\ • r.xpu.:.'it lf!<~lt)S FuJlryttriJ,m· tr.x/11%/t pr]37fJ MMub~r; p,. ,,d. Fromthegr(a. terCburch~ . The Honour oftheMariedClergie. Lx B.IIJ. • That DMnft•~ did rhis,.none.ever dou~red; bur wirhall iris confideralable, who A htmlclfwas;an Abbot; and rheref~re paruallto theCloyfiers: and whoput himinto thisCommiffion; Pope J•h• ~11e :hureemh, aMonfier ofmen, ye~,ofPopes; one who (aswas anicled againfr htm ma gcneraltCouncell) had commmed lncefi with twoofhis own r.flers, whocalled to the Devil! for his.help nt Dice, who deAoured Virgins who by with 8teph•n• his Fathers Concubine, whodranke to the Devill befides ,;,any other hmtib~e crimin~tions; Aman lit to.fl:t aSaint on work againft lawfullMariages. And thmlly, whanheflateoftheTtmeswere; whereitTliberry was degenerate into flrang•licemioufneffe; Even changoofWives (if we may be- !eeveHHl:ories) w~s then nowonder;For the.correchngwherellf,theR.eforme.., (according to the Phi!ofophm advice) laboured tow~rds rhe other exrreame; a9thofe which mfiraighren aflick, bow it as much the contraryway; And t.flly, how farre this act and endeavour extended:for Du~fl4,; fought not to tbmfi maried 'men ciJtof theClergie, but ro thrurl * maried Clergy-men 0111 of the Cathedrall Churches which required aquotidian attendance, which is evident both by the femeilceof D•Njlatt ( A11t Ca6ollice vivondom,,.l iJh Eccle[ia ex<Nndum)either that they mu(! live Car.onicaUy,or get ouroftheChurch; thatis, Ex l!celefiismajoriblll, as Hirloriani rehte it; And by the fentence oftbe Rood for D•,fl•": M•t•retis 11011 bene: How much dilference there W35 in thefe two , appeares in the Decree ofBifhop u~:- fr"ock.,, Aoftlm's Prcdecetfor, which tolerating maried Seculors, drives direaty •· gainrl mariedCanons. Little neededmyRefuter then(bur that hemull h•ve Come- . N., ·N". thing to lay) to fall uponour right Reverend and learnedBifhopof Hereford ( whofe c wonhy labours have jufily indearedhim to allPofierity)for thot true comparifon he makes betwixtthefe threeSaintsofthein, and A11[tlme: They by atiion, he bySynodicallDecree perfi:cuted theClergy : They benttheirendeavours againfiCathedrall Clerkes, he againfl Priefls: Their projectwasparticular, his univerfall. That aperemptory fentencepatfed generallyagainrlthemariage ofEcclefiafiiques &fo•·P·3'9· inapubliquc Synodunder D_wnjla,., he refers usto Binilll, which aaandome talke1 of CormliHm A'lf,licanum, WithGutall particularsofplaceor perfons, and refers usro SHrilll, asifhe hadbiddenusafi<ehis Fellowifhelye? Why did he nor fend usro Father Parfofls, or hisGabriel Gifford? Sure,it was in fome oblcure holeofthe Pea.{, or fomeblinde Dormitory of a Coven<; neither con we fay of it with the Apolite, Thefe things were not done inaCorner ; The Canons, whercto tbe fore-alledged Charter, and thefentenceofDm;jlanhave reference, were no otherrhan Rornifb, D which thefe Monki!b Prelateshad perfu>aded King Edgar to receive, and in parr to urgeupon hismaried Prebendories. The fucce!fe ofhisSynod at Reading, or Win<be- . fler, he knowes well enough: And is he not a!harnedofthemiraculousfemence ofhis Holy-Rood (whichJm;altnjisrcpons) who thereopenly fpakcfor rheMonkesa- ' gainfr the Clergy? 4/Jfit111 hocji~t; that hepat!esover totharofcaiiJe, whererhefal- •tf.r.p·J"· lingofon over-chargedfloorc,crufhed theMariageofClergy-men. IdleMonks who · • H.H.. i.r.s. for rhcito,~n mrnefer foch • fuper([irious gloffe upon thataccident, which(as* He•· ry HNMiingdon more probably interprm it) was SigJJNm exceljiDei, qood proutione & lnterfilJioot Regis jiri, abam.,e Dei cofori effe•t, & 4 diverjlrgentibssdlgn•m· lrilionecontemrdi: A jigne from the HighGod, that".J their Trufon dnd Mrmkroftbelr King (whowas flaine in rhe yeareafier) thgjhould [4Ufrom theftn~ollr ofGod, ••i be E worlhiiJcru(hed bJ other Nations. Thnshe. Such was the event; Forrbeconflrullion ofit, the Reader may chufe whetherhe will belceveanArchdeacon ofHu•li•gu•, or aMonkof Malrmsbury. Ywisthcferotten joyftsareformdarion enough wherecn GoJ.Molnr~f.• tobuild the prohibition ofour Mariages. SECT. XI. VNder rhefe lateRomifbSaiors,Du•.fl•" & ADfolme,l might fafely fiy,ourEng· liftClergy found the firfi macllinariomagainft their Mariage, and atlafilloopcd perforce to thisyokeofconfirained Continency. Ntltber ilth111},;, ormJ Lotkk.. 'lite
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