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crimen_fw-la esse_fw-la credunt_fw-la zacharias_n habuit_fw-la prolem_fw-la &_o vxorem_fw-la per_fw-la virum_fw-la quem_fw-la genuit_fw-la adeptus_fw-la honorem_fw-la baptizavit_fw-la enim_fw-la nostrum_fw-la saluatorem_fw-la pereat_fw-la qui_fw-la teâ—eat_fw-la nowm_fw-la hunc_fw-la errorem_fw-la paulus_n coelos_n rapitur_fw-la ad_fw-la superiores_fw-la vbi_fw-la multas_fw-la didicit_fw-la res_fw-la secretiores_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la tandem_fw-la rediens_fw-la iâ—struensque_fw-la mores_fw-la svas_fw-la inquit_fw-la habeat_fw-la quilibet_fw-la vxores_fw-la propter_fw-la haec_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la dogmata_fw-la doctorum_fw-la reor_fw-la esse_fw-la meliuâ—_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la decorum_n cuique_fw-la svam_fw-la habeat_fw-la &_o non_fw-la proximorum_fw-la ne_fw-la incurrat_fw-la odium_fw-la &_o iram_fw-la eorum_fw-la proximorum_fw-la foeminas_fw-la filias_fw-la &_o neptes_n violare_fw-la nefas_fw-la est_fw-la quare_fw-la nil_fw-la discepte_n verè_fw-la tuam_fw-la habeas_fw-la &_o in_o hac_fw-la delectes_fw-la diem_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la ultimum_fw-la tutius_fw-la expect_fw-la ecce_fw-la iam_fw-la pro_fw-la clericis_fw-la multum_fw-la allegani_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la plura_fw-la comprobavi_fw-la pater_fw-la noster_fw-la nunc_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o quoniam_fw-la peccavi_fw-la dicat_fw-la cuique_fw-la presbyter_n cum_fw-la sua_fw-la suavi_fw-la chap._n viii_o walter_n de_fw-fr mapes_n be_v command_v by_o apollo_n to_o defend_v his_o position_n against_o the_o pope_n and_o becket_n who_o according_o obey_v and_o prove_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o clergyman_n marriage_n both_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n after_o the_o pronotary_n have_v end_v apollo_n command_v walter_n de_fw-fr mapes_n to_o defend_v his_o cause_n who_o thus_o begin_v i_o be_o glad_a most_o noble_a emperor_n that_o my_o adversary_n have_v cite_v i_o to_o defend_v my_o cause_n in_o this_o judicious_a court_n where_o bribe_n blindness_n of_o affection_n and_o passion_n can_v wrest_v the_o infallible_a reason_n of_o truth_n as_o oftentimes_o we_o see_v fall_v out_o in_o worldly_a judgement_n here_o i_o need_v not_o fear_v the_o pope_n thunderbolt_n of_o excommunication_n and_o therefore_o with_o a_o resolve_a countenance_n and_o a_o mind_n undaunted_a i_o will_v prove_v out_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n that_o we_o clergyman_n may_v and_o aught_o to_o marry_v as_o well_o as_o other_o by_o the_o old_a testament_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o levit_n as_o aaron_n phinehes_n eleazar_n zadock_n samuel_n and_o zachary_n be_v marry_v man_n saint_n peter_n himself_o as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v likewise_o marry_v for_o our_o saviour_n christ_n cure_v his_o wife_n mother_n of_o a_o ague_n saint_n paul_n advise_v a_o bishop_n to_o be_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o only_a wife_n and_o in_o another_o place_n avouch_v that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o marry_v then_o to_o burn_v yea_o and_o christ_n himself_o avouch_v it_o to_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a matter_n for_o any_o man_n whatsoever_o to_o continue_v chaste_a except_o it_o be_v give_v he_o from_o heaven_n as_o a_o special_a gift_n as_o rare_a a_o miracle_n as_o a_o black_a swan_n or_o a_o white_a crow_n and_o shall_v we_o expect_v such_o miraculous_a and_o rare_a sight_n in_o these_o tempestuous_a time_n when_o the_o church_n itself_o have_v much_o ado_n to_o steal_v out_o of_o babylon_n when_o the_o pure_a of_o we_o all_o do_v feel_v tumultuous_a hurliburly_n in_o our_o member_n strive_v and_o struggle_v to_o overmaster_n the_o faculty_n of_o our_o soul_n as_o we_o be_v man_n we_o know_v our_o unresistable_a frailty_n we_o must_v acknowledge_v our_o natural_a infirmity_n or_o else_o we_o be_v liar_n and_o the_o truth_n dwell_v not_o in_o us._n how_o much_o better_a than_o be_v it_o for_o we_o to_o join_v in_o lawful_a marriage_n then_o to_o stay_v as_o stale_a bachelor_n and_o hypocritical_o to_o take_v upon_o we_o that_o task_n which_o our_o weak_a tabernacle_n can_v support_v sometime_o we_o save_v those_o soul_n by_o marriage_n which_o perhaps_o may_v prove_v lose_v be_v they_o not_o our_o wife_n by_o these_o we_o beget_v child_n who_o we_o train_n up_o and_o graft_v into_o christ._n we_o enjoy_v this_o happiness_n oftentimes_o in_o our_o wife_n and_o child_n that_o by_o our_o example_n and_o society_n they_o shine_v as_o star_n here_o on_o earth_n give_v light_n to_o they_o that_o sit_v in_o darkness_n we_o increase_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o here_o in_o this_o world_n we_o leave_v no_o scandal_n behind_o we_o as_o the_o unmarried_a romist_n do_v by_o their_o stew_n and_o steal_v pleasure_n have_v not_o we_o power_n to_o lead_v about_o a_o sister_n aswell_o as_o the_o rest_n of_o 9_o the_o apostle_n this_o tertullian_n one_o of_o the_o first_o latin_a father_n aver_v in_o these_o word_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o cast._n 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