The Honour oftbe Maried Cler~ie. this hefore-prophefi~ !hall be done in the latter, ?r (as theit Vulgarand llhemifts mms it) in the la!!Ttmes; and that by them, whtch fhall fpeake Iyes 10 hypocnfie. Neitherofwhiohcanfoexaltlyagree tothofe fir!! Hereticks; who, as they were early in rime, fo alfo grolle in their Dochine; wherein therewas more open impiety, then fecret di{!imularion. SECT. VI. IN vaine therefore doth my Refuter bring in S. h•l, as an abetter ofhis forced Ill Continency; whiles he faith ofyongerWidowes, that When tl>eJh(J1)e bet,un to wax fl'antonag•lnfl chrljt, tht} w;/1 marry, h(J1)ing damnation, becaoje the) haveforf•k.."'theirfirfl Ftith.In which place(boulted befor~ to the Bran by many Conrroverfers) mine Adverfary hath learned ofhiS Bellarmme, to trmmph above meafure. Thisfirfl Faith(Caith he) aUthe Fat hers withoHt exception, untkrjland to beeav,w,or Promifo, matle to GodofContinence, in~hejlateofWidowhood. It is awide word ( AU the Fathers) I had thought I had read tn h'l>ly • Athanajitn, V"£ vob;r 911i prinumftdem baptifmi a lil111 inflit•tam lrritamfacitis; WoetoJDH th•tma~voidthejirjl Faitho 8aptifme ordaioedfromHeave,;. I had thougho Hlero"" had fomewhere faid, The} are not worti>J•fbelieft, which h(J1)e vO)dtdtheir firfl belieft,Marcion l mean and Bafilides. whom yet I never found condemned for the breach of any Vowof Conrinenc~. I had thought, rheAurhcr ofrhe lnrerlineary Gloffe would not have crofftd all the Fathers, inexpoundingir, Fidem Baptifmi; Thefailh ofBapli[me, which is C indeed the fir!! Faith, and the Apo!tle faith ( thefirfl) not (theformer;) Asforthar other, which he imagines aVow of continued Viduity, irwasneirh<:r Fdithnor Firfi. let him in!tance (ifhe can) where our Apo!tle rakes Faith for aVow. Rather, ~sifhe meant to expound his own word in thisvery Scripture, and this occalion,he deers this doubt, wfuleshe fpeakes ofrhewilfully improvidentMan, that he harh denyed the Fairh,and is worfe then an infidel; and now in the fame Conrext, he fpeakesoftnefe pervertedWiddowes th4t thq haveforfal:.§n the Faith. Much Jeffe isittheFir!!,whether in Time,or Dignity: For, they could not have beeneChurch-widdowes, ifnot ChrHlians; and they could notbeChri!tians, if they fbould have valued the Vow of their Widdowhood above the vow of r~eir ChriflendotRe; yea,fof.1rrewasthisfromthe firfi Vow (if it had beene one) D as thatir wasrhe la!! ofall; for accordingro,rhem, their fir!! Faith mul1 bee to theirHPsband, their fecond to CH 11. 1 s T , in their initiation ro Religion; their laftin theVowofWiddowhood; Sohere is a fained vowmade Faith, and ]aftm1de firft; and all 10 uphold a crazy conceit ofour Romani!ts , \~hich harh noother ground bur this one ambiguity. chry{ojlomeindeed callsit (.,~.·"") p•fJ•m;a covenant; but what covenant, or with wbom, he expreffes nor; whetherofChriftianiry,or ofWiddowhood, or ofMini!tration; Some of theothers that followed him, fpake accordingto theGloffe which the corrupt conceit ofrhe Times had fer upon him. • Bur what need my Refuter !!and upon particular Amhors ( he faies) when he E maybring or 4• Bifhops, all fitting in Councell at Carthage, agreeiog in this expofition, pointing us to the fourth Councell of Carthage? ( C•nom Hit.) His Gratia•, had wont to tell us, (forrhemore Elrace) that irwas in the third Councellof Carth•geCan. 4· Now he is taught till change this note; So doth C. E. wirh his Binim, tellnsitwasthe4.Councellandrhe laftCanon. Wehavereafon rofufpecc it was in neither; The very !tile and mannerofdifcourfe fo different from there!! ofthofe briefeC>nons, and rbe fafhions of rhofeTimes, cary in it open likelihood of Bafhrdy : It was an e•fiefraud to parch ir to rheendof thofeCanons; neither (which lear•ed ]•miw raught mefir!! to obferve) isir found among theGreeke; then whkh thore cannot be aworfe fi~ne. Bur that! may atonceanfwerhisvauntof.\nriquiry, and !top the mouthofthis Caviller: Letmeaskc him wherherrhofe Fathers, whom heecitesforrhisfenfe, do A.nd ifu'~91 ~~ nuyagreetoallthc ~:::~ha~icr Chritt:. )'et moil:tothc !an. and th:u other addition k:emsto {hengrhcn thi&fcn(('. Rt[ur.p;z.x. ..r;b.6.dt r,.;,. tit:!C.tt . tit.~ dThtt~pbilum. Et illflrummta IWmatU Jtmtl CllttctB'aptritt7.ltion.~m infirmatU. 'N•lf{lllltc!igm fid,.q,Ufrim.t111 fidtm ~"1''1.,, i"itiifiuru11r. Mllrtion•mlfi911DYO"B•Jifidtm,Hitr. Pnam. in lJift, .tdTit.• Rif,.p.>•·
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