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that_o interval_n of_o time_n be_v certain_o marry_v 3._o under_o the_o moysaicall_a law_n it_o be_v as_o certain_a and_o confess_v that_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v marry_v and_o the_o succession_n of_o they_o continue_v per_fw-la generationem_fw-la naturalem_fw-la for_o have_v their_o marriage_n be_v prohibit_v one_o tribe_n have_v necessary_o perish_v 4._o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o marriage_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v 6._o approve_v by_o god_n and_o as_o be_v and_o must_v be_v confess_v be_v practise_v by_o the_o 9.5_o apostle_n and_o apostolical_a clergy_n nor_o be_v such_o marriage_n only_o approve_v but_o to_o avoid_v fornication_n express_o 9_o command_v in_o the_o gospel_n continence_n be_v dei_fw-la donum_fw-la a_o gift_n which_o he_o have_v not_o 7.9_o give_v to_o all_o as_o be_v evident_a and_o confess_v and_o then_o marriage_n be_v the_o 7.9_o mean_v appoint_v by_o god_n to_o preserve_v chastity_n and_o where_o that_o be_v forbid_v as_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n it_o be_v abominable_a pollution_n will_v be_v the_o fatal_a consequence_n see_v nothing_o can_v be_v more_o irrational_a than_o to_o think_v that_o of_o so_o many_o hundred_o thousand_o to_o who_o marriage_n be_v forbid_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n man_n and_o woman_n in_o the_o strength_n and_o flourish_n of_o their_o age_n all_o shall_v have_v ability_n to_o live_v chaste_o neglect_v the_o mean_n which_o god_n himself_o have_v appoint_v to_o preserve_v it_o to_o conclude_v this_o point_n this_o prohibition_n of_o the_o clergy_n to_o marry_v have_v we_o no_o other_o reason_n be_v sufficient_a to_o justify_v our_o separation_n from_o the_o roman_a communion_n especial_o see_v such_o prohibition_n of_o marriage_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v a_o mark_n and_o indelible_a 4.13_o character_n of_o antichrist_n from_o who_o communion_n we_o be_v 18.4_o command_v to_o separate_v separate_v 1_o pet._n 3.15_o 16._o 16._o gal._n 6.1_o 1_o pet._n 3.15_o 3.15_o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v infallible_a no_o man_n before_o gregory_n the_o 7_o the_o ever_o say_v he_o tell_v we_o indeed_o in_o his_o dictatus_fw-la papae_fw-la num._n 22._o quod_fw-la romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nunquam_fw-la erravit_fw-la nec_fw-la scriptura_fw-la testae_fw-la in_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la errabit_fw-la vide_fw-la edmundi_fw-la richerii_fw-la historiam_fw-la council_n generalium_fw-la cap._n 13._o pag._n 197._o edit_fw-la colon._n 1680._o 1680._o sic_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la accipiendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la tanquà m_fw-la ipsius_fw-la divini_fw-la petri_n voce_fw-la firmatae_fw-la can._n sic_fw-la omnes_fw-la 2_o dist._n 19_o 19_o glossa_fw-la quia_fw-la enim_fw-la dist._n 40._o cap._n 1._o 1._o ib._n pag._n 2113._o ed._n par._n 1612._o 1612._o par._n 1612._o greg._n 13._o jussie_a editum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la exemplar_n romanum_fw-la diligentèr_fw-la recognitum_fw-la recognitum_fw-la vid._n conc._n per._n pet._n crab_n tom._n 3._o p._n 717._o col_fw-fr 1._o 1._o ib._n p._n 718._o col_fw-fr 1._o 1._o see_v the_o jesuit_n print_v thesis_n