h P~,m:JUm dfllkfatHYitm r;."" c~:nfdaatimltm,&c!afil· Marg. of the K.rf~t.p.6f. · I C/!1.]·7· i Aut,.lftN41. &Gr<~t,lJ. •c~nt.DN.U £p}.Pd.<,. The Honour ofthe MariedC/ergie. L1d. vour is r<quired forthe attainingr I that which G~d will give us; God nevetimplO}· A ed us in making of Starres; though my Refuter IS every day fer on greater worke ~he making ofhim that madeSrarres. Laftly, it is rrue, there i• no fionein mary: mg, there may be finne (after a vow) m n?t ufingalJJawfull me~nesofChallity: The Fathers therefore fuppofinga hpre-reqmred a6uranceoftheg>ft, and calling of God In rhofe whom mamre dehberauon and long proofe had covered with the vaileofVirginity, doe juftly both call for their continuance, and cenfure their lapfes. Fi(tly, upon this ground the Father cannot blamehisChild for incontinence· To containe, impli•simpoffibility. Afke him wherefore ferves Mariage? Yea, b~t to provide an Hufbandor aWife, is notaworke ofan houres warning; in themeane rimewhat fhall they doe? Sure theman thinkes ofthofe hotRegions ofbisRe!igi- B on, where they are fo fbarpe fet, thatthey mufi haveSrewe, allowedofone Sexeat Ieaft;Eife what ftrange violence is this that he conceives ? As our '}Hnitn anfwered hislieUarmine,in the like, Hie h""'ujrhi'llidetwrageredee9uil •dmiffariisrNmtibtHi• 'l!enmm, & de hippomane, nun de homisi6tHratione pr~tlitiJ; he fpeaks as if he had to doewith Srallions, not withmen, not with Chriftians, amongft whomthere is to be fuppofed adecent order, anddue regard offeafonablenes and expediency: A dou~htyargumene, wherewith Mafter Hall is fore pre/fod, (Theymay contain till they mar· ry, and therefore they may evercontaine,and not marry.) Howeafieis it fur me to take up this load, and Jayit-upon my Saviour, which faith, AU men C41J>tOI rwivert· and upon his great ApoftleoftheGentiles, whobath taught us an ('J>m ""' """); proper gift, whichGod bathbefiowed on fome, not on others, and fuppofesa De· C ctffi ry, that may beofgiving a Virgin in Mariage. Sixlly, The Hufb:md and wife are feparated upon difcord, ordifeafe: What fball tbey doe? To live conrinent with this man is impoffible. J anfwer, If onely their will fundersthern, that muft yeeld to necefliry; Diffemion may not abrid~e themof the neceffary remedy ol finne. If necdliry, that findes reliefein theirprayers; ifthey call on him, who calls themtoconrinencybythisHandofhis,hewillhearethem, and inable them to perfift, And whynot then in the necdliryofour Vowes? This is aneceffityofourownemaking, that is ofhis1He bath boundhirnfe!fe to keephis own promifes, not ours. S~;c T. XIV. D WHileshis Fellow,orMafter M•ldu1we, talkes ofconfutingA•ftinin this very point, by ANftuJ himfelfe, thisman will confute us by him; whomhe DO otherwife cites for himfdfe, then his Aocefior Pel•giut cites L•O•ntiNs, Hil•fJ, Am· hruje,H/erome,and Auftinin this cafe. Thething(fai> h he)is inuor puwrr,udt!M•gh it rtiJ•irestlx•Jfifl•nreofG•dJ grace.phichftdlprt'/Jentethour~i/1 J<t th•th•llitrsnot, ~ut thatwe 1fl4J (•fwe lift) livechaf'e •lllhedaJrs ufuur life, "'"'"'"J•punthef•me termes ~e/et'/Je inGoa, dnd/(l'l)e hi111. What impudency is rhis,mmakehim the Patron of the power of our Free-will coGod, whomallthewurldknowesrobavebeen M•lleNs Pe/igi•norul/1? and who in fo many Volumes ciamnes this conceit ro the Pit E ofHell; evermore fo eftablifhing the narurall faculty and ufe ofthe w1ll againll Sto· /ca//neceffity, as that he obandon• any powerof the atl:, or exercifeofir unrogood (without grace) againfi humane prelumprion. When he fpeaks ofthis , here isnot acold and feeble prevention , bur an elfeltuall inoperation , yea, apowerfullere· ation. SincemyRefiner thenwill needs be paralleli~f! our ability of conraiDinr;, and ofbeleeving,Ierhim heare that holy Father fay, ; Nun Jol•m Deus p.lfe nvPr•m, &c. Godduth11ut oniJgive, andhelp uurPUflJ<rlu gu•d, bNt wor~es ;, NI buthourJIJ•II••dttur· /ij11g ofgoqJ, And elfewhere• He is drll#netuChrijl, to Jl>bum it isg•ve11 t• heltt'Oe in chrijl: P<JI>er istLerefore t,i'Vell ••to the• to hemadethe jonnes ofGud, JJhichhe~t'Dei• J,;.,, •btiJ 1 his is t,zven them to beleeve i• him. And fo farre is he fwmfaying wuhmy Derelior
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