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precaâ—oâ—um_fw-la alternatim_fw-la caâ—â—â—arum_fw-la fâ—rmam_fw-la etc._n etc._n gregory_n nazianzen_n against_o julian_n but_o be_v ashamed_a to_o set_v down_o any_o word_n of_o he_o because_o the_o matter_n of_o tradition_n that_o he_o there_o mention_v among_o the_o christian_n which_o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la apish_o will_v resemble_v in_o his_o paganism_n be_v school_n and_o form_n high_a and_o low_o lecture_n hospital_n monastery_n company_n of_o virgin_n sing_v by_o turn_n and_o such_o other_o matter_n of_o external_a order_n and_o discipline_n in_o the_o church_n and_o what_o be_v these_o to_o prove_v tradition_n that_o be_v matter_n of_o doctrine_n not_o contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n we_o admit_v almost_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o there_o speak_v of_o and_o yet_o we_o condemn_v tradition_n in_o that_o sense_n as_o we_o here_o make_v question_n of_o they_o sure_o m._n bishop_n tradition_n be_v in_o a_o miserable_a case_n that_o in_o all_o antiquity_n can_v 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contain_v or_o not_o contain_v they_o must_v not_o marry_v let_v they_o swelter_v and_o boil_v and_o burn_v in_o filthy_a lust_n even_o to_o the_o very_a bottom_n of_o hell_n yet_o marry_v they_o must_v not_o in_o any_o case_n and_o whereas_o the_o apostle_n say_v it_o be_v better_a to_o marry_v then_o to_o burn_v m._n bishop_n tell_v we_o that_o for_o such_o that_o be_v for_o common_a christian_n if_o they_o can_v live_v otherwise_o chaste_o it_o be_v better_a to_o marry_v then_o to_o be_v burn_v that_o be_v defile_v with_o incontinency_n leave_v it_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o for_o votary_n for_o such_o special_a christian_n as_o he_o be_v it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v burn_v that_o be_v defile_v with_o incontinency_n then_o to_o marry_v and_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v that_o i_o do_v not_o unjust_o force_v this_o consequence_n upon_o he_o cardinal_n campegius_fw-la doubt_v not_o most_o impudent_o to_o say_v that_o alant_fw-la that_o sleidan_n comment_fw-fr li._n 4._o quòd_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la mariti_fw-la fiant_fw-la multò_fw-la esse_fw-la gratitus_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la plurimas_fw-la domi_fw-la meretrices_fw-la alant_fw-la it_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n for_o priest_n to_o be_v marry_v then_o to_o keep_v many_o harlot_n at_o home_n and_o in_o like_a sort_n costerus_n the_o jesuite_n that_o contrahat_fw-la that_o coster_n enchir._n cap._n 15_o saâ—erdos_n si_fw-la fornicetur_fw-la aut_fw-la domi_fw-la concubinam_fw-la foveat_fw-la tameisi_fw-la grant_v sacrilegâ—os_fw-la se_fw-la obstringat_fw-la multò_fw-la tamen_fw-la graviùs_fw-la peccat_fw-la si_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la contrahat_fw-la a_o priest_n albeit_o he_o be_v guilty_a of_o great_a sacrilege_n if_o he_o commit_v fornication_n or_o keep_v a_o concubine_n yet_o sin_v more_o grievous_o if_o he_o marry_v yea_o that_o we_o may_v not_o think_v that_o some_o petty_a fellow_n only_o have_v so_o conceive_v bellarmine_n that_o filthy_a friar_n say_v the_o same_o forniâ—atur_fw-la same_o 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iurandum_fw-la praeceps_fw-la actus_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la duplicare_fw-la noxam_fw-la cum_fw-la te_fw-la possis_fw-la exonerare_fw-la dimidio_fw-la maxima_fw-la est_fw-la insania_fw-la vix_fw-la unquam_fw-la curabilis_fw-la she_o that_o marry_v after_o a_o simple_a vow_n that_o be_v when_o she_o have_v but_o undertake_v to_o vow_n and_o have_v not_o yet_o solemn_o do_v it_o yet_o in_o some_o sort_n sin_v more_o than_o she_o that_o commit_v fornication_n see_v these_o wretched_a caitiff_n who_o neither_o fear_n of_o god_n nor_o shame_n of_o man_n can_v hold_v back_o from_o so_o devilish_a and_o damnable_a assertion_n whereby_o they_o do_v but_o set_v a_o snare_n to_o halter_n and_o strangle_v the_o conscience_n of_o man_n as_o they_o have_v do_v many_o thousand_o and_o by_o whoredom_n and_o filthiness_n without_o remorse_n send_v they_o headlong_o to_o hell_n fire_n as_o though_o say_v philo_n to_o forswear_v in_o such_o a_o case_n for_o the_o keep_n of_o god_n law_n be_v not_o 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loathsome_a and_o hateful_a unto_o he_o mark_v it_o i_o pray_v thou_o gentle_a reader_n that_o by_o their_o vow_n of_o continency_n they_o profess_v more_o to_o renounce_v marriage_n which_o be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n than_o fornication_n and_o whoredom_n which_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n a_o man_n have_v vow_v continency_n but_o yet_o can_v contain_v what_o must_v be_v the_o mean_n to_o salve_v this_o evil_n not_o marriage_n by_o any_o mean_n which_o be_v the_o medicine_n that_o god_n have_v appoint_v but_o adultery_n and_o fornication_n and_o unnatural_a sodomitical_a filthiness_n and_o uncleanness_n to_o which_o the_o devil_n tempt_v it_o be_v a_o doctrine_n never_o hear_v of_o in_o the_o world_n until_o by_o the_o tyranny_n of_o antichrist_n the_o church_n become_v a_o sty_n for_o these_o filthy_a swine_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v take_v to_o vow_v more_o against_o marriage_n then_o against_o unclean_a and_o filthy_a lust_n but_o yet_o this_o notable_a 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