750 The Honour oftheMariedClergie. L IB.liJ. ••GutM.tlmj'h. -'rrtfi,Mt_t.!.'!. thereforedoubcldfe rheYfaid nothing forthemfelves; an~d=if'"'tb:--e-y-u-rg-ed-,-o--,tb:--e-r-proo--f,-~ which are not now defcended to us by any relation, why not this for one? Whoan bur b1ff'e our fo filly fophifiry ? Bur roftop that clamorousmouth in this poors cavill· cloth not h1s own"Monke of Malnuhwry tell him, that the Clergie utged this pie~ fonhemfelves, /lsgeu tjfe & mifer•bile Jedtcw, ut fl(l'/)1/1 •ive11a 'VI!Itrtl col111o1 migrare ,·omptUcret, &c. Tb•t it "'ilS a great andmiferabltjha1t1e, that thtfe *Pft.,ts th< MMk,:jhoHidthr•JI ONI thr aw<lewt poffiffors ofth•J•placet; thattbit a>ilS neither ple.jing • 9· ' I loGo.t, All•i,b/wJgivtn thtm th•tlong-coetieHid h•biwios, noryello a11J g11J m•o,r;ho might jNjlij ftarethe fame hardmta[Nrt"'hieh"'"' offeredto them. Thus they ; whofe p.ea and complaint feemed fo jofl, chat Alfglnathe Q\leen, Prince A/fire, and others i l l ofthe Nobilityoverthrewmany ofchofe new-foundedMonafieries,snd re-inflallro the Priefls in their former right. 8 Rr{.!t·P·}' 5• His next proofe isfrom !he letters ofPope Gngory, which he wrote to A•flln the Monkhere in England.R•fHm leJJe•tit? Did ever any man doobt,but that PoptGrtgory was defirPus to efiablifh Romifh Laws andOrders amont;ll the Englilh? V. here yet his legate found many as good Chriflians., himfclfc,under another ruJ<,, con· forme to the Greek Church ? But howfollows this? This Pope waswilling to intomanize the Englifh; thenfore the Jl:affe fiands in the Corner: And yet even Pope ! Grtr,.rtJP.Ifd f!Hr.fl. l.AIIf.• Grtgory allowed mariage to thofe ofthe 'Enj!lilh Clergie,which wetenot within the higher Ordm,•ppoinciogthem ro receive their Jlipends apm; a favoar whichbefaw necefiarily to be yeelded roour N•tioo, whiles he abridged others. f.'t{llt.p.329· ITJ.t nob~ft~tTt 'r(MfllJf..,·s. From Grtg~rJ, he defcends tO Bru, aman doubtles venerable for his learningand C verrue; but( •s it is in his Epittph) M01Jachor•"' no6ik {J.t111. Whether a neighbour at leaf! toitdiJ, by hirth (as they contend) I am fore a Difcipleof Abbot BendHJ, andlb gre.lt a faurorofthe RomPIIfallion, that he cenfuresS. AiJ411Nt"nd Colm411nlll, for adhering to thofeGreek forms, which the Churchesof this Ilandhad ancicmly fol- !owed;whofe -pltt Jo!Ja>mts Major ju(lly takes againfl him: This !led~ in agenenl fpe· culation foe"k' his conceit ot the voluntary continency which he holds rrqui6re in the p ,,cfihood, fayn nothinj! oftbe pml'culorcuftome of the EnglifhClef!(y;rather \Yl!d.f-cdrf. )"4!-.<•z!.i·•· in dil•m p&!Tages inlinuating the concrary. Amongfl the refi, he tell! u; that in the 'Syuod h·Jlden by Archbifhop1/;eolor,..,andother Bifbops(at Hertford) in the third yeare ofK>n!! E!gfride, (which wasahour an. 673.) tbeir tenth and lafi Canon was pro rolljNgii.t:,Hf nHU.i littdt niji legili111umh•here cDnnu!Jim11: ftJr m•ri•geJ;Tht~tno "'411 jbON 'd tlldrrJ >11l•r.f•I!J, nD fllan jhDNidcommil inctjl, no m•n Jbo•ltl le•v•hiswnWife, ""k{ft(11s thcG•JPtlltta<hetb)forfor•ic.,ioooe/J. &c. I knowmy Refuter will plead D I rhc nniverfalityof this Canon, andwill comend, rhat a Law generallymade fur all Ch rifiian•,isnot without injury refirained tQErcldiafliques; But lecmyReaderwell confiderboth the Prologue & Epilogue ofrhat Synod, he_fh,lJ fee, that they who are required to keep thefe laws, are co,focmlolu Dmnn; and chat wbofoever fball violate rbem,Novtril fe d•mDi officio Sdrerdotali&Doftrafoe/elatefeparatHf!J; M•ft ~nor» him(elffeptMte fr<m•ll Saceni.to/1office & fociety: fo as it will neceff'arily follow,that rhis Law did (at leafi)concernche Clergiewithothm, thoughnot apart; Neither is rhere any other ofthefc Canons, which conce!Jlf! oot theClergiconely, except the firfl, coocern'n?: rh~ obfcrvation ofEa!ter, which principally al!obelooged to them. Whereto it makes not a little, thatin theBookof s axo• Canons (et our forthe go- ;:~~~~~:" vemiogofrhe feculae Prit fis, the ruleis, Let them•lfodo theitit~devo•r, thotthe}f»l!/ E for he.< of withptrpeiHalldiligencethtir rh•JfiiJ,in an ~n>JPDIIed6odJ,or elfe let thtflJ 6"coNpltdfPilh <heir COOR the bond •f o1Jt Motrim•"1· Words, wherein our Cler~ie meant toregulate themfelves ~\"ti~:ffi•~~ (3s it frems)by the boly prefcript of ljiJore, whereofwe have fpoken. laflly,my Ad- <t.r.,ritcd in "erfary cannot deov, that this Synod give~orgerfor many accidentall matters, con· ;"lc"bi,{{ ccrnin~ rheClergie, for their fixed flation, for theirmaintenance,&c. bote:q:eptin .. ~:.';;,. ' tbi~ CaGon, there is no oneword of their fiace<>flifc; ncirhuis there in all thofe,Canonsope fylbble ofthispretended Celibate, as that, w!Jich the concrw. received eo· flome of pnrChurch would never haveender!'(!: my Refurerdares cor fay that thete mariagr-1 w•re fo quiteout ofufe, that it wasneedlelfe tpordaia ought againfi them; o.c"know~ that hi! Dtm!fa• found here thiscourfefuinveterate, that th~veryage an(i deepr~r"ngofithindredhisdefign~. -~ ~ _ SECT·_
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