L 1 B. I. The Honour oftbeMariedClergie. ~----------------~~--~--~~------~- wbomafterthefirlhllowancetheyhave either fupprelled, or cenfur<d? To their eremall andopenconvittion,Doltor ]aflltJ, (whom theymayrevile, but lball never anfwer) bath co!!ed:ed 1111d publilbed the names and pages. SECT. XXIX, NOT to follow therefore this bablingvagory ofmy Adverfary againftZ•i,g/1.,., L11ther MufculrH, WhilaR.<rr, ( wbar Puppy cr.nnoc bark a<a dead Lyon/) wee come clofe;o theCanon: That no Bi!bop,Prelbyter, or Deacon.!ball forfakeorc:dl offhi• Wife in pretenceoflteligion,or Piety,upon paine ofdepoficion. Wherewitb howmuch my Refuter is preffed, appears, in that he is fJine with B•r011i"' to avoyde it, with,,tpocrJphorum 11on eft 1a11ta INihoritar; There is no fochgreal aulh"iiJ ;, 4p.- crJphaUC•IIMI. . • • • • Where i5theman that even now apbratded us wtth the lawletfe r<Jechonof anc1ent Rec01rds, and bynamewould undertake to jufrify thofewhom my Epifile taxed fur Adulterine, whereofthefeCanons ofthe Apoftleswere a p>rt? Now he is fayne to change his note, 4pocfJpho~·"'" ":''"fi t•>tiA authotit.n. Hee h~th cat! elf IgDaliw already, anon you !ball find htm reJelhng So<rales, Sozom'."• N~etphortH, Gratian, sig<~ert, H.H MltliNgdon, and whomnot? upon every o:ca11on ili•melellypracbztng that which hecenfures. If! alleage the fix rhgenerallCouncell,that of Conjfa11ti11opk, proclaming this fenfe truly Apoftolicall, even the li~th generall Councell is rejelted, as neither lixth, 110r ~eneull, nor Councell i T~attbis Apoftolicall Ca?on is bent agaiofi rhedenyallof C Matrimoniall converfanon, IS apparently<xpreffed m rhofcCanonsof Confta•ti11opk how·evertheextemofitinregardoffomeperCons is reftrained. There is no way tber!Ore toumy this knot,butbyCuttingit; and flly cavillmg Prieftwith his J efuits I 1112y gnawlongenoughupon this bohe, ere they fuck in'"! thingfm• htnce , iul tk I ! 1/ootl•ftlo<iriJPIIj,.u. Anyofthofe words finglemight be avoided, but fo fer together, willabide no il· btfioo Ltt hifll not •P•• pretellceofRt/lglon tejellhil Wift. Rt/11J.p.1l6J U7. Ap.fl.Caj. Th lbift that a.!. borrows from BcU•r'mtt<, is gro!IC•, and fuch as his own hearr cannot rrnft(ce.o4,..,,t,.,c;,.,,faithhe):lhat 11, * preuxtM~ilfitionil. Lookoverall the lft{lltop rat. Copiess all interpretations oftbefeCan ?Us; that of Dl•nJl• Exig~w, thatof c,sli· AniiiHeru<IIH;thatof~,,.r.,, tbatwbtch Gr•ila• (whom my enher graceldfeor ignoranudvertarydaresnameagainfi ~e)citeth from hence, all of them run prLtt- • 111frtttiiU' b<td""fl" D "'" rdlgiMk. How clearis that ofthetr own• Law? Si q•k tbc1>1erit SlctrdotmJ,&c. lf ""! m••fh•llmcb that • Prleft, wlllktpr<tenteofRtligion,mAJ conle11t11hil•'"""ifi, ;!~;~,., let hnn be 1rcurfoJ. . . • ticio•U pr#!Ti4 And z,,.,,.,wbombothour JNnriH,and thetr EfP'"'""' Ctteout of ~llllitiiH his mrtm,.,ttm· Expofition,i•mofi cleere;Hoc .,.;, fJidtl•r ill<a/NmniAmjieri•uptiarNm,&c.F•r thit "'"' ejtlliof> (faithhe) ,.•• u (mn to 6e tbne i11r<proacb •f m~ri4g<, "' if the Matrl«oni•U k._n111>ledge of Ma••,;JWiftcat~[tti411J 11~ck4~11t{fo. Thus he. Where itis plain thathe rakes it not ofmaintenance,bnt ( «i T' ' Mi£••• )ofthe Conjugall'att.Thenec<llicy of which fenft; alfo is evic:red by their own* lljpence"' ~ut ofSaint ch'!foftom<, in his fe. • 2g,..,. 1 ,,.a, cond Homtly upon TttfH• And• Bl/f4tnollnolelledtrettly; Bu••fe (faith hee) before '""·'4· that u"' •!Jofiinian, it'""' /4rPf•Ufor 4m4tJ11fD11 ••J CAHje to div•rcehitWi{c: there- ' 1 ~ c,.,., A· Jomheprefont C411011 givu ch~rge,tbat it fh•llfJOI belarPft~Ufir • Brfhop,Pri<jfor Dtaco~ .:;,; ~;~"·"' E •P•~ prne11ce ofpiel), to P"'""''J. hirWif<· Thus he. From all which it isnothard tofee, that in thofe youngdaye1cfrhe Church the myflery ofiniquitybeganin thilpoint to'Work;foasMariage,aocording to tbe Apefiles preditlion, ~·n to be in :in ill name, tbooghthecleere light of that primitive Truthwoold not eildure thedifgtace. So as in all this I have both by Mofu, and theexamplesof that LeviticallPriefthood; by the te!limoniesofthe.Apofiles,by thdrpraltlce,by their anciently-reputed Canons;andbythetellimonyofrheagedefrFathers,fo made good the lawfulO<s and antiquity of the Mario~tes of perfotis~clefiafticall, thar I !ball not need to fear a Divorceeither frommyWife, cir the.T rum ·inthat·myconfident and juft Atferrion. THE
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