L Ill. III. The Honour oftbelvftriedC krgie. I ____'Z_L , A foil< nu itJ tbi< coUelJIM.lfth<J< ,.,,,. tee me• :bat m•dethtftrft oppojitio•t lo tb ,,.,;~(,' ofCkrtJ.-metJinEt~gl~1Jil,then it f1fltUrfJ ii6tazlleJiutt,'IJ'11rollt codrd:(ttJro,.,. 1 he h~ue j word ofmy Refurer is a hot·rhot to barter this nece!f"y illarion, ond to oflore the, Reader chat the forced Celibateofthe Eoglifb Clergy is or greater A " tiqu cy than j thefe his Sainrs; To which he addes(in an ignotam begging of thequdtion. J 1hing · fo/iit!J1,•fterafoltfllfl voD> to God, t• t•~"'"ifi;~~< it tuV<r •Pf<'rtdwnh•ut the b,.,,rJ oflnfamJ· A• if our predecdfon in the Engli!h Clergy hab been ever chat)!ed wirh I avow1 As ifthe folemnity ofthisvowh,dnever bad beginning? Chunenc:>ll hnci<.! fitforaOJOrnhead. WhenashisqMafrer Hardhtgcoold not produce fo mocha,. w ""' '" probabilityofany vow anciently required, ~r undertaken; whecher by ~eck, or ;:t~~f.;~:~· Dh111 g11rd. When as the ancient Saxon Ponuficall makes noc [he Jeafr rn~uon of a- thctr vo:-v: n0 ny fuch profeffion; yea, when GifdraJH (who was the fe.:ond Bifbop ofr vrk. 1frer rhe mhcc !"""'' Cooquefi) wri'res fl1r1y to Anfllme concerning hisown Canons,Profrj]io~~e,vu-0 mihi ~;h b~~~~ pemtiH 1bmgaut C•nonici,CN. MJ Cilnont (faith he )utteriJdmy to give mtprofi ifio» of of, "'" fi6:h< co•ti!JeNCJ, wbidJ 'IPitboNI .tbM_ profifli:JsbfJ'!'t bet11 diforderl] •d:tHI11c~d to bot; O~der .r; ~~~!:..:r/;~op Ct~mverO #d oriiR~.raliqllollti.VIIo, dJtr4flrvue f'etJIIImtur, fJt '" erdt!U11lio caftitattm Dtf.o{Pr.Mar. profte•I'Jtur, AnJ,.,hM I J.e iiJVift~nJiot•~Ortito, th!T riO<n{ift rtlWerJfl~bborD/y, p•• s,. thll !b<Jwillm•~,.. profoJli•,ofCh4JiiiJ is thtlr Orriin1Jiio11. Tbus he. Shewing w I cruth,when he dares to liy char Grtectnever tolerated thii dl.rein theirClergy,til by plainly, thac the Clergy in cbofe times challenged no other than the libertyof their , Predcce!fors. But well m1y heface usdown in this more obfcure (though cerra.ine) I life ic feU eoSchifine, and from Schi(metoopeo Hereiie; whi!t> their own Canon C Law(befide• all Hiftorit>) gives himthe lye; and what' Ej}•11c.e1N harh ingenuouUy • Lar;."""' ... fpnken concerning this point, we have formerly !hewed. J fhe d,d net prefurne up- ' .,..,,,• .,.~. on Readers that never Gw Books, he durfr nor bethus impudent. '""~"·"""' Thisorgumenttherefore{ball ev~r !land good, and rh•ll fcorofully rramp1eupon ~;:,,::;:,·,';' all his vain cavils; llth<l,.,o/dwas the firfr, which by the comm1ndofK in~ £ .1(4r tX· ':!,.~~- ;,:~;·:!,;_ peUedmariedPrielts •otof'cheold erel.tionofWinclwfrcr;&n11o 9 6~. O•oflan and i·~·''" •1., ,~ ofro•l:l, together with him, were the men who (twoyearesafccr) lirft exP<Iied rnari- "' r """f•ped Clergie-t'nmour ofthegreacer hoof~ of Memland, 1177. In chedayesofKing j,":,;;~;;;:_ !Uo'7 theSecond, the fecular Preben<hne. ol W•ltb.<m were: firlt tumedouc, eo gi;e •~; ""' Tbo • wa. eo their Irregulars; tberdore unrill thefe rim<;s, thefe place! were inrerr11p·edly "'9.;.,...,... potfelf<d by mariedClergie-men. Ifnowhe {b11leJcepr, that rhis pofl'effion ofcheirs ~:·:,',":..~.~;; 'f/.1! not of!ongcontinutnce, but uponufurpation; whereby the maried Jncurnbenrs h1c n~tmttatJ:t, 0 had injuriotilly incroached upon the right ofMonks; our Monks of Wmrjf" ;;~~::;;:;• !ball herein fully convince him 1 who write under rheir Ofroa/d"' Arrhlepif-op~1 1,_,,;mJr ;.,. Pa I1Jl f;~niltHJ {11# tx Clerlc;s MORichatJ~, rhat is, BJ me JPtre M o~tkt fi'}l f~M1JJ:d 011 ; £pit. Af}tll(. •fCitr4,r; which was al(o the f.1!bion ofall ocher erection• of rhis nature; fo as it is 1 ~;:i·:;;.;,.,. mmifdl, that originally rhefe Churcht> were fOunded inmariedClergv-men · afcer- & Mm«>" wardswrongfully rranUared from them to Monks: And ifrr e firfl:pnfldlbrs brl been ' '" c~m<'""' 'Monks,bow couldMonies havebeen there firft founded by of..,lll, when ., Etbd- :;-;"',;:;;/,;'~~ ,re~ had longbeforeboth founded and fOmilhed ic? and h.1wont ofClerks, if Monks !"'" c.JI'<•f. )uil been r~ere before? Let my Refuter fbewmebut • verfe of 7qnall antiquity in a ~i:;u An:h- ~arrary nmc, u. ot Ymke. ' ' Pe,1se[1111dlli1H[IIittxMo1111ch/&CietktJ1111. A •!meUm E A'nd I yeeld himmy Argumenc : Otherwife lee theworld judge, ifbee benot !b3me- ~;';;};j,;;;•· leOy obltinare in notyeelding. rmiflunw S&CT. XII. iB:U!to frrikc ir dead, mpdverGrywill prove tb- Englljb ClergJ t'lm t• ha-ve~""' • coniJIJtm, Reader, loolc nowfor daoon!lrarion>: H 1S firft proofe is, Th•l in •U ~hep~ji.il tifrbw b•Jinu,,t-fln7trrt4dof•"J t/J4t Jt;/jldtJJ NpoD tht fmner cMjlom oflhe Cb.rch. A proper arguraenc •b IMtb.ritote·~•t,.,e. ~nd wh•t ocher arguments docb my Derettor.fiad ufed by the then perfecured Clergy~ H1llories record them not, · Slf; there:- M· Rt{ut.p. Jl4· Nmt{lfmprll f!Tt•n#G tflfi~ro El1JII1j&t.
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