LIB. I. Tbe Honour of theMJriel Cler!:,it. A for all) rh•~< he faith, For one and the f<me fptrir h,thdillnl·uted htsgif<S ro fume after on· manner, and to fom~ af<er another, &c. Letthemtherefore, ro whcm h is given to receive this, abide in their fingle life, anct let them glory in the Lore!; Oo cheocr er fide, let them th.r •re not fo fhonj!, but know and fetle thtirinlirmity, char rhey cannot live both chatle, and our ofMatrimony; Let chefe, I fay, confider more cheir owne infirmity, then the difcommodities and troubles chat belongunto M'arrimony. Thus he, gravely and holily. SECT. IX. 'Now to follow my Adverfary in particulars: Whereas all theworld fees chat the unlawfulnetreoftheirvow dep:nds upon theinobilicy of performaoce, he, like arrue A rt1ft , begins firft with the tmlawfulnetrc. I ciswell chatoll chefe theecs 'II"·P·''· ofPaper which he hach fpem in rhis point, may fervefor fome necetrary ufe; this which hehath put thorn to, is foolitbly fuperfluous. Iftht'lJIJfP ofChaftiiJbe •~l•~fMU(liich he) ilmHjHuitherillr<JP•f1ofthe vow, or R•fxrJoJ•· the mal/er 'IJOflltd: Not thtfi•ft, bu••Je fJOI>et ingtM<raU4ret.wf•ll; rr>hichhtwillpro1Je ••t •fScriptwrtl411dFathtrt. Idle head! Whoeverdenied ir,but the exploded LampetiJns? His own C.rdinall could have taU!(ht him, char Lother and Calvi11 approve the vowing of thin~s commanrled, fi ft, and then oflhings nor commanded coo, to :;~!.a/:s~,. che avoidingofSinne, or orher gooJ purpofes. Not the Second,which hewill prove Ad""''"' h•· by many arguments; fomeof ehem from cheFubers, extolling virginicy, and cotb- i••. .,,. orp.- C paring it with the ftaceofAngels, and preferring it before m•riage. And who ever ~;;,~·;;~ thought ocherwife, excepc 1ofJitJ••n? and perhapsnot he. And ac latl, •fter fome fe- ,,.;, f"'""' 'vereeump~<'l ofpenance injnyned eo fo:nicating vow;breakers, by Chl')[ojlomeand 1 ;;; -;:,~~"' llr B•ftl;toincontinency and rape, by the ctvtH Lawes(as tfchofe concerned us fu murh 1 •·f"'·P·l'•ll• as chemfelve> )he defcend; CO this challenge; Let M• Hall(rfhe bt able) P•otiNteiHJome l" •fq; od+•· p•o•fi, •lthot~gh bot OReclofJicallaNthoriiJ of •IJ} Mt •IICitnt writer, whtrt he bath evtr :t:;·~d!r. per[w•dt; [•eh a< loa'Dt f'i<m4'J 'VOflltdChaJfil1, to u[< M"'iagt 414mw:u to O'V<'cowe & p.f+ •fq•• tempWiont, am/ l><fhollh~vefometxc•fo for<AIImg it•ftlthJVOfll; 11/d hw beroi<•ll '~{"'"'"~' · Lucherfor ttrnting it •diaholictllthiNg; So he. I tJke him at his word: ondv !er him R'r"'·P·H• nor fly l'imh upon cbefbifrofSolernnicy, which their Schoole l11cely hatched; That D were co feeke gray haires in infancy. Firft, I bring forth char famom pbceo! Sainr CJpri411, in his Epittlewritten bnch in his own name, and his fellow Bitb1ps,ro Pomponim, concerning fome vowed Vit!(inswhich were foond in bed wich men,whereofonewasaDeacon; of which Vir~ins he with his Brethren patrechis fentence, k !t.!fod_(i{<txftde Chri/fo dicaverutJt,&c. lftb'J (faithhe) havefaithfo//ydtdiC4ted ' EpifiJ.> .Epifl. thtntfo/vu IIIJtO Chrijl, kt thtlllWithout u/1 fkmt rerfevm itJ tht co•rfeofchajliiJ, and lt. Pdui & }t~ c~llfllgit~llflJ '"' conftantiJ expdl the rew.Jrd nf th irVirginity; Si autemperjtf)trare caflt fin~ llllt:z coiM!Jt,vel fiiJDpbfJ~nt,&c. BMI ifiither th"J wiJI 1101, orcllnf/ot pu{even, it i.t !Jetttr ~:!~_J6f:J~:v:p thatthtJmarry, than bJ their 'f'llltO!In'ffi fall into tht{ire ; Let themgiv• no (cat~d•ll to "'n.b•m, q•a their !rtthre"a~dsiper~. ~h1t c~uld ~~~tht:r.or cat?J~n write tilQredireCtlv? S0 that fo~"":a~a~~:''" Erafmrwnotes mthe M:.trgme,EtJamvJr~m:b.vs focrzspermitlit nuhert: Hl!rt Cyprip 1 Lib.J. . de M~J E an permitnvenhoiJYirginf to mar'J. 1Bttlarmi•u fhift hereof is ridicubos, Th1t "" h. '·1+· CJpriatJ by occation offome Virgins, which afcer their vow !>ehavrd chemfelves difhoneftly, advifed ochers, that ifchey had not a firme purpole ~fptrfeverin~, chry tbould not vow, bur marry; whomwe remit to the checkofhis owne Pa..tlhu, yea, of his confcience: Indeed, what is this but tomocke!>oththcAuthor,andthe 1\.eader? For doch Cypri•" at all vary the perfoasofwhom hr fpeakes? Doth he not (pe-ke plamlynfVirgins devoted to Chrift? And what perfev•• in-g could there be, bur in line which they had ondercaken ? And what h1rl they undertaken , • . bur adedication of chernfelvts to Chritl?What is this, 1\.eader, bur willingly eo cry · ;:::.,"'::'r,"':;. his Ones againft the fiream oftruth? ~-~""'"ifo· Tothef~epul'l'Ofe i~ thar n~red fente?ceofHier~m~, (t~oo~horht;wife n_one ;;;:;~:;:tlr. of che befi fnends eomanage) who fpeaktnr, ofVirgms, afcnbed by rhetr vowmro '"{"'"'· 1 Ooo the
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