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clamaturos_fw-la invidiamque_fw-la facturos_fw-la castitatem_fw-la perfectam_fw-la vos_fw-la uchementer_fw-la commendare_fw-la atqui_fw-la laudare_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la nuptias_fw-la prohibere_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la auditores_fw-la vestri_fw-la quorum_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la secundus_fw-la est_fw-la gradus_fw-la ducere_fw-la atque_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la prohibentur_fw-la vxores_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la manichaeorum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 18._o as_o that_o church_n do_v to_o her_o priest_n the_o first_o pope_n we_o read_v of_o that_o condemn_v the_o marriage_n of_o priest_n be_v siricius_n almost_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n though_o he_o seem_v by_o his_o epistle_n if_o they_o be_v indeed_o he_o rather_o to_o dissuade_v priest_n from_o it_o than_o peremptory_o to_o forbid_v it_o binium_fw-la it_o epist_n 1_o &_o 4._o apud_fw-la binium_fw-la pope_n calixtus_n ii_o absolute_o forbid_v priest_n marriage_n and_o in_o case_n they_o be_v marry_v command_v they_o to_o be_v separate_v 8._o separate_v presbyâ—eris_fw-la diaconis_fw-la subdiaconis_fw-la &_o monachis_fw-la concubinas_fw-la
habere_fw-la seu_fw-la matrimonia_fw-la contrahere_fw-la penitus_fw-la interdicimus_fw-la contracta_fw-la quoque_fw-la matrimonia_fw-la ab_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la personis_fw-la disjungi_fw-la grat._n do_v 27._o â—_o 8._o pope_n innocent_a iii_o pronounce_v such_o marriage_n null_n and_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n anathematize_n those_o who_o say_v they_o be_v valid_a 9_o valid_a sess_n 24._o can._n 9_o but_o one_o will_v think_v that_o god_n have_v sufficient_o declare_v his_o approbation_n of_o such_o marriage_n in_o that_o the_o whole_a world_n have_v by_o his_o appointment_n be_v twice_o people_v by_o two_o marry_a priest_n first_o by_o adam_n second_o by_o noah_n and_o we_o be_v sure_o the_o holy_a scripture_n tell_v we_o that_o marriage_n be_v honourable_a in_o all_o 4._o all_o heb._n 13._o 4._o and_o place_n it_o among_o the_o qualification_n of_o a_o bishop_n that_o he_o be_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n have_v faithful_a child_n 6._o child_n tit._n 1._o 6._o which_o say_v 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