LIB.L The How:mr of the MrtriedClergie. A oftb.JFI<jh, ilith<lterforthtetomarFJ tht!l to 6orlre. Thusbe. For which advice, doubrlcfle he found good caufe in his o~n experie!lee; who having been imployed formerly in this lland ofours, left rwoBaftardsbehindhim, the onebegoct<n of an Englifhwoman , the other ofaScottifh ; Theonewhereofhecommends tO his father SJivi.w, a Citizen ofSie,na; the otherhe confeffes rohis friend P. deNoxeto :' Butt his indeed was before h:s Priellhood; Afterwards, it is Arangewhat he confeffesofhimfelfe in his 9 o. Epi01e1 Mihi htrclep4rHfiHIItrititjl ;, cajlitate; I t a!JMI 6oaftofdDJ merit in llrJ&hafliiJ, fort•teUthetrNth (Magil "' ' l'um f•gilat, 911am ego ilt.mhorreo) Vm111 doth ratherflit from me,then I dhorre it. It was northereforeout offpeculation, but fenfe, not oucoffeeming, bur cerraimy, chat SJiflills p•ffes his 8.tjliiH<HM vldtri. . So now ro fhut up this poinr, the bleffed ApofileSr. Pa11l, and( in his Attendance) P4110Nititan,G,.ti•ll, and PiNt (in tbeircleetfuffrages for us)are fully arquirred from the vaine cavilsofmyDeceAor; andGod is on my fide, theChurchofl\ome on his. Let Sincerity judgewhich Scaleofthe Ballance is heavier. S~::c T. XXV. whil-=s he"'· C:trdin.,tl,he h.-.dlusConUI.binc, towhO at laft he~ve thrref'CoreFlorcrufor b..'\· Dowry. Tipijl. 3 61 ,, ·' , ... Fl\omthelawfulneffeof our Mariage>, I defcended to the Antiquity; where my ••f.r.p.uo. Refuter rakes an ignorant exception. I faid, s omethi11g1 h•ve nuthi,g to pleadfor thun 6NtTime: Age hath6ee,., old ref~tgefor foljhood: Then I lay for my foundation C Tettlllli••~rule; •Th•t~hichlt firfl,it tr11ejf: My Detel.l:orfindesh:reaflar contrJ· dittion, and crirs our, Doethtje men rPali!orjkep fllhtMth., fllritd There are none of •&n.,..p . hiswifefriend!wbich willnor be alhamed of this grof!C fiupidiry; For whether of ~";',',~Zt:;rtbefe rwoSentences can he diOike? and ifboth be allowable, howcan they be con- •.., ~""'""'' ttadi&lry? neither am I his A.dverfary herein, butTert•lli•,. What furer way could }" P•~'';if. therebe,tbeo toconrroll the pretencesofafecondary antiquity by thefirfi I And "" ' " · wbatconttadia:ionisintbis? The firft is ttne: all under thefirfiisobnoxiousro errot; Tbepuifne poAhu-nous Antiquity hatb been arefuge furfallhood; the Primigenious Antiquity(which proceeded from the ancientofDairs) iscertaine. Let tbis Triller go learn ro fpell Eoglilb, ere be prefume to Divinity. Thisantiquity is the touch wherebywedefire all truth to be rryed; which eafily fiodsall thegildedcoyns D ofR.omiOJ innovations, fhamefully counterfeit. Not togoback fo far as Paradifc:{though I wellmight)where Qod made rhe firfi wedding in perfell Innocence; l beganwirh Mofttand his Leviricall Brother-hood; rowhichmyR.efurer replies,Tb•t.!"t i11 e41/llg their PafchaUUm6th7ha/their lo)""1 R•f"'·t· "'· girt. Juftly concluded! A I! rheJews did eu the Pfchall Lamb wirh their loynesgirr, for the expedition or moment ofrheir fligbr, therefore their Pridtsand Levicesdid notconverfewith their Wives. lfhis Superiounof Dowaydoe norblufh at this Logick, his witand theidbame are gone together. Bur, TheJa6jtai~~rd(he faith ) fromthtir WifJtt, fllhilutht)llid"'l11ijlerin theSanl1Hary: What ifwe yeeld this? TheirMiniflrationwas by courfes, andhad inrermilfi· ons. There is an holy •nd decent modefiy in all thofe which areworchy to fcrveat E the Altar, which teacheth themto giveGod his due times, with refpett even of ouc· ward purity;whichisall rhat 4 l!.~t{tbfJHby themmilk-rranflared, and milfc-alleag.eJ by him, tequireth. Butwhatw\11my l:}efuter fay to the HighPriefthimfc:lfe, which ~>~as boundeveryday ro amorning and evening Sacrifice~ whq, yer wasnot reftrainedfrom aconjugallfociery? That Bol\ehatli troubled, blunc!fd, and broken bet~r Teeth thanhis. But(faithhe )rht fig•,. o[!hte/<Tn•O.P.ritjthfnofcArijl (to w!t)Mefchiftdecft, i1110t mdtoh4rxh•dalrJrPifi.at4U; VV~atqflhi$ e, whom heprefigured, wasonly a ~pirituall Hu!b1nd ro hisCliurch. I(tbisn!~ not read to h~ve hadawif,, nomore .~hereadrohaveb~dFatheror~ot~et, : ay,heisreadrobavebadneicher. VVhY. do they not thence m fer, that Prif.!l~ tohave neither, but to be begotten anC:I borne of Angels, not of humane ltiode ~\l;bicb is as good for an inference as that fop- , pery ~~t~!g. l. t. (9· n;i(l!f4t;U-iJOII ;.sur~t {atlatiblfi,they rum it,S.ur.rtuJ&'", lCt{Nt.p.J.ll.,
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