The Honoztr ofthe MariedClergie. A Derel'orand hiS Bellarmine, that who liftsmay beleeve when helifts, that be reaCons rhus: ffl_uid mibi ofimrliJ, &c.twhat dojl thou tellmt~fthJ Free-,111, "'hlch c•n 11e- ~::~:J:~"'"· v" befrteto doe g•od,except tho" he .jheepo(God? He therefore tbat mak,tr mento 6ebk ~.;,w!«~ jheep, frees the,i/ls ofmen to th:ooedunce of PieiJ: But"'hJ dothhe make theft men ""'•,,;,~,, fheepe 4•d thofo not, fnce wilhh11n uno refpelJofper fond The ,tpojlle 4ftjwen, o •Pfoad ' 1""'"- homo/ &c. Tht<i he. Either therefore let him never citeS. Auflin againft us in thb f:.':Jf::t~;,, point, or elfe wee mufr be forced tocouotercitehimoncernorethen wee meant. ;!~;~ft:::fr:• ,n P/atJpo./fomus dicere frontefJJ h£reticorum tJon ejfe frontem : ~n_d if there could be muus tn.Jtl/4~ any more on that holy Fathers Icore, Father M•ldonate bath paid It for us. To con- ,;,, & •flu m elude therefore for him; A··hitrillrJJhumlln~ 'DolantAtisnefuttfHdm diflrllifiJtH: We fzm,4plldtJII!~ k_now nomandothwelt4g•infthu will; God ufeth not to make Virgins by force· and ;;':r,'!,;':;:P,'" B the fame goodne!Te that gives Choftity to the maried, continuesVirginity ro rh~ fin- "'lP"" Ap•fl· gle: Wh•l ofallthu? 'thertfore (fa_ith he)iti1 ~well in tbepo,erof_allfQg/eperfons ~~~~! to he ai"'•Jes contiftent, M ofthe man:dlo k!epcon~·~atl Ch•J!•IJ: An Illanon and con- RqNt.p.<g. elution worrhy ofmy R.efurers LogiCkand Dtvmity; as If he argued rhus for himfelfe- The fame God that difpofesofOrders, difpofesofthc Popedome; therefore I may ~swell look to weare threeCrownes,as one !haven. Or the fame God givesborh Life, and Grace, and Glory_: therefore all thofe that live the narur_alllife, m•y alfo Jive rhe fpirituoll andglonou;. Who fees not the reaf<m ofthefc unhke? Conjugal/ honefiy is abfolutely commandedofGod to all maried perfons; perperuation ofVirginiry (he grants) wasnever commanded: the breach ofi:onjugall honefty isofit felt afinnero ali;Marilge is not fo .. Againfl_r~eone rherefcJte w~ may abfolurely pray C in • faith,againft theother ?ut with condmon;God bath promifed ro deliver us from our fins, not from ourMana;;e. As fur Saint Amhrofo, we eafily gram him large in the praifeofVirginity. Burno oneword of all his cited aUthorities toucheth our Affertion : The hd ps of rh1 Church, the fervice ofAngels, themerit ofrhe PrayersofourSaviour, we yeeld to be goodmeanes ofcontinence, where it is intended; bur rharitis meant to all commers, we deny; Let rhe fucceffe fpeake. •_cbriflitritfi 'idts adnir,qu~r ll;flttr.u tiju· '~llltql«<djli/[tll . A~tg.dta4 fuf.con.t. t.c.19 'r(ilt.p.]l,]1, 'l· Neitherdoewe taxe theVow !or any improhiry in it felfe, but forrhe incapacity ofthe perfons: TheVowweregood,ifthemen werenor eitherevill,orunfit. Ard here•byrheway,whereasc.E.Iikeamafierly Monitor WI!hes Maftrr Hall to read theJivioework,trofAmbrofe,concerning thir fMbjeCI; Mafter Hall is bold(in requirall) 'R•f•s-n•- D to tell C. E- that he knowes nor Ambrofo; and to <eoch him (fi, ce he harh notlearnec' itoforherMafters) rharthe Bookwhich he fo ofr, and fo folemnlyciresfor Ambrofu, PAd Virginem Jap(am, isanored Coumerfcir, arrut NtJvatian; which his grave . Cited foure ignorance might have heard from his Bellttrmir.e and Pr.ffivifu. cim~ by c.£ And howmuchbetteris that other Traet whkh he 'cires from Ambroft, Epift.B2. =.::::s"'Y where:inmemion is made of* V'mice) which was not excanttill Am6rofowas not? Ktfor.p. 34 . 45 . And theCommentaryof Ambrofe upon 1 T1m. 3· whence he fetches his forceableft 48-so. •Teftimony for forced Conrinency;ffir in rheNofe,and bored in the Eare long fince :P,;.~;;'f,;;;.,_ by r Salmeron, BaronltH, Btfl!lrmine, and l'T'~Cfl Lurd<. Ofthe fame ftamp (char the ••>.c.,;.p.ng. Readermay here fee once for all how he"J!nlledbythiSfalfePriefiwithfuyfted ~~-:.;:1;:;; Aurhorities) is his Aug•ftine, Debono Vid11itatis, 'thriceby him here quoted, nor p , 3 •· E without great triumph; branded by Erafmw, Ho(i..,, Lint/an'": as likewife" his All- '"i•t.p.1o. gu{llne tie Ecclef. dogm•t. confeffed counterfeit by llellam<ine , and bis friends of lA- ~~,{!;.P-4" fJtdn: and • the Sermons de Tempore, calbier'd by Era[m11.r, Mart. Lip{ttll, [he Lova- 1 Rt{itt.p.8o. oianr : whereto let us adde the hookofgreat Ath'"•fiur, de Pirginitate, 'produced '•1"'-P.ll• in ~reat fiate by C. E. not without ~rear wt0ng and !hame fathered upon thatSaint, os (ifE,.fmus and Nanniusdid nor !hew) rhe rirlicu'ouspreceprs therein contained would fpeake enough. To follow all were enj'eAe: Ofthiskind, lafily,ishis CJpri•n de_Difci~lina & bono pudicilt£, nN more m1g111ficenrly •brOI'!!hr forth by C E. then , ••f"'·P-l6. fauely eJeCted by Erafmus and Efprnc.t'us. There are •hegloriousTefiimonies which gtacerhefwelhng Pages ofmine Adverfary; T hefe are thepious fraudes wherewith honeft Readers are !hamefullvconzend. Ir !hall fuflice rbu< in awart! to have thankedmyR.everend Moni,or for hisfage advice , and to odvile my R.eader toknow whomhe trufts. 0 o o 4 For
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