites. Furthermore, give him thanks, because he hath afterward made you prompt both to take in hand war, and also to recover your liberty. Each of these actions of God is to be praised,1 for they turned to good to his people. For the dejection calleth them back to repentance, and the delivery delivereth them from a grievous yoke. Let god therefore be praised, which both leadeth to hell, and bringeth from hell. Neither must we give him thanks only for prosperous things, but also for adversity. Also this word Perag signifieth to revenge: and by this means forasmuch as revengement may be referred to two things, the sense of it also may be taken two ways.