7'26 L Jll.U. theholymanwifelydeclining the dan&cr,md ~:iligpity of the times, madcnor at rhc Jl fir!t any publikeprofetliooofhi• Mariage, a~ what necded to invitemifchiefe? But that heeverhad anydilhonc!tcdnvcrlatiObwith her Ql' any other, lr is·tlp otherrbcn the acccnt ofrhe !IJOlltltOfalafphemy. "AJl!Ljf any oneofour Clcrgie., afrer a lrgaU and ju!t Divorce long fince, have taken t<>bimfclre that liberty which otherReformedChurches publikely allow(as grancing io fomc cafe a.full relc:~fe, both a thm,and 4vitmlfo ) whn ground is this for an irnptlre wretch to'cafidirtin tbeey<~of-6ur Clergie, and in the teeth ofourChur€b? Malicious Malfe-:Priefi, cofi back thofeemifiitioU! eyes to your own infamousObairc ofKome; ~nd ifevmin that thou con!l ~·fo:.!·>6o. ditcem no fpedaclcs ofabominable uncle.annelfe, fpegd•rhy fpightfull cenfure~npon our'- I reckoned divers examplesofmaried Bi!bops and Prie!ls our of EMjihi•t, B.•ffi~<w, mhers;amongfi rhere!l7l>Dm•."' Bl~pof Antiuh, which fuccceae.d &•m•f•· tefl/16, for which myMargentcired E~fihi..,, in his 7 .Book, and l9.Chap. My Deteaor taxesme for citingAuthors at random; •• E11ftb.lih. 7. cap.l9· whrn as there are (he faith) but ~6. Chapters; and for things whtcb-are nor found in him; As ifrheman baddefperarely fworne ro write'nothingbutfa)fe. Tr11fi not mr, Reader; rru!l thine owneyes; Thou !halt linde thatBook of• l'!NjibUu to have ene and thirty Chapters, and in the cited place thou !halt d(\ly linde theHi!lory of D.nmflt. Whofe patience would nor this impudency move? . "Piti.EII{tf,. ~Jit.l#.jil- .Jn. 1Ji7· n I reckQned nor examples enow, or fucb asbe likes not (as unju!lly fecminglitigious) there is choice enough ofmore; Ttrtsllia11, 1'rojper, HilarJ, E11pjj' h"'• P•IJcrltltt, and his feven Ance!lors ; towhich tet him adde 2 4 Diocelfes at once in Ger- c , F,. .<n, & ••nle,Fr•oce,spaitl,.4n.l o 57.ofmariedCletgymeo.recordedby iheir own 'Ge~MikMm.m h"' '"'• andmake up hismouth with that honefi confefiion of Aventi•e, • S•urdotu ill~ '1-".P· ltlflpejl•lt p•bli« 11xoru,jicwt caleri Chrifli••i, h•ithlnt,filio•prDtn•~•nt1 PritjiJ i• .;1;~~. hifl. th•fo d•J<) pohli~I.J h1tlrPivtt 111 otherChrifli•nt h•d, ••d brg#l <hilrlrt•; which the old 111<>r Wives Verfe,(ifhe had rather) expre!fes in almofr the fame rermes 1 . ~:&:.::;;:~ . fl!l:oiiU/111 Pmb}ltrl poltr4DIN>Yri!JHt ~11: '-ft• . .. <~~•- which his M••t•an bath yet fplln in a finer rbred, .,we!hall !IJew in dlisSdtion. }.""hethore What 1 danger isthere now therefore, either ofthc breachofmy promi(e>to my r::!~·.,.J wonhy friend Ma!ler Doll:orwhitin,,orofmy divorce,or of his villory? If the man G'"'" Sa<<'· ·and his modefiy had nor been longfince pai:ted, tbefe idle cracks ha.d never bectJ. i•w l•~f•fo•· But whereos thismightyChampion cballenges me with great infultation inmany :;r.;:,'.,, palfages ofhis broviogdifcourfe, to name buroneB1 hopor Priefr ofnote, which afM "'"""'-" rer holy Orders converfed conjugally wirb his Wife, without the fcandall of the D 7{;;:';l;J.;. Church branding fuch(ifanywere)for infamous; and daring ro pawn hiscaufe opqn p,.,.jif. ' "f this rryall; I doe here accepthisoffer, and am ready ro produce himfuch an EJ:mJple, mi"'J: "'[~'· as ifall theJefuirsbeans in the world fiood upon his fboulders, they could not roll :;::,,;,~~~ bow to wrangleagain!l. I do< nor urge to him that Pr•fperof AqNit.~tt,a Bilhopand '""· , . aSaint, whofeVerfes to his Wife arefamous, and imply their infeperable converlia- r.;,:r;! !U: tion. ttmPbliMI& 1piflo14munitil· Agej4mprtetJrmetlrHm Come1irrtmota rtrHm, &c. 1-ii!chiklren furt him not, norhlSWife lawfully con· joyncd in wed- . lock.. Jnthofe daiesGodmil: liked nOtthe ~hod, nortbl:aadl~ &c. asiJ•. .A,tt. c.,u.djw.ft. 'P·9-L7· Noryetrhefore-named Hilary, B.of Poitim, whoin hisoldage(iftharEpilllebe wonhyofanycredit) writingrohisDaughrer, confelfesher yearesfo few, that through the incapacity ofherage, lhe might perhaps not under!l•nd the Hymneor E Epi!lle;ofwhomthe hone!l carmtliteMantN4nNJ could ingenuoufly confelfe: Nlm IJQCHil tlhJ progeniu, 11011 o~jl#it Nxor Utilim~ cDnj111JIJII thoro. Non bt1rr11it iU# Ttmpejl•te DtHtth•lamll, tHntbole, UdiH. Nor Bi!hopSimp/iciwJ,of whom ~ Sidtmi'" gives this praife, that his P.rmts ~ere eminent eitherin Cathtdrit, orTrihMnalihHt,and that his Pedegreewas fatllOilSettbeJ Epiftopit or Pu{i:{liJ: andfur hiswife,rhat !he was ofthe frock ofthe P•kulii,9Ni••t httr4rHtn; 4MI4/14riHfJJ&4thtrJriH CHTN JNi orainiii4H" ltnNtTHfJI; OtWho~aJIOSI~ •i.,tcanfay,bedid rtfp•tllim Slcefliot#J Htriwff••f•flrifie, at~fwerothe Prkjf/;Htl,.,' either l'tmilf• Nor
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