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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68233	The determinations of the moste famous and mooste excellent vniuersities of Italy and Fraunce, that it is so vnlefull [sic] for a man to marie his brothers wyfe, that the pope hath no power to dispence therewith; Gravissimae atque exactissimae, illusstrissimarum totius Italiae, et Gallicae academiarum censurae. English	Fox, Edward, 1496?-1538.; Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556, attributed name.; Stokesley, John, 1475?-1539. aut; Burgo, Nicholas de, b. 1506. aut	1531 (1531)	STC 14287; ESTC S107438	118,498	310

people oughte not to kepe them bodely or as the bare letter and wordes doth speke but we muste consyder what they sygnifye and we be tought by the apostels owne wrytynges that we must kepe suche lawes spiritually not corporally for whan we rede any suche thynges in the instrument of the olde testamente whiche in the newe testament we other be not commanded to kepe or vtterly forbyd to kepe them we muste not rebuke it but we must seke out what is the gostly meanynge of it For in so moche as we do no more obserue it that proueth not that it is damned in no wise to be receiued but that it is fulfilled And therfore this same selfe thynge that Faustus bycause he dothe nat vnderstande it hathe layde against christian men as a crime and greuous offence serueth for nothyng elles in the worlde but onely to shewe mistycally vnder a fygure and cloude a spirituall purpose it is this that euery preachour of the godspell is boūde so to labour in the godspell that he stir vp sede vnto his brother departed that is to Christe whiche dyed for vs. And the sede that shal be stirred vppe muste haue the name of the brother that is departed wherfore we be called Christiās and therfore without doubt we nowe be bounde to kepe and fulfill this lawe not carnally by bodily generacion after the olde meanynge and takynge of it but spiritually and by gostly generacion and after the trewe vnderstandynge And for this saint Paule the apostell fulfylleth this lawe spiritually where he is angrye with them whom he saythe hym selfe to haue engendred and gotten throughe the godspell and the worde of god to Christe Iesus his brother and not to him selfe nor to none other mā And therfore doth sharply blame rebuke them whiche wolde be called Paulins or Paulis men what saith he was Paule crucified for you or were you baptysed in the name of Paule as if he had sayde I begat you to my brother whiche is deed that is to Christe Be you called therfore Christians Christes men not Paulins or Paulis men ¶ Agayn in his boke of questions vpō the Leuiticall and in that worke also that he named the Myrror he saith that this forbod that a man shulde not marie his brothers wife and al other thingis that be forbyd in the .xviij. chap. of the Leuiticall we be bounde without doubte to kepe them nowe in the tyme of the newe testamēt and lawe of the gospell whan the obseruaunce and kepynge of the olde shadowes and bodily or outwarde tokens is taken away ▪ For what soeuer thynge as he sayth in an other place dothe helpe and serue for vtue good maners lykewyse as they were not ordined to betokē any thinge but to shewe vs howe we muste lyue so they ought nat by any interpretation or vnderstandyng be applied to any signifyinge or tokenynge as if they were but signes tokens of thynges But as many as be of Christes religion and beleue be bounde of necessitie to kepe them euen so as they be spoken And in an other place he saith Although in tyme paste men maried their sisters yet that thing was done bicause necessite compelled mē vnto it for as moche as thā were so fewe people but this thīg is not so olde nor was neuer so necessary but it is now as damnable bicause that religion dothe forbyd it For it ought to be done than whan it might bicause that by mariēge of sisters there might be plentie of women so that by processe they might take wiues whiche shulde nat be their sisters but afterwarde ones that this necessite ceassed that there were women inoughe this thynge oughte not onely to be vndone but if it were done it shulde be a crime not to be spoken For I wote not howe saith he there is amōge all the poyntes of mans shamefacidnes one certayne natural cōmendable poynt and it is this that to what so euer woman we be bounde to do honour with reuerēce and shamefacidnes our carnall luste yea thoughe it be for generation yet by cause it is carnall luste we refrayne it from that woman specially considerynge that we se maryed folke namely that haue shame honestie to be ashamed of suche luste ¶ Nowe here thou seest gentyll indifferēt reder what is the iugement of these great diuinis wherin thou shalte call to thy remembrance .iiij. or .v. thynges Fyrste what so euer persone of Christes beleue breke any of these Leuiticall prohibitions of maryage he shall be damned bothe bodye and soule in to euerlastynge deathe of helle Seconde that not onely the Iues dyd absteine from marienge their brothers wyues euen as ye wolde say for feare of some mischiefe yet they mighte haue done it by auctorite of their lawe but that the very heathens also after the deth of their wyues dydde euer more absteyne from maryinge of their wyues sisterne as from a certayne impietie or abhominacion agaynst nature Thirde that mariages contracte contrary to these prohibitions be vncomely and abhomynable and as nere as can be to the lyfe of brute beastes and suche as christian people shuld nother abyde to here them spoken of nor yet to thynke on them and that they be cleane contrarye to charitie ye and furthermore that they be the transgression and breking of all the lawe Fourthe that they be so greuous and so hateful in the sight of god that they haue distroyed hole nacions polluted the lande and being polluted caused hit naturally to grudge to put them out which had cōmised suche thinges doutles bicause that god did take vengeance at the grefe and complaynt of the lande Finally that these prohibitions perteyne not onely vnto the Iues but to all christians whiche come to serue god and that they whiche be polluted and corrupte with any one of these not to be spoken dedes is defyled with them all and that god is angry with them and wyll not dwell with them and contrary that the spirite of god dwelleth in them that kepe them selfe cleane from suche foule couples And seynge that these foresayde thynges be true it is prouided as playnely as can be that these Leuitical lawes be out of doubte the cōmandementes of god and that morall cōmandementes ordined for thincrease and mayntenaunce of honestie ▪ and vertue and that they muste not be kepte after a spirituall and a mysticall vnderstandynge as Isichius saith more than after the playne letter and euen as they be spoken namely amonge christian folke For as many as be trewe Christes disciples the spirite of god dwelleth in them and if there be any that hath not the spirite of Christe he is none of Christes And therfore christian people specially had nede to be holye and not to suspēde the temple or churche of god with suche abhominations or any other vice but it becometh them to be innocent from all maner of foulenes and vnclenlynes ¶ And marke well this thynge also gentyll