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they_o affirm_v more_o than_o christ_n or_o s._n paul_n speak_v and_o be_v more_o than_o by_o any_o lawful_a demonstration_n can_v be_v prove_v out_o of_o their_o word_n thirdlie_o in_o rehearse_v the_o text_n against_o the_o plainness_n whereof_o he_o bring_v luther_n interpretation_n he_o fraudulent_o leave_v out_o those_o word_n whereupon_o the_o exposition_n of_o luther_n be_v ground_v namely_o these_o word_n non_fw-fr omnes_fw-la capiunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o man_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o this_o say_n 19_o but_o they_o to_o who_o it_o be_v give_v if_o you_o ask_v of_o what_o saying_n the_o text_n be_v plain_a his_o disciple_n say_v unto_o he_o if_o the_o cause_n of_o aman_n and_o his_o wife_n be_v so_o that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v divorce_v but_o for_o adultery_n it_o be_v not_o expedient_a to_o marry_v but_o all_o man_n say_v christ_n do_v not_o receive_v or_o can_v take_v this_o say_n for_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o eunuch_n or_o geld_v man_n the_o three_o only_o be_v voluntary_a and_o for_o a_o excellent_a end_n be_v commendable_a so_o it_o be_v give_v unto_o he_o that_o he_o may_v take_v it_o he_o that_o can_v take_v it_o let_v he_o take_v it_o be_v it_o not_o evident_a by_o this_o text_n that_o christ_n terrifi_v all_o such_o man_n from_o this_o high_a attempt_n to_o who_o it_o be_v not_o give_v and_o exhort_v they_o only_o which_o have_v the_o gift_n to_o use_v it_o now_o to_o come_v to_o luther_n interpretation_n first_o he_o say_v that_o luther_n prefer_v marriage_n before_o virginity_n yea_o though_o it_o be_v of_o a_o vow_a nun_n this_o as_o it_o be_v simple_o set_v down_o be_v a_o loud_a lie_n for_o luther_n acknowledge_v the_o preferment_n of_o virginity_n before_o marriage_n in_o person_n have_v the_o gift_n and_o for_o the_o end_n and_o respect_n by_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n name_v as_o by_o his_o own_o word_n in_o diverse_a place_n of_o his_o work_n be_v manifest_a and_o most_o plain_o exege_n ad_fw-la cap._n 7._o ep._n ad_fw-la cor._n 1._o nam_fw-la sicubi_fw-la coniugium_fw-la quis_fw-la cum_fw-la coelibatu_fw-la conferat_fw-la praestantius_fw-la certè_fw-la donum_fw-la est_fw-la coelibatus_fw-la for_o if_o a_o man_n compare_v marriage_n with_o virginity_n virginity_n very_o be_v a_o better_a gift_n concern_v the_o marriage_n of_o a_o vow_a nun_n if_o she_o have_v the_o gift_n of_o continency_n and_o will_v renounce_v the_o superstitious_a and_o blasphemous_a end_n for_o which_o she_o vow_v virginity_n and_o use_v it_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n you_o shall_v hear_v luther_n judgement_n nec_fw-la ideo_fw-la caelibatum_fw-la &_o virginitatem_fw-la reprobare_fw-la mihi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la nec_fw-la inde_fw-la quenquam_fw-la ad_fw-la iugale_n vinculum_fw-la invitare_fw-la cuique_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la svo_fw-la divinitus_fw-la impartito_fw-la ut_fw-la potest_fw-la feratur_fw-la for_o
can_v any_o thing_n be_v speak_v more_o abject_a or_o more_o contradictory_n to_o the_o scripture_n and_o father_n than_o this_o can_v hell_n be_v more_o opposite_a to_o heaven_n than_o the_o carnalitie_n of_o this_o apostata_fw-la to_o the_o spiris_fw-la of_o all_o saint_n see_v you_o not_o how_o this_o fellow_n insult_v how_o he_o chafe_v how_o he_o rail_v but_o will_v you_o see_v also_o how_o he_o lie_v how_o he_o falsifi_v how_o he_o slaunder_v for_o luther_n say_v not_o that_o marriage_n in_o comparison_n of_o virginity_n be_v as_o gold_n he_o say_v not_o that_o the_o state_n of_o virginity_n and_o continency_n be_v as_o stink_a dung_n etc._n etc._n but_o the_o comparison_n he_o make_v be_v between_o the_o state_n of_o matrimony_n and_o the_o popish_a adcor_n spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a state_n of_o which_o he_o say_v de_fw-la usu_fw-la vel_fw-la abusu_fw-la etc._n etc._n of_o the_o use_n or_o abuse_v of_o the_o state_n at_o this_o present_a we_o say_v nothing_o but_o of_o the_o condition_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o state_n in_o themselves_o and_o do_v conclude_v that_o matrimony_n be_v as_o gold_n but_o the_o spiritual_a state_n mean_v of_o the_o popish_a church_n be_v as_o dung_n because_o that_o set_v forward_o to_o faith_n this_o unto_o impiety_n and_o lest_o you_o doubt_v what_o spiritual_a state_n he_o speak_v of_o he_o call_v it_o expresselie_o in_o the_o same_o discourse_n spiritualis_fw-la status_fw-la in_o papatu_fw-la the_o spiritual_a state_n in_o popery_n and_o for_o a_o more_o manifed_a discovery_n of_o this_o impudent_a slanderer_n i_o will_v set_v down_o his_o word_n in_o the_o same_o place_n more_o at_o large_a yield_n reason_n why_o he_o do_v so_o high_o prefer_v marriage_n before_o that_o popish_a state_n speak_v nothing_o of_o virginity_n or_o continency_n or_o true_a chastity_n as_o this_o shameless_a caviller_n do_v cry_v out_o nemo_fw-la igitur_fw-la obiicies_fw-la tua_fw-la sententia_fw-la coelelis_fw-la permanebit_fw-la sed_fw-la cuique_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la contrahet_fw-la quaeres_fw-la huic_fw-la paulino_n textui_fw-la adversaretur_fw-la respondeo_fw-la de_fw-fr spiriivali_fw-la nunc_fw-la statu_fw-la loquor_fw-la ad_fw-la matimonium_fw-la comparato_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la coelibatu_fw-la status_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la nulli_fw-la prorsum_fw-la rei_fw-la accommodus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la perditissimus_fw-la praestaretque_fw-la neminem_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la &_o quemque_fw-la coniungtam_fw-la esse_fw-la porrò_fw-la coelibatus_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la continentia_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la status_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la nihil_fw-la omnino_fw-la hîc_fw-la paulus_n agit_fw-fr de_fw-fr vera_fw-la n._n castitate_fw-la loquor_fw-la nullus_fw-la enim_fw-la statuum_fw-la impudentior_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la libinem_fw-la promptior_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiastieo_fw-la &_o spirituali_fw-la statu_fw-la ut_fw-la hodiernus_fw-la dies_fw-la contestatur_fw-la quòd_fw-la siex_fw-la illis_fw-la coelibe_v quidam_fw-la essent_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la utuntur_fw-la calibatu_n ad_fw-la pauli_n institutum_fw-la &_o normam_fw-la ut_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la castitas_fw-la esse_fw-la queat_fw-la cvius_fw-la hîc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d mentionem_fw-la facit_fw-la isti_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la castitate_fw-la meritum_fw-la iactantiam_fw-la &_o magnificentiam_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o hominib_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o in_o eafidunt_fw-la idquod_fw-la cunfide_v pugnat_fw-la d._n paulus_n verò_fw-la exeafacilitatem_fw-la quandam_fw-la &_o seruitutem_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la effecit_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la verò_fw-la status_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la labour_v svo_fw-la vivit_fw-la arcadico_fw-la iumento_fw-la signior_n etc._n etc._n thou_o will_v object_v by_o thy_o sentence_n therefore_o shall_v no_o man_n remain_v continent_n but_o every_o one_o shall_v marry_v which_o thing_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o text_n of_o saint_n paul_n i_o answer_v i_o speak_v now_o of_o the_o spiritual_a state_n be_v compare_v to_o matrimony_n not_o of_o continency_n or_o virginity_n the_o spiritual_a state_n or_o the_o spiritualty_n be_v good_a for_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n but_o be_v most_o wicked_a and_o it_o be_v better_a that_o there_o be_v never_o man_n a_o spiritual_a man_n and_o that_o all_o be_v marry_v but_o as_o for_o virginity_n &_o truecontinency_n it_o be_v a_o other_o thing_n then_o the_o state_n of_o the_o spiritualty_n of_o which_o saint_n paul_n in_o this_o place_n speak_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o he_o speak_v of_o true_a chastity_n for_o no_o state_n in_o the_o world_n be_v more_o shameless_a and_o more_o prone_a to_o filthy_a lust_n than_o the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o spiritual_a state_n as_o this_o day_n experience_n do_v testify_v and_o if_o any_o of_o they_o be_v continent_n yet_o they_o use_v not_o their_o continency_n to_o the_o purpose_n and_o rule_v of_o saint_n paul_n so_o that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v that_o chastity_n whereof_o saint_n paul_n make_v mention_n in_o this_o place_n for_o these_o man_n of_o their_o chastity_n do_v make_v a_o desert_n a_o boast_n and_o magnificense_n before_o god_n and_o man_n and_o put_v their_o trust_n therein_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o faith_n whereas_o saint_n paul_n thereof_o have_v make_v a_o certain_a easiness_n and_o service_n unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o the_o spiritual_a state_n live_v not_o of_o their_o labour_n be_v more_o slow_a than_o a_o ass_n etc._n etc._n thus_o have_v thou_o reader_n luther_n judgement_n out_o of_o his_o own_o say_n by_o which_o thou_o may_v &_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v what_o injury_n this_o falsarie_n have_v do_v unto_o he_o in_o say_v that_o luther_n affirm_v the_o state_n of_o virginity_n or_o continency_n to_o be_v as_o stink_a dung_n promote_a to_o impiety_n when_o luther_n speak_v of_o the_o popish_a spiritualty_n who_o doctrine_n and_o manner_n be_v blasphemous_a and_o wicked_a like_o the_o old_a heretic_n call_v apostolici_fw-la and_o origeniani_n turpes_fw-la 40._o which_o boast_v of_o continency_n and_o perform_v nothing_o less_o as_o epiphanius_n and_o other_o do_v testify_v the_o second_o of_o these_o last_o 4._o that_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n do_v not_o counsel_n but_o dissuade_v virginity_n unto_o christian_n you_o point_n ask_v if_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v more_o contrary_a to_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n saying_n master_n charke_n answer_v you_o sufficient_o the_o counsel_n pertain_v not_o to_o all_o but_o unto_o those_o that_o have_v the_o gift_n the_o rest_n be_v dissuade_v from_o the_o attempt_n and_o for_o they_o that_o have_v the_o gift_n master_n charke_n say_v it_o be_v more_o profitable_a for_o they_o many_o way_n to_o abstain_v luther_n say_v nec_fw-la ideo_fw-la coelibatum_fw-la &_o virginitatem_fw-la reprobare_fw-la mihi_fw-la animus_n est_fw-la nec_fw-la inde_fw-la quenquam_fw-la ad_fw-la iugale_n vinculam_fw-la invitare_fw-la cuique_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la svo_fw-la divinitut_o impertito_fw-la ut_fw-la potest_fw-la feratur_fw-la neither_o be_v it_o my_o mind_n to_o rey_a continency_n and_o virginity_n nor_o to_o provoke_v any_o man_n from_o thence_o unto_o wedlock_n let_v every_o man_n bear_v himself_o according_a to_o the_o gift_n that_o he_o have_v receive_v of_o god_n as_o he_o can_v what_o will_v you_o say_v more_o that_o all_o man_n be_v here_o exhort_v unto_o virginity_n even_o those_o that_o have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o continency_n it_o seem_v you_o will_v by_o alledgeing_a the_o say_n of_o saint_n jerome_n quasi_fw-la hortantis_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o our_o lord_n as_o it_o be_v exhort_v and_o stir_v 19_o up_o his_o soldier_n to_o the_o reward_n of_o chastity_n he_o that_o can_v take_v it_o let_v he_o take_v it_o he_o that_o can_v fight_v let_v he_o fight_v conquerre_v and_o triumph_v and_o who_o do_v jerome_n mean_a by_o his_o soldier_n all_o man_n in_o different_o or_o those_o only_a who_o god_n have_v arm_v with_o the_o grace_n &_o gift_n of_o continency_n if_o you_o 〈◊〉_d say_v all_o s._n jerome_n in_o the_o word_n go_v immediate_o before_o in_o the_o same_o place_n will_v tell_v you_o another_o tale_n qui_fw-la potest_fw-la capere_fw-la capiat_fw-la ut_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la consideret_fw-la vires_fw-la svas_fw-la utrum_fw-la poffit_n virginalia_fw-la &_o pudicitiae_fw-la implere_fw-la praecepta_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la enim_fw-la castitas_fw-la blanda_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quemlibet_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la alliciens_fw-la sed_fw-la considerandae_fw-la suntvires_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la potest_fw-la capere_fw-la capiat_fw-la he_o say_v he_o that_o can_v take_v it_o let_v he_o take_v it_o that_o every_o man_n may_v consider_v his_o strength_n whether_o he_o be_v able_a to_o fulfil_v the_o precept_n of_o virginity_n and_o chastity_n for_o chastity_n in_o deed_n of_o itself_o be_v pleasant_a and_o allure_a every_o man_n unto_o it_o but_o man_n must_v consider_v their_o strength_n that_o he_o which_o be_v able_a to_o take_v it_o may_v take_v it_o you_o see_v here_o that_o christ_n exhort_v none_o but_o they_o that_o be_v able_a by_o his_o grace_n and_o that_o all_o have_v not_o strength_n to_o contain_v those_o that_o have_v the_o strength_n luther_n also_o exhort_v to_o use_v it_o they_o that_o have_v it_o not_o be_v command_v by_o the_o apostle_n to_o
solùm_fw-la peccata_fw-la omne_fw-la quorum_fw-la nunc_fw-la remissio_fw-la fit_a in_o baptism_n que_fw-fr reos_fw-la faciunt_fw-la dum_fw-la desideriis_fw-la vitiosis_fw-la consentitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d peccator_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la desideria_fw-la vitiosa_fw-la quibus_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la consentitur_fw-la nullus_fw-la peccati_fw-la reatus_fw-la contraehitur_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o alia_fw-la vita_fw-la nulla_fw-la erunt_fw-la eodem_fw-la lavacro_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la universa_fw-la pur_fw-it gantur_fw-la not_o only_o all_o sin_n whereof_o there_o be_v no_o we_o remission_n in_o baptism_n which_o make_v man_n guilty_a while_o they_o consent_v to_o vicious_a desire_n and_o to_o sin_n but_o even_o those_o vicious_a desire_n also_o to_o which_o if_o consent_n be_v not_o yield_v no_o guilt_n of_o sin_n be_v contarct_v which_o not_o in_o this_o life_n but_o in_o the_o other_o life_n shall_v be_v none_o at_o all_o be_v altogether_o purge_v 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