710 •Here lies L.Mr.clin name, Tb~il m~fe. Tbc:Pme Pop<S da"!lhter, L:mman. andbiicwn fconawife. The R onoHr oftheMariedClergie. Ln. I. SE:CT. XX. My ne~tplace, efthehononrablenerTe ofMa~age amongf1all, he fmooths over with a pretended conceffion; profellingWtth FNig<JJtiHI and Hitrom tGgive all high Titles ro that lbte, only preferring the tuleofabetter life- pralfiogMariage butmore extollingViry:iniry: Butwho evermade the comparif~n? Thefeare fair~ Nets to catch Fooles; Whiles he heaps up all the reproachfulltermesthatfpight can devifc again it the very lhte ofMariage, in fome calhngs, not fo much as prejudiced by Vow, how doth he grant Mariage honourable amonglhll? Ifthe comparifon be the mmer he ltands upon, let himfay, Mariage is good, and lawfull for all conditions; Virginity isbetta;hdballhave no adverfary. And whereas (to call him to reckoning for arrerages)he turned olfthis place (when it was) with afcoffe omofBtl/4r- ,.;,., That Mariageishooourable amongft all, yet not between Father and Danghter,&c. The man alludedCure totheirgrearand good Alexander the Si:rt, and the cha!le LNcreu, ofwhomhe knows the Riddle: d FiJi a, {Pollf.-, NMrtfl. For us, thatit ishonorobk,in all efratesofmen by Apo!lolicall warrant,is (uflicient arTurance, th~t ton_o ~ailing, or e!late, irc~n be.dilbonourableand unlawfull. But C to unne Bellanmnu tnfl1ng knor: I fay, Manage ts honorable," ,..., , but not 7"""' .,.;, ,..,.,, in all, butnot between •11; Thatis, every manmay marry with awoman bat not with any womanwhatfoever ,aswitb hi~ Mother, or Si!ler. So Father anJ lliughte~ may marry, but not onethe other. See now what a worthyMeffeof S<>- phi!lry is laid inS. Pawl1 dilbby thefeCarvers, and how eafily over-turned : Soul 10ightvery wel!._proclaim to all theworld (which I doenowconfidently fecond) th•t ifG•dmight he Judge oft hit Controver{ie, it r-erefo•utaae•d. Ifmy Refuter make faces at this, their wholeSchoollball6earemeoutin it. lU'fane comm•lllnft ~cb4J1 ttfol•lio, &c. Allll lotrNtb, it i1 (faiththeir I!J}enCINI) thecommon re(olotio.,ftbt lchoole, that if'~'• injiJI ..eiJ ;,. tbofe thingl'l'hicbrme fPokn bj Cbrlfl,a•Jr-r#ten~ the Apofllui•theCanos oftlJe Net>' T ejlament(fecloding t&UlrPI oft lot clmttb) boiJ Orlm, ,.;thtt11/0tdm, n1r 41 I»IJ, areonJhi•drlnctl ofM.,rimonJ. 'Ihnshe. And liid I any more? any other? • By their confdlion then,God never impofed thisLaw. My proofe was, tbar even in rhe timeofthatlegall ftricmeffe he allowedWedlock to theMiniftersofbisSan· cro•!Y· Herein howam I refuted? If ht mean (faithmy Detector) th4tforp•riiJ 41111 D perfillion iiflife, theCA> ofMofesw.n moreftrilltbt,tbeGoj}ell, the Mlllfllth ;,,.,.. ri••'; Towhich beaddesout of Hierome, that the greater perfectionoftheEvangclicall Sacrificeexalteth greater Holineffe; and concludes,tb.t theptrmiffiiJ••fll'i"" /tJih< AlroniellllPriejlh4od,lr(,Httt'llidt111IJ tbelmperfilJ;o,..fthal La•. So be. Surely Godwanted thisCounfellor uponMount Sinai; he could have advifed himbetter Rules ofhismil=contt ived Priefthood. • Wouldmy !tefutermakehimfelfe fo ignorant, as not toknow, that notwithllan· ding the rathergrtater perfecrion ofMorality required under theGofpell, yettmt Leviticall Law placedirofnrity in manvofthofecreamresand atbons, wherein the Evangelicall findeth none? Did not the touchoffomeVeffels or Garmenul!l1ke • man legally nnclean? Did not the lawfull all: of Conjuga!IB<:nevolence? Did not the accidents ofthe holieft Childbed cary ia theman expiable impurity? Ifbebenot aJew, hewill notfayit isfiillthu~under the Golpe!L How ju!lly thereforemight! inferre , that ifourholyGod, untowhofeWifdome it feemed good to !iandofold upon fuch pointsofoutwanf unc!eannelles, did notwirhfta11ding allowwedlock to hisPriefihood,muchmore(at leall nolelfe) under theGofpell dotbbe allowir,wben asall thofe impurations ofimp11riry are vanilbed. - • · --
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