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priest_n that_o have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o constinencie_n or_o chastity_n be_v bind_v to_o marye_n and_o have_v wyve_n of_o their_o own_o place_n will_v god_n this_o be_v observe_v and_o keep_v in_o all_o place_n in_o so_o much_o that_o if_o there_o be_v any_o bishop_n or_o priest_n that_o have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o continency_n will_v not_o marry_v the_o magistrate_n if_o there_o be_v any_o godliness_n or_o fear_n of_o god_n in_o their_o heart_n ought_v to_o compel_v they_o to_o marry_o and_o if_o they_o will_v not_o obey_v to_o depose_v they_o least_o by_o process_n of_o time_n they_o shall_v fall_v into_o whoredom_n and_o so_o be_v a_o open_a slander_n to_o the_o church_n as_o for_o those_o bless_a martyr_n of_o god_n master_n doctor_n hugh_n latimer_n and_o the_o reverend_a father_n master_v doctor_n ridley_n most_o worthy_a bishop_n of_o london_n all_o their_o adversary_n can_v say_v none_o other_o but_o that_o they_o have_v a_o most_o special_a gift_n of_o chastity_n which_o they_o do_v so_o declare_v in_o their_o live_n and_o conversation_n all_o the_o day_n of_o their_o life_n that_o no_o man_n can_v ever_o lay_v any_o thing_n to_o their_o charge_n it_o this_o can_v i_o iustyfye_v for_o i_o have_v hear_v they_o do_v it_o touchinge_v that_o matter_n and_o yet_o both_o they_o and_o also_o doctor_n taylour_n with_o many_o other_o mo_z which_o be_v geld_v or_o make_v chaste_a from_o above_o do_v stoutelye_o defend_v always_o the_o maryage_n of_o priest_n &_o of_o all_o other_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n ¶_o robin_n papyst_n if_o so_o be_v that_o all_o they_o objection_n that_o have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o chastytye_n or_o continencye_n be_v bind_v to_o marry_v how_o do_v this_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o saint_n paul_n be_v tempt_v with_o the_o intemperancy_n of_o the_o flesh_n do_v not_o marry_v the_o true_a christian_a both_o ignatius_n thirty_o answer_n eus_n ecclesiasticae_fw-la historia_fw-la li._n iii._n cap._n thirty_o and_o 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