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patrocinio_fw-la etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la ordine_fw-la manifestatur_fw-la id_fw-la esse_fw-la dominicum_fw-la &_o verum_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la prius_fw-la traditum_fw-la id_fw-la autem_fw-la extraneum_fw-la &_o falsum_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la posterius_fw-la immissum_fw-la to_o be_v first_o and_o that_o what_o come_v in_o after_o be_v to_o be_v repute_v a_o lie_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o parable_n wherein_o the_o good_a seed_n or_o wheat_n be_v first_o sow_v and_o then_o afterward_o the_o tare_n thus_o by_o the_o order_n it_o be_v so_o manifest_a say_v he_o that_o that_o be_v of_o the_o lord_n and_o true_a which_o be_v first_o deliver_v but_o that_o strange_a and_o false_a which_o be_v afterward_o come_v in_o now_o if_o any_o of_o they_o will_v dare_v to_o challenge_v to_o themselves_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o apostle_n he_o will_v they_o etc._n they_o siquae_fw-la audent_fw-la se_fw-la interserere_fw-la aetati_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la ut_fw-la ideò_fw-la 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stantiam_fw-la sed_fw-la sub_fw-la stantie_n vitium_fw-la vitium_fw-la substantiae_fw-la the_o vicious_a quality_n of_o the_o substance_n and_o to_o signify_v that_o therewith_o we_o still_o continue_v in_o part_n stain_v and_o defile_v so_o long_o as_o we_o continue_v upon_o the_o earth_n now_o there_o be_v nothing_o whereby_o we_o be_v unclean_a pollute_a defile_v but_o only_a sin_n see_v therefore_o by_o the_o remainder_n of_o original_a sin_n that_o be_v by_o concupiscence_n we_o continue_v after_o baptism_n unclean_a pollute_a &_o defile_v it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o co_z cupiscence_n after_o baptism_n be_v proper_o and_o true_o sin_n and_o if_o concupiscence_n be_v not_o sin_n without_o consent_n then_o by_o s._n austin_n judgement_n the_o apostle_n must_v be_v say_v to_o live_v without_o sin_n for_o he_o affirm_v of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v etc._n be_v contr._n dvas_fw-la epist_n pelag._n lib._n 1._o cap_n 11._o apostolos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la à _fw-la pravorum_fw-la libidinum_fw-la consensione_n liberos_fw-la etc._n etc._n free_a from_o any_o consent_n to_o evil_a lust_n mean_v it_o after_o they_o have_v receive_v that_o great_a measure_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o so_o much_o he_o affirm_v particular_o of_o the_o apostle_n 56._o apostle_n ju_n joan._n tract_n 41._o faciebat_fw-la ut_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la non_fw-la consentiret_fw-la vide_fw-la bernard_n in_o cantic_a ser._n 56._o paul_n but_o to_o affirm_v that_o the_o apostle_n be_v free_a from_o sin_n be_v etc._n be_v de_fw-fr nat_n &_o great_a cap_n 36._o omnes_fw-la sancti_fw-la si_fw-la interrogari_fw-la potuissent_fw-la una_fw-la voce_fw-la clamassent_v si_fw-la dixerimus_fw-la quia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la habeââââ_n etc._n etc._n contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o s._n austin_n concupiscence_n therefore_o by_o s._n austin_n judgement_n must_v necessary_o be_v sin_n and_o hereto_o agree_v also_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o father_n cyprian_n call_v it_o in_o the_o regenerate_a alliganda_fw-la regenerate_a cypri_n de_fw-fr rat_n circumcis_fw-la huius_fw-la contagio_fw-la corruptelae_fw-la babyloniae_fw-la fornax_fw-la domesticum_fw-la malum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la âruhescent_n quicunque_fw-la mundè_fw-la cord_n regere_fw-la in_o decore_fw-la svo_fw-la videre_fw-la desiderant_fw-la insaniens_fw-la bestia_fw-la corrupti_fw-la anhelitus_fw-la catenis_fw-la ferreis_n in_fw-la ultimis_fw-la animae_fw-la recessibus_fw-la alliganda_fw-la a_o corruption_n the_o furnace_n of_o babylon_n a_o domestical_a evil_n of_o which_o they_o will_v be_v ashamed_a who_o desire_v with_o pure_a heart_n to_o see_v the_o king_n in_o his_o beauty_n a_o rage_a beast_n of_o stink_a breath_n to_o be_v tie_v up_o with_o iron_n chain_n in_o the_o further_a passage_n of_o the_o soul_n he_o say_v again_o of_o the_o delicto_fw-la the_o idem_fw-la de_fw-fr teiun_fw-fr et_fw-la tentat_fw-la christi_fw-la nec_fw-la originali_fw-la nec_fw-la personali_fw-la nec_fw-la 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concupescentia_fw-la etc._n etc._n paries_fw-la primus_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la secundus_fw-la consânsus_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o wall_n which_o so_o long_o as_o it_o be_v in_o we_o exclude_v and_o shut_v we_o out_o from_o god_n as_o of_o paul_n for_o example_n he_o say_v that_o this_o one_o wall_n hinder_v his_o soul_n from_o the_o sight_n and_o embrace_v of_o his_o belove_a saviour_n by_o all_o which_o the_o reader_n may_v esteem_v what_o conscience_n they_o have_v in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n that_o set_v it_o down_o to_o the_o world_n as_o a_o article_n to_o be_v believe_v that_o concupiscence_n be_v remoratur_fw-la be_v council_n triden_n sess_n 5._o in_o renatis_fw-la nihil_fw-la quod_fw-la odit_fw-la deus_fw-la nihil_fw-la ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la coeli_fw-la remoratur_fw-la not_o a_o thing_n that_o god_n hate_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o thing_n that_o hinder_v from_o enter_v into_o heaven_n these_o speech_n can_v be_v thus_o apply_v to_o any_o thing_n but_o sin_n we_o 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to_o bestow_v his_o grace_n upon_o we_o as_o i_o have_v show_v 21._o show_v sect._n 21._o before_o therefore_o he_o do_v not_o direct_v the_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n only_o against_o merit_n but_o simple_o against_o work_n that_o he_o affirm_v praecedunt_fw-la affirm_v august_n li._n 83._o quaest_n 76._o ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la meritu_fw-la priorum_fw-la bonorum_fw-la operum_fw-la arbitrotur_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la donum_fw-la iustificationis_fw-la pervenisse_fw-la dicit_fw-la posse_fw-la hominem_fw-la sine_fw-la operibus_fw-la praecedentibus_fw-la iustificari_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la dicit_fw-la de_fw-la operibus_fw-la quae_fw-la fidem_fw-la praecedunt_fw-la a_o man_n to_o be_v justify_v without_o work_n precedent_a or_o go_v before_o that_o he_o teach_v that_o not_o for_o any_o good_a work_n past_a a_o man_n attain_v to_o the_o justification_n of_o faith_n that_o a_o man_n be_v not_o justify_v by_o work_n that_o go_v before_o faith_n mean_v by_o faith_n not_o a_o faith_n which_o be_v 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as_o they_o thus_o pretend_v the_o apostle_n name_n and_o make_v show_v to_o have_v receive_v commandment_n from_o they_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o church_n that_o the_o matter_n shall_v be_v clear_v by_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o wherefore_o it_o be_v think_v good_a &_o god_n 2.2_o god_n gal._n 2.2_o by_o revelation_n also_o so_o direct_v as_o the_o apostle_n signify_v that_o 15.2_o that_o act_n 15.2_o he_o and_o barnabas_n &_o some_o other_o of_o they_o shall_v go_v to_o jerusalem_fw-la to_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n about_o this_o question_n this_o occasion_n of_o his_o go_n let_v s._n ambrose_n declare_v etc._n declare_v ambr._n in_o gal._n 2._o a_o judaeis_n causa_fw-la legis_fw-la mala_fw-la illi_fw-la siebat_fw-la opinto_fw-la quasi_fw-la discordaret_fw-la à _fw-la praedicatione_n caeterorun_v aposto_n lorum_fw-la &_o hinc_fw-la fiebat_fw-la multis_fw-la scrupulus_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la gentes_fw-la possent_fw-la perturbari_fw-la 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semel_fw-la isti_fw-la non_fw-la semel_fw-la nubunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n neque_fw-la continentia_fw-la eiusmodi_fw-la laudanda_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la haeretica_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la licentia_fw-la defendenda_fw-la quia_fw-la psychica_n est_fw-la illa_fw-la blasphemat_fw-la ista_fw-la luxuriat_fw-la illa_fw-la destruit_fw-la nuptiarum_fw-la deum_fw-la ista_fw-la confividit_fw-la heretic_n take_v away_o marriage_n carnalist_n urge_v it_o they_o marry_v not_o so_o much_o as_o once_o these_o marry_v more_o than_o once_o their_o continency_n be_v not_o to_o be_v commend_v because_o it_o be_v heretical_a nor_o the_o licence_n of_o the_o other_o to_o be_v defend_v because_o it_o be_v carnal_a the_o one_o blaspheme_v the_o other_o exceed_v the_o one_o destroy_v god_n from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o marriage_n the_o other_o shame_v he_o anon_o after_o he_o say_v that_o creatoris_fw-la that_o jbid._n christum_fw-la paracletus_fw-la contestabitur_fw-la qualem_fw-la credimus_fw-la cum_fw-la toto_fw-la ordine_fw-la creatoris_fw-la their_o paracletus_fw-la do_v testify_v christ_n according_a to_o the_o faith_n with_o the_o whole_a order_n or_o ordinance_n of_o the_o creator_n in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o allege_v their_o soundness_n in_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n namely_o that_o which_o summary_o we_o profess_v in_o the_o article_n of_o our_o creed_n as_o a_o argument_n that_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o teach_v be_v not_o of_o the_o evil_a spirit_n etc._n spirit_n ibid._n aduersarius_fw-la spiritus_fw-la ex_fw-la diversitate_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la apparet_fw-la primò_fw-la regulam_fw-la adulterans_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la ordinem_fw-la adulterans_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la etc._n etc._n fidem_fw-la dicit_fw-la pro_fw-la eye_n integritas_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ante_fw-la quis_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la haereticus_fw-la sit_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la instituto_fw-la etc._n etc._n paracletus_fw-la novae_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la institutor_fw-la etc._n etc._n who_o will_v first_o have_v corrupt_v they_o in_o faith_n and_o then_o have_v pervert_v they_o in_o order_n of_o conversation_n whereas_o now_o their_o integrity_n in_o preach_v the_o faith_n do_v give_v assurance_n or_o warrant_n for_o they_o a_o man_n say_v he_o must_v first_o be_v a_o heretic_n concern_v god_n and_o then_o as_o touch_v institution_n of_o behaviour_n but_o montanus_n their_o paracletus_fw-la be_v as_o he_o say_v a_o instructor_n or_o teacher_n not_o of_o any_o new_a faith_n but_o of_o new_a order_n and_o conversation_n to_o which_o purpose_n he_o say_v in_o another_o place_n have_v set_v down_o a_o brief_a of_o the_o article_n of_o our_o belief_n disciplina_fw-la belief_n tertull._n de_fw-fr veland_n virgin_n hac_fw-la lege_fw-la fidei_fw-la manente_fw-la cetera_fw-la iam_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la &_o conversationis_fw-la admittunt_fw-la novitatem_fw-la correctionis_fw-la etc._n etc._n propterea_fw-la paracletum_fw-la misit_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectum_fw-la perduceretur_fw-la disciplina_fw-la this_o law_n or_o rule_n of_o faith_n abide_v other_o matter_n of_o discipline_n and_o conversation_n do_v admit_v newness_n of_o correction_n and_o make_v the_o end_n of_o the_o send_n of_o their_o paracletus_fw-la to_o be_v this_o that_o discipline_n or_o conversation_n may_v be_v bring_v to_o perfection_n montanus_n then_o deny_v not_o marriage_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n to_o be_v god_n institution_n but_o profess_v of_o their_o continency_n that_o it_o honorat_fw-la it_o idem_fw-la de_fw-fr monog_n continentia_fw-la religiosa_fw-la legem_fw-la nuptiarum_fw-la honorat_fw-la honour_v the_o law_n of_o marriage_n and_o therefore_o m._n bishop_n do_v he_o great_a wrong_n to_o couple_v he_o in_o that_o sort_n with_o the_o manichee_n who_o whole_o blaspheme_v marriage_n as_o unclean_a and_o have_v original_a from_o the_o devil_n and_o power_n of_o darkness_n but_o yet_o he_o will_v say_v that_o montanus_n teach_v somewhat_o against_o marriage_n and_o we_o acknowledge_v the_o same_o yet_o not_o as_o to_o condemn_v marriage_n but_o imposita_fw-la but_o jbid._n saluo_fw-la inquis_fw-la jure_fw-la nubendi_fw-la planè_fw-la saluo_fw-la etc._n etc._n nihilominus_fw-la tamen_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la parte_fw-la destructo_fw-la qua_fw-la continentiam_fw-la praefert_fw-la etc._n etc._n praelatione_fw-la continentiae_fw-la imposita_fw-la to_o prefer_v continency_n as_o tertullian_n say_v it_o be_v true_a that_o albeit_o he_o acknowledge_v marriage_n to_o be_v god_n institution_n yet_o he_o hold_v the_o liberty_n thereof_o to_o be_v permit_v but_o only_o once_o and_o that_o once_o to_o be_v yield_v only_o to_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o flesh_n even_o as_o m._n bishop_n say_v before_o that_o to_o common_a christian_n the_o apostle_n say_v if_o they_o can_v abstain_v let_v they_o marry_v but_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o tertullian_n that_o all_o this_o be_v but_o to_o commend_v a_o state_n of_o great_a perfection_n proficitur_fw-la perfection_n de_fw-fr veland_n virgin_n quae_fw-la paracleti_fw-la administratio_fw-la nisi_fw-la haec_fw-la etc._n etc._n quòd_fw-la ad_fw-la meliora_fw-la proficitur_fw-la the_o ministry_n of_o their_o paracletus_fw-la be_v that_o man_n shall_v profit_v to_o better_a thing_n and_o incedere_fw-la and_o de_fw-fr monog_n secundum_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la caruis_fw-la admonuit_fw-la incedere_fw-la shall_v walk_v according_a to_o the_o holiness_n
of_o the_o flesh_n which_o they_o deem_v one_o special_a way_n to_o consist_v either_o in_o not_o marry_v at_o all_o or_o marry_v but_o once_o in_o opinion_n whereof_o and_o some_o other_o point_n of_o conversation_n account_v they_o of_o the_o church_n charismata_fw-la church_n ibid._n nos_fw-la quos_fw-la spirituales_fw-la meritò_fw-la dici_fw-la faciunt_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la charismata_fw-la natural_a and_o carnal_a man_n as_o before_o be_v say_v they_o call_v themselves_o spiritual_a and_o in_o that_o respect_n be_v bring_v in_o by_o origen_n as_o say_v illi_fw-la say_v origen_n apud_fw-la pamphil._n in_o apolog_n cataphryges_n dicentes_fw-la non_fw-la accedas_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o quoniam_fw-la mundus_fw-la sumi_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la occipio_fw-la vxorem_fw-la nec_fw-la est_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la pateus_fw-la guttur_fw-la meum_fw-la sed_fw-la sum_fw-la nazareus_n dei_fw-la non_fw-la bibens_fw-la vinum_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o illi_fw-la come_v not_o to_o i_o for_o i_o be_o pure_a or_o holy_a for_o i_o take_v no_o wife_n neither_o be_v my_o throat_n a_o open_a sepulchre_n as_o it_o be_v to_o feed_v and_o eat_v free_o as_o those_o man_n do_v but_o i_o be_o a_o nazarite_n of_o god_n forbear_v to_o drink_v wine_n as_o the_o nazarite_n do_v thus_o then_o howsoever_o they_o hold_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o marriage_n and_o the_o liberty_n thereof_o to_o have_v be_v former_o permit_v once_o and_o more_o than_o once_o yet_o now_o they_o teach_v that_o they_o be_v call_v to_o a_o great_a exquisiteness_n and_o perfection_n of_o conversation_n and_o therefore_o be_v either_o partly_o or_o whole_o to_o forbear_v hereby_o than_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o montanist_n and_o the_o manichee_n be_v to_o be_v sever_v one_o from_o another_o and_o if_o the_o apostle_n word_n do_v condemn_v they_o both_o then_o m._n bishop_n answer_n be_v unsufficient_a because_o they_o be_v not_o both_o guilty_a of_o that_o which_o he_o say_v the_o apostle_n there_o intend_v let_v he_o tell_v we_o do_v the_o apostle_n by_o those_o word_n condemn_v they_o both_o or_o not_o if_o he_o say_v yea_o as_o he_o must_v than_o we_o infer_v that_o the_o apostle_n then_o do_v not_o speak_v only_o of_o they_o who_o hold_v marriage_n to_o be_v a_o thing_n wicked_a in_o itself_o because_o the_o montanist_n do_v not_o think_v so_o m._n bishop_n answer_v therefore_o must_v have_v a_o supply_n &_o that_o supply_n must_v bring_v both_o the_o montanist_n and_o the_o papist_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o apostle_n word_n the_o apostle_n himself_o give_v we_o that_o supply_n when_o he_o say_v that_o those_o spirit_n of_o error_n of_o which_o he_o speak_v shall_v speak_v lie_n in_o hypocrisy_n they_o then_o of_o who_o the_o apostle_n speak_v shall_v in_o hypocrisy_n forbid_v to_o marry_v and_o what_o be_v it_o to_o say_v in_o hypocrisy_n sure_o to_o forbid_v marriage_n in_o hypocrisy_n be_v to_o forbid_v it_o under_o colour_n of_o purity_n and_o holiness_n and_o more_o than_o ordinary_a perfection_n the_o manichee_n do_v forbid_v marriage_n but_o they_o forbid_v it_o not_o in_o hypocrisy_n but_o by_o open_a and_o profess_a blasphemy_n neither_o do_v they_o so_o much_o forbid_v it_o as_o blaspheme_v and_o condemn_v it_o a_o man_n may_v forbid_v that_o which_o notwithstanding_o in_o itself_o he_o think_v lawful_a enough_o but_o they_o whole_o condemn_v marriage_n as_o of_o itself_o wicked_a and_o damnable_a and_o without_o any_o forbid_v to_o be_v absolute_o detest_v the_o apostle_n caveat_n be_v not_o so_o great_o needful_a against_o they_o or_o such_o other_o as_o they_o be_v because_o their_o abominable_a blasphemy_n do_v apparent_o bewray_v itself_o and_o be_v easy_o to_o be_v discern_v but_o the_o great_a danger_n be_v to_o come_v by_o they_o who_o in_o hypocrisy_n shall_v teach_v these_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n that_o be_v with_o fair_a show_n and_o goodly_a pretence_n and_o insinuation_n which_o may_v blind_v the_o eye_n of_o they_o that_o be_v not_o jealous_a and_o suspicious_a thereof_o and_o therefore_o of_o these_o special_o he_o give_v admonition_n to_o the_o church_n thus_o do_v the_o montanist_n disallow_v of_o marriage_n not_o as_o of_o evil_a institution_n but_o only_o as_o a_o more_o profane_a and_o carnal_a state_n fit_v for_o vulgar_a and_o common_a christian_n but_o not_o so_o well_o sort_v special_o second_o marriage_n with_o that_o eminency_n of_o purity_n and_o perfection_n whereto_o their_o paracletus_fw-la do_v instruct_v they_o now_o in_o the_o same_o sort_n as_o the_o montanist_n do_v so_o do_v the_o papist_n forbid_v marriage_n only_o in_o hypocrisy_n only_o as_o account_v it_o a_o more_o secular_a and_o vulgar_a kind_n of_o life_n then_o be_v fit_v to_o their_o spiritual_a and_o perfect_a state_n m._n bishop_n tell_v we_o that_o they_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o great_a sacrament_n and_o some_o of_o they_o absurd_o and_o ridiculous_o make_v the_o carnal_a conjunction_n of_o marry_a person_n the_o consummation_n of_o that_o sacrament_n when_o notwithstanding_o in_o that_o sacrament_n and_o consummation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n they_o affirm_v that_o impurity_n and_o pollution_n as_o can_v stand_v with_o their_o sacrament_n of_o order_n marriage_n say_v bellarmine_n pollutio_fw-la bellarmine_n bellar._n de_fw-fr clerie_n cap._n 19_o matrimonium_fw-la impedit_fw-la munus_fw-la sacrificandi_fw-la quia_fw-la summa_fw-la quaedam_fw-la puritas_fw-la &_o sanctitas_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la requiritur_fw-la mactis_fw-la verò_fw-la coniugij_fw-la negari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la admixtae_fw-la sit_fw-la imputitas_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o pollutio_fw-la hinder_v the_o office_n of_o sacrifice_v because_o therein_o be_v require_v a_o eminent_a purity_n and_o holiness_n whereas_o in_o the_o act_n of_o marriage_n there_o be_v mingle_v a_o impurity_n &_o pollution_n thus_o costerus_n say_v caeteris_fw-la say_v coster_n enchir._n cap._n 15._o si_fw-mi in_o veteri_fw-la lege_fw-la carnis_fw-la immunditia_fw-la pollutis_fw-la non_fw-la licebat_fw-la vel_fw-la edere_fw-la pane_n propositionis_fw-la vel_fw-la manibus_fw-la contrectare_fw-la res_fw-la sacras_fw-la vel_fw-la templam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la intrare_fw-la multò_fw-la manùs_fw-la his_fw-la convenit_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la administratio_fw-la qui_fw-la uxoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la liberisque_fw-la procreandis_fw-la vacant_a etc._n etc._n &_o post_n non_fw-la tantus_fw-la splendour_n animi_fw-la morumque_fw-la gravitas_fw-la elucet_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la qui_fw-la mulierculae_fw-la semper_fw-la assideat_fw-la eidemque_fw-la vacet_fw-la quia_fw-la libido_fw-la omnis_fw-la mores_fw-la compositos_fw-la dissoluit_fw-la minusque_fw-la admirabilem_fw-la hominem_fw-la reddit_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la porrò_fw-la est_fw-la sancta_fw-la castitate_fw-la gravem_fw-la quandam_fw-la praese_n far_o maiestatem_fw-la qua_fw-la venerationi_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o admirationi_fw-la caeteris_fw-la if_o in_o the_o old_a law_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o they_o that_o be_v pollute_v with_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o the_o flesh_n either_o to_o eat_v the_o show_n bread_n or_o to_o handle_v holy_a thing_n or_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o temple_n much_o less_o do_v the_o administer_a of_o our_o sacrament_n belong_v to_o they_o who_o give_v themselves_o to_o wife_n and_o to_o get_v of_o child_n there_o appear_v not_o say_v he_o so_o great_a glory_n of_o mind_n and_o gravity_n of_o manner_n in_o the_o man_n who_o be_v still_o sit_v by_o a_o woman_n and_o attend_v to_o she_o because_o all_o lust_n weaken_v stay_v manner_n and_o make_v a_o man_n less_o admirable_a whereas_o it_o be_v fit_a for_o priest_n to_o carry_v a_o grave_a kind_n of_o majesty_n by_o holy_a chastity_n that_o they_o may_v be_v reverence_v and_o admire_v of_o other_o thus_o these_o beastly_a friar_n measure_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n by_o the_o filth_n and_o corruption_n of_o their_o own_o wicked_a heart_n and_o in_o hypocrisy_n deprave_v that_o state_n of_o life_n as_o void_v of_o gravity_n and_o modesty_n and_o majesty_n and_o as_o if_o there_o be_v nothing_o therein_o but_o lust_n and_o sit_v by_o a_o woman_n and_o attend_v to_o she_o wherein_o nowithstand_v the_o holy_a father_n the_o patriarch_n the_o prophet_n priest_n nazarite_n and_o apostle_n serve_v god_n yea_o and_o when_o themselves_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v like_o the_o manichee_n detest_a marriage_n and_o yet_o superarent_fw-la yet_o aug._n the_o morib_n manish_o cap_n 19_o vidimus_fw-la post_fw-la transeuntes_fw-la nescre_fw-la quas_fw-la faeminac_n tam_fw-la petulanâi_fw-la gestu_fw-la aâhinnientes_fw-la ut_fw-la omnium_fw-la trivia_fw-la lium_o impudicitian_n impudentiamque_fw-la superarent_fw-la neigh_v like_o feed_a horse_n at_o every_o woman_n that_o pass_v by_o with_o such_o immodest_a and_o wanton_a behaviour_n as_o pass_v the_o unchastity_n and_o impudency_n of_o base_a and_o common_a rascal_n some_o pretty_a token_n whereof_o the_o reader_n may_v 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