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compel_v his_o daughter_n a_o consecrate_a virgin_n to_o marry_v a_o foul_a fact_n which_o we_o detest_v no_o less_o than_o the_o contrary_a practice_n of_o those_o romanist_n who_o compel_v their_o daughter_n which_o will_v marry_v to_o be_v consecrate_v virgin_n it_o be_v then_o no_o less_o false_a that_o tyberian_n give_v beginning_n to_o we_o than_o it_o be_v true_a that_o tyburn_n have_v give_v a_o just_a end_n to_o some_o of_o they_o for_o jovinian_a what_o be_v he_o to_o we_o when_o neither_o our_o practice_n be_v he_o nor_o his_o opinion_n we_o not_o our_o practice_n for_o he_o live_v and_o die_v a_o single_a monk_n not_o his_o opinion_n how_o can_v we_o be_v say_v to_o admit_v marriage_n to_o a_o equal_a share_n of_o merit_n with_o virginity_n when_o we_o deny_v merit_n in_o either_o again_o that_o eunuchisme_n not_o in_o itself_o but_o for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v better_a than_o it_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o when_o gent._n when_o when_o quamuis_fw-la 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hindrance_n to_o they_o quo_fw-la minus_fw-la ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la virtutis_fw-la gloriam_fw-la aspirarent_fw-la that_o they_o may_v not_o aspire_v to_o a_o equal_a glory_n of_o virtue_n with_o the_o virgin_n and_o make_v these_o two_o rather_o different_a kind_n of_o life_n than_o manner_n of_o live_v saint_n chrysostome_n then_o and_o nazianzen_n shall_v usher_v we_o into_o the_o school_n of_o jovinian_a and_o if_o jovinian_a be_v formosus_fw-la monachus_n crassus_fw-la nitidus_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o fair_a fat_a spruce_a monk_n as_o he_o say_v me_n think_v he_o shall_v rather_o have_v hope_v to_o match_v he_o in_o their_o sybariticall_a cloister_n where_o they_o abound_v with_o meat_n and_o drink_v and_o ease_n then_o in_o our_o laborious_a clergy_n it_o be_v happy_a for_o we_o and_o for_o that_o reverend_a archbishop_n marcus_n ant._n de_fw-fr dominis_n that_o this_o railer_n can_v object_v nothing_o to_o he_o but_o a_o harmless_a load_n of_o corpulency_n it_o move_v their_o 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this_o tenet_n let_v he_o load_v i_o with_o authority_n till_o then_o his_o now-frivolous_a paper_n my_o serve_v for_o a_o honest_a use_n sect_n x._o 59_o ref._n p._n 57_o 58_o 59_o no_o less_o wise_a and_o proper_a be_v that_o other_o discourse_n of_o impossibility_n for_o to_o make_v short_a work_n that_o no_o man_n can_v contain_v though_o it_o be_v give_v he_o i_o never_o say_v that_o any_o man_n may_v contain_v though_o it_o be_v not_o give_v he_o either_o he_o will_v not_o say_v or_o if_o he_o do_v he_o have_v christ_n for_o his_o adversary_n why_o do_v we_o blot_v paper_n how_o the_o performance_n of_o this_o vow_n be_v not_o possible_a only_o for_o all_o but_o cast_v but_o but_o maius_n miraculum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la propria_fw-la carne_fw-la fomitem_fw-la eradicare_fw-la luxuriae_fw-la quà m_fw-la expellere_fw-la immundos_fw-la spiritus_fw-la de_fw-la corporibus_fw-la alienis_fw-la joan._n brow_n sum_n praed_n c._n cast_v facile_a also_o which_o he_o contend_v the_o 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mona_n l._n 2._o c._n 3_o cassander_n yet_o more_o plain_o vix_fw-la centesimum_fw-la invenias_fw-la you_o shall_v scarce_o find_v one_o of_o a_o hundred_o free_a and_o if_o need_n be_v i_o can_v tell_v he_o out_o of_o old_a 61._o old_a old_a bro._n sum_n praed_fw-we voce_fw-mi luxuria_fw-la zâ—lantissimus_fw-la praedicator_n tit._n contion_n cauda_fw-la salax_fw-la sacrificulorun_v in_fw-la pro_fw-la nerbium_fw-la abijt_fw-la refut_o p._n 61._o bromiard_n what_o the_o voice_n of_o a_o ghost_n say_v to_o a_o priest_n of_o they_o but_o i_o will_v not_o only_o thus_o he_o shut_v up_o that_o there_o come_v daily_o such_o store_n of_o priest_n to_o hell_n for_o their_o luxury_n in_o plain_a english_a lechery_n that_o he_o have_v not_o think_v there_o have_v be_v any_o left_a upon_o earth_n and_o to_o these_o i_o can_v add_v the_o jerk_n of_o their_o zealous_a preacher_n friar_n menot_n who_o fetch_v the_o threefold_a shame_n of_o their_o clergy_n out_o of_o the_o aue_fw-la mary_n the_o 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