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latter_a popish_a council_n be_v so_o obscure_o propose_v that_o it_o neither_o direct_o favour_n nor_o oppose_v it_o beside_o neither_o scripture_n or_o tradition_n can_v be_v offer_v for_o this_o claim_n of_o divine_a institution_n the_o former_a be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o pretend_v to_o or_o if_o it_o be_v we_o shall_v examine_v it_o afterward_o the_o latter_a can_v just_o be_v since_o none_o but_o a_o universal_a tradition_n of_o all_o past_a and_o present_a age_n be_v sufficient_a to_o convey_v down_o a_o matter_n of_o faith_n whereas_o here_o the_o great_a part_n even_o of_o the_o present_a church_n deny_v it_o but_o i_o will_v not_o insist_v upon_o disprove_v this_o as_o well_o because_o it_o be_v disow_v by_o the_o great_a part_n of_o our_o adversary_n as_o because_o all_o the_o argument_n to_o be_v produce_v against_o the_o other_o opinion_n will_v with_o much_o more_o force_n be_v valid_a against_o this_o i_o will_v only_o observe_v that_o if_o this_o opinion_n be_v either_o 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clergy_n be_v to_o be_v find_v for_o we_o
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the_o second_o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o former_a verse_n or_o if_o we_o shall_v with_o joc._n st._n chrysostom_n interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o place_n of_o a_o universal_a temperance_n we_o must_v remember_v that_o such_o a_o temperance_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o moderation_n in_o the_o use_n of_o all_o lawful_a pleasure_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v 3._o clemens_n alex._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v universal_o temperate_a not_o who_o abstain_v from_o all_o thing_n but_o who_o moderate_o use_v those_o thing_n which_o he_o judge_v lawful_a or_o last_o if_o we_o shall_v against_o all_o reason_n interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaste_a and_o continent_n yet_o the_o father_n unanimous_o teach_v that_o these_o virtue_n be_v not_o incompatible_a with_o the_o moderate_a use_n of_o marriage_n as_o we_o shall_v prove_v hereafter_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n let_v it_o be_v observe_v that_o 25._o st._n paul_n reason_v before_o faelix_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o righteousness_n and_o temperance_n and_o yet_o can_v be_v suppose_v to_o have_v forbid_v he_o the_o embrace_n of_o his_o wife_n as_o for_o bellarmine_n other_o text_n 2_o tim._n 2._o 4._o no_o man_n that_o war_v entangle_v himself_o with_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o life_n it_o be_v sufficient_a these_o word_n be_v address_v not_o only_o to_o clergyman_n but_o to_o all_o christian_n whether_o a_o marry_a state_n do_v necessary_o entangle_v person_n in_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o life_n more_o than_o celibacy_n shall_v be_v inquire_v hereafter_o we_o come_v now_o to_o that_o great_a storehouse_n of_o the_o assertor_n of_o celibacy_n the_o vii_o chap._n of_o the_o 1_o epist._n to_o the_o corinthian_n and_o here_o a_o few_o observation_n may_v have_v prevent_v many_o mistake_v as_o first_o that_o the_o apostle_n be_v so_o far_o from_o impose_v virginity_n upon_o any_o order_n of_o man_n that_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v 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in_o the_o time_n of_o gregory_n nazianzen_n that_o many_o will_v not_o willing_o receive_v baptism_n or_o the_o eucharist_n
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latter_a reject_v by_o one_o and_o condemn_v by_o another_o general_a council_n and_o never_o confirm_v by_o other_o than_o provincial_a synod_n who_o act_n may_v be_v annul_v and_o decree_v abolish_v by_o the_o single_a authority_n of_o any_o particular_a church_n and_o certain_o if_o what_o most_o of_o our_o adversary_n pretend_v the_o tradition_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o present_a universal_a church_n be_v the_o only_a certain_a method_n of_o know_v the_o opinion_n and_o doctrine_n of_o all_o precedent_a age_n the_o lawfulness_n and_o convenience_n of_o the_o clergy_n marriage_n must_v have_v be_v the_o belief_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n since_o all_o the_o eastern_a church_n the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n not_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o reform_a church_n in_o the_o west_n do_v at_o this_o day_n permit_v the_o use_n of_o marriage_n to_o the_o clergy_n and_o maintain_v the_o impositioâ—…_n of_o celibacy_n to_o be_v unlawful_a which_o also_o be_v no_o 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the_o three_o wherein_o our_o adversary_n confess_v that_o permission_n of_o marriage_n be_v continue_v to_o the_o greek_a priest_n thus_o pope_n nicolas_n the_o first_o answer_v to_o the_o inquiry_n of_o the_o bulgarian_n 540._o you_o ask_v whether_o you_o ought_v to_o maintain_v and_o honour_v a_o priest_n have_v a_o wife_n or_o to_o remove_v he_o from_o you_o to_o which_o we_o answer_v that_o although_o they_o be_v very_o unblamable_a you_o ought_v not_o to_o cast_v they_o off_o and_o bellarmine_n 21._o acknowledge_v that_o although_o the_o roman_a church_n approve_v not_o herein_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n and_o judge_v it_o to_o be_v a_o abuse_n yet_o she_o permit_v it_o to_o the_o greek_n so_o that_o if_o they_o have_v no_o other_o error_n a_o peace_n may_v easy_o be_v accord_v between_o the_o two_o church_n iv._o the_o practice_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n in_o the_o imposition_n of_o celibacy_n be_v various_a and_o divers_a and_o consequent_o neither_o celibacy_n itself_o
be_v so_o far_o from_o surpass_v conjugal_a chastity_n that_o even_o the_o guilt_n of_o no_o crime_n ever_o bring_v great_a disgrace_n to_o the_o holy_a order_n great_a damage_n to_o religion_n or_o great_a grief_n to_o all_o good_a man_n than_o the_o stain_n of_o the_o clergy_n lust._n wherefore_o it_o will_v perhaps_o be_v the_o interest_n as_o well_o of_o christianity_n as_o of_o the_o holy_a order_n that_o at_o last_o the_o right_n of_o public_a marriage_n be_v restore_v to_o the_o clergy_n which_o they_o may_v rather_o chaste_o pursue_v without_o infamy_n than_o defile_v themselves_o by_o such_o brutal_a lusts._n erasmus_n have_v the_o like_a word_n 3._o if_o any_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o these_o time_n how_o great_a a_o part_n of_o mankind_n the_o multitude_n of_o monk_n take_v up_o how_o great_a a_o part_n the_o college_n of_o priest_n and_o clergyman_n and_o then_o consider_v how_o few_o out_o of_o so_o great_a a_o number_n true_o preserve_v chastity_n of_o life_n with_o how_o great_a scandal_n most_o of_o they_o be_v open_o incestuous_a and_o incontinent_a into_o what_o kind_n of_o lust_n innumerable_a of_o they_o degenerate_a he_o will_v perhaps_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v more_o convenient_a that_o those_o who_o do_v not_o contain_v may_v have_v the_o freedom_n of_o public_a marriage_n which_o they_o may_v pure_o and_o chaste_o without_o infamy_n maintain_v rather_o than_o that_o they_o shall_v commit_v unhappy_a and_o shameful_a lusts._n the_o world_n have_v now_o many_o unmarried_a man_n but_o few_o chaste_a although_o neither_o be_v he_o chaste_a who_o use_v not_o the_o company_n of_o a_o woman_n because_o it_o be_v forbid_v but_o i_o very_o much_o fear_n that_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n make_v more_o clergyman_n at_o this_o day_n eunuch_n than_o piety_n do_v while_o we_o be_v afraid_a lest_o our_o possession_n shall_v be_v intercept_v by_o wife_n and_o child_n or_o at_o lest_o nothing_o add_v to_o they_o by_o marry_a clergy_n cassander_n 23._o say_v that_o if_o ever_o there_o be_v a_o time_n to_o change_v any_o old_a custom_n certain_o these_o time_n seem_v to_o require_v some_o alteration_n of_o this_o however_o ancient_a custom_n last_o all_o prince_n and_o state_n before_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n in_o their_o petition_n and_o remonstrance_n for_o reformation_n of_o the_o church_n never_o omit_v to_o require_v the_o permission_n of_o marriage_n to_o be_v restore_v to_o the_o clergy_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o council_n and_o after_o the_o conclusion_n of_o it_o ferdiand_n ii_o and_o maximilian_n ii_o the_o emperor_n sigismond_n augustus_n king_n of_o poland_n albertus_n duke_n of_o bavaria_n and_o other_o prince_n earnest_o desire_v the_o same_o thing_n by_o their_o ambassador_n but_o that_o council_n too_o well_o know_v the_o interest_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o grant_v a_o petition_n of_o that_o nature_n rather_o by_o define_v that_o marriage_n contract_v after_o a_o vow_n of_o continence_n be_v neither_o lawful_a nor_o valid_a they_o have_v perhaps_o put_v the_o case_n beyond_o all_o remedy_n and_o take_v from_o the_o church_n all_o possibility_n of_o ever_o restore_a marriage_n to_o the_o clergy_n for_o if_o marriage_n after_o a_o vow_n be_v in_o itself_o unlawful_a the_o great_a authority_n upon_o earth_n can_v dispense_v with_o it_o nor_o permit_v marriage_n to_o the_o clergy_n who_o have_v already_o vow_v continence_n if_o in_o the_o precedent_n discourse_v i_o have_v say_v any_o thing_n injurious_a to_o the_o honour_n of_o true_a virginity_n i_o here_o retract_v it_o and_o profess_v that_o a_o great_a veneration_n be_v due_a to_o that_o state_n of_o life_n when_o a_o matter_n of_o choice_n not_o of_o force_n and_o that_o both_o in_o the_o entrance_n into_o it_o and_o continuance_n of_o it_o when_o undertake_v for_o the_o increase_n of_o piety_n and_o advancement_n of_o divine_a glory_n not_o for_o any_o secular_a end_n and_o advantage_n when_o take_v up_o by_o those_o who_o have_v the_o gift_n of_o continence_n not_o affect_v by_o such_o as_o can_v contain_v we_o believe_v there_o be_v somewhat_o in_o those_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n he_o that_o be_v able_a to_o receive_v it_o let_v he_o receive_v it_o and_o with_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n initio_fw-la we_o reverence_v the_o happiness_n of_o the_o gift_n of_o continence_n in_o those_o to_o who_o it_o be_v bestow_v by_o god_n we_o admire_v monogamy_n and_o the_o decency_n of_o one_o marriage_n yet_o assert_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o indulge_v with_o and_o bear_v the_o burden_n of_o other_o lest_o he_o who_o think_v he_o stand_v firm_o shall_v fall_v we_o dislike_v not_o the_o virginity_n of_o the_o romish_a clergy_n but_o slight_a the_o pretence_n and_o condemn_v the_o imposition_n of_o it_o experience_n demonstrate_v the_o one_o to_o be_v false_a and_o reason_n the_o other_o to_o be_v unlawful_a we_o affect_v not_o the_o name_n but_o the_o purity_n of_o virginity_n and_o while_o we_o impose_v celibacy_n upon_o none_o nor_o deny_v marriage_n to_o any_o we_o promote_v a_o voluntary_a continence_n in_o many_o and_o secure_v a_o real_a chastity_n in_o all_o of_o the_o clergy_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la in_o 4._o disp._n 2â—…_n qu._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr contin_fw-fr sacerd_v c._n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr dogmatic_a carat_n l._n 2._o 2._o sess._n 24._o can._n 9_o 9_o controu._n tmo_n il._n l._n 1._o 18_o 19_o 19_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 25._o 25._o tit._n 1._o 1._o 1._o in_o joc._n joc._n strom._n l._n 3._o 3._o act._n 24._o 25._o 25._o ver._n 6._o 6._o ver._n 23._o 23._o ver._n 35._o 35._o ver._n 5._o 5._o ver._n 20._o 20._o ver._n 27._o 27._o ver._n 37._o 37._o ver._n 8_o 9_o 9_o ver._n 26._o 26._o ver._n 28_o 29._o 29._o ver._n 32._o 32._o copula_fw-la sacerdotalis_fw-la nec_fw-la legali_fw-la nec_fw-la eâ—…angelica_fw-la vel_fw-la apostolica_fw-la avihoritate_fw-la prohibeâ—…ur_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la â—…amen_fw-la lege_fw-la peniâ—…us_fw-la interdicitur_fw-la caus._n 26._o qu._n 2._o c._n 1._o 1._o ecclesia_fw-la post_fw-la aposâ—…olica_fw-la consâ—…ituta_fw-la quaedam_fw-la consilia_fw-la perfectionis_fw-la addidit_fw-la utpote_fw-la de_fw-la continentia_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la caus._n 35._o qu._n 1._o in_o fin_n fin_n constituo_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la caelibatum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la juris_fw-la divini_fw-la aut_fw-la quoquam_fw-la modo_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n prâ—…ceptum_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la consâ—…ltum_fw-la si_fw-la nulla_fw-la lex_fw-la aut_fw-la nulla_fw-la essent_fw-la vota_fw-la monastica_fw-la liceret_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la aut_fw-la monachis_fw-la nubeâ—…e_fw-la council_n tom._n fourteen_o p._n 1551._o 1551._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 2_o 4._o 4._o tit._n 1._o 6._o 6._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 12._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 2._o 2._o tim._n 3._o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 6._o cap._n 17._o 17._o hom._n x._o in_o 1_o ep._n ad_fw-la tim._n &_o hom._n ii_o in_o ep._n ad_fw-la tit._n tit._n ep._n 83._o ad_fw-la oceanum_n comm_n in_o joc._n l._n 1._o adv_n jovin_n jovin_n comm._n in_o 1_o ep._n ad_fw-la tim._n cap._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d loc._n c._n 14._o 14._o hom._n 2._o in_o ep._n ad_fw-la tit._n tit._n comm._n in_o ep._n ad_fw-la tit._n c._n 1._o tom._n ix_o p._n 245_o 245_o ep._n 83._o ad_fw-la oceanum_n in_o init_fw-la init_fw-la 1_o tim._n 5._o 9_o 9_o in_o actu_fw-la vero_fw-la conjugii_fw-la negari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la admixta_fw-la sit_fw-la quaedam_fw-la impuritas_fw-la &_o pollutio_fw-la non_fw-la quae_fw-la peccatum_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la peccato_fw-la tamen_fw-la nata_fw-la sit_fw-la controu._n tom._n ii_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 19_o 19_o heb._n 13._o 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat_n l._n 1._o c._n 11._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n l._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n ibid._n sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la faeraina_fw-la castitatis_fw-la vinculis_fw-la obligata_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la aliud_fw-la concupiscat_fw-la ita_fw-la vir_fw-la eadem_fw-la legetenetur_fw-la quo_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_n &_o viro_fw-la vxorem_fw-la unius_fw-la corporis_fw-la compage_fw-la solidavit_fw-la epitome_n cap._n 8._o 8._o sunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la virginitatis_fw-la praemia_fw-la sunt_fw-la merita_fw-la viduitatis_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la conjugali_fw-la pudicitiae_fw-la locus_fw-la epist_n 82._o add_v vercell_n vercell_n qui_fw-la unius_fw-la uxoris_fw-la virum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la non_fw-la quo_fw-la exortem_fw-la excludat_fw-la conjugii_fw-la nam_fw-la hoc_fw-la supra_fw-la legem_fw-la praecepti_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la conjugali_fw-la castimonia_fw-la servet_fw-la ablutionis_fw-la suae_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ibid._n ante_fw-la med._n med._n gen._n 1._o 28._o 28._o exod_n 19_o 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat._n hom._n 56._o in_o fine_a fine_a strom._n l._n 3._o p._n 446._o 446._o adu._n jovin_n l._n 1._o in_o sin_n sin_n vid._n clâ—…m_n alex._n strâ—…m_n l._n 2._o p._n 421._o 421._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 32._o 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n l._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n