7°4 The Hono11r ofthe Mt~ried Clergie. L Ill. I. Vtdo {Mpra, Rl{ut. p.74. 7 S· l<c{;;st.p.78 . f',;g.]9· ' LJb. :t.t.19. dt Adulur. CorrjNz.vid{11p. "Ncqtte tnim ficJJt nonm~tcll.iltriq/lmt;ccidu,itaditi pm fl ,nOnubrs- .A>~r,.deVtrg. [.mtt./.jinr,.c. )0 R.f{ttl· p.Uo, u[ - qut~td$7. For Origen, we have already an(wered; My Detel.l:or could not have chofet{a bet- A ter man for the proofe ofrhefacility ofthisWorke, then him, who (according m the broad Tralation ofhisrudeKhemijls) geldedhim(elfi:, andmadehim(elfeno man for it. Th<t aBgracet Are deri<;ei to 111 from the Founldine, or rather the foOOctan ofChriftsMerits andMercies, ( Wh!C~ he!J'~\V~sfromS. Hiero1!>) rPen>iOingi]I<Achaf!,ainft them; (o farre are we frombemg IUJUnous to the Paffion ofourdeareRedeemer; Butifhe will therefore inferre, that every man may be a perpetual!Virgin he may as well hope thattherefore every Scribler may write all true. OurSaviourhlmfelfe, \vhich faid I will drarP all men 111110 me, yetfaid, Allmencanuotrectivetbil· not I cannot give it, but they cannot take it. ' I' Illud diJ:rrim tantum~:b[lllfTt, ut ifiacufl,t clljliw ilJiicDjflg..zlnn':.licm t , &c. (fal!hPolyd.Vug }ThM 11M](i1J,tbat ilisfof.rrr~ off, tbi1t tbilc0pt!- ltd Cl11zjlit] exttlkd tbr cojuf.Jltb..~flity,rlu.t nltrifT'.t of .zny ofmu coidd brj11g more bat redtltbt Jlollt •{Pritflbood,~t mtJrt dl{gractto Rt!tt.ion,or-m,rt forrcwt iJ .tfl gcodmm,thtn tbcbltm,Jhof tbtunchajltli[t cfPritfh,& c. As for that pratlicewhich he cites from S. Aufti", offorcing men both intoOrders and Continency, it lbewesrGther the Fall: then the Equity; what was done ina particular Church, rather then what lhouldbe; The Refuter him(elfe renouncetbit in the precedent Page ; (For the chorchforceth none thtrtHfJio) Neither is it any other then a direfr refl:raint of that, which the Councell of Nice determined to be left free. La{(ly, thattheremay appeare tobe no le1l'e impoffibility ofhonefl: Truth io fame men, then rrue Chafliry, he cites one piace for all, out ofS. A•fti,, • Let not the hurt/en ofCMiinencynjfrigbtM, ilrPilthel~~htifit heof Chrijl, il rr>illheofChriftifthm heFaith, If,. I ohlaines ofhimn>hi<hcomm,,df, thttbing A'hich he doth co1JmJ4nd. See Reader, withwhat fidelity, and by this elleerne the refl ; S. Atiflin fpeakes there of per(ons divorced each from other, whomneceffity (as he fuppo(es the cafe) cals to Coneinency ; TheDetell:or cites himfor the power ofvoluntary votarieo; thevery place confuteshim. It 111ill heChrijl1 1•~ (fairh A•iflin) if/here hef•ith that ohlainu C of him rr>hich command!, the thin~ whuh hedoth comm•nd : Therecan be no Faith where isno comm•nd ; Now c. E. w•ll grant there is no • commandoffinglelife to all; Therefore all cannot alke it in Faith, therefore all cannot thioke itthe yolce of Chrifl:, all cannot beareit. SJ;:CT. XV. P11f;·d-t.s.c4• qHitr. /. :t . in O)t.~cUqut tJ.marc pudlcitiii r:. r. I' I h ffi nd fi kJ d {<fi"""''" • "' NOWotlafl:(like(ome (orie •quib, thatartera me i nga par ingeo s ~!~~;~::,rt~~ri~ in an unfavory crack) my R..t:fur.er af[ef all thefe Flou,rifbesofthei~poffibiJity, D "'•T•""'"'·"' !hutsup in a (currilousDeclamatlon a{(i nfl: ourMinifl:ery;gramingit indeedirnpof.. mfl'""""' fible, amongfl: us, to live chafte; and reliing his Reader that we blulhnot to blaze io ;;;~;:!E~~ ~~~;:';;c~~r;r~ei~i~~~~~~hf;rc~~?;~~'i%~~~:::,7-~J,~;,~:~fnfot~~~~;~~:%;~~: uurumJuxta #f?.!J 4re; and here are fordu, ded~cora,fctJbiu lihidi'IJII111: the bruriih fpirit ofHerefie 1,;'!.1":;.:1," flelhly and (en(uall. Impuremcurh! Hnwweli doth it become the fonne ofthat Bti- ""P"JI d;mt· hyloni•n Strumpet, to call the SpoufeofChrifl:Harlot! Howwell doth is become tip• ~:,""J;7;;~~;;: drencht in the Cupoflhofe Fornications, ro utter blafphemousSlanders ( SpNIII''" P";,~;,,;.;w, cerkri) againCl Innocence? By how much more brutilh that Paradox is, fomnch [""""' F"'"' more devillilh is the unjufl: imputation ofir ro us: Whichofus everblaudit?which ~~~::~;;;: ~~~~r~~~;~!\~~h~ ~~~~h~~~i~~~~rc~~~g~~~,~~~nhu~~ ~~~~;~J~i~r:e~~ ""'"•"'" ~>•"" our Univerfities, howmany grave Prebendaries in our Cathedral! Churches, how :~:;;::.~;~~. manyworthy Minifters in their rural! fiations, that Chine Wtth thisvertuein thee>:s ,,;r!uf. o my- oftheWorld? Iftherefort the proper ploce.JChaJitfJ6etheCh•rchofGod( 11< thk Cif!'~ljl<~;,, 'l."'""' /er pleads) it is ours in right,' theirs in pretence: And fo much more noble is thi!!D r::,:;r:::;fi i.-ours, for that in ours it is r free, in them Cforced, l njidll e~~jlos ct1ftilatif tJtct/fitiS, ~S ,,.;, ""hori:.u that Father faid ; NeqMeoptH pdjferi fi'gerud montrm : In them, asChryfojlomtCSI? ~~;~~~~~fl~~ long fince, TO' ""'~'"' ,.jj, nq3tri.st dnhr.~J.o, T!Jegr4ce ofYirginiiJ 11 loft : ,.u.~, di ~fl.l'l§J, 'Jl•~ ""'"'"" ThtrPorldmtkpfporl rPithfoci>Maiden-head. Forthe refl:; TheGodofHeaven J~d~e ~~;';"'d::~~:; betwixt usand our enemies : ~ ohimwee ~ppeale, how wee defi~e ~o ferve bun ID '"'fo''"''"'· cha!le Wedlocke, whom they d,lbonourWith uncleane and falfe V~tg~mry. AniJ.l.r.dt vir· Not
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