EPIS'F.IJL A you haver N•mid/e,. the Martyr, a married Presby.rer; ' ChtremO!J ofNil•s, a marri- r Nu0;,/i"u cd Biihop; u DemttriAntU Bifhop.of Antiach, whofefon.oe Dom~tM_ fuccccdcd PPt~l~ ~~~;;.~e;~n:ui s.,•fottRI/4; Philor~mm andPbtlt.u BB. ofrhe Th!mmres; a.btntt/.1 brother of Euts- "'"""m & t!li.,,IN BB.ofRDme;thc father ofN AZilfn::.tllt,BAjil,and the or:hc:r x Gregory,HiUuim, i!;IT~:~~afand rhargoodSpiridion Bifhop of Cyprm, of whom Su;omm gives fo direchefiimo- ~"'' ''• CJP''"'· ny. To omit others, what fhould I fpeake ofma~y Bifhops of Rome, whore fonnes ~i;;P;,',;;,F• nor fpuriou~ as now-adayes,bur(as Pope rrbA» lumfelfe W!toeffes) 'llwfully begot Euftb. l. 6 .,.... in wedlocke: followed their fathers io the Pontificiall chaire. • The reafon where- u '-f•b.t.1. of. that Pope bimfelfe ingenuoully rendreth; for that m•rri•gt,.., ~very "'htrt l•w- ~:ftb.l.a ,. 9 . JuBtolhe Clergy before theprohWti"' (which mufi needs be !ate) •IM iR the E•Jltrnt Gngomu mo ~ churth totbu day is •Uowed. What neede we more teihmomes, ormore examples~ •pud N"<i,,· ~' What ever b HtliodortiS, B. of TritA (a man fitter for a wanton love..ft:ory, then a j~~~~P~~~m r. 8 Church Conrroverfie) brought i~ rhe;::hurch of ThtfT•II•, DGJ:#tes rhus flatly pmbfui Epif1 ~- ~rites of thofeBilbops of l\1s time.,.., FW"111411J IJ'-lhtm i~ the pl.cce AndfonEfson •f Ss- ~:;:~~.~~~ foops htgtl child<m oftheir l.,•f•Owzvts, Th1s was ra"Cbfed: S:e what was decreed ' · 9 • in rb~r fixr general!' Councell of Co11j1antinople, to this purpofe, ro the confufion of x G"g". N•fallreplyers. Ifany Proreftanr Church in Chritlendomecan make amoreporemp- ~~· ~;i\;•:,t: rory more full and abfolure, more caurdous decree, for the marriage ofEccleliafii- '""' ·"' ""'"'• call perlons, letme be condemned as faithleffe : A place, I grant, miferably handled ;::;,::,t ~t.i by our adverfaries; and becaufe they cannot blemifh it enough, indignly rerne our non P"'P""' of the Ctunttls. What dare nor impudence doe ~ * Againfi all evidencesof Gmke ;~';/,~,f,~bd;,~ Copies, againfi their owne GrAtiaR, againfi pleas ofaoriquiry. This is the readiefi ni•inf<<io, vd C way; Whom they cannotanfwer, 10 burne; what they cannot fhift off, 10 blot our; dmno•.s"t... and tocut the knot which they cannot untie. The Romanifls of the next Age were :a~~~ti~sit;::ii~ fomewhar more equall: who, feeing themfelves prdfed with fo liar a Decree, con. • C•lm«go ex. firmed by authority ofEmperours, aswould abide no denial!, began to difiinguifh ~~.~·.~·(~~".:,., upon rhe point; limiting this liberty ooely to the Eatlerne Church, and granting P•mi6cc, lethat all the Clergie ofthe Eaft might marry, norrheirs. So Pope Sttv en the fecood, gim«ff<p<O· freely confeffes : ' T!Jt trAaition(Caith he)•fthe E a.fternt ch.rchts isothtrwi(e then that ~~~;,;,~~[·;; 1j1he RDmAnt Chtlr&h. F~r,lhtir Priejls,Dt4&Ms,Dr Subde~t&Dns aremtJrried;hut in this fornicatione, Ch•rch ortheWejltrm, n• Olltofthec lergie,from the St~bde•c•nto the Bijhop,bA'IJe leAve ;~O::t:J:'~:~ tl mA1TJ . quz facttdotiLiberal!y;but nor enough:and if he yedd this, why nor more~ Shall that be law- ~=· ~!t1~,,~::: D full in the Eafi, which inrhe Wefiisnot!Doe the Gofpds, or !awes of equity alter n<m Jid ta , _ according to the foure corners of the world ~ Doth God make difference beti'Vixt unt, in 0 .;, •• Grttct snd EnglaNd nfir be lawful!, why not every where ~ Ifunhwfull, why is it uli Ecd cGa . r. done any where~ So when you fee, we differ nor from the Church in this ; but from ~"' hod;, ' " h r d C ICcrc.proban· J the Romifh Church : Burr is .acre ouocdl dorh cor onely univerfally approve •••-D,a.1 o.cc. 1 this practice(with pain ofdepofirion to the gain-fayers)bur avouches it for a Decree ;:;:::..,h., •f Apofiolicall. Judge now whether this one authoritie be not enough 10 weigh '::,::",n.,b.~pi<t< 1 downe an hundred perry convemicles, aud may legions (ifthere had beene ml ny) ,. ofprivate contraditl10ns. Th~s, for feayco hu~dred yeares , you. find nothing but ~~::C~!~~~1 1 open freedome : All the fcuflhng arofe mthe e1ght Age; wherem yet this violent Epif<oparu"' · impofitionfound many and learned Adverfaries,and durft not be obtruded at once, ~:;;::';•.,;:;:;:.: I E Loe, even then, Grrg~rj the third, writing to the Bilhops of BAvaria, gives this dif- « l<gitim• pmjunllcharge ; r Let nDnt lceepe an h4r/otor A-&DfJ&uhi~te : hut either let himJivt ch.jltly 1r crcant .SocraUJ marr'J a ,.;fi, wh1m it fb•O mt be lawfuUfor himto f"J•kt : Accorc!ing to that rule'of ~~;,;: ~"'"! Clerkes, cited from • If dort, and re~ew<d in t~c' Councell of~~ntz, to the perpe- '"" ' """" tuall fhame ofour ·Jughng Ad1·erfanes. Norhmg can argue gU!Inndfe fo much, as ;;;;~~;l'"'Z Q uoniam in !lomana !ccletia,.loco:can..onis ~eu dr~eti, ~itun:' d te cognovimurJur ii quidigni h3ben!li fumorclin~t~~:i~i::oni .,CI pre,bylw,pro?rr~ntur fc dcmceps c~ w;onbus fursnon cogrcfiuros;no• fequentu vcttr ic.tnonem,Apofiolic:r,Gnctrz,~xquilitz & ord1~~ conAuuuoms, lcgitim2S Ctcroru v_•rorU!J! coh.tbitationc:sconjugales ni5 ex bodierno die in pofierum v.tlerc ratu « 6rmaJ df~ t'ol~nlw;. n~Uo modo eorum rumuxonbus.. propriisconjunllioncm feucopul:.rioftC diffolvcntc~. Iraque ti quis dignu1invcnia· tur,&c.umlnrmcprolubcndnt d\ ad hu.nc gradu afccndcre,ideo qUOd cU lcgidmauxore cohabitet.Nce tCporc ordinltionisllaz 3.beo P.~fiulc:rur)fttl eugarurut ~~fliac.re v~llf~Ut debc;tt lcgitimo c6~rclfu cU pro~ri:1~orc,""Citat . .i Nilo Tbdl'aloniCfi.r Alittt fc.OriCraliu hl.~ traditiO Eccletiaru:.thttt huJUS ~.tnltz Romanz Ecclch~.Nam corii facrcdcx.erJdiaconi,aut fubdiaconi,mar:rimoniocopulaot•~: IA•u' a.utemEccleGz vel occi.dentali~ nt~ltusf~crclo_tum i f.mdiaceno ufq, ad Epifcopw:n.licenti.tm.habetconjug1~ fon1cn&i. Dtn.Jt.{Nemo Cconaaut concubuumabt. foci aur cdl:e YtUtJ aut \lXora:a cluatjqtwn rcpudtuc fasnoncfio g Dift.at· b An.ltJ. unjufi
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