Rtfur.p.JJB. 1 Sttll.lradil Clm,fPJnUior II"JTU/. Nico~~i: StrlliltrJ.*nt croh f}ttm.Uu 4r&1Dtj. HuJI.- tillzJ·7• •lltiiT.Jlunt illttddi:.Sad:P?7*· The Honour oftheMariedClergie. L n. Ill-:- redromewharroo ftrong oftheCloillers, and of Rome. Som<thingmell beyeelded 1\ totimesand places; we will not think but a wdl•meant Ztale caried themintothefe refolurlons; bm~ z~\mifgnided withthe fway ofthe times. The name ot Saints the t:ruthoftheir faofrity, did not priviledge themfromerrors; we know how to fever their chatfe fro:n theirwhe•t, ond to fend oneof rh<m to thewinds, the or her to rbe granary. As for the maried Clergie, 'f'hat tbrywue rou acto>tnlcd tbc fcMnlf!Jt ••dre· fNfoof tbeirOrdrr,it is but thefcurrilousfcummyblmrcofan intemperate pen; wlat was spiridi011! what was Hilary! what were borh G~tgoriedwbat was Siik1ti••?wbar was TcrtJifiill,., p,..fper,Simplici•s, Brtpjichiw? Inaword, wbarwere all thofewhom bis Damaf.,.recounterh?whot was the father of the A rchr eacon ofH•wfi•gdon, who within two leov~ he recorderh (fromhis Epiraph) for' the frar oftheClergy. This fcnm ;, bmer than their broth, which thcugh it fend forth a fnm~, fetmingly dtlici- <WS, yet ttnny times being n<erer tafred, proverb bur cock·crowne pottage: Thefe Ssints be ignof2ntly bollanceth agaioe with our HN11tit~gion and Fahian, as iftheir prefcnt Decreedid conrradill the hillory of rhicgspafled! as if wehad no morehifiories on our tide, becaufemy nnrgin c'ted them nor. In themean time hefinds this r.eilimony ofH•nti~~g:W11 fo too much, that lie would fainellrip us ofit; denying pe· rempcorilythat Hutinglozsaffirms Anfolme to be the firfi that forb.u!mariagetorh< Clergy. R.eader, in fiead of all other ponclerations, weigh the words; " fl:odun1m:o .WftP•• s. Michatli& t<Roil i!fJfelflllll drchiepifcopNsConrili•m,apodLowdutriii, i•f•o priJ~i!Jitit NXOrtJ S4rtnloti/nu AnglorNfJI, 4Die4t;()11 probi/.itm, i. ThrJinUJtlrt, o111hc Fujlof /!. Mich.cl, Arth6tjhop Anfelme held a s;,•da/l.tindon, r>·hertiiJ he forhatlr.i•m C t•tbt Pritjlu>j Bnglatlli,hefore'••t for6 iddm;and re! me whethermy Dettaor be true. Thewords are roo plain; hewill yet wrar.vlewith the fenfe, and eels usrlattbe word, Bifore, may fignifie, l'erhaps, !mmcdiatefJhcfore, in the raignofthe Willialllr, and POt all fuccefiions of times. Itwerewell it be could efc1pe fo: But rhh timing bolewill not bide him.For(nor to fmd himtoSchool to learn the difference berwilt J!att4 and D•d*"', or Pridem, the fzme Aurhor,in the following word!,lhews us the ceofuresmdconcdts that pafi't-d upon this AU, as an abfolute & unheard-ofn"velry, like as inGer.uw•1 the Hifiotian,brand rhi! fame ad in Hildthr•ni,with a"""" cxtm· p/4, andi~~e•o.fiikr•to pr.ttj•dicio. And for the times preceding, P•l1dore Yirgilgives the very lame witnefi'c. Neither Icy him fly forfuccourro his D••JI••· whonever ctn be proved to have prohibited the mariage ofPriefts, though hedifl1ked tbar Monafrerie• andCathedrallChurches!hootdbe potfeffed by maried Clerks. Lallly,where rbere£Umony isdifpleafing,the wimeffe himfelfemuft bedifkraced. D Curiality ledmyDeredor rofearchwhorhisH. Ht<111111gdo,migbt be? with one inquiry hemight find him robesCanon R.egular of "'•Jlhu Order, and fordigniryan Archdeacon, aptr!On paft exception: Bur for his paren~ge, hewent no fimhtr then tO thenn'r Leafe,to find tharbe was the fon of a noted, •nd,in thofe dayes, rmicerlt Clergy•man: HisEpitllpbat Uwcolnc fbews him rohave been the llaroftheCiergy; nowhit dimmt'd in his acknowledgedlight, or hindered in bisioflueoce,by his coo· junflion in lawfnll wedlock: Whatbetter inftanceconld myR.efuter have ~iven againft bimfelfc?lfhe rhinlcto inlinuare that his birrh madehim partiall, The Reader will eafily·confider, that if fuch Parentage had been then accoonred lbamefull , the Hiflorian would have had the wit tohave fapprtfled it;andwith•ll,that bedarlloot, writing iMhe rimeswhen thisthlllRwasfo fomiliarly aod univerfally knowu, have E offered fuch • Propofition to the lighr,out of a vain partiality, to incurre theconrrolment of aH eyes. SECT. XV. AS (Qr our F1hia11, if C./£. findbimaMtri:banr, I find him to have been Sheriff~ of the HooourableCity ofl.tilllf<i11; Aman wbofe credit would fcoru robe poifed with an buudred nameleffe Fugitives , parafiricall petty-chapmeu of the latefmall· wartS ofllo..e, Neither can thenameofaCitizen difparage him to anywife Judg~. . ~-
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