1~ Tbt HonouroftbeMariedC/ergie. L IB.lll. -~~~~~~~~~~~~~--~~ l!f he be the t Sonneofa · Ui.ihop, ~:c. tafrly,Jornd/enjsrecordsir as king In.., La\~,long before rbefe rimes;SiEpifcrpif/i- A o!NJ jt ,fit dimldiNm h.c, &c. as fuppofing thiS noother then ord10ary io thofe times. , ! ! Now Ice myRefuter comfort himfelfe and his Carholik.swith the weak defence ofHereGe, and the firong Bulwarks ofRoman Truth' who in the meane time muft be pur in mind, that he puts onme rhe burden which !bould lye upon liisown fhoulders; I haveproduced Hillories w_hich affirme perempr~rily, rha~ the Englifh Clergy wcreneve; forbtddcnromarryunnllAnfolnmnme; 11 "now h" ralkctadifprove this a!T: rtion of rhe>rsby equall authoriryito the contrary; which till he h3ve dooe the dayisours. ' ~----------------------~ SECT. XVII. ~!iofut.p·H7· LJ IS fourrh Pondemion, is rhe difficulty ofthisgrantin Kin~ !!dw8fd.t Puna- !. . rr.enr. And is it poffible rhe man fhould not fee the greater aiflicultythatwas found in the inforcemcnt of this glorious Celibate? How Alfm and theNoblesdifpoflc!Ted the Monksof DNnftan; jufily refioring themoried Priefls ro their ancient right ? How Unfranc>l_dur!r not fpe,k ir ont; A11{tlme did; but prevailed little: Lee ' Gn-ar.!uJ then ArchbilbopofYorkwitne!Te. After whom llog~r Archbi!hopofrhar S<e (as NeNhrigenf' records) rhnt!l our ' A~filnJu Monk!, and flood for the liberty ofMari;ge: in to much, as in rhe fuccefiion ofTim<S, even by Royallleave ~lfo Marilge c.ffpirimall perfo~s yet continued. Neither could Jnfilmu Succe!Tors, R•i•l- ~hus, G•li_dmtH ~tT~rbineand t~e ~efl,(notwithfi~nding all their Canons andpralli- C le;) prevatle >gam!ltr. Howpla10 1S that ofthe• Sdxo.o Chrontcle? ThiH didthe Arthhifbop ofCA:>tuhllrJ, andtht l;;{hop1 ,.!Jir/1!!'"' itJ E"ifaod; •ndJet aU thtfe Decrw.. J hiddings flood not; aU lxld th<irWivu I>] tile Klng1lea1Jt, """ dlthtJ!Iid. In fo mNch., Ar<Mifbop William refimd it_to the King. T>ie ~i~& deamrJ that the P!ltftl fooNI!/ cowlin:lt rpith th1ir Wives pill. Netther were any thmg mor<>eafie than to give fiore ofinfbnces in rhis kinde. What need I give mare than that of G•/frld B. of EIJ, whowas ' < JTuf {HfT•I• Eprfi.Mt ,-411ft: Nt:,!Jr l. J C· i• 4 llopc: P11{d'.ttinvntiogto A71ft lmt, li lth, rh:l.t t.h.crcW:lS atthisMmc!O ~unumber ofPtielbfon:~ i:tEngl;nd, 'ha1the~re;ucr ~rcofm_ • Ckft:ie confillMOfrhetf'l. • cJwo,_ Saxrm. 41f~Ot l:&9• Chrow.Jorna1. ' H;Zju t xcnla· !jont.Vt.S~.cr",t· licam.rr{l'-4fab ~/if.Arrlat.A· ltxll11dr+P.tp,;, C.E. M ittJi ll"'t lrar,fi1'o\ Mll.'ltrltllls ~~~kmaJIItr Df Jifi'tttPt;.. avouched before rhePopehimfelfrohave.maried a Wife?which ' Evangelicall excufe (uxon:-~1 dNxll) was made for his nor appearing at Rome with the reft. Of ll.icharri Bifhop of Chichefter, Robal Bif11op of Lincol11t, maried men, after thefe becrm. yeo, good Evidences ofancient Chamare ready inour hands, ro !hew the ufeandlc: gall ufe ofrhe(c!Vbriages for no lelfe than two hundred yeares after. And for thofe idle words which his fawcin<!Te rhrowes after our reverend Manyr D A rchbif110p CrAnmer, (whom he fallly affirmes to have been the firUmaricd Archbiiliopof this kingdome, when as A rchbilhop Bo11i[acefate maried in that See three hundred yeares before him) and King Etlw•rdr Parli•ment; we anfwer rhemwith 6leucr. and fcorne. Lee lofers have leave to ralke. The approbation, and better expedienceoffingle life in cap>ble fubjech, we doe willingly lubfcribe unto; The Jawfulnelfe, yea, neceffiry ofMariage where thegift ofContinency isdenyed , our Saviour and his chofen Ve!Tell juftifie with us. So" I , flill conclude, He that fiJQdt m•ri•ge,f•lthiJ;. ho11ofQh/e;IJ'hQ/ cdre1Vefor thdifbw•r oftboft thWJ (IJJ'TNpt it. • ' __ ...,......- SEcT. XVIII. HIs ]aft Ponderatlon is leaden indeed; Th11 from the bic~rlngr if our EnglifbCitrgit witb tbtir Donllans, it f'Jil &otfollm, th11 Co~ttinen&.JrPII1 nolan&it»t,bNI»'III repiwi, gfJ, lateleiJ, ru.jup!Jimpofid. BJ thw rr•fon hell'ill p?11letberetM nt<Jer'f/lieft 1101Malcf•{/or il:ol"' Co:mlrJ,hrfor< tbe linte of King ]Jmes; {i11ce aiiJ•Jg" h1v<Jeerel} hic~fingr rnthfH•·h people. Thus he. Rut did evetfuch loofc Bef001e (weep rbe Prelfe before? Reader , vouchGfe yet onceOlllte eo call thine eye upon the clofeofmyEpifile: Dorh my.,gumenrrunnerhuswildly os hema~ir? Th, B11glifoCit1gie hiJ Di~~ ~"Rfl E
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