~, -736 \ 1 heHonoltrofrheMariedCicrgie. La.H. 1 t I S&CT. XVII. I ' ""'\.7. Et theman having unmercifully crulht me in pecccswith this empty bladder 0 ( R•f"'·P ' ; !· I. · windyand worthlcsauthority,crowsoverme,thm,in conclufioo: Awd tndjto · mehe[etmtth not to hemote I!Jad,th41J blintle \ for o/l)(rJPiJe he ~oHU t.lt"Dtr havtproc!uitmd tbi1freedome uffroew l!lmdredJeus, feting the fl<TJform of.,.,,, Njtdh)hh orrm facrtdCoNIJCtll,~oth foJlrowgiJ11itbJI•nd hiJ fo"dcol/dlion; For thtmt it·dumd, ~,; 1. jH111iflfocrii,CN.We11'illtbatthtmari4guoffuchas 6e inboi]Ordm, fro"' thillifl•< [ for11'ardbejrme••d Vllid: For in e~je thitfre<dome hati bun COfiiPIOfl hefore,n IJ) did tlv1 I 1 . . .f•J, Deinupt,fromthit limefo>'w•rd? Thm he. Wherein I would hiSfuperionndrd :;::..:J." '""' I but fi:ehow kindly he buffers hi.mf<Jf..forif·thisbe the force of Deincept or A modo, I Cl thu; argue agaiofr him; He hath pleaded before, that neither this not any mher Church ever allowed,nor ever prad:ifed the celcbratioo£ mari•ge afrer Ordination· Now,ifhe tutn to the fixth Canon ofthis Couucdl ofConj!afltilld}'le,he lballfindDt: 1 cernim11111t n11Ui dtiuups hjpliitJc()no, &c. We decreetNt froffi hence[orrr11rd no SHh· i DttJcon, Ducon,or Priefl pu;J 1114rrJ-I{ttr hiJOrdilllllio•; Therefore by lhe forceofhi~ inferencebefore thi!time (for almoll feven hundred yeores) rhis wascommonly ' pratl:rfcd. And now ro anfwer my Refuters Dtinupr: If his wit had been~ny way matchable with his malice, he might have fecne that thi; Deinctp• had relation to tbeR.omaneChurch, nor to the Grerk; For, (ifhe know not) this Synod meom roprefcribe!.awes to his Millrelfe, and ro correct that rheir injuriousTradition of rellraior, and to eolaryethis liberty through allrhe T•rrircri<O ofrhe Univerfall Church; For this purpofe is theDtinceptoftheConfiantinopolirane Farhers, who wdl knew,how much it needed in theWellern Chur€h, \\·hich had imhralled their Clergy i'o thebondage of that tml•wfull prohibition. So as the Refuter, whilrs he playes upon my want ofLogick, in not defcrying the dapgercusnecrfiiry of this in1ference uponme, plainly bewraycs his owne want ofbraines, in nor defcrying tht fully ofhisobjea:ion : and where hetdsme (like adull Jeller)Thll all theWa/h '"' ff/imk11'u, fr•m the Hill tu tht Xitchin , m•! n1oHrne t• fie •n '1. •ivtrfiJ·man havtjo l Bif"'· 1 ·•l 6 · /ittk'l>>it; I mull reil him that allrhe Doores of DOfi'•J may leapdftheir hinges, ro fee theirChampion fo€hildilhly abfurd. NoWthen to anfwer his idle Epil"!!ue : If it appear< thar ~is ownPope andCa· '"'"· 1 "' 37 " nooifr, and the r<ecived Hilloricgofthe Church, and the <x•mples offeverall Nari· D ons and perfoos acknowledge this ancient liberrr borh in theE2llerne aod (feme) I WtfreroeChurches deftOo; And Mofotand the Prophets, Chrill and his Apofil<~ the ancient Councels, with the firt ofC-.Jf•lltinopk, approve it drjNre; ir follow.,, I thatthe oecefTaty impoGtion of profefled Continency, isbut ap:mofthat fowre milkewherewith the Shee-wolfe of the Seven-hills f~ds the f~tl:ioo ofher Romu- I li(b and 1\.hemills, and noneofrhatwholefomefullenaoce which God andhis purer Church have provided for their Children. · E
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