The Honour oftheMariedClergie. L JB I. j be an honeft Husband, then a fornicating Frier. . the brotherly of r.heir Cloyfters; and chofe rather (which gals them to rhe heart) to I A What did he other in this, then the holy F'athers hlve advifed him, yea, rhen he ' """m w.-g<., learned in their owne School<? for carting, perhaps, his eye upon the Index oftheir I ;::;:~~;~ f~~ Atjuin/15 ~ he found there, Votum vergen1, &c. A Vow rending totbedangeroftb~ g> ['• .,;, fi di- P"fon, 111dJ heJtcureiJ hrokm,if adi(penfotion cann•l he h•d: What other then all their 'P'"I'"' "" moreingenuousCa!uiftswouldthinkdirro give way onto? lfL11tberwooldha1•e ~:!!;:,~:.;~~- !till kept on his Cowle, and but have paid the fees ofaConcubine, he had lived and """""m. dyed an holy Auguftinian : bur now all his crimes fin ke dow11e out of Gght 1100 PI"' lubtt bi' 11xorfupernatat,(as that F'atherfaid)his wife only floteth:and poor hone!l K•tb;rine ~u«Pft~~.1'/iam Bora hathmade more noyfe in their papers, rhen ten thoufand oftheir Cunizans. Gl•if.""'"·d' Neither needs rhis man any other infcriprionon his grave to make him odious, then :~g~7,;.,.. ,a this, Here ljellk 111a/t that heiJ mariagehett~r thmforvication. If nowDo/.lor LHther "'""· in a vehement dereftationofthe impurity of their holy Srewes, after rhe homely '::.!/!~~~-fr- plainneffeofabluntGerman liberty, ufed fome over-broad fpeeche~ to expr<ffe his owne freedome, and theirabominations; what is this tous? Ifwe honoorrheman, '""" ,;,,.ui muft we hold his pen impeccable? This is enough ro mainraine in their Vice-godof ·;;:~;;::;: the (even hils. For us, we have fworne unto the words ofnoMafter, bur that One , 1m in Heaven, theeternall word ofhisFather. Bur this we dare fay, that this Adverfa- ~!~;;!,;,'8·'9· riesrrorh is no more in fathering all thde reporrs upon Lutbor, then in fathering Ludptur Frm•in. Ur:J.:n. out of ~to/Jiminfomn. Luth. c Jo. Fowkr in the TranOat. ofFr4rj11u InvttliveMnrg. ,· Vidt Fulk ag· Frm-. t6. ~J~~(!UJ !.:trolfitu, ronncrly cal.Jalcat...imts. ther upon an lncHhtHO.ne ofrhem tells us, rhara Devill begorhim: Anotherrellsus, rhat(by hisown confeffion) aconferencewithrheDevlllbegorbisoppofition totheMaffe: Ano- C rher, 'that hewas in league and favour with Solyman the great Torke, who by his in£\igationwas drawne to war upon Chriftendome: Another, 'that Luther would hove been a King alone, and that from him fprang the rebellion ofMunrzer: Another, ' that LmzardKnoppen washis Baud : and that hisKatherine, for two yeares togerherafterherftealingaway, was debauched by the Schollers ofWinenbcrge: And now laftly comesin that malicious' Apoftate (which lhould ratherhave changed the f•lfe name of1HJIHI, rhen theover-wonhy name of calvin111) and avouches forfooth, that Luther"'"'J'fterday aMonfl!, to dt1JcOIItf4fJed, 11 morrO'R' anHNIDAml, the "ex/ daJ a Father. Goe on, ye brazen-faced Parafires of &orne. Lyes and Blood may bring you into rheKalender. Bur rhis !aft, myDeteClor countenancesby the re!limony ofErtjiJJtll, who, in a T•m· ,. r..z. Lener ofhis to his friend Dani<l M••chitll ofVImes, delivers the fame Story inmore D coti»>J.Tg d< words. Reader, be inrreated to lookeover tharlarge Volumeof Erafm•' hisEpim,,bu Lurbtri. fries, and iftherebe no fuch man found there (as there isnor) no foch Lener, judge what to thinkeofrhefemens fidelity. Yea eo theplain contrary, myDete/.lor (having nor memory enough fora true Lyer) in the Page 17~· upon anorherocca6on R<fur.ps,,, . contemptnoufly citing Luthm brood ourofhis owneWorkes, confutes rhis fpightfull F'i/.lion. A11no IS>5·1ullii I l.uxorewd•xi, &c. IntheJem, ft#thhe, 1525· ~t~~:o:!6. on the 1 ~. of1tme, 11Jiarried; lfJ.the1eere 1 S26.f!JJeldejJ Sonne J oH NwtHbornc: 111 amnibu,.ni- theJeere 27. my DaughterE L I Z A B ET H,a,.d Jothe r'tJi. Either thenmymanhatiJ ~<1:.\:£;~- j~;;t~:~~~~·~~~l:~;~~;;'a~i~~~~~~:~~rc~h:h~e~;~~~r!r~:r~eg::s1 ~06~;b:n°d. ,d .. n;.. fli•- But what doe ltrouble my Reader with this idle Scoganifme? ScoldsorJe!lets are ~:~:,a~;;:~- onely fitforthiscornbar. 11 litr> f<mpv <If', As for rhofe exceffive fpeechesofcomparifon, whereby LJrther poinr; forth the ne- & ill< "" ··~· ceffity ofc-.rnall a/.lions, they are fpoken onely offuch perfons as have not the gift ';'/';~.''::!::.- ofcontinency; whomnarurall inclination (by which they are led) caries (without an •• f•fr""' · higher reftrainr) importunately umo thefe defires : wherein be liayes not mucho- &~-;;;:f~~~~i- tbcr [hen theirowne Sainr ~fll!nm, Omni!JHs anitJJalibut, &c. It~ alt perftll JifJi11g mil.l.b s.to.17. creatNreJ tllere i1a ntltllra/J111chnatiotJ lo c4r1Jti!JconjHnf1ion. ,.,h.inP[JJ. But when LutiJer fpeakes ofmen bleffed from abovewith this gifc, C. E. might <o'-:uf•J· have beard him in anotherftraine; pleadingboth rhe poffibiliry ~nd worthine!Teof ~~:· ,f;':,""l"' this condition. As in his Commentary upon the•Pfalme 118. verfe 3. (togiveojle ,or
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