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silvius_n after_o pope_n pius_n the_o second_o be_v of_o this_o mind_n so_o be_v polydore_n virgil_n and_o erasmus_n the_o first_o of_o these_o in_o book_n 5._o chap._n 4._o de_fw-fr invent._n rerum_fw-la say_v thus_o i_o dare_v confident_o say_v that_o it_o have_v be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v true_a that_o this_o enforce_a chastity_n have_v excel_v that_o which_o be_v in_o marriage_n that_o no_o sinful_a crime_n have_v bring_v great_a disgrace_n to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o ministry_n more_o evil_a to_o religion_n or_o make_v a_o great_a and_o deep_a impression_n of_o sorrow_n in_o all_o good_a man_n than_o the_o stain_n of_o the_o impure_a lust_n of_o priest_n erasmus_n in_o declam_fw-la de_fw-fr laudibus_fw-la matrimonii_fw-la affirm_v that_o in_o his_o conceit_n he_o shall_v not_o ill_o deserve_v nor_o take_v the_o worst_a course_n for_o the_o further_a of_o humane_a affair_n and_o the_o right_n inform_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n which_o shall_v procure_v liberty_n of_o 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wive_v and_o cry_v up_o single_a life_n and_o by_o friar_n and_o monk_n the_o great_a adorer_n of_o single_a life_n and_o observer_n of_o distinction_n of_o meat_n the_o doctrine_n of_o image-worship_n be_v bring_v and_o spread_v and_o propagate_v in_o the_o church_n as_o be_v prove_v by_o mr._n mede_n in_o his_o apostasy_n of_o the_o latter_a time_n some_o of_o these_o hermit_n anchorite_n or_o monk_n and_o coenobite_n may_v be_v honest_a and_o good_a person_n abate_v they_o their_o error_n about_o over-magnifying_a the_o single_a life_n yet_o the_o generality_n of_o they_o he_o condemn_v as_o hypocrite_n for_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o marriage_n of_o person_n in_o holy_a order_n we_o have_v the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n at_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o after_o till_o the_o time_n of_o siricius_n about_o the_o year_n 385._o afterward_o we_o have_v the_o marriage_n of_o these_o allow_v by_o all_o those_o council_n which_o forbid_v such_o person_n to_o marry_v widow_n such_o as_o concilium_fw-la epaunen_n canon_n 2._o aurelianum_fw-la the_o first_o council_n can._n 15._o concilium_fw-la toletanum_n 1_o &_o ch_z 1._o the_o 3._o and_o we_o find_v the_o council_n of_o carthage_n make_v divers_a canon_n about_o the_o government_n of_o the_o son_n and_o daughter_n of_o bishop_n and_o clergyman_n such_o as_o the_o 11._o that_o they_o shall_v not_o make_v or_o go_v to_o the_o spectacula_fw-la secularia_fw-la c._n 12._o that_o their_o son_n and_o daughter_n shall_v not_o marry_v to_o heathen_n heretic_n or_o schismatic_n c._n 14._o that_o they_o suffer_v not_o their_o son_n to_o go_v free_a out_o of_o their_o power_n and_o government_n till_o they_o be_v assure_v of_o their_o manner_n and_o of_o such_o age_n ut_fw-la possint_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la propria_fw-la pertinere_fw-la peccata_fw-la this_o council_n be_v hold_v say_v coriolanus_n 397._o the_o first_o council_n of_o toledo_n a_o 400._o c._n 1._o ordain_v de_fw-fr presbyteris_fw-la &_o deaclnis_fw-la si_fw-la post_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la filios_fw-la genuerint_fw-la ad_fw-la altiorem_fw-la gradum_fw-la non_fw-la ascendant_n yet_o they_o may_v continue_v in_o their_o station_n though_o not_o rise_v high_o in_o the_o church_n in_o the_o year_n 506._o consilium_fw-la agathense_o in_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n symmachus_n cap._n 1._o although_o bigamist_n and_o those_o that_o have_v marry_v widow_n be_v presbyter_n or_o deacon_n may_v not_o consecrate_v or_o minister_v yet_o they_o may_v retain_v the_o name_n of_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n hence_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v that_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n who_o be_v not_o bigamist_n nor_o have_v marry_v widow_n may_v consecrate_v and_o minister_v notwithstanding_o their_o marriage_n if_o it_o be_v object_v that_o there_o be_v endeavour_n to_o make_v the_o clergy_n content_v themselves_o without_o wife_n i_o say_v yet_o in_o many_o place_n it_o will_v not_o prevail_v not_o in_o england_n till_o above_o eleven_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n not_o in_o ireland_n till_o the_o day_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o of_o england_n who_o subdue_v ireland_n i_o read_v that_o celsus_n the_o great_a apostle_n of_o armagh_n and_o high_a primate_n of_o ireland_n have_v both_o a_o wife_n and_o child_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o archbishopry_n according_a to_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o country_n vid._n bernard_n in_o vita_fw-la malachiae_fw-la and_o we_o be_v tell_v that_o pope_n adrian_n and_o pope_n alexander_n do_v stir_v up_o henry_n the_o second_o to_o subdue_v ireland_n because_o the_o people_n withstand_v their_o proceed_n against_o the_o marriage_n of_o bishop_n and_o priest_n it_o be_v certain_a de_fw-fr facto_fw-la that_o many_o eminent_a person_n in_o holy_a order_n be_v actual_o marry_v so_o gregory_n nazianzen_n father_n be_v a_o bishop_n and_o beget_v he_o after_o he_o be_v presbyter_n if_o not_o after_o he_o be_v