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to_o continency_n by_o this_o hand_n of_o he_o he_o will_v hear_v they_o and_o enable_v they_o to_o persist_v and_o why_o not_o then_o in_o the_o necessity_n of_o our_o vow_n this_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o our_o own_o make_n that_o be_v of_o he_o he_o have_v bind_v himself_o to_o keep_v his_o own_o promise_n not_o we_o sect_n xiiii_o while_o his_o fellow_n 66._o or_o master_n maldonate_fw-it talk_v of_o confute_v austin_n in_o this_o very_a point_n by_o austin_n himself_o this_o man_n will_v confute_v we_o by_o he_o who_o he_o no_o otherwise_o cite_v for_o himself_o than_o his_o ancestor_n pelagius_n cite_v lactantius_n hilary_n ambrose_n hierome_n and_o austin_n in_o this_o case_n the_o thing_n say_v he_o be_v in_o our_o power_n and_o though_o it_o require_v the_o assistance_n of_o god_n grace_n which_o still_o prevent_v our_o will_n yet_o that_o hinder_v not_o but_o that_o we_o may_v if_o we_o list_v live_v chaste_a all_o the_o day_n of_o our_o life_n as_o we_o may_v upon_o the_o 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god_n do_v not_o only_o give_v and_o help_v our_o power_n to_o good_a but_o work_v in_o we_o both_o our_o will_n and_o work_n of_o good_a and_o elsewhere_o pelag._n he_o be_v draw_v to_o christ_n to_o who_o it_o be_v give_v to_o believe_v in_o christ_n power_n be_v therefore_o give_v unto_o they_o to_o be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n which_o believe_v in_o he_o when_o this_o be_v give_v they_o to_o believe_v in_o he_o and_o so_o far_o be_v he_o from_o say_v with_o my_o detector_n and_o his_o bellarmine_n that_o who_o list_n may_v believe_v when_o he_o list_v that_o he_o reason_n thus_o quid_fw-la mihi_fw-la ostendis_fw-la &_o c_o homo_fw-la what_o do_v thou_o tell_v i_o of_o thy_o freewill_n which_o can_v never_o be_v free_a to_o do_v good_a except_o thou_o be_v a_o sheep_n of_o god_n he_o therefore_o that_o make_v man_n to_o be_v his_o sheep_n free_v the_o will_n of_o man_n to_o the_o obedience_n of_o piety_n but_o why_o do_v he_o make_v these_o man_n sheep_n and_o those_o not_o since_o with_o he_o be_v no_o respect_n of_o person_n the_o apostle_n answer_v o_o homo_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o he_o either_o therefore_o let_v he_o never_o cite_v s._n austin_n against_o we_o in_o this_o point_n or_o else_o we_o must_v be_v force_v to_o countercite_v he_o once_o more_o than_o we_o mean_v ibid._n planè_fw-la possumus_fw-la dicere_fw-la frontem_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la frontem_fw-la and_o if_o there_o can_v be_v any_o more_o on_o that_o holy_a father_n score_n father_n maldonate_fw-it have_v pay_v it_o for_o us._n to_o conclude_v therefore_o for_o he_o arbitrium_fw-la humanae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la destruimus_fw-la we_o know_v no_o man_n do_v well_o against_o his_o will_n god_n be_v not_o to_o make_v virgin_n by_o force_n and_o the_o same_o goodness_n that_o give_v chastity_n to_o the_o marry_a continue_v virginity_n to_o the_o single_a 69._o what_o of_o all_o this_o therefore_o say_v he_o it_o be_v as_o well_o in_o the_o power_n of_o all_o single_a person_n to_o be_v always_o continent_n as_o of_o the_o marry_v to_o keep_v conjugal_a chastity_n a_o illation_n and_o conclusion_n worthy_a of_o my_o refuter_n logic_n and_o divinity_n as_o if_o he_o argue_v thus_o for_o himself_o the_o same_o god_n that_o dispose_v of_o order_n dispose_n of_o the_o popedom_n therefore_o i_o may_v as_o well_o look_v to_o wear_v three_o crown_n as_o one_o shave_v or_o the_o same_o god_n give_v both_o life_n and_o grace_n and_o glory_n therefore_o all_o those_o that_o live_v the_o natural_a life_n may_v also_o live_v the_o spiritual_a and_o glorious_a who_o see_v not_o the_o reason_n of_o these_o unlike_a conjugal_a honesty_n be_v absolute_o command_v of_o god_n to_o all_o marry_a person_n perpetuation_n of_o virginity_n he_o grant_v be_v never_o command_v the_o breach_n of_o conjugal_a honesty_n be_v of_o itself_o a_o sin_n to_o all_o marriage_n be_v not_o so_o against_o the_o one_o therefore_o we_o may_v absolute_o pray_v in_o 71.72.73_o faith_n against_o the_o other_o but_o with_o condition_n god_n have_v promise_v to_o deliver_v we_o from_o our_o sin_n not_o from_o our_o marriage_n as_o for_o saint_n ambrose_n we_o easy_o grant_v he_o large_a in_o the_o praise_n of_o virginity_n but_o no_o one_o word_n of_o all_o his_o cite_a authority_n touch_v our_o assertion_n the_o help_n of_o the_o church_n the_o service_n of_o angel_n the_o merit_n of_o the_o prayer_n of_o our_o saviour_n we_o yield_v to_o be_v good_a mean_n of_o continence_n where_o it_o be_v intend_v but_o that_o it_o be_v mean_v to_o all_o comer_n we_o deny_v let_v the_o success_n speak_v neither_o do_v we_o tax_v the_o vow_n for_o any_o improbitie_n in_o itself_o but_o for_o the_o incapacitie_n of_o the_o person_n the_o vow_n be_v good_a if_o the_o man_n be_v not_o either_o evil_a or_o unfit_a and_o here_o 71._o by_o the_o way_n whereas_o c._n e._n like_o a_o masterly_a monitor_n wish_v master_n hall._n to_o read_v the_o divine_a work_n of_o 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and_o francis_n lucas_n of_o the_o same_o stamp_n that_o the_o reader_n may_v here_o see_v once_o for_o all_o how_o he_o be_v gull_v by_o this_o false_a priest_n with_o foist_v authority_n be_v his_o augustine_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi viduatis_fw-la 20.49.68_o thrice_o by_o he_o here_o quote_v not_o without_o great_a triumph_n brand_v by_o erasmus_n hosius_n lindanus_n as_o likewise_o 40._o his_o augustine_n de_fw-fr eccles_n dogmat_fw-la confess_v counterfeit_n by_o bellarmine_n and_o his_o friend_n of_o louvain_n and_o refut_n the_o sermon_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la cashier_v by_o erasmus_n mart._n lypsius_n the_o lovanians_n whereto_o let_v we_o add_v the_o book_n of_o great_a athanasius_n de_fw-fr virginitate_fw-la 35._o produce_v in_o great_a state_n by_o c._n e._n not_o without_o great_a wrong_n &_o shame_n father_v upon_o that_o saint_n as_o if_o erasmus_n and_o
irrefragable_a place_n of_o gregory_n nazianzen_n a_o man_n beyond_o all_o exception_n who_o bring_v in_o his_o father_n gregory_n who_o the_o world_n know_v to_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o the_o same_o see_v speak_v thus_o of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n nondum_fw-la tot_fw-la annisunt_fw-la tui_fw-la quot_fw-la iam_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la mihi_fw-la sunt_fw-la peracti_fw-la victimis_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v the_o year_n of_o thy_o age_n be_v not_o so_o many_o as_o of_o my_o priesthood_n word_n that_o will_v convince_v the_o most_o importunate_a gain-say_a that_o gregory_n nazianzen_n be_v bear_v to_o his_o worthy_a father_n after_o the_o time_n of_o his_o holy_a order_n and_o lest_o any_o man_n shall_v suspect_v that_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nondum_fw-la may_v reach_v only_o to_o the_o birth_n not_o to_o the_o beget_n of_o gregory_n nazianzen_n so_o as_o perhaps_o he_o may_v be_v 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this_o authority_n and_o first_o he_o tell_v we_o it_o be_v the_o palea_fw-la 161._o not_o gratian._n but_o if_o this_o be_v chaff_n there_o be_v no_o corne._n reader_n try_v by_o this_o the_o egregious_a impudence_n of_o this_o fellow_n turn_v to_o the_o place_n thou_o shall_v find_v the_o word_n to_o be_v none_o but_o gratian'ss_n and_o the_o note_n allow_v by_o public_a authority_n open_o to_o confirm_v it_o hic_fw-la apertè_fw-la ostendit_fw-la gratianus_n se_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la fuisse_fw-la opinion_n etc._n etc._n here_o gratian_n open_o show_v that_o he_o be_v in_o that_o opinion_n that_o heretofore_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o latin_a church_n may_v be_v marry_v 162._o second_o my_o parenthesis_n displease_v he_o as_o now_o a_o day_n but_o what_o need_v this_o quarrel_n he_o must_v grant_v if_o the_o romish_a priest_n have_v son_n they_o can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o spurious_a it_o be_v his_o best_a not_o to_o press_v this_o point_n too_o far_o this_o idle_a jealousy_n of_o 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