62 CZethons and Anfweres 6.Command. extending it largely to all : and therefore faith bee , not. cuen our fettles may we make away. Thirdly not lob in all his extremity duril doe this when as yet one pricke would haue finrihed all his woe. And therefore no dnan may kill him - felfe .Quell. Well,butyettecaufeyou name Auguiline ,I hone heard offomecaufesproposer, led by him in this matter. .4nfw. Truethitis, but none to the warranting of this fin, For finI faith he, hat ifa woman doe it to fhunne pollution of her bodie., or after Thee is polluted to fly the ignominie following vponit? And hee anfwereth to it , that the firfl is wicked and proceeded) of this error, that vhatioeuer is done in vs , the fame is alto done by vs, which is not fo , for then were chaility a vertue of die bodie and-not of the minde. It is not for aChriffianto fay , this will i notfufer; but this will I not doe. The mind beeing flained, the body is filthy though it neuer did ait,but not contrariwife: for the bodie by violence abufed is neuer able to make guilty the minde which confenteth not to it. And therefore this excefe, faith Anflrn cannot warrant fuch fume as to kill our fclues , for flying offlame which would follow that fa&,neyther, yet may it be done.For the fháme is not fo great as the ael, and therefore if the deede done voto her may not warrant her,the ignominie following may not doe it. Sineneflimpudica quc inu:tacomprimitur, non eft illaiuflttia qua tea funttur. That is , !Ube bee new vnchafl which vnwillinQ ie our, fed,then is it no iufiice whereby the harmlef e ispun yed. Sed mu- lier atìida laudir metun , ne good violerter pa ffa rfl dam vineret , ptitarttur libenter peffa fl veueret. But faith hee ,. ..4 wcman that fl andeth. vpov f peach and praife reafonethwit h her felfe,rhat whatfhefuffered againfl her willwhilefheHuedfhelhoulde bethought to fuffer with her will ,iffhe trued, And therefore ,fhe will kill her Idle. Indeedefomay.awoman reafoisthatregardeth more manthanGod, but theChrifiian guided with thefpirit that:Dauid had, leaeneth to fay with hinr:0 God thou knowrfl mine innocency, &c. And to tell in ioy offpotlefle minde whatfoeucr the World fpcaketh. Then goeth he fitr. ther,and they will aunfwcre faith hee, what can they tell hove they may bee tempted to confent by long irnportunitieor by light ofharde cxtrcmitie, and therefore they will hand,lcafithey {laoulde offend, and theywill kill themfelues. O faith Áflen,w hat a fpecch is this ?Iamnunc peccemue ,ne poll-ea forte peccemtcs :iamnone ferpettemus cerium hcmicidirm,ne pollea incidárr. usin incertumadulterietm. That is, Let vs now fin ,leaflhereafterwedofrnne : lei vs nor commit (ermine murdtr , leaflwee fall heereafter intro vncertaine adultery. Let vs nowe doe thatwhich we cannot liueto repent, leaf' hcaréafter we doe,w hat we may repent,& c. O itff.. But indeede is it not a vile thing to fall into the bandes. ofmint ene- mie? Anfw. Indeede Cato an Heathenwith many other could not abide it , neither Santa.cafl.awayt mild fuller it. Put this ought tobt done;than,andthis is done ofanother:therefore we muff not weigh thelatter,but the fotmer .Amlwe fee neitherPattiarches ,Prophets, nor Apeflleseuer to haue done it. Nay fayethChrill, T3 hen they per feeuteyou in oneCitie Elie into another. Whhe hee might hauc cliff at ch your ielues , leafl your enemies triumph cuer you. Now if they''might net doe it,for wherneuerlafting manfiotrs in heauen were prouided,what care we for a thoufand examples of Infidels and Pagans ? Thus then I.cooclude,that neyther for thefe caufes alit dged,norany other whatfocuer, we may violently deale with OUT feluesand ende our life. EQue ft. what ifwe neither kill others nor our felues,butyetperadventure cenfent? .Aafw. Euen that confent of heart is horrible mutthct and condemned in this law: Herodias as guilty for confenting to thedeath of Ichn Bapt fl , and (icing it, as ¡file hadhcwed off his head her felfe.Hemán as guiltie for Mardechrru,as if he had done it: Dated forVrsai,tefabelforNabaoth, Pilote tonChtifl, as if they themfelues had been executioners. cíl. Often olio hone I heard men fay that forrowe and care will (horten our time. rw.An.
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