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A17084	The gratulation of the mooste famous clerke M. Martin Bucer a man of no lesse learninge and lyterature, then godlye studie and example of lyuing, vnto the churche of Englande for the restitucion of Christes religion. And hys answere vnto the two raylinge epistles of Steue[n], Bisshoppe of Winchester, concerninge the vnmaried state of preestes and cloysterars, wherein is euidently declared, that it is against the lawes of God, and of his churche to require of all suche as be and must be admitted to preesthood, to refrain from holye matrimonie. Translated out of Latin in to Englishe.; Gratulatio ad Ecclesiam Anglicanam. English	Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.; Hoby, Thomas, Sir, 1530-1566.	1549 (1549)	STC 3963; ESTC S106007	62,277	167

sones kinges which were chefe fauores and no wrisshers of good letters and artes nowe euer sins y e moste prudēt king Sigibertus whiche abowt y e yere of oure lorde D. C.xxx fyrste of al founded adourned not only y e vniuersitie of Cambrig ▪ but also manie other schooles throughe his realme By y e whiche gift of God the moste prudent victorious kinge Henry the viij so excelled that at this daye there is not one realme y t hath more well learned godlye men in authoritie nor none wherin Bisshops excell in so moche doctrine and puritie of life who so euer my Uvinchester hath not yet made subiect to the crosse of Christ his erudition which he hath verie largely receaued of God It is therfor our parte all others that beare feruent loue to Christes kingdom continuallye to praye oure father most feruently through his sonn oure lorde Iesus Christe that it wolde be his pleasure to continewe to brīg to passe with lyke prosperitie this his worke begone emonge yow so luckily the worke of healthe and not of yowrs onlye but of manye of Gods Chyldren throwghe yow the restytututyon I meane of hys Kyngdome And to the●●tent this work 〈◊〉 with more power incre●se y t 〈…〉 〈◊〉 preserue and of 〈…〉 〈…〉 with his giftes both your● 〈◊〉 king and also al his 〈◊〉 faithfull ●●unsaylers and ministers ●n the ●y●●ste and ecclesiaticall adminst a 〈◊〉 The lorde therfor st●re vpe and corroborate with his spirite to praye y t sathe both 〈◊〉 vs and all his ol his mere mercie vowchosafe to geue care vnto oure prayers So ●e it Ye shall also desyre God and oure father through his sonne oure Lorde Iesus christe with feruent desyres for vs ●ermaine● that ●●ing he hath mad vs in this tyme the fyrst to spreade a brode and to restore his kingdome he will not permitt vs throughe oure ingratitude to be the laste in the fruition of the same ben fy●● The Grace of God be with yow all Amen Finis Yowre humble and daylie oratoure in the Lorde Martine Bucer Imprynted ad London by me Richard Iugge dwelling at the nourth dore of Poules Cum Priuilegio ad imprimendum solum The restitutiō of Christes doctryne through Englād ij tim iij The trewe and lyuely fayth is well separated from the deade false Of the infinite power of y e cleargye the Byshop of Rome Distinctio .xl. li. Papa The lyfe of thē that put more trust in the Pope then in christ Thankes geuing for the restitutiō of christes kyngdō in Engla●de 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causes why Bu●er differred in answere Wynchesters ca●illations Tractatus de celibatu Buceri ad Latomum Principles wherby the Popish law concerning the abstinēce chastitye of preestes is confuted The demonstration of hys confutation Wynchester bringeth nothing agaynst the foundations of the cause An Argument of hys iuste defence agaynste Wynchester Kinge Henri y e viij his first purpose The cause whye here he maketh answere of the ōmaryed state also 〈…〉 chapters of this present defense answers mat xix i. cor vij Of the proper interpretation of christes sainges all men can not awaye this saīg sauing they to whō c. And he that can take it let hym take it In priore Wyntonien epistola contra Bucerum ca. ij S. Hier. Marke he y t cā and not he that well S. Hila. S. Augustin he is prouoked y t can take it S. Gre. Christ denied y t all men take the worde of chastitie All can not take it Uvynchester taketh it to be spoken vndeterminatly thoughe it be spokē determinatly Bicause y e Apo. wisshed all to be chaste it is not cōcluded y e chastitie is profitable for all Bicause the Apostle said I wolde y t ye all spaeke w t thūgs and prophecieed it foloweth not y t it is good for al to speake with tūges Rom. ix Uvynchesters seconde reason ▪ Iu. i. Epistola Uvin toniensis Ca. 4 Uvynchesters two false principles that God of what thīges he leaveth fre election he geueth also the facultie of the same thīges and excepte he do so he compelleth them God geueth not furthe with the power of thes thīnges wherof he hath made fre election Eph. v. i. Co. xij God wil geue all thynges whiche we aske in the name of hys sonne but by hys name we can aske nothyng perfectlye but suche thynges as belōg to hys glorye God therfore compelleth not to anye kynde of lyfe bycause he callethe theyder and leadeth withe hys gyftes God leaueth vnto his the fre election of many thynges but that he ruleth accordyng to hys arbitryment God draweth hys to hys sonne yet for all y t they come vnto hym of theyr fre wyl S. Austyne cōcernyng the gyft of continence Uvynchesters thyrd reason Uvynchester layth to Bucer that he speketh without scripture yet doth he hymself recite the scriptures whiche he followeth in thys behalfe teacheth not whether thei be well recyted or no. Ioh. viij ij Co. iij. Thys is false yf a man can do any thynge by the gyfte of god that he maye as well not do thesame Uvho so hath any good thynge aboue other y t hath he not but by y e peculier gifte of god wherewith those other are not indued A secte of heretiques Manachei a secte of he retiques wherof the head was called Manes who hym toke vpō christes shape spirite Eusebius ecclesias hist. In hys fyrst Epistle D. i. ij Bucer neuer spake nor writ no suche thynge therfore Uvynchester maketh a lye vpon hym god maketh apointeth his yeuen frō the mothers wombe vnto thos thīgs whervnto he hath destined euery mā Dionisius Bisshope of corinth writ an Epistle to y e Guosians wheryn he admonissheth instanly exhorteth ther Bisshop Pinitus that he will not layd the brethren with the great burthēs of cōpultion to vowe chastitie for so he might chaunce to put y e ī firmite of manie in a hasarde Eusebeus de ecclesias Histo. li. iiij Ca. xiiij 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Uvinchesters notable quarelling what y e gift of chastitie is called and of what effect it is Signes of y e gift of chastitie burning is also a token of the vocation to matrymonie of what principles ▪ mā may decerue iudge of y e present disputatiō * And other place of this defense what so euer be of y e gift of chastitie yet y ● this is against y e lawes of god and the churche bycause y e abstinence from holy matrimony is required of al preestes and solytarye parsōs 1. Tim. 3. Act. i. Chastitie yf it be not taken y t thou mayest haue the more leser ●o godlye dedes ministeryes is abominable to God The holy fathers had rather haue had shepeherdes maryed mē geuē to holy thīges then vnmaryed implicated in the cares of y e worlde That whiche shoulde be chiefly saught for in the chastitye of preestes the abstinence frō y e busynes of the worlde is cleane neglected of the Romanes How vacant Wynchester is from the cares of the worlde The old auncient iudged it a mad thynge yf the churches had bē soner ministred by no pastores or els very ill vnmaryed Epiphaniꝰ was in opinyon that wheras wante mete ministers there shoulde maryed mē haue the gouernaūce ouer y e Churches w t good ryghte Epiphanius and Hierom coūt not thē flagitious whiche by no necessitie made maryed men the gouernars ouer the Churches The holy fathers wold at thys day cast forth the vnmaryed y t take the cure euer the churches and wold set maryed men in theyr place The old fathers suffered the churches to be ministred by laye mē and that in theyr presens The old Bysshops receaued both the lay men and also husban● men prefarred thē before them selues to teach y e people when they founde thē more mete thervnto then themselues Eusebius de ecclesiastica histo Li. vi Ca. xv No constrained vowes please God Uvhat vowes are acceptable to God Howe gentlye God y e holye fathers remytted rash vowes Ciprianus Epiphanius It is better in takynge a wyfe after the vowe to fall in to iudgement then in Augustynus de bono viduitatis Ca. v. xx In distinctio● xxiij quedā● xxvij ij Nuptiarum In alte●a epistola cōtra Buccerum Uve admit gladlye anye mete witnesse Uvinchester complaineth y e Bucer keapeth close his writing and yet he setteth it not forth in print hī selfe Uvinchesters wordes owt of hys hād writīge Wintonien adsertor stoicus Uvinchester is an vncertan sceptical coniectu●rar Se how this Bisshope is prepared to speake well The conclusion vpō Wīchesters lye How Uvy●chester burned in oure disputation ▪ Uvynchesters reproches hāg in hym selfe It shold haue bē long ere he wold haue done it him selfe i. Co. vij Uvhat thynges were in cōtrouersye betwext Uvynchester Bucer in ▪ theyr communication together The cōfutation of y e papistes obiectiō y t say euery mā maye wreste writ y e scriptures not regardynge y e old fathers of y e churche to what sēse he thiketh beste Uvynchesters horrible principle y t mans lawes are iustly ponyshed with greater punyshmēt thā Godes whā thei are transgressed Uvynchesters argumēt The father may kepe his doughter agaynste her wyll vnmaryed therfor may rulars lefully ●ōstrain preestes to chastitie S. Ambrose S. Primasius Necessitie for y e wyl of y e mayden He byddeth euery man to take counsail of hys fleshe what he can sustayne The latter interpreters agre also Uvynchester wil haue that the father may tangle hys doughter in y e snare of virginitye Uvinchesters scoffinges Photiꝰ will haue y e giftes vocatiō of God cōsidered Uvinchesters manifest vanitie God maketh stedfaste the condicious of his Psal. 39. Psalm xxxi Ps lxxiij Ps. Cxi ▪ Al necessitie is not agaynste fre wyll but that necessitye only which is of compultion The cōclusyon It is not good for a mā to be alone It is good for a mā not to touch a womā Phil. i As anye thyng is more necessary so is it to y e godly more voluntary Let euery man haue his wyfe Marc. i and .ix Uvynchesters hold affirmans in a doubtful matter i. Cor. v i. Co. xij