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A04468 A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie. Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Jewel, John, 1522-1571. Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae. English.; Harding, Thomas, 1516-1572. Confutation of a booke intituled An apologie of the Church of England. 1567 (1567) STC 14600.5; ESTC S112182 1,137,435 832

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terra_fw-la cùm_fw-la solueris_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la solutus_fw-la erit_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la what_o so_o ever_o thing_n thou_o shall_v bind_v in_o earth_n they_o shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n thou_o be_v a_o lateman_n have_v begin_v to_o have_v thy_o brother_n as_o a_o publican_n thou_o bind_v he_o in_o earth_n but_o when_o thou_o have_v correct_v he_o and_o have_v agree_v with_o thy_o brother_n thou_o have_v lose_v he_o in_o earth_n and_o when_o thou_o haste_v lose_v he_o in_o earth_n he_o shall_v be_v lose_v in_o heaven_n likewise_o theophylacte_n saithe_v 18._o si_fw-la tu_fw-la offensus_fw-la habes_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la affecit_fw-la iniuria_fw-la sicut_fw-la publicanum_fw-la &_o gentilem_fw-la erit_fw-la ille_fw-la &_o in_fw-la coelo_fw-la talis_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la solueris_fw-la eum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la illi_fw-la condonaveris_fw-la erit_fw-la illi_fw-la &_o in_fw-la coelo_fw-la condonatum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la solùm_fw-la quae_fw-la soluunt_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la sunt_fw-la soluta_fw-la sed_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la iniutia_fw-la affecti_fw-la vel_fw-la ligamus_fw-la vel_fw-la soluimus_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la erunt_fw-la ligata_fw-la vel_fw-la soluta_fw-la if_o thou_o be_v offend_v have_v he_o that_o have_v do_v thou_o wrong_n as_o a_o publican_n and_o as_o a_o heathen_a such_o shall_v he_o be_v also_o in_o heaven_n but_o if_o thou_o loose_v he_o that_o be_v to_o say_v if_o thou_o pardon_n he_o he_o shall_v be_v pardon_v also_o in_o heaven_n for_o not_o only_o the_o thing_n that_o priest_n loose_v be_v lose_v but_o also_o what_o so_o ever_o we_o be_v laimonne_v have_v take_v wrong_n do_v bind_v or_o loose_v the_o same_o thing_n shall_v also_o be_v bind_v or_o lose_v this_o doctrine_n may_v not_o seem_v so_o strange_a to_o m._n hardinge_n onlesse_a he_o be_v a_o stranger_n amongst_o his_o own_o for_o by_o the_o order_n of_o his_o own_o church_n of_o rome_n a_o old_a wife_n or_o a_o young_a girl_n may_v 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a_o priest_n thou_o must_v make_v thy_o confession_n unto_o thy_o neighbour_n or_o unto_o thy_o fellow_n and_o beda_n saithe_v as_o he_o be_v allege_v by_o the_o say_a peter_n lombarde_n coaequalibus_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la &_o levia_fw-la graviora_fw-la verò_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la pandamus_fw-la let_v we_o open_v our_o small_a and_o daily_a sin_n unto_o our_o fellow_n and_o the_o great_a unto_o the_o priest_n and_o to_o be_v short_a dist_n upon_o the_o decretales_fw-la it_o be_v note_v thus_o in_o necessitate_n laicus_fw-la potest_fw-la &_o audire_fw-la confessiones_fw-la &_o absoluere_fw-la in_o case_n of_o necessity_n a_o lay_v man_n may_v both_o hear_v confession_n and_o absolve_v this_o be_v the_o order_n glossa_fw-la and_o doctrine_n of_o m._n hardinge_n own_o church_n his_o own_o doctor_n tell_v he_o that_o say_v menne_n and_o wéemenne_n may_v absolve_v the_o penitent_a and_o forgeeve_v sin_n therefore_o he_o have_v the_o less_o cause_n to_o mislike_v it_o m._n hardinge_n saithe_v further_o christ_n saithe_v not_o to_o who_o you_o offer_v by_o preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n my_o merit_n and_o pardon_fw-fr or_o who_o sin_n you_o pronounce_v by_o the_o gospel_n to_o be_v remit_v but_o quorumcunque_fw-la remiseritis_fw-la who_o so_o ever_o sin_n you_o remit_v they_o be_v remit_v if_o m._n hardinge_n will_v conclude_v of_o this_o negative_a ergo_fw-la sin_n be_v not_o forgeven_v by_o the_o preachinge_a of_o the_o gospel_n god_n i_o trow_v it_o will_v be_v but_o a_o simple_a argument_n for_o chrysostome_n saithe_v clavicularij_fw-la sunt_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la quibus_fw-la creditum_fw-la est_fw-la verbum_fw-la docendi_fw-la &_o interpretandi_fw-la scriptutas_fw-la the_o keiebearer_n be_v the_o priest_n to_o who_o be_v commit_v the_o word_n of_o teachinge_a and_o expoundinge_a the_o scripture_n and_o s._n hierome_n saithe_v 23._o quaecunque_fw-la solueritis_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la erunt_fw-la soluta_fw-la &_o in_fw-la coelo_fw-la soluunt_fw-la autem_fw-la eos_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sermone_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o testimonijs_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la &_o exhortatione_n virtutum_fw-la what_o so_o ever_o thing_n you_o loose_v upon_o earth_n they_o shall_v be_v lose_v also_o in_o heaven_n but_o the_o apostle_n loose_v they_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o by_o exhortation_n unto_o virtue_n 80._o likewise_o s._n augustine_n saithe_v jam_fw-la vos_fw-la mundi_fw-la estis_fw-la propter_fw-la verbum_fw-la quod_fw-la jocutus_fw-la sum_fw-la vobis_fw-la quare_fw-la non_fw-la ait_fw-la mundi_fw-la estis_fw-la propter_fw-la baptismum_fw-la quo_fw-la loti_fw-la estis_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o in_fw-la aqua_fw-la verbum_fw-la mundat_fw-la now_o be_v you_o clean_o because_o of_o the_o word_n that_o i_o have_v speak_v to_o you_o why_o saithe_v he_o not_o you_o be_v clean_o because_o of_o the_o baptism_n wherewith_o you_o be_v wassh_v savinge_v that_o even_o in_o the_o water_n it_o be_v the_o word_n that_o make_v clean_a likewise_o s._n ambrose_n 5._o remittuntur_fw-la peccata_fw-la per_fw-la verbun_n dei_fw-la cvius_fw-la levites_n est_fw-la interpres_fw-la sin_n be_v forgeeven_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o expounder_n whereof_o be_v the_o levite_n or_o priest_n all_o the_o power_n be_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o s._n paul_n
do_v with_o man_n that_o they_o shall_v hear_v my_o confession_n as_o if_o they_o wear_v babble_n to_o beale_v all_o my_o grief_n when_o they_o hear_v i_o speak_v of_o i_o self_n how_o can_v they_o tell_v whether_o i_o do_v say_v the_o truth_n or_o no_o for_o noman_n know_v what_o be_v do_v in_o man_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n that_o be_v in_o man._n how_o be_v it_o hereof_o have_v grow_v many_o unnecessary_a and_o curious_a question_n what_o year_n calleant_fw-la what_o month_n what_o day_n what_o hour_n what_o manner_n what_o order_n of_o penance_n shall_v serve_v for_o ever_o several_a sin_n in_o resolution_n of_o which_o doubt_n stand_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o therefore_o carolus_n magnus_n in_o in_o his_o law_n straite_o command_v that_o the_o priest_n shall_v be_v skilful_a in_o the_o book_n of_o penance_n but_o as_o touchinge_v the_o judge_n of_o sin_n s._n chrysostome_n saithe_v ante_fw-la deum_fw-la confitere_fw-la peccata_fw-la tua_fw-la apud_fw-la 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open_v thy_o sin_n to_o god_n alone_o and_o therefore_o in_o m._n hardinge_n own_o canon_n it_o be_v note_v thus_o confessio_fw-la fit_a ad_fw-la ostensionem_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la qui._n non_fw-la ad_fw-la impetrationem_fw-la veniae_fw-la confession_n be_v make_v unto_o the_o priest_n not_o thereby_o to_o obtain_v forgevenesse_n but_o to_o declare_v our_o repentance_n and_o again_o confessio_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la offertur_fw-la in_o signum_fw-la veniae_fw-la acceprae_fw-la non_fw-la causam_fw-la remissionis_fw-la accipiendae_fw-la confession_n be_v make_v unto_o the_o priest_n in_o token_n of_o remission_n already_o obtain_v capite_fw-la and_o not_o as_o a_o cause_n whereby_o to_o procure_v remission_n and_o yet_o be_v the_o priest_n a_o judge_n all_o this_o notwithstanding_o and_o pronounce_v sentence_n as_o a_o judge_n of_o doctrine_n of_o open_a sin_n of_o the_o offence_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o the_o humility_n and_o heaviness_n of_o the_o penitent_a and_o as_o a_o judge_n together_o with_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o congregation_n have_v authority_n both_o to_o condemn_v and_o to_o absolve_v autem_fw-la peter_n lombarde_n himself_o saithe_v etsi_fw-la aliquis_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la sit_fw-la solutus_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o fancy_n ecclesiae_fw-la solutus_fw-la habetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la indicium_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la all_o be_v it_o a_o man_n be_v absolve_v before_o god_n yet_o be_v be_v not_o account_v absolve_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n but_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o priest_n likewise_o saithe_v s._n augustine_n 53._o horror_n pritis_fw-la publica_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la satisfacere_fw-la &_o sacerdotis_fw-la judicio_fw-la reconciliatum_fw-la communioni_fw-la sociari_fw-la i_o exhort_v you_o first_o to_o make_v satisfaction_n unto_o the_o church_n by_o open_a penance_n and_o so_o to_o be_v restore_v to_o the_o communion_n by_o the_o discretion_n of_o the_o priest_n the_o order_n hereof_o 15._o as_o 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ad_fw-la pavimentum_fw-la lamentando_fw-la provoluitur_fw-la &_o universa_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la multitudo_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la suffunditur_fw-la they_o that_o have_v offend_v fall_v down_o flat_a with_o weep_v and_o lamentation_n to_o the_o ground_n the_o bishop_n come_v to_o he_o with_o tear_n and_o himself_o likewise_o fall_v down_o and_o the_o whole_a multitude_n of_o the_o church_n be_v pour_v over_o and_o over_o with_o tear_n i_o use_v the_o more_o word_n herein_o for_o that_o the_o whole_a matter_n be_v long_o since_o grow_v utter_o out_o of_o use_n notwithstanding_o this_o be_v the_o confession_n and_o penance_n that_o s._n augustine_n speak_v of_o of_o open_a confession_n m._n hardinge_n he_o saithe_v the_o key_n be_v not_o geeven_v to_o the_o church_n in_o vain_a of_o open_a confession_n he_o saithe_v what_o so_o ever_o you_o loose_v in_o earth_n shall_v be_v lose_v in_o heaven_n of_o open_a confession_n he_o speak_v all_o these_o word_n and_o not_o of_o any_o 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people_n to_o confess_v my_o sin_n therefore_o god_n will_v that_o theodosius_n be_v the_o emperor_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v do_v open_a penance_n even_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o y●_z people_n you_o wife_n suffer_v not_o your_o husband_n to_o live_v in_o fornication_n comme_fw-fr before_o the_o congregation_n and_o cry_v against_o they_o this_o be_v the_o confession_n that_o s._n augustine_n speak_v of_o not_o secret_a or_o private_a or_o in_o the_o ear_n but_o public_a and_o open_v and_o in_o the_o sight_n and_o hear_v of_o all_o the_o people_n 10._o in_o like_a manner_n saithe_v s._n ambrose_n multos_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ambias_fw-la &_o obsecres_fw-la ut_fw-la dignentur_fw-la interuenire_fw-la fleat_fw-la pro_fw-la te_fw-la mater_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o culpam_fw-la tuam_fw-la lachymis_fw-la lavet_fw-la thou_o must_v needs_o humble_v thou_o self_n and_o desire_n many_o to_o entreat_v for_o thou_o let_v the_o church_n thy_o mother_n weep_v for_o thou_o 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therefore_o s._n augustine_n saithe_v quia_fw-la plaerunque_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o as_o much_o as_o for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o grief_n of_o one_o man_n heart_n be_v unknowen_a unto_o a_o other_o neither_o come_v forth_o into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o other_o either_o by_o word_n or_o by_o other_o token_n as_o be_v before_o he_o unto_o who_o it_o be_v say_v my_o mourninge_v be_v not_o hide_v from_o thou_o therefore_o it_o be_v very_o well_o that_o by_o they_o that_o have_v the_o oversight_n of_o the_o church_n certain_a time_n of_o penance_n be_v appoint_v that_o the_o congregation_n may_v be_v satisfy_v again_o he_o saithe_v horror_n priùs_fw-la publica_n poenitentia_fw-la satisfacere_fw-la 35._o &_o ita_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la judicio_fw-la reconciliatum_fw-la communioni_fw-la sociari_fw-la i_o counsel_v he_o that_o first_o he_o make_v satisfaction_n by_o open_a penance_n that_o be_v so_o reconcile_v he_o may_v afterward_o be_v restore_v unto_o the_o communion_n by_o the_o 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the_o dead_a in_o deed_n this_o be_v a_o very_a special_a power_n such_o as_o i_o trow_v christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n never_o teach_v us._n neither_o will_v i_o have_v note_v it_o in_o this_o place_n save_v that_o hosius_n the_o profound_a proctor_n of_o that_o side_n think_v it_o a_o matter_n woorthe_o the_o note_n such_o power_n therefore_o belong_v to_o priest_n and_o minister_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o the_o power_n of_o gevinge_v remission_n of_o sin_n belong_v to_o god_n alone_o and_o to_o none_o other_o 16._o if_o any_o man_n will_v presume_v further_o s._n hierome_n saithe_v as_o it_o be_v allege_v before_o he_o have_v put_v on_o the_o proud_a look_n of_o the_o phariseis_n and_o saithe_v further_a that_o such_o priest_n and_o bishop_n understande_v not_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n for_o saithe_v he_o it_o be_v not_o the_o judgement_n or_o absolution_n of_o the_o priest_n but_o the_o life_n of_o the_o penitent_a that_o be_v regard_v before_o god_n and_o therefore_o s._n augustine_n say_v ind_n nata_fw-la sunt_fw-la schismata_fw-la 14._o cùm_fw-la homines_fw-la dicunt_fw-la nos_fw-la sanctificamus_fw-la immundos_fw-la nos_fw-la justificamus_fw-la impios_fw-la nos_fw-la petimus_fw-la nos_fw-la impetramus_fw-la hereof_o grow_v schism_n and_o division_n in_o the_o church_n when_o man_n say_v we_o sanctify_v the_o unclean_a we_o justify_v the_o wicked_a we_o desire_v we_o obtain_v how_o he_o it_o here_o come_v in_o richardus_fw-la de_fw-it sancto_fw-it victore_fw-la god_n wait_v with_o a_o full_a cold_a distinction_n for_o thus_o he_o saithe_v christus_fw-la potuit_fw-la dimittere_fw-la peccara_fw-la nos_fw-la vero_fw-la '_o non_fw-la possumus_fw-la dimittere_fw-la peccata_fw-la sed_fw-la tantùm_fw-la remittere_fw-la peter_n lombarde_n saithe_v much_o better_a 24._o christus_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la tribuit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ligandi_fw-la &_o soluendi_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ostendendi_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ligatos_fw-la vel_fw-la solutos_fw-la christ_n have_v give_v power_n unto_o priest_n to_o bind_v and_o to_o lose_v that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o declare_v unto_o man_n who_o be_v bind_v who_o be_v loose_a sa_o saithe_n bonaventura_n of_o the_o priest_n under_o the_o law_n of_o mases_n dei_fw-la mundare_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la quia_fw-la mundatum_fw-la ostendebant_fw-la
with_o we_o and_o all_o we_o have_v receive_v the_o same_o together_o with_o he_o likewise_o s._n cyprian_n dicunt_fw-la christus_fw-la eandem_fw-la dedit_fw-la apostolis_n omnibus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la christ_n give_v unto_o all_o his_o apostle_n like_a and_o equal_a power_n so_o likewise_o saithe_v beda_n potestas_fw-la ligandi_fw-la &_o soluendi_fw-la quamuis_fw-la soli_fw-la petro_n à_fw-la domino_fw-la data_fw-la videatur_fw-la tamen_fw-la absque_fw-la ulla_fw-la dubietate_fw-la noscendum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la &_o coeteris_fw-la apostolis_n data_fw-la est_fw-la the_o power_n of_o bindinge_v and_o loosinge_v notwithstanding_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v geeven_v only_a unto_o peter_n yet_o without_o all_o doubt_n we_o must_v understande_v that_o it_o be_v geeven_v also_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n brief_o m._n hardinge_n own_o scholastical_a doctor_n confess_v that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v one_o and_o equal_a but_o they_o say_v that_o the_o whole_a multitude_n of_o the_o church_n be_v commit_v only_o unto_o peter_n and_o not_o likewise_o to_o any_o other_o and_o that_o therein_o only_o stand_v all_o the_o difference_n 12._o heruaeus_n saithe_v quamuis_fw-la apostoli_fw-la eandem_fw-la habuerint_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o aequalem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la clavium_fw-la &_o jurisdictionis_fw-la tamen_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la power_n siuè_fw-fr materiam_fw-la subiectam_fw-la non_fw-la habuit_fw-la nisi_fw-la petrus_n &_o cvi_fw-la eam_fw-la petrus_n committere_fw-la voluit_fw-la notwithstanding_o the_o apostle_n receive_v of_o christ_n equal_a power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o jurisdiction_n yet_o the_o jurisdiction_n or_o matter_n wherein_o to_o use_v their_o power_n none_o have_v but_o only_o peter_n and_o to_o who_o so_o ever_o peter_n will_v commit_v the_o same_o and_o thus_o he_o imagine_v that_o all_o the_o apostle_n savinge_v only_a peter_n have_v key_n give_v they_o but_o no_o house_n to_o open_v and_o jurisdiction_n but_o no_o people_n to_o govern_v very_o alphonsus_n the_o castro_n saithe_v absolutione_n quando_fw-la absoluit_fw-la simplex_n sacerdos_n tantùm_fw-la absoluit_fw-la de_fw-la culpa_fw-la sicut_fw-la papa_n when_o a_o simple_a priest_n absolu_v he_o absolu_v as_o much_o touchinge_a sin_n as_o doothe_v the_o pope_n but_o touchinge_v the_o pope_n how_o great_a so_o ever_o he_o fancy_n his_o key_n to_o be_v above_o all_o other_o if_o he_o never_o use_v the_o same_o &_o if_o he_o either_o know_v not_o or_o utter_v not_o the_o word_n of_o god_n we_o say_v as_o before_o well_o may_v he_o shut_v up_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n before_o man_n 1._o but_o open_v it_o he_o can_v origen_n saithe_v qui_fw-la funibus_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la svorum_fw-la constringitur_fw-la frustrà_fw-la vel_fw-la ligar_n vel_fw-la soluit_fw-la he_o that_o be_v bind_v with_o the_o band_n of_o his_o own_o sin_n bind_v and_o lose_v but_o in_o vain_a to_o conclude_v s._n augustine_n saithe_v 31._o cùm_fw-la petro_n dicitur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la amas_fw-la i_o pasce_fw-la oues_fw-la meas_fw-la these_o word_n of_o christ_n love_v thou_o i_o feed_v my_o sheep_n when_o they_o be_v speak_v unto_o peter_n they_o be_v speak_v unto_o all_o priest_n or_o minister_n he_o add_v further_a traque_fw-la miseri_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o petro_n petram_fw-la non_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la &_o nolunt_fw-la credere_fw-la datas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la eas_fw-la de_fw-la manibus_fw-la amiserunt_fw-la therefore_o wretched_a man_n while_o in_o peter_n they_o understande_v not_o christ_n that_o be_v the_o rock_n and_o while_o they_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v give_v not_o unto_o peter_n alone_o but_o unto_o the_o church_n they_o have_v quite_o lose_v the_o key_n out_o of_o their_o hand_n the_o apology_n cap._n 8._o division_n 1._o we_o say_v that_o matrimony_n be_v holy_a and_o honourable_a in_o all_o sort_n and_o state_n of_o personne_n as_o in_o the_o patriarch_n in_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o holy_a martyr_n in_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n and_o in_o bishop_n &_o that_o it_o be_v a_o honest_a and_o lawful_a thing_n as_o chrysostome_n saithe_v for_o a_o man_n live_v in_o matrimony_n to_o take_v upon_o he_o therewith_o the_o dignity_n of_o a_o bishop_n m._n hardinge_n matrimony_n be_v holy_a and_o honourable_a in_o all_o person_n 13._o and_o a_o undefiled_a bed_n as_o saithe_v s._n paul_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o lauful_a for_o they_o to_o marry_v answer_v which_o either_o have_v by_o deliberate_a vow_n dedicate_v all_o manner_n their_o chastity_n unto_o god_n answer_v or_o have_v receive_v holy_a order_n for_o the_o vow_v be_v forbid_a marriage_n by_o express_a word_n of_o god_n those_o that_o have_v take_v holy_a order_n by_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o ancient_a ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n touchinge_v the_o first_o 75._o the_o scripture_n be_v plain_a because_o a_o vow_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v vovete_fw-la &_o reddite_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la vestro_fw-la vow_v you_o and_o pay_v or_o render_v that_o you_o vow_v to_o your_o lord_n god_n christ_n also_o saithe_v in_o the_o gospel_n 19_o there_o be_v some_o eunuch_n that_o have_v make_v then selue_o eunuch_n for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n sake_n he_o that_o can_v take_v let_v he_o take_v again_o s._n paul_n speak_v of_o young_a widow_n which_o have_v vow_v and_o promise_a chastity_n saithe_n that_o when_o they_o wax_v wanton_a against_o christ_n they_o will_v marry_v answer_v have_v danmation_n because_o they_o have_v break_v their_o first_o faith_n whether_o these_o scripture_n perteine_v hereto_o and_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v understand_v we_o refer_v we_o to_o the_o primitive_a church_n and_o to_o all_o the_o holy_a father_n such_o marriage_n or_o rather_o slidinge_n and_o fall_n from_o the_o holy_a chastity_n that_o be_v vow_v to_o god_n s._n augustine_n doubt_v not_o but_o they_o be_v worse_a than_o advoutry_n s._n cyprian_n call_v this_o case_n plain_a inceste_n s._n basile_n account_v the_o marriage_n of_o veil_a virgin_n to_o be_v void_a of_o no_o force_n and_o sacrilegious_a she_o that_o have_v despouse_v herself_o to_o our_o lord_n saithe_n s._n basile_n be_v not_o free_a for_o her_o husband_n be_v not_o dead_a that_o she_o may_v marry_v to_o who_o she_o list_v and_o while_o her_o immortal_a husband_n live_v she_o shall_v be_v call_v a_o adulteress_n which_o for_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n have_v bring_v a_o mortal_a man_n into_o our_o lord_n chamber_n touchinge_v the_o second_o 23._o the_o apostle_n forbid_v those_o that_o come_v single_a to_o the_o cleregie_n to_o marry_v except_o such_o as_o remain_v in_o the_o inferior_a order_n and_o proceed_v not_o to_o the_o great_a as_o we_o find_v in_o their_o canon_n can_v 25._o paphnutius_fw-la as_o socrates_n and_o sozomenus_n record_n in_o their_o ecclesiastical_a story_n say_v at_o the_o nicene_n council_n that_o it_o be_v a_o old_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n that_o such_o as_o come_v to_o the_o degree_n or_o order_n of_o priesthood_n single_a shall_v not_o marry_v wife_n and_o this_o be_v that_o holy_a bishop_n paphnutius_fw-la who_o these_o evangelicall_a vowebreaker_n pretend_v to_o be_v their_o proctor_n for_o their_o unlauful_a marriage_n read_v who_o list_v the_o epistle_n of_o siricius_n ad_fw-la himerium_fw-la tarraconensem_fw-la cap._n 7._o marriage_n the_o second_o epistle_n of_o innocentius_n to_o victricius_n bishop_n of_o roen_n cap._n 9_o and_o his_o third_o episitle_n to_o exuperius_n b._n of_o tolouse_n cap._n 1._o and_o weighi●ge_v well_o these_o place_n he_o shall_v perceive_v that_o these_o holy_a pope_n forbid_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n the_o use_n of_o wedlock_n by_o the_o same_o reason_n by_o which_o the_o priest_n of_o moses_n law_n be_v forebidden_v to_o come_v within_o their_o own_o house_n in_o the_o time_n when_o their_o 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bishop_n and_o herewith_o he_o chastise_v and_o restrain_v the_o unchaste_a person_n not_o permittinge_n they_o who_o have_v twice_o marry_v to_o attain_v
marriage_n for_o if_o there_o be_v two_o christ_n than_o one_o there_o two_o husband_n and_o two_o wife_n origen_n saithe_v nunc_fw-la &_o secundae_fw-la &_o tertiae_fw-la &_o quartae_fw-la nuptiae_fw-la repetuntur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la quòd_fw-la tale_n coniugium_fw-la eijciet_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la dei_fw-la now_o the_o second_o and_o third_o and_o fourthe_n marriage_n be_v receive_v and_o we_o know_v that_o such_o marriage_n shall_v cast_v we_o out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n by_o these_o few_o example_n we_o may_v see_v it_o be_v hear_v for_o these_o holy_a learned_a father_n in_o so_o large_a amplification_n of_o praisinge_v or_o dispraisinge_v to_o hold_v measure_n yet_o all_o those_o vehement_n word_n and_o amplification_n notwithstanding_o partly_o the_o same_o partly_o other_o the_o like_o holy_a and_o learned_a father_n both_o use_a marriage_n themselves_o in_o their_o own_o personne_n and_o also_o otherwise_o write_v and_o speak_v thereof_o 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omnis_fw-la qui._n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la dis_n 5._o in_o poeniten_v in_o glossa_fw-la chrysost_n de_fw-fr confess_v &_o poenit_fw-la the_o prince_n judge_v in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n cause_n the_o king_n be_v the_o priest_n executioner_n executioner_n o_o vanity_n of_o vanity_n aaron_n the_o bishop_n set_v up_o the_o golden_a calf_n and_o cry_v unto_o the_o people_n this_o be_v thy_o god_n but_o moses_n the_o civil_a magistrate_n or_o prince_n break_v it_o down_o 1._o reg._n 28._o deut._n 17._o 17._o full_n discrete_o as_o though_o king_n have_v not_o officer_n to_o keep_v their_o record_n record_n untruth_n for_o we_o have_v falsify_v no_o part_n hereof_o as_o it_o shall_v appear_v deut._n 17._o 17._o here_o m._n hard._n will_v fain_o say_v sommewhat_o if_o he_o wi_v what_o it_o be_v read_v the_o answer_v cap._n 49._o 49._o by_o this_o pretty_a conclusion_n the_o king_n be_v the_o servant_n and_o the_o priest_n be_v the_o master_n de_fw-fr maior_n &_o obedien_fw-mi unam_fw-la 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