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A66963
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A discourse concerning the celibacy of the clergy
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R. H., 1609-1678.
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1687
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Wing W3445; ESTC R7162
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at_o least_o the_o liberty_n of_o a_o single_a life_n and_o the_o reform_a themselves_o so_o great_a friend_n to_o marriage_n yet_o impose_v no_o such_o yoke_n upon_o their_o clergy_n nor_o have_v any_o that_o i_o know_v of_o entertain_v such_o a_o fancy_n save_o vigilantius_n out_o of_o the_o canon_n then_o recite_v above_o you_o may_v observe_v 1._o that_o the_o greek_a church_n who_o acknowledge_v and_o practice_v these_o canon_n in_o this_o point_n to_o this_o day_n allow_v indeed_o the_o use_n of_o their_o wife_n except_o when_o they_o officiate_v but_o what_o if_o they_o officiate_v every_o day_n as_o many_o priest_n do_v to_o priest_n marry_v before_o ordination_n but_o not_o so_o to_o bishop_n but_o permit_v not_o that_o any_o ordain_v unmarried_a may_v afterward_o marry_v at_o all_o 2_o again_o that_o those_o marry_a person_n who_o be_v to_o be_v make_v presbyter_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o bishop_n in_o the_o oriental_a may_v not_o separate_v from_o their_o wife_n 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their_o wife_n as_o to_o avoid_v this_o see_v s._n aust_n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la manich._n 18._o c._n to_o be_v unlawful_a and_o the_o work_n or_o design_n of_o the_o devil_n as_o likewise_o flesh-diet_n to_o be_v unclean_a and_o defile_v animata_fw-la abominantes_fw-la interdicunt_fw-la say_v epiphanius_n haer_fw-mi 47._o non_o continentioe_v gratia_fw-la neque_fw-la honestoe_fw-mi aquavitae_fw-la sed_fw-la ob_fw-la timorem_fw-la &_o imagination_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la contaminentur_fw-la ab_fw-la animatorum_fw-la esu_fw-la vino_fw-la vero_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la utuntur_fw-la diabolicum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicentes_fw-la and_o s._n austin_n contra_fw-la faust_n 30._o l._n 5._o c._n ipsam_fw-la creaturam_fw-la immundam_fw-la dicitis_fw-la quod_fw-la carnes_z diabolus_fw-la operetur_fw-la faeoulentioâ—e_fw-la materia_fw-la mali_fw-la and_o de_fw-la haeres_fw-la 46._o c._n non_fw-la vescuntur_fw-la carnibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la de_fw-la mortuis_fw-la vel_fw-la occisis_fw-la fugerit_fw-la 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