The f1 onour ofthe MariedClergie. Ln.I. doe nottakerhofeyoung Widowes forVoraries? lfrheydoe("hecannordeny ) A bowcan thefe two frand together;That they !houldhave darnnation,becaufeagain!l their vow, rheywould marry; and yet thar rhe Apo!tle!hould wi(h them to marry Canhe imagine that Saint Paul would advife them ro incurrewilfulldamnation? ' And ifin this I fhould have diffented from the interpretation ofmuch Antiquity? , .,"''"""·'" I fhould bur rake to my felfe rhe liberryofhisMalters rhe Jefuits, with whom this M~~ab.t9.11. i; nonovelly; for infbnce, hisnot unlearned,and bold a Maldonate, (as wee!hall (eeafrerwards) upon a Text ofthis very queflion, oonfeffing the current of rhe frreame ofAntiquity, eau come in, ar lafr, with • Dottorly wipe of Adduci nonpof fum ul feq 11 or; I c4~not goe ,.,;th rhet»: Thispriviledge is for none butthe Fathers of theSociety, to control! the Fathers ofrhe Church. • . . The frate rhen ofthefeWidowes wasfhorrly this: They being for their poverty B 1~;;;~g;;,rfi~ !ilfiainedbyChurch-alrnes upon* condition ofattendance on the Saims, wherher fl•t•"'.ollmin:- fickorrravelling, were ro dedicate themfelves to thisfervice; bur, forneofthe f:~:~rj,:j~; you~ger fort being.inv~i~led ~y lnfidell-L~wers, weredrawn.ro l~ave, not their ,;b,aknd•· Sratton onlyofthetr mtmfrtatlon, but theJt profel!ion ofChnftiamty: Thefe had Efpvu.Jteonr. damnation mofr jumy, for cafring off their firfr Faith. Their marriage was acci· tib.• rap.>. denrally faulcy,becaufe it forced them from their holy imploymenr; Their apofrafie was abfolutely and damnably finfull, in th•t they left Chrifr, and followed after Saran. '-f"'·P·"·"· The inextricable Dilemm2 then in my detector is ea(i!y anfwered; (I demand nowofMafrer HaU, whetherrhefe youngWidows in breakingrheirVowes, did finne, or not? If they did nor; why fhall they have damnation? Iftheydid finne C (as indeed rhey did) rbenhow is the vow unlawfull? how the brand of A nricbrifrianifme?) Nothing can bemore bafe rhen tobeg rhe Qgefrion 1 Whatdoe wee difpme, bur whether any vow were made? and ifany, whether ofConrinence,or ofService? But why then fhall rhey havedamnation? Forwaxing w2nron againfr Chrifr; notmeerly for marrying. Iftomarry,were rowaxewanron againfrChrifr, why fhould the A pofrle have advife<l ir them? In aword, for 3l>andoningboth their Office•nd Religion. Lafrly, who can borwonder at the faceofour Adverfaries, thor dare bring forth (o plaine awirneffe agair.fr themfelves. For, if the vowof Continencebe the fit~ faith herefpokenof, then may nor anywoman by the Apofiles charge makerhis 0 1Jr!/.mn.ti~ Mrr na&biJl.1..t. 31· CVJ.I)• Grrt,.lib.r.tpifl· ... Stff.'Lf.C.Ij· vow, tillfheebee threefcore yeares old; which, howisirat this day practifed iH the f\..omifh Church? fince,and as <he c~for ANg•ftai,eCounceli,and the Agathenf< abatedit ro forty years, 2nd <h• third Couneellof Carthageyet lower, ro five and twenty; (o Pope Gr·egory fell yet lower to eighteene; and fome other Councell~ yet lower to <welve; Although rhe Trent conference very liberally rife up to whole Gxreen: Either therefore!er them grant thar our A po!tle fpeakes not ofVotaries, or elfe !et them follow his rule of theage of votaries, that the World may thinke theyhave hone(\ Nunneries;and let them confeffe their change prefumpruous.Thu~ I hope, ThiJ Gordian kJrot,tb41 re1uirumoreftrength tlte•M•fter Hallskarning,•nd• .,per edge the" Alexanders fword to dif{olve, or wt, ;, provedmore eafie then the knot of a Friers girdle,which a very dullWhittle may cut afunder; and c. E'. •ppeale to all Schollers, proclaimes him ignorantly confident. E S&CT. VII. IF it had notbeen fortwo poorewordsofmine ( bothyet miffe-underflood) I wonder how c. E. could have difcovered ro rheworld bisdexteriry, in fervmg ourhisoftfoddenColeworts; the refufeofhis BtU_,,,;,eandCocmw. ·T~re; fcoreand foure Pages, or more, barb he brove!y ljleot in the vindicatiooofv,rgtnitie, which never honefr and wifeman oppoferh.Lelthtirfh•veHngJ(l fatd)Jfed~ for thtNfelvet *Pun wh•• tbtir ~niiWfMII'o" ht1th fomd • fiJ;/ful & il!lpoffihl• •tctf/iiJ The man is angry that I meddled wirb his crowne; but ifhishaire had not beene Ion er
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