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A13535 A commentarie vpon the Epistle of S. Paul written to Titus. Preached in Cambridge by Thomas Taylor, and now published for the further vse of the Church of God. With three short tables in the end for the easier finding of 1. doctrines, 2. obseruations, 3. questions contained in the same Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. 1612 (1612) STC 23825; ESTC S118201 835,950 784

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man_n of_o scandalous_a life_n be_v unfit_a to_o be_v a_o minister_n reason_n 1._o tim._n 5.22.24_o levit._n 21.17_o isa._n 14.10_o luk._n 4.23_o 1._o tim._n 3.13_o ministri_fw-la est_fw-la verba_fw-la vertere_fw-la in_o opera_fw-la hierom._n ad_fw-la paulinum_n 1._o tim._n 3.7_o the_o devil_n have_v reason_n therefore_o both_o to_o deprave_v the_o best_a and_o thrust_v in_o the_o worst_a into_o the_o ministry_n 2._o cor._n 11.15_o the_o most_o commendable_a conformity_n be_v to_o join_v to_o uncorrupt_a doctrine_n ●n_o unblameable_a life_n 1._o pet._n 5.3_o 1._o tim._n 4.12_o gal._n 2.13_o rule_v to_o keep_v a_o man_n unreprovable_a act._n 14.15_o ●_o tim_n 3_o ●_o deut._n 25.5_o 1._o cor._n 7.39_o matth._n 19.11_o 12._o marriage_n of_o minister_n lawful_a 1._o tim._n 4_o 1.2_o dan._n 11._o reason_n why_o the_o papist_n resist_v this_o doctrine_n three_o main_a objection_n brief_o answer_v exod._n 12_o 11._o 1._o sam._n 21.4_o they_o forget_v that_o they_o make_v marriage_n a_o sacrament_n rom._n 8.8_o of_o all_o the_o work_n in_o the_o flesh_n reckon_v in_o gal._n 5.9_o marriage_n be_v none_o adeo_fw-la honorabile_fw-la est_fw-la coniugium_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la possit_fw-la quis_fw-la eti●_n ad_fw-la sanctam_fw-la fidem_fw-la asc●ndere_fw-la chrysostom_n in_o locum_fw-la nec_fw-la ratione_fw-la nec_fw-la authorita●e_fw-la probatur_fw-la quod_fw-la absolute_a loquendo_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la peccet_fw-la contrahendo_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la nec_fw-la ordo_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la ordo_fw-la nec_fw-la ordo●in_fw-la quantum_fw-la sacere_a impeditivus_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la card._n caiet_fw-mi in_o epist_n tit._n 1._o tract_n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jerem._n 16._o ecclesia_fw-la tanquam_fw-la adamus_n prima_fw-la origine_fw-la integertima_fw-la fui●_fw-la quo_fw-la longius_fw-la pergit_fw-la plus_fw-la sordis_fw-la contrahit_fw-la brightm_n in_o apocal._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacerdotium_fw-la non_fw-la dirimenre_fw-la contractum_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la etc._n etc._n caietan_n in_o loco_fw-la supra_fw-la citato_fw-la every_o man_n that_o have_v nature_n 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v right_a in_o this_o law_n of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d till_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n hildebrand_n euseb_n hist._n eccl_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 24._o rev._n 8._o johannes_n a_o casa_n bishop_n of_o beneventum_n write_v a_o italian_a poem_n in_o commendation_n of_o sodomy_n zeged_a mutius_n do_v the_o like_a who_o book_n be_v approve_v by_o the_o bull_n of_o pope_n julius_n 3_o pope_n sixtus_n 4._o build_v a_o stew_n at_o rome_n for_o the_o same_o unnatural_a lust_n contra_fw-la origin_n haeres_fw-la 29._o de_fw-la quibus_fw-la august_n isti_fw-la sunt_fw-la nefanda_fw-la facientes_fw-la sua_fw-la corpora_fw-la corruptioni_fw-la tradentes_fw-la polygamy_n be_v &_o always_o be_v unlawful_a aemulae_fw-la gen._n 30.1_o objection_n answer_v the_o first_o come_v in_o of_o polygamy_n seem_v plain_o to_o overturn_v the_o contrary_a opinion_n of_o aquinas_n who_o word_n be_v these_o fieri_fw-la potnit_fw-la dispen●a●io_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la per_fw-la inspirationem_fw-la internam_fw-la supplem_n 3._o part_n qu._n ●●_o art_n 2._o 1._o sam._n 1.6_o 1._o king_n 11.1_o psal._n 89.50_o videndum_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la debeas_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la possis_fw-la see_v matth._n 22._o principalis_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la malum_fw-la initio_fw-la opp●imere_fw-la council_n chalc._o act_n 3._o consuetudo_fw-la peccandi_fw-la tollit_fw-la fensum_fw-la peccati_fw-la hos●_n 3.11_o heb._n 12.15_o lex_fw-la divina_fw-la curate_n de_fw-la minimis_fw-la impudens_fw-la oratio_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la sic_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la contra_fw-la leges_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la imitari_fw-la licet_fw-la demost._n contr_n aristog_n jacob_n marry_v two_o sister_n also_o at_o once_o and_o by_o as_o good_a reason_n so_o may_v we_o non_fw-la numeranda_fw-la suffragia_fw-la sed_fw-la appendenda_fw-la august_n in_o psal._n 39_o right_o reformation_n of_o other_o begin_v at_o a_o man_n self_n begin_v not_o with_o other_o till_o thou_o have_v do_v with_o thyself_o psal._n 101.2_o whosoever_o will_v have_v gracious_a child_n must_v begin_v at_o religion_n reason_n prov._n 23_o 1●_n it_o stand_v in_o two_o thing_n prov._n 22.6_o prov._n 4.4_o preface_n of_o the_o catech._n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n euseb._n hist._n eccl_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 32._o gen._n 34.30_o deut._n 22.19_o lev._n 21.9_o jer._n 35._o 1._o sam._n ●_o 29_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d riot_n a_o hateful_a sin_n reason_n deut._n 21.20_o a_o note_n of_o irreligion_n in_o parent_n to_o suffer_v it_o in_o their_o child_n especial_o in_o a_o minister_n child_n stain_v the_o labour_n of_o his_o father_n to_o be_v bewail_v that_o so_o fearful_a a_o sin_n shall_v be_v so_o general_a the_o godly_a must_v moderate_v their_o affection_n to_o contain_v themselves_o within_o the_o golden_a mean_n luk._n 8.14_o 1._o pet._n 1.13_o rule_v to_o help_v forward_o in_o this_o duty_n job_n 1.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disobedience_n of_o child_n to_o parent_n condemn_v rom._n 1.30_o 2._o tim._n ●_o 2_o coloss._n 3.1_o eph._n 6.1_o wherein_o obedience_n to_o parent_n must_v be_v show_v reason_n enforce_v the_o duty_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 2.51_o philip_n 2.8_o the_o cause_n of_o lewdness_n in_o son_n be_v often_o the_o indulgence_n of_o parent_n 1._o