Sec the Scho· lilof Er<l{mi~J UfOI\ the pbce. The Honour oftheMnriedClergie. L 1ll.l. ~~~~--~----~ the celefiiall Family,addes,~i~U/ aptrte aict"!'Hm,&c. Whom"'' lltllfl open!J charge A th41 dt!Jtr tl>tJ'lf'OHidm4rrJ, ifthet C41111DI con~••ne, or, th•t th<j r>ouli/ conl4iDe, iftht) wiO not m•rrJ. Weknow the elulion ofthiS place alfo; That Hierome fpeakes of Virgins in purpofe, not in vow : Bur whofe nam~, I_befeech ~ou, was defamed by their lewdnes? or, what was theheavenly and Angehcall Family, whofe glorywas blcmilbed herewith ? Was itofany other then profetred Virgins? Or could the al:t ofapurpofedVirgin onely, fbame Virgins profdfed? Tothefamepurpofe'sthe advice ofoBajiJ,and ' EpiphaniuJ. :!'If:;;;~-;!;: Adde to thcfean elde then they"all ,..:[ertuUian, and with himall thofe Fathers rtf.6<. M if<•• which interpret Saint Pau/1 [ voloj1111ioru mthtre] of vowed Widowes; Allwhich 1.7,:;;/;~a: muftneeds hold, that our Apoftle allowes mariage for the lawfitl! remedy ofunable Voraries. ~:,;peW, icwTrt Let not this m:tliciousMaffe-P:i~ft then turn ~s over t?his TJ/;eri4nttt or JovitJi.. :~~.r,::::·- •n forthe firft founders ofour opmton and prathce, whtch we received from noo1 would have th~uhen that divine Ar~h-heretick that fare at the feet ofGamo/je/; from no other me younger then the holily-hereticall F' at hers and Mattyrs df the Church : As for rhofe two miC. ;;;,~~les<o alledged AUthors, ro whomhe nfcribes u,, his ikilldoth palpably faile him in both: ••f•t ,,, ,. For TJ~erianNJ he beingfufpetted?f)?rifci~lianifme, wrote atfettedly againft that He ma<icd his herefie, at Iaft foulely fell to that wh1ch he dtfclau11ed; whereon it was that Hierome ~~~ fayes,Canif arlv•mitu1111 nor upon thema~iage ofhisdaughter. And for that particucatOCroChrin. Jar f.l.fr it is no ldfemiCbken. Hieron;efa1esonely, FilidiiJVirginemchrifto tfevottJm ;~e;?:~"Jt";: matri~onio c~p1tlavit; but Sophronhu (who it feemes weiJ knew the fiory) mroes i~ ' ra[.,_s,bat.in ('"'"'1/ui~ ,_..,.,,.y.,m,) compell'd hisdaughter(aconfecratedVirgin)tomarry. A C H;.,.c.,nkg. foule fall, which we deteft no lefTe then the contrary prattice of rhofeR.omanilh ~'g:.;,~'f~'· who compel! their daughters (which wouldmarry) to be confecratedVirgins. Iti; Ov<g.£pifl.ma· then no leffe falfc thatTjheridf.l g•ve beginning to us, then iris true that Tyburn bath rircviolu:ttr given ajuft end eo feme ofthem. For Jovifli4n, what ishe to os? when neither our ~";..;. ,.;. pratticewashi>, nor his opinion ours. Not our prattife, for he lived and dyed a fin- ....-[•lim dica· gleMonke.Not his opinion;How can webe faid to admit mariage to an equall lbare ;::;.:ff,"":~:7-- of merir withVirginity, whenwe deny merit in either? Againe, that Eunuchifme "''"~foro"' (not in it felf,bur) forthe kingdomeofHeaven,is betrerthen it, we doubt not; But ~~;:r,;:;;; when' thefetwo are reduced to their Subjetts, their value isaccording to theirufe. '""" ha< ,,·li. Ch1Jfoflome could fay,' .<1$ ~"""''"',&c. U(e mariage with meet moderation, •nd ...p. thoulbalrbethe firftin the Kingdome; And GregotJ Nn.i••""" (befides rbat be 0 ;!;~:+ c"""· faith ofhisSiftet Gorg011id) when he commends thechildren ofB•Jiltheelder,' teb , 7 ;_.,.1'1"- us, fame ofrhomfo ufed theirmariage, that ir was nohinderance to them, 9 .omin•' ;i"' ~ i4f.l.'i' adparem virtHtk gloriama[pirarent; that th~; might not 11Jpire to an tt]111U glorJfl[fltr· r,",i ~:::;::;; t11t with theVirgim; and made thefe two ratherdifferent kindsoflife, then manners iiTif.chryf.ad of Jiving. And if1ovinian were Formrfia Mon4chHJ' crt:ffiu, ,itid11J, & c. A/aire, tzf::.: {~':e;-:;;:;,~~~·~1~~~~:~,~~~~~~~~Yh•~~~~~d::,~~~~~:~d~er1n'~e~:~~ ::, o..r. in '"dtm then in ourlaboriousClergy. It is happy for m, and forthat R.everend Archbilhop IJ:/:!,~·~~nu.. Marcll! AJJf, d-1 Domini!, that this Raylercan objeCl: nothing to him butJnharmlefre Jaw• load ofcorpulency. It movestheir fpleene enough, that this learnedPrelatebath '''"·P·S'· honoured cur !land with aDa'matian Pall: Theircaufe feeles that he c•n(notwith· r<fiJu• of ftanding) pnfle into the Pulpit:What fpeake theyofthis? when to theirforrow they Jt~' Pa<';;r.>Ph fee hecould paff'e over the AIpes to leave !tome. ThisBeagle, and hisballing Beyer- ;sfpen•'·'.'~- linck, and the kennell of S•rhon, may bay at him, but not oneof their Bandogsdare ~~"r;;';, ,_•- fallen. But whydoel futferthisBabbler to lead me out ofmy way? what is all this ~ ~ow· (]eevelefl'e difcourfe to aman that never faid, never thought every vowofthis kinde ·t'd unlawfull, noreverybreach offuchvow fmle!l'e? whenhe takes me with this Tenet, %:h~? let himload me with authorities; Till then, his IIOW·frivolous Papersmay fervefor ~f."·P-lW• anyhoneft~fe. SECT.
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