1 be Honouroftbe MAriedC/ergie. Lni. • H•o. ""' '{ thatof* Himm<, I fall might beVirgins, Ch~i!twould never have faid, ~i Pfl<fl A 7.,,..1 ·•· capen, c~piat· Neitherwould theApo!lle fo umoroully have pcrfwaded to Virginity. Could h; ever fuppofe thatVirginitymightbehadwithoutprayen? and yet he fayes, Ifall mig~t beVirgins,&c. · Whowould not have thcught, that this one text ofonr Saviour lhould havdlopt all mouth•?His Difciples had (aid; Ifrhw, it it t.••tln•t tom~r,: He replyes,AO "''~ "'""' ' recdve th141Pord,f"''' th'! to 'R'h1111 it if t,r'V<II; and concludes,He thltif die to reuive it, let him recei'Vt it. Yet here f<e the toreheadof aJefoite, MaltloHte upon , a. 1 the place dares fay thus: * Th•t hef•ith, •ll•e• dot n•treceive this w.,,J, Ill Int..- '~~.:'"' ' '· preters(almojl)do< fB<xpoNnd it, M ifthefo•ftwer•,Ailmencallllol performthif,.hi<l• •-fol,&<. J•• [•J, that if, Wane awife, kcaNjeallhave not thet,ift ofCh4JiitJ, &NtOII<lfiH{tto rs:hom rt if 1,iven; for which he cites onely Orrgtrt, Greg•rt• Narr.i•u.e~~t, AmiNfo,concealing the reil ofhi1 Aimoft aU; yet afrer the fame Page (forgetting himfelfe) fot. D.A•g•flinw, &c. Onely Saint A•fli• uf.,. (faith he) to teach, tharrhis gifrofConrinency is not given ro all, buttofomeonely. It is happy yet that herein we are granted to err<with Saint A•flin; and y<t ero long, wotake in Orige•, N•r.UIIZt•e, Amhroji, Hierome; and at lafl,overrakeFere~mne', foaswe need not f<arefolitariIcmnocbe nefle in rbi< error. But what fay<S the J<fuite ro this good company? AJ,J,ri,.. :;;;:. pojJMm, NI fif.a'; No fTW'lltll. Marke, howwell the Jefuit<s fOllowJefus himfdfe: Jofusf•yes, Allmenr•rmot rectiflethi!. The J<futtes fay, • Allmtfltri"J rtcei'IJeit. Jefus I ayes, It m•JI ht given from G•il. Tho Joluitsfay, '11 i1 fo thet,ift •fGod, thlt it ism the poTI'er ofM•n. Howcan we looketo<fcape theirOppofirion, whm they dare thus contradict our S•viour? For me, I !hall be !till in this Her<lie, That all thdrPrie!h, andMoncks, and Nuns cai'lnot cootaine: And his • B.,....,,..tNre fball C beareme our,who te•ches me, that to the third degree ofChaftity (rtf•lri priflileghm jing•l41<) thtreisa fingular priviied~erequired; forthatit fF<mestobeabovo the pitch of naturall pdlibility, to livr mthe Flelb, and notto feele th<faults of Fie lb. • Q,..NJCtiiiUJ• 1:l1lf#Ttft~ lmt- BtU11.r.l.1. dtMa.-&Jl. Et~IJMm DtJ e[(,&t:m:rnm ftrtPil1t,&•rbiJrub•DURil fl"fitl~tn,lb/d. ~poufth• btar{uMmAurU h«J'JYf...nltl.til) quimi~tH4,nUP: tWIIm4rt,tlfflJ t:ni!".JZt.cllrr {11fl.i1n.Tim·4· "Btmavtn.-1" OpMf>ILyw•lf• Rthr,,p.iJO, Sulpt~U}t~.T~tr. rucfl,&urb• gr.uultqJUdr;M OWitl uput p.ffum, Btr~f.lft conumpt.MUJt• Natjig,tAVAl' t/ftt,qiUitiFt~rP 11n•ltJ"fV1'11tts paffllllt,Prim-'f· B.t[Mt. p.6o 6t. S J:C T • .XlJ. AS for his holy Siflers at l!rNx<ls, thetouchofwhomhathfomuchrn6rrdhi• ghoflly zealc, I intonded no quarrell to rhem in particular; Thoymay be ss ho- 0 nefl, as theirChampion is maliciou•. Whar I faid, wasOlltofthefuppofition ofrhe common frailty; And if he have been fo much in their bofom<, asto knowtbty never repenred them, it is woll knowne that otbm have! whofe Song bath been in the bearing ofrhofe I know: Whatfoal/ I doe,jba/IJdie, andtrevtrmarritrl6e I Likeunro thofeVdlails, FtBiices ""Pii:, mDrilrlliji nH!Jeredulcet{f. As fur themifchicfe followinghenr.,thevi!ible monumomsoffotr.ilny murthe- • P'il.Hift"· red Infants(ifnot inGregmes Ponds) in the very placo whcr< 1 now live, and<elfe· ,,,,.110 '"'" where, convinces ittoomuch. But 'rey ex•rnple ( ywis) lhall cle<rehis Ve!blsof Aug•~•dmfi< Bruxels,and al1other vo13rles. Mafter Ha/1,.,. al>jint(fome thrremonths )In friiiCt: E""·t" 1'''ft· Flrjb irfraik, r,mpt•lions fi•f•mt (addetorhefehisbody fickly, and wellneereto !.7d:ffit~~"'"" dea• h) J<l botb theumlht{mhismariat,t, he •••lilt•4! # ingrwJi•rtre ("' wdl he ''fl'"''' "''"-\ m;ght)l# bt f JpeO<!i fortlifbo~~tfl. t rue,andmiyht defioMen and Drvilsin rhat chal- ":.:"',:}:,1,;';;• len!(e. Whar oh~ is? I r iollowes then: lfM•fter Hall <~•Id for[• long together li'IJt • a;""""'•"'"'" ch•Jit lifi;wLJ ,.mort? Why nor al\nyu?Dcmon!trativoly concluded: As •fa man '""'""*•If•· lhculd fay, c. E. c'oth fpeake fome wife words, bowcan hut any timewrirerhus ;,[,~';'.~~;:;: foolilhly? A Chriflianharh fomerime grace toavoidaTempration, whynoral· '""'""'•An- waies? Why .Jorh ho not ke<pe himfelfe ever from !inning? A goodSwimmermay ~Z!~:;.~;:7· hold his breath undrr the water fur fomo portion of a Minute, why nor fora~ u.AJii,,.,,,.. roure? why not fur more? A<levout Papift mayfaflafierbisBreakr-ftft, 111lh11 '"'f<tt·t·•• · Dinnerintheafternoono, thordOre why not a Weeke? Why not a Uon<rhl why
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