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A66976 Two discourses the first concerning the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation : the second concerning the celibacy of the clergy. R. H., 1609-1678. 1687 (1687) Wing W3460; ESTC R38320 133,828 156

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impuritate_fw-la turgere_fw-la tanto_fw-la denique_fw-la iracundiae_fw-la maledicentiae_fw-la furoris_fw-la &_o insaniae_fw-la impetu_fw-la furere_fw-la ut_fw-la quotquot_fw-la illum_fw-la legere_fw-la dignantur_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la gravi_fw-la animorum_fw-la stupore_fw-la infelix_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o inauditum_fw-la hactenus_fw-la exemplum_fw-la admirari_fw-la coguntur_fw-la see_v §_o 31._o and_o §_o 26._o in_o omnibus_fw-la correptionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la plurimum_fw-la maligni_fw-la spiritus_fw-la quam_fw-la minimum_fw-la vero_fw-la amici_fw-la &_o paterni_fw-la animi_fw-la deprehendi_fw-la and_o erasmus_n tell_v he_o in_o a_o letter_n §_o 31._o se_fw-la svo_fw-la isto_fw-la ingenio_fw-la tam_fw-la arroganti_fw-la procaci_fw-la seditioso_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la exitiabili_fw-la dissidio_fw-la concussisse_fw-la and_o from_o such_o fierceness_n observe_v in_o he_o to_o all_o dissenter_n it_o be_v that_o melancthon_n though_o his_o intimate_a friend_n write_v from_o 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imperiti_fw-la prorsus_fw-la rerum_fw-la spiritualium_fw-la conantur_fw-la iis_fw-la rebus_fw-la per_fw-la opuscula_fw-la sva_fw-la frigida_fw-la jejumis_fw-la vestibus_fw-la preculis_fw-la statis_fw-la monasteriorum_fw-la carceribus_fw-la consulere_fw-la elsewhere_o crede_fw-la fortiter_fw-la say_v he_o §_o 3._o te_fw-la absolutum_fw-la &_o absolutus_fw-la veer_fw-la eris_fw-la quicquid_fw-la sit_fw-la de_fw-fr contritione_n and_o baptizatus_fw-la etiam_fw-la volens_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la perdere_fw-la salutem_fw-la svam_fw-la quantiscunque_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nisi_fw-la nolit_fw-la credere_fw-la §_o 55_o 4._o in_o his_o attempt_n to_o degrade_v the_o former_o receive_v head_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o earth_n as_o the_o precedent_a reformer_n mahomet_n do_v the_o head_n thereof_o in_o heaven_n pronounce_v he_o antichrist_n and_o the_o church_n of_o god_n his_o spouse_n and_o so_o far_o befriend_v that_o his_o predecessor_n as_o to_o apply_v all_o those_o thing_n to_o the_o 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tot_fw-la seculis_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la svam_fw-la errare_fw-la sinat_fw-la tu_fw-la certe_fw-la solus_fw-la non_fw-la sapit_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la tot_fw-la sancti_fw-la viri_fw-la &_o tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sic_fw-la senserunt_fw-la &_o docuer●nt_fw-la omnes_fw-la primitivae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la doctores_fw-la viri_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la multo_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o doctiores_fw-la te_fw-la quis_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la qui_fw-la ausus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la his_fw-la dissentire_fw-la &_o nobis_fw-la diversum_fw-la dogma_fw-la obtrudere_fw-la to_o which_o he_o answer_v si_fw-mi sanctus_fw-la petrus_n etc._n etc._n aliter_fw-la doceant_fw-la tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la certe_fw-la scio_fw-la quod_fw-la humana_fw-la non_fw-la suadeo_fw-la sed_fw-la divina_fw-la and_o cuique_fw-la videat_fw-la ut_fw-la certissimus_fw-la sit_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la vocation_n &_o doctrina_fw-la &_o 24._o n._n 2._o so_o elsewhere_o about_o his_o change_v the_o mass_n his_o conscience_n thus_o suggest_v rem_fw-la arduam_fw-la §_o 16._o &_o quam_fw-la forte_fw-fr sit_fw-la impossibile_fw-it convelli_fw-la aggredior_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la tanto_fw-la saeculorum_fw-la usu_fw-la firmata_fw-la omniumque_fw-la consensu_fw-la probata_fw-la sic_fw-la insederit_fw-la ut_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la majorem_fw-la partem_fw-la librorum_fw-la qui_fw-la hodie_fw-la regnant_a &_o paene_fw-la universam_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la faciem_fw-la tolli_fw-la &_o mutari_fw-la penitusque_fw-la aliud_fw-la genus_fw-la caeremoniarum_fw-la induci_fw-la seu_fw-la potius_fw-la reduci_fw-la to_o which_o his_o answer_n be_v majori_fw-la cura_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la oportet_fw-la observare_fw-la quam_fw-la omnium_fw-la hominum_fw-la &_o angelorum_fw-la intelligentias_fw-la as_o if_o he_o have_v receive_v some_o new_a illumination_n from_o heaven_n concern_v a_o new_a sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n §_o 56_o 5_o if_o i_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o extend_v this_o parallel_n any_o further_a i_o may_v 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any_o permission_n of_o moses_n law_n see_v mar._n 10.12_o or_o as_o have_v many_o husband_n at_o the_o same_o time_n of_o which_o there_o be_v some_o rare_a example_n among_o the_o heathen_a because_o such_o thing_n can_v well_o be_v imagine_v though_o possible_a to_o have_v happen_v in_o the_o church_n or_o when_o they_o happen_v not_o to_o have_v be_v severe_o punish_v with_o excommunication_n as_o we_o see_v the_o incestuous_a corinthian_a be_v and_o the_o apostle_n seem_v here_o rather_o to_o require_v something_o of_o extraordinary_a example_n and_o goodness_n above_o other_o in_o such_o as_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v devote_v to_o the_o church_n service_n and_o maintain_v by_o her_o charity_n than_o only_o to_o caution_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v of_o the_o worst_a wicked_a among_o christian_n which_o be_v further_o confirm_v by_o st._n paul_n displeasure_n against_o those_o church-widdow_n that_o remarryed_a ver_fw-la 11._o and_o if_o this_o interpretation_n be_v admit_v 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all_o the_o virtue_n as_o not_o moderate_v but_o subdue_a the_o most_o violent_a of_o passion_n see_v esai_n 56.4_o 5._o where_o eunuch_n who_o as_o dry_a tree_n under_o the_o law_n be_v much_o disparage_v deut._n 23.1_o yet_o under_o the_o gospel_n have_v ample_a promise_n beyond_o those_o who_o beget_v child_n see_v matt._n 19.12_o where_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v inheritable_a without_o it_o the_o use_n of_o this_o mean_n seem_v to_o be_v for_o something_o singular_a in_o that_o kingdom_n as_o well_o as_o for_o the_o more_o easy_a or_o certain_a attain_n it_o but_o however_o this_o be_v those_o who_o grant_v there_o several_a degree_n of_o glory_n proportion_v to_o those_o here_o of_o sanctity_n must_v give_v the_o high_a to_o virgin_n because_o if_o suppose_a only_o equal_a with_o the_o rest_n in_o all_o other_o grace_n they_o be_v grant_v in_o one_o to_o be_v superior_a see_v act._n 21.9_o where_o virgin_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o term_n of_o honour_n §_o 4_o iu._n single_a 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exterminetur_fw-la which_o canon_n plain_o show_v that_o at_o that_o time_n in_o the_o western_a though_o not_o in_o the_o eastern_a church_n not_o only_a marriage_n after_o holy_a order_n be_v forbear_v but_o abstinence_n from_o their_o wife_n by_o those_o who_o be_v marry_v before_o be_v common_o practise_v since_o he_o who_o shall_v do_v the_o contrary_a be_v so_o high_o punish_v conc._n arelatense_n secundum_fw-la under_o the_o same_o silvester_n can._n 2._o assumi_fw-la aliquem_fw-la in_o sacerdotium_fw-la in_o vinculo_fw-la conjugii_fw-la constitucum_fw-la nisi_fw-la fu●rit_fw-la praemissa_fw-la conuersio_fw-la non_fw-la oportet_fw-la two_o council_n in_o which_o s._n austin_n be_v present_a *_o 1._o conc._n carthag_n 2._o can._n 2._o placuit_fw-la &_o condecet_fw-la sacrosanctos_a antistites_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la necnon_fw-la &_o levitas_n i.e._n deacon_n &c_n &c_n continentes_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la quod_fw-la apostoli_fw-la 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nisi_fw-la fecerint_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la removeantur_fw-la officio_fw-la caeteros_fw-la autem_fw-la cleri_fw-la os_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la cogi_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la consuetudin_fw-mi m_z observari_fw-la debere_fw-la these_o be_v before_o the_o three_o general_n council_n add_v to_o these_o the_o four_o general_n council_n of_o chalcedon_n can._n 13._o quoniam_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la provinciis_fw-la concessum_fw-la est_fw-la psalmistis_fw-la &_o lectoribus_fw-la se_fw-la apost_n can._n 27._o quote_v before_o vxores_fw-la ducere_fw-la constituit_fw-la sancta_fw-la synodus_fw-la prorsus_fw-la cviquam_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la non_fw-la licere_fw-la alterius_fw-la sectae_fw-la accipere_fw-la vxorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n where_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o other_o clergy_n beside_o psalmiste_v and_o reader_n may_v not_o marry_v at_o all_o §_o 19_o hitherto_o i_o have_v keep_v within_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o four_o 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idoneus_fw-la est_fw-la consequendo_fw-la coelesti_fw-la regno_fw-la here_n be_v priest_n after_o their_o consecration_n or_o other_o vow_v virginity_n for_o ever_o after_o deny_v marriage_n this_o the_o modern_a law_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n and_o if_o the_o prohibit_v they_o afterward_o make_v they_o the_o more_o who_o intend_v priesthood_n to_o take_v wife_n before_o and_o so_o many_o of_o the_o greek_a clergy_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la be_v marry_v to_o enjoy_v this_o liberty_n more_o than_o for_o necessity_n yet_o this_o be_v a_o abuse_n no_o way_n countenance_v by_o their_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n much_o less_o may_v we_o imagine_v that_o they_o be_v oblige_v by_o any_o such_o law_n ne_fw-la periculo_fw-la for●icandi_fw-la se_fw-la exponant_fw-la to_o take_v wife_n before_o they_o may_v enter_v into_o this_o holy_a profession_n so_o contrary_a both_o to_o the_o apostle_n counsel_n 1_o cor._n 7._o and_o the_o church_n former_a injunction_n when-as_a even_o all_o secular_a 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