~~Is. IL The Honouroftbe Maried Clergie, _ ( ___2ll_ A That the Clergy notonely of the E•ftmight MatritwMio copM14Ti,but of theWefr · aifoRligbc M41t"ifJI011ittm ro1Jir4here(whichare thewords they areunwlllingroknow Rt[;.a.p.l o4-. in their own Canon Law ) fhewful!iciemly that they not only were maried of olol, blHmight m1rry; Bur for theEaO:erneCbgy, it is freely granted by all ingenuous fpirits; infomuch asE(}enc.tll1 tels m, rhatnever Author, either oldor new, imputed this for afault unto theGreekeCburch, that theirClergywasmuied. What fiullwe fay then to thisbold B1yard,that compares thir tDieratioiJ ofM.,·iago Rrf.r. ;.,os, i• theGm/;_ChHrch, !Vith Mofeshis permi/fioll ofthe 'Bill of Dh,.rce ur.to theJ' n•eti A> ,.,. ifMariage had beenonely tolerated, not allowed; as if uojufr Divorce were " fit march for lawfull Wedlock; whilehe here talkes of b11filia cordh, well m'ywe talk ofhis D11rMa front if. It is rrue;every Church,everyCountrey,harh their Cufrom"' and Fafhions; which Joanwu M4ior plead1 againil Be4•s cenfureofthe Engl!fb and B sccttijh and TJrillijh obfervation ofE1frer, m<d may be as jufily i;1 thiscafe pleaded for us. Thiswasofoldnoleffe ours,than the Greekes; And if any Church will be prefcrlbingagainfiGod, we havenofuch Caftome, nor the ChurchofGod : But "f;,,, P·••l· ••hat aridiculous infinuation hit, tlllt the GreekePriefrs are diipenfed with by fu- •oS. preameauchority Ecclefiafricoll? Forfooth, byrhe PopeofRome. Faine would [ learnewhen, upon what termes, at what rate theGr.,cians purchafcd in theCourt of Rome Qifpenfation for their Mariagcs. I wouldmy Refuterhad the Office appointed him to fhullle o~er.ll theRecords oftheApofrolike Chamber,till hefind fuch agrant m~deproptu at~ritiemconlis;then fbould agrt':lt deale of ~:ood Paper efcape the mifery ofbeing befme>redby his Pen. c What{lrange fant>fiike Drt':lmes are put upon the world? Where the Papacy cannorprevaile,there forfooth his Holinefl"edifpenfeth. TheGreekChurch admit· tcrh mariedPrie!ts,~he P~edifpenfeth with them; Theydenyand defie the Popes Supremacy; I trow he d•fpenfeth with themforthattoo: and why not with the Church of EtJgland i! We payno Peter-pence, we run not to Romts·market to buy m.!h; I hope hisHolinefl'e difi>enfethwithus for thefe Ptcc•dmo' t; we take liberty here tomarryrather then toburne,why fhould we nothope to receive thar Difpenfarion, whereofwebeard the news oflate from apoorBankruptCarier? AdpopNINm philerH. D SECT. XV. A Sfortbe contradiltionwbkbhis fagacity findes (not withoutmuch fcotne) in ''"•P·•••· the twoParliamentallLawcsoftbeFv.ber and theSon, King He•rythe eight, •!2; •• , "'· andKiug Eda4rdthe fixt; whereoftheoneforbids, tbe other allowes theMariage otEcclefiafriques, itneeded nothave beenany wonderto alearnedPritfl, which mighthave known Councelsenowdiametrallyoppofiteto each other: what fault was irin the recovered blindeman, that he fir!tfaw men walke likeTrees, and after :ik<· men? Even tbebeflman may correfr himl<lfe. Neither was there here any cc ncradill:ion. King UtDT) fpake with the Romane Church, ( whofe one halfeof f.im then was ) King &!ward fpakewith theScriptures, and purer antiquity: King llf'm"J never (aid, God dif.J.llowed thefeMariages; KingEdward never faid, they E: 're :illowedby theRomifh Church. Aad why may not we drawout the like abfurdityout ofQ!!eene t.Mariu Parliai.!l .. nrs, whereinfhereverfed many thingseilablifhed by Iintt!M••rd, as in this very ·.tf:· concercingMariage ofPr~!ts? Maywe not hereupon afke , What will you Gy ·.ofuchParliamentswherein theBrother is thwarted by the Si!ter, and that with the :· .n:Cnt ofthe moil of the fame Parliament·men, enaltingin a few yearescontudy? Or ;,s ifit wereany neweswithPopes,,refcindm alia pr.edmj]orum; evenofthofe which immediatelypreceded them.Who knowsnot theSiory ofPopeForm•{Ntand Jteph41rHt, and themany and !trong ;contradifrions of decrees in the frequent, long ao1 defpmteSchifmesofthe RomifhChurch. ! Rrr This
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