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afterward_o charge_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v attempt_v the_o same_o again_o and_o do_v not_o dissolve_v those_o marriage_n be_v so_o private_o contract_v in_o the_o follow_a year_n indeed_o the_o popish_a party_n still_o prevail_v more_o at_o court_n the_o six_o article_n be_v enact_v by_o which_o such_o marriage_n be_v dissolve_v and_o many_o person_n so_o marry_v be_v divorce_v but_o after_o all_o the_o king_n know_v by_o information_n of_o a_o good_a number_n from_o time_n to_o time_n and_o yet_o do_v both_o tolerate_v the_o same_o which_o be_v use_v secret_o and_o such_o as_o be_v open_o know_v do_v not_o separate_v they_o but_o command_v they_o to_o be_v repute_v as_o lay-person_n and_o will_v have_v grant_v liberty_n to_o all_o in_o his_o day_n but_o for_o some_o certain_a zealous_a councillor_n as_o be_v not_o unknown_a to_o divers_a who_o hear_v he_o oft_o speak_v of_o that_o matter_n pag._n 90._o lin_v 13._o many_o great_a bishop_n in_o these_o time_n the_o four_o and_o 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of_o nice_a that_o bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n shall_v be_v oblige_v to_o perpetual_a continence_n and_o have_v succeed_v in_o it_o have_v not_o paphnutius_fw-la vehement_o oppose_v the_o motion_n and_o show_v the_o unreasonableness_n and_o danger_n of_o such_o a_o imposition_n this_o be_v relate_v by_o all_o the_o ecclesiastical_a historian_n of_o that_o time_n and_o be_v a_o matter_n well_o know_v however_o impudent_o deny_v by_o some_o writer_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n even_o before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a eustathius_n bishop_n of_o sebastea_fw-la have_v endeavour_v to_o impose_v the_o like_a necessity_n of_o perpetual_a continence_n upon_o the_o clergy_n which_o endeavour_n of_o his_o be_v condemn_v in_o the_o council_n of_o gangra_n about_o fourscore_o year_n after_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a heliodorus_n introduce_v a_o total_a abstinence_n of_o the_o clergy_n from_o their_o wife_n in_o the_o province_n of_o thessaly_n where_o he_o be_v bishop_n the_o historian_n seem_v to_o have_v believe_v that_o he_o first_o make_v the_o motion_n in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a this_o mistake_n as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v find_v be_v pure_o his_o own_o for_o although_o i_o have_v read_v all_o the_o treaty_n in_o defence_n of_o priest_n marriage_n publish_v by_o our_o reformer_n i_o do_v not_o remember_v to_o have_v observe_v this_o in_o any_o of_o they_o pag._n 90._o lin_v 38._o it_o be_v true_a that_o in_o the_o four_o age_n they_o begin_v to_o make_v canon_n against_o the_o marriage_n of_o those_o who_o be_v in_o order_n especial_o in_o the_o roman_a and_o african_a church_n it_o be_v forbid_v to_o those_o who_o be_v in_o order_n to_o contract_v marriage_n by_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n and_o constitution_n receive_v in_o the_o eastern_a church_n long_o before_o it_o be_v forbid_v also_o by_o the_o council_n of_o neocaesarea_n and_o in_o part_n by_o the_o council_n of_o ancyra_n but_o if_o by_o canon_n make_v against_o the_o marriage_n of_o 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