The common places of the most famous and renowmed diuine Doctor Peter Martyr diuided into foure principall parts: with a large addition of manie theologicall and necessarie discourses, some neuer extant before. Translated and partlie gathered by Anthonie Marten, one of the sewers of hir Maiesties most honourable chamber.

Necessarie.

[proposition 1] IT is not lawfull for priuate men to raise vp seditions against tyrants, and by priuate au∣thoritie to slaie them.

[proposition 2] When a tyrant is subiect to a higher power, it is lawfull for priuate men to deale against him by lawe before that power: but if he haue the chéefe souereigntie, the reuenge must be committed vnto God.

[proposition 3] The iudges, which rose vp in Israel, and deli∣uered the people of God from tyrants, did it not of anie priuate authoritie, but by the instinct of God.

[proposition 4] When anie be oppressed with tyrannie, they must thinke with themselues, that the same is the hand of God; as famine, pestilence, haile, lightening, and such other like.

[proposition 5] When we come togither to the church, our minds must be purged with greater diligence, than if we should make our praiers to God in anie other place.

[proposition 6] The necessitie of dieng is no cause, that we should not sorrowe for death.

[proposition 7] We must not in this respect take comfort in death, that it is simplie good; séeing rather on the contrarie part it must be accounted among e∣uils.

[proposition 8] Nor yet againe by this argument, that the bodie is euill, or the coniunction thereof with the soule, euill; séeing they are absolutelie good.

[proposition 9] The hope of resurrection bringeth true conso∣lation of death: for by it, the bodie is restored to the soule, all corruption being taken awaie from the same, and the euils, wherby it troubleth the soule.

[proposition 10] And for this cause are we comforted, that death is vanquished by Christ, and that now it hath no more the nature of death; for thereby is granted a returne vnto life.

[proposition 11] There is a comfort had of death, bicause the godlie may vse the same well.

[proposition 12] We sorrowe the lesse for death, when we con∣sider, that vnto the godlie the same is an abso∣lute mortification of the flesh, and an end of sin∣ning; and finallie, that by it there is a passage opened to euerlasting life.

[proposition 13] Albeit that the faithfull may for manie causes

take comfort of death; yet should they not séeke it so, as by no meanes they sorrowe, sith GOD would haue death to be a punishment.

[proposition 14] The genealogies, which are set foorth in the scriptures, serue to the knowledge of histories, and that we may perceiue that the promises of God were true.

[proposition 15] To contend much about genealogies, or cu∣riouslie to handle them, maketh not to edifica∣tion.