THE HONOUR OF THE MARIED CLERGIE, maintained, &c. -------------- The ftrft Boo¥. SECT. I. Ch•riry, nor my Leifure,normy Readers P.uionce, will c allowme tofollow my DeteCtor, in all his Extravagancies, nor<o change ildewords ofContumelywith aB•bbler. His twelve firll: arebut the tight froth ofan impotentAnger; wherein he my bittemelfe,andprofeffeth his own. For me I appeale unto all eies; ifmy Penhavebeen fometimes zealou>, it was never intemperate: Neither can he make me believe, that my paffion~ need to appeare to my !home,incalling R•me Pr~ftit•te,or himfelfe!hameleffe;or in citing tram the ~odlihet ofhis own CatholickPrie!ls, the Art ofhisJefuires, in *DruryingofyoungHeites. ThereisneitherSlander, not Shame in Truth. For himfelte,he confeffeth to have !harpenedhisPen, and to have dipt it (perhaps too D deep ) inGall: But where his lnkeistoo thick, he !hall giveme leave to puu little Vineger 10 it, that itmay flow thebetter. In rhe meon time he !hallgoe away with this glory; That a fouler Mouth bath feldome ever wiped it felfe upon cleane Paper. Afterthofcwa!leflouri!hes, hisrhirteenth Page begins to !lrike; whereinhee chargethmewith odious bafeneffe, and infufliciency, in borrowingall my proofes from BeUartni~Jes Objeltions,diffembling their Solutions.TheMan werehad driven, that would go to borrow ofanEnemy. If•ll my proofes be fore-alledged and foreant\veredbyhis BeU<rmine; to what purpofe bath this Trifler blurred)omuch Pop<r? There (be faith) !hall the 1.\eader fee all my Scriptures anfwered, the Do· clrineofDevils explicated; there, that other, Let hi111 bethe H•sband ofoneWife; E and M.,iogeif ho110IIr4ble , . Anfwered indeed; but as he faid c~~ ...... ..r...) anfwerleOy. Such clear BeamesofTruth !hine in the face ofthofe Scriptures, that all the Cob-web vayles of a Jefuites fubtilty cannot obfcnre them. Their very Citation confutes their Anfwer.And where had we this Law; That if a Jefttit have oncemedled with aScripture, all Pens, all T<>ngue>are barred from ever a\ledgingit? IfSoran have mifcited the Pfalme ( HejhaUgive hif Angels charge. over th") for Temptation, may not we make ufe ofit, for the comfort ofProtefrion? Briefely, let my Caviller know, tbat it is not the frivolous illuGon ofany !huffling Je(uit, that can drive us from the firme Bulwarke ofthe holy Scriptures. In this, theyareclearely ours, after all pretencesofSolution, (as he !hall well fee le in ~he Sequel) and fhall fecnre us again!\ all humaneOppolition. Before the difquifiuon whereof, fomewhatmu!lofforcebe premifed, concerning thefiateofour Qgell:ion. Nnn :l SECT. Dtd iJIII,llilltlfJ <Jmbiti,forMm optrt~,.uio{orMm 'ibifJPSs.S"f, Extr. Pr~flitiiiAil/.s {i-:Jjt.llo • Thcparticu~ !arsofthisHi. f'torrhe lhall recei\-"Cindut p!Jcc. l(t{UtoJ•I)•
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