The flonmtr ofthe MariedClergie. L Ill. I. s'J"""""- Wordsthatneedneitber Paraphrafe, nor Inforcemcnr. And how ufuall• the A ;;~;.:r;;:,;::: pro/Hte ofthis Difpenfadon h~th beene (that v:ee may ~otre!l onely in Specula- ""' d•"'"""' rion) appcares enough by the mgenuouscomplamt ofthe1r' fele/led Cardinalls, to ;:bt a;;;;~;;: Pa11t theThird : who cry downe theabufe of rh.ofe over-fr~quem Grants, which Morth.P""· they {hould not hav~ yeelded, ~ut upon pubhcke an,d_we1ghty c~ufes; ifp.cidPJ AliMb•fu.' <(I (fay they) i~ theft. '""", rr>bemn the Lutherans 11rge toM mall<rrr>1th fom11chvehe- ~t~i~;~~;:p~~ menct. t;J either is tt long ~nee our kmd ApoftateM. ~ar1er gave ushe.re in Englllnd '"'"'" ""· (from b1gger men then h1mfelfe) an overtureofthe hkelyhood ofrhiS liberall Dif. o,t.cr-:. penfation, from his holy father ofK•me,upon the conditions ofom re-fubjetl:ion ,.,,;t.f<ldl. Would we therefore b~t !loop to kifTetheCarbuncle ofthat facred Toe, ourCiergi~ ,,.,d. might as well confill wtth holy Wedlocke, as the Grman. Oh, the groffemockery ~:;;::,~~;~,. of Soules, not more ignorant, than credulous! Will hisHolinefTe difpenfe with us ,~n,.w.-I' for our finne? Wee can be difpenfed with at home for his difpenf.,ion. It is their -'~"""'""'· Sorrow that theWorld is growne wifer, and findes Heaven no le!Te neere to DII'/Jer- ~~at 1R:~ir'-l clijfe, then to rhe Seven-hHis. ,.,j,,., di/1""- And ere wee leave this point, it is very confiderable, what may be • reafonable {;:~,;:/,1/~,7~ caufeofthis Difpenfation : for tho(e ~ery • J efui~es, which hold the power ~f this , ,.,,,.;b..,,,_ Vow fuch,That the vehemenre!l tentat1ons andfo1lesof thefldh moy not bereheved Pmfir~J)e,~,. with an arbicrary Matrimony, fince the matter ofeh is Vow is fo important, & caries ~ ~u-vot;Jd- romuchd:mger in the violation, a! chat it is not eo be lefr ro the power ofaprivate f:,/';;:;~";J:_ J"'!gement (though morally cerraine) whetherMatrirnonie (all things confidered) ""' ,w11 ,, Di- be m thiS pamcular exped1ent; (for that may be lit for aman os a fingular perfon JPmf'tiondn- which is not fitforhimas pare of the community:) ycr they grant, that this ex~ C !~'::!:rfif/'mZt· r~eme pcrplexednefiC and violence of carnall moc~ons, is a ;uft caufe of di(pen(a- '""" p;,.,r; uon. What need wemore? Though Come 1 Ca(m{b be more favourable, and grant "'g""'~·&'- tharinfuchcafeswemaynot onely allow, but perfwade Matrimony to the per- ~=:;;~:~;,'i,~: plexed Votary:AsCardinall m £nt.o< SJIVilll (whowas never lelfe Piow, thenwhen o;tp.u. hewas J>;w) gives this hearty advife tohis friend John Freuntl, a Roman Prie!l, thar ::;::::.':J:j.~: he !hould (notwith!landing hisOrders) help~ himfelfebr Marriage; yet theformer P"'' .xf<Eia· Wlllferve ourrurne. IftherrforetbofeSupenours, wh1ch bavealllawfullandCpi- Ju& ''"'"'" rituallauthority over us, !hall have thought good, upon this reafonable caufe, to ~;g;;;;; give agenerality ofdifpen(ation to allfuch ofourClergy, as !hallnot, after all care- "'"'"'""· ,,_ full and ferious indcavours, linde themfelves able to comame; allow!ng them by D '"""'·"m~""' thefe lawfull remedies to quenchthofe impure flames: wbaccan anyJefuitorDevill !:::':":~~~r excepcagainfrchi!? Thi! is firnply the clearecaufe ofthtm wbofe caufelmain· .Jiquid ejftmt- taine. ~:;t:_~';f.: And yet. furrhe~: Put the cafe this bad not been; ifwithout the thought ofany f'!Tt F'PY'""- E\.omi!h D1fpcnfauon, the " Eafiern Church never held it needfull to require the '""""""'"• Vow offingle life in the Mini!lers of the Altar, (theyknow the words oftheirown ";;;;,..~-;_';: .; GlofTe) why fuould not our Church challengethe fame immunity; for (that from the Imf<d· "'-~· general! confideration ofEccldia!liques, as fuch , we may rurneour eyestoour Ec- 'A 1 M _ clefio!liques in fpeciall) no Church under heaven kept it felfemorefreefromthe Im;~·f. ::ft;; bondageofthofe tyrannous Impofitions. • "'""'"' The ' Clergie of this lland, from the beginning, never offered any (uch Vow, p..-./1"•·•"·''· theBifuopsneverrequired it, fur more (ifany credit be due toHiltories) then a E • h syl-<pijl. thoufand yeeres afterChri!l. The great Chmpion of llomt, Ma!ler H4rdiog, w.s /::~""dill,. ?riven to fay, Tbeydi? itbr ~beck, ifnor by a DieH-gu.,tl; but could neverproye ~voDifpcnf.,. 11 done byeither. NeuheT!s 11 moreworth myReaders note, then my Adverfatle! uo«> "'"'b indignation, thar the wife providence ofGodfoplrafedroconcriveirofold, as ~'~1 ,;:-,'~o that from the be~inningofthefirfi converfion ofthi; h1poy lland, it ratherconm.ary his l.au- fpired with the G ree~ Church, thenwith the Homt111 : Afrer ,f,e Grf'riAn a~"count we hl~':::'b~ keptourEa!ler, infomucb, as Bta'4tellsns, thatPopeJohntheF'ourth (aboutthe 3S itistho.Jght) . and ex ldm--•ortgr.:llia) thathc fhould ket:pa\1 his Promotions,~ receive vetmore, oRcond~tinn that theftid !ttm/ifl m1~tbave theuCC:ofPttrar,bs fifter , Matt b. P.rr{~ DefenceofPr. Jturr.tr FA(ticlllD Tt"''· & P/11tllflt, C -::it11 Pt~trtfu, &e. "Ouiio:t.:· lu (non Orim~AliJ) ti.cclf[u cJjlitatisobtuiit ~tum, jn Djft.JI· "Yiti.~flta £pifl. 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