LIB. Ill. The Honmr oftbeMariedClergie. A SECT. XIII. FRomBeie he comes down to hinhree premifedSaints, Dtmft••, Ofw•U, and E- ,,f,,,f 1 s. thelwold;and, tomakefurework, ciresanobfcure•SchollerofEtbdwold, fur an • 'Y•r;-";,t ouchemiqueWitneifeagainll: eight honefi Priefis, ~n~ the law~lntffe ofall Priell:s I'''' "" " mariage!. And lafily, he makesup the monthofht•dtfcourle wtth the full decree of Arcbbilhop Anfelme Richard inthe Synod• of l.o"""" : and why not Kiug He11rie1 fix Articles?andwhy not the Councell of Trent? Sic co11CINfHm tJ1 cofllfl h.ueticos;N ow, P·l•9.3l0•1l' becaufe his heart rold him how light thefe proofeswere, he layes in the fcales with them cereain grave ponderations,which aU put togedter,wiJI prove almofi oswaighry as the F cather he wrote withal!. The lirftis, Tht tthere cannot ho greater flatiofi•Uproofi, t6efltlh4Veth. Bifo~ps, R![.t,Hl•· anrlthe I( ing, andhis NobdiiJ to defile, aMd de!iver tbis point with jUJnt co11{ent. Take this, Re:u:ler, ofKing Edwardthe fixt, and hts Parliament, and Convocation, and all iswell. King EJgars Utopicall decree was harcht in aMonksCowle; and to his two King He11riu, he mtghr have •dded rhi!ip and M•YJ· And why mightnot we oppofe K. Edmnnd ro Edgar, & O{•lphns hisBtfhop to D•11fta1t? And the Clergie before Aflftlmt to the Clergie after him? This match werem•de with fome indifferency: But bow idly bathmy Rctmer mifl•id the comparifonbetwixt Henry of HNnti•t.••• and Fabi•n on our pm, and all t~e Clergy and Laity o.ftheirs?Since thole two Authors (ifwe had no more)report only de faao, that Pnell:s manageswere not befureforC bidden; and the citedClergy and Laity doe now t!lmlare-ward difcuffe de jNre; N either have theCiergv and Laity by him alledged, ever contradicted that which HHIItingdonand F .bi•n have out of the courfeofall Sroryaffirmed; Untowhich, letme adde• Poljiore Virgrl, feconding thistheiraff.."J'tion,who plainly telsus, that for 970. yeare5, rbe refiraint ofmarbgewas never in ule amongft rhe Englifh Cler~tie. Search ' not fur this, Reader, in the later editions, left thou complain oflofi labour ; P(lflre PoiJd•re may cry out ofhis grave with that other Poljdorein Pi~fjl: F"' omne •hr 11 .,. pit, Poljdmrm obtrNIII:at. Let him then (to anfwer this vain challenge) produce bur any oneauchor ofequallourhority to anyofthefe, which doth avouch the contf3ry to that wb'chrhele three have thus confi<tenrly delivered, and I fball confefie my felfherein fufficienr'y anfwered; In the mean time time,let him,and theworld know, thac aU the ancient Clergy, and L•ityofthis ll>nd, was fur thi5liberty, altogether oun: Wherero ifbe yteld not, let him name theman, before hi• D••Jl•", rhat ever in dti5 Ile opened his mourh againll: it; Till then, the Reader cannot but fee, rharwhert::.1sourproofe is\ ExDret!Motkm, 4td lrikfll, his fide is mute, rhat fryr our Somethha, he con fbewNothing ar all; and rhat our Hu•tit~gdu,, F4hia,., and PoiJdore, are better rhenc.E.andhisman in theMoon. · P~!yti Yift. A,,,U.6An'IUJ 9'70 Dt J~'Oitn· uriPJ.J• lft(lli.1·3H· To!'in!:Atbt'lan,V¥ho ~:~~. SECT. XIV. - ~~~c~~~ · o(£nfl:utd tl . Hls fecond Ponderation of t!Jt ftt;{/iiJ of the perfonl. is no trutr 4VOir·d•-pois. ~0 r JPPJti~ Thai B. D•nft;,n woson holy m tn, we may eafily grant 1 bm taken from rheCo- ~~Jw,t~~;., ventofG.lafienbury. Neirher would rhe Nobiliryofhi> timebe fo liberal asro yield .r~clii" A•- E' thiSj who accufed him to th~K ing, delibiJ;,;~:w & pr.-fltg,lt 1 for ( rwo rtmukabk ;r:;p~o":','I,:B,. qualirie. in his Saintfilip )lecheiJ & fo··m'), wher.up6 he,.., can out from theCourt· O>opsOI the and that he wasreceived again, hemight thank the Kings horfe, whofe fudden ftop ~'IMb<c.u;:e on thevergeofa fteep dowo-&11, r~Itored D•,ji•D to the good opinion ofrhe fuper- ~;~;; fiitious Prince; who yet was fu far .fi'om bein~uilty ofthis .,leliverance, that he did m•gtu '"'"' notfom'1chas knowofthe danger;an acquirallacleaft as cauOcflC as the accufarion. ~~~'~ Th:u: Bifbop Alffe!tm wasdevour and learned, wewillingly gmor, but wirhaU an I- '"'·<hokol.... uliao, & taken from a Norman*Covenr;he w"s holv,bmhow imperuoufly ~ddicted ~omchc Mo tohisown \vill, and how refratlary to authority, r had ratherHiftories fbo\lld fpeak :;;,';::,~on. 1 than my fcl£ Neither is it any wonder ifboth thefe Prelate (how holy foever) favo- '• • "l· red
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