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press_v they_o may_v contain_v till_o they_o marry_v and_o therefore_o they_o may_v ever_o contain_v and_o not_o marry_v how_o easy_a be_v it_o for_o i_o to_o take_v up_o this_o load_n and_o lay_v it_o upon_o my_o saviour_n which_o say_v all_o man_n can_v receive_v it_o and_o upon_o his_o great_a apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n 7.7_o 1_o cor._n 7.7_o who_o have_v teach_v we_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o proper_a gift_n which_o god_n have_v bestow_v on_o some_o not_o on_o other_o and_o suppose_v a_o necessity_n that_o may_v be_v of_o give_v a_o virgin_n in_o marriage_n 65._o refut_o p._n 65._o six_o the_o husband_n and_o wife_n be_v separate_v upon_o discord_n or_o disease_n what_o shall_v they_o do_v to_o live_v continent_n with_o this_o man_n be_v impossible_a i_o answer_v if_o only_o their_o will_n sunder_v they_o that_o must_v yield_v to_o necessity_n dissension_n may_v not_o abridge_v they_o of_o the_o necessary_a remedy_n of_o sin_n if_o necessity_n that_o find_v relief_n in_o their_o prayer_n if_o they_o call_v on_o he_o who_o call_v they_o to_o continency_n by_o this_o hand_n of_o he_o he_o will_v hear_v they_o and_o enable_v they_o to_o persist_v and_o why_o not_o then_o in_o the_o necessity_n of_o our_o vow_n this_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o our_o own_o make_n that_o be_v of_o he_o he_o have_v bind_v himself_o to_o keep_v his_o own_o promise_n not_o we_o sect_n fourteen_o 66._o refut_o p._n 66._o while_o his_o fellow_n or_o master_n maldonate_fw-it talk_v of_o confute_v austin_n in_o this_o very_a point_n by_o austin_n himself_o this_o man_n will_v confute_v we_o by_o he_o who_o he_o not_o otherwise_o cite_v for_o himself_o than_o his_o ancestor_n pelagius_n cite_v lactantius_n hilary_n ambrose_n hierome_n and_o austin_n in_o this_o case_n the_o thing_n say_v he_o be_v in_o our_o power_n and_o though_o it_o require_v the_o assistance_n of_o god_n grace_n which_o still_o prevent_v our_o will_n yet_o that_o hinder_v not_o but_o that_o we_o may_v if_o 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69._o planè_fw-la possumus_fw-la dicere_fw-la frontem_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la frontem_fw-la and_o if_o there_o can_v be_v any_o more_o on_o that_o holy_a father_n score_n father_n maldonate_fw-it have_v pay_v it_o for_o us._n to_o conclude_v therefore_o for_o he_o arbitrium_fw-la humanae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la destruimus_fw-la we_o know_v no_o man_n do_v well_o against_o his_o will_n god_n be_v not_o to_o make_v virgin_n by_o force_n and_o the_o same_o goodness_n that_o give_v chastity_n to_o the_o marry_a continue_v virginity_n to_o the_o single_a what_o of_o all_o this_o therefore_o say_v he_o it_o be_v as_o well_o in_o the_o power_n of_o all_o single_a person_n to_o be_v always_o continent_n as_o of_o the_o marry_a to_o keep_v conjugal_a chastity_n a_o illation_n and_o conclusion_n worthy_a of_o my_o refuter_n logic_n and_o divinity_n as_o if_o he_o argue_v thus_o for_o himself_o the_o same_o god_n that_o dispose_v of_o order_n dispose_n of_o 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