266 I C x t P. A. An Expof vpon the_ ftrfi V a a. 4.! continue fucceflìon; much letTe ltrumpets to glutvnfæ- t Epbef 5, 5, riableluft. t No 7v.horer anngeror vtncleane perfon bath any inheritance in the Kingdome of Chrift and of God. OhieR. Yet Patriarchs, they fay, without checke multiplyed wines and concubines. Antis. Firfl, fume are of opinion, they had their fpeciall a.- 4u_eu.fl' fpenfatien, to this end,rhat they might multiply the ho- Bern.depraerp, ly feed. e;rddfpe *fat, Secondly, the rule of "Bernard mull in fuch cafes be rernernbred,where we finde in Scripture any praE1ice of Saints,fwaruing from the general rule,Aut cos peccaaefa. tendumef,fcuthomines:. ut certe fcest Prop hetau,familiare Deiconfliam accepife. For vs, we are lore the rule holds generall, cuery man is bound by this precept of chafliry. There were inAuftins dayes,men than pleaded imtmu- nitie by their fexe: thinking women onely bound by the precept of Chaftitie : and a great difparagement they thought it ro the dignitie of their fexe, if their adulteries mutt receiue like punìíhment with thofe of women: e/ín mere fextts noftri dignitaî hanc fuflinedit iniseriam, vt tuna alijs faminis Prater vxores fi quid adrnitttrnats, inlnendis pct_ nixna,ulieribtm comparemur.W by nor,faith e4'uftine? Yea, why not rather? Pith by ftrcngth of their fex,they feeme morc able ro matter their lulls,and of duty thould guide w lames g, q, their wiues by ex3mplc ? That laying of °lames, Te adul- 'terers and adulterefes,(lops the mourhes of all iùch idle and impious diftinguithers. Our tames haue alto forged difpenfations.What mens iudgemenris, I know not; but feldome haue I fecne it penanced in the greater, as if it were (inne onely in the meaner people. Generally the fentence of the prophane Poet is ap- plauded by the multitude : Non eft fcelua fcortari adolef- centem:I t is no fuch haynous natter, for yong men to be x Pfal.t 19, 9. given to whoring. But if cyoungmen be bound to reforme y Lsm.3, ai. their rrayes by the Law of God : if they Y mutt beare the yoke in ;41.":'1i
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