L1s. Ill. The ~'!!!_Jtrof~e J11aried ~lergie. _ 741 A I f•i!f••) isa tenne ofcolleC!:ivc univerfaliry,andmuft be extended roali;here i<inde is excepted racirely, ex.11.tura rei, as rhis aofe mull needsbe acknowledged to be; fore-prizing none but fuch as have the gift ofContinency; which S. Paul roucheth upon, in that Chapter. Judge then, Reader, wberherrbeCarholikeBilhop that wrote thi•, ortheMif.. CarholikeMaUe-Prieft that reprove> it, be more worrhyofBed/mn. SECT. JV. l Afrly, yet a> ifin rbe loofe hewould !hakehandsand be lTiends with himwhom behad folongdefied, he thu• clofes up: The11if Pritjlt have tbit gift, 611dbave prefixei thk courft to thtmfelvu ;,. the Lord, thtJJh•ll not nudto "'"'7· Andthu it tl,e c-Ji ofall CltrgJ•mtii'IIIM vowCh•JiiiJ. Thus he. Beleeve him, Readers, ifye can: All rqe RofJiijh Clergy, all Vorarieshaverhe gift ofContinency; Wimetfe ourforefaid VuiNjianiH in the fame Period; MNitot <j•Jde!fl<Mjilii •ffmr.toru hominthotnM Deo pro[11lfo.Jiecie ci!JIJIIlttliL piAcerevotentu, gr~~viora'IIJdu committere, pdtrllm fci .. lictt NXDrtJ J•h~gilltre, mafcNiorHm tic peatdsmAmple XI/.! mmahhorrere. J will nor Eoglifh ir for lbaroe: wouldGod theWorld did noc too well findelbll rhefe proofcsof 1\.omilhChaftiry. N11sc e#am B.omeq•idlibet a11lti Amor. Buras one rhatthink• no man canbe his friend, except alfo bebe ourenemy; like c arrueMake-bare, hewill tell uu tale in ourcare, that fhall fer aperpetual! jarre betwixt us and our Hwlderick· lwis,filye•myRcfmcr,your Vdalrick,is noc the m1nyou rake himfor; For tbw1 he thire,.ritu to the Pope: 11 "lwefore,o rtverend Father,itjhaU l·e !'"' p•rt to cawfe 411rl DfJtr·{<t,th•t rpJ,.foevtreitbrr rdth handor moNth bathmade aVow ofCootintRCJ ( 41 allClertJ•I!Ieo in hoiJ Ordm ""'') ar.d aftcrwardt wooldforfaf:.t the f•meJI•••Id be tlth1r compeUed to fltep Mt Vorr, nr r1 {e bJ '""f•U authoriiJfhoHidbe drpo· ftdfromhitOrdu. Sobe. But we~renot (o li?.IH ofbeleefero lofe a friend thus ea lily. Knowthen,R.eader, that the' Parrmhe~s("hich is the harfheft peece ofrhisclau!C) is foifted into rhe rex.t, and forgedby this C2v iller; the quirecomrarywhereofis affirmed in the former Period ofom 7 dJ!ric~, where rhus hewrites: Non par,; qMippr, f!,-c, From tbit boiJiiJmtion tb.,, hlfl nota lit I/ Jwarved, when M thoNwou!dft have tbofe Cler!Jmen,whomthon oughtcft eniJ to advife to Ahflinence from Mariage,compt!.'ed I D •nt•ithJ acert•ineimperioNIVioltiJCf; F?r itnotthiJ j~tftfJ in thtjNdguJtentofall~ifo men 11 heaccDIINted'lJialena,fl-'hrtJ m ag4itJJf tbe Ev4ngelicaiJ Inftitutioll, •11d the cht~rge oftl>e Hol] Ghoft, anJ 1111r. it ro•flraiued to tbe executiOn ofprivate Durm? Tht Lord i11 tb oldLilWappomttdMari<ge ID ha Priefl,r;h·chhe il ~ever read •fttr~ardt to h•vefothidden. Sohe. Let my R.efmer then reconcile this falfe Parenrh<fiswith the true Tm(which he con neverdoe,Gnceitdirrctlycro!feth the wholefcopeofHulderick_t Epif\le)and rhen he (b,ll fee us.afi ly reconcile Hu/Jerick_tpropoGtion withours. But, oo~ fo long to delaymy Roaders fatisfaClion; The rrurh is, the Author pleads for al\ indrff'erent immunity ofClergy-men from the neceffiry ofthis Vow, elfe the Epiflle were coorrodiClory to it felje:forifhe fuppofe that all the Clergyh•dvowed, and •11 that had vowed lhould be compelled to keep theirVow, how could he plead E that theClergy fhould not be compelled ro Continence? Thedrift ofVI•Irick,or Volujian then is, that it may beequally lawful!, equally free for Priefts either to vow, ornor to vowcontinency; which gtanced,ifanyone havingliberty not tohave vowedorobferved it, (lull notwirhftandingprtftxe thit courft tobimftlfe in the wrd, out ofa long fecled experience and a!furanceofthis calling and gift ofGod, and now when he \urh rhus io(!•ged h'mfdfe to the expectationofthe Church, voluerit apofl•re,JL•II ~e fdm•.,d rNnto•lJI• abando,thllvo,., willingly neglecting all good mc>nesforrhecrmrinuedo!>lervarion thereof, fuchaone !hall be liable either to comoulfinn or deoofidon; A.s now, ifanyone ofours fhould in.r)le midft offre~ dome biqdehimfelfe by a voluntary vow, it were pitty •ndfhame th>t he lh~uld pby fa(l and loofe ar pleafure with impunity. Frilpt.Tt. Rr[ut.p.174· 1 (As :lllC!ergie men in hory orCc.·slu\c;. Prit{7xithtK ft· b1 in DMJin#, ~ ibid. '------------------------------------- vv~
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