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A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to…A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to…
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to a certain book lately set forth by M. Harding, and entitled, A confutation of &c. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Elephant, by Henry Wykes, Anno 1567. 27. OctobrisImprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, Anno 1567. 27. Octobris
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Such Marriages, or rather slidings and falls from the holier Chastity, that is Vowed to God, S. Augustine doubteth not but they be worse then aduoutries. S. Cyprian calleth this case plain incest. S. Basil accounteth the marriages of veiled virgins to be void, of no force, and Sacrilegious.
Sutche Mariages, or rather slidinges and falles from the holier Chastitie, that is Vowed to God, S. Augustine doubteth not but they be woorse then aduoutries. S. Cyprian calleth this case plaine inceste. S. Basile accompteth the mariages of vailed virgins to be voide, of no force, and Sacrilegious.
She that hath despoused her self to our Lord (saith S. Basil) is not free. For her husband is not dead, that she may marry to whom she list. And whiles her immortal husband liveth, ⟨p. 164⟩she shall be called an Aduoutresse, which for lusts of the Flesh hath brought a mortal man into our Lords Chamber.
She that hath despoused her selfe to our Lorde (saithe S. Basile) is not free. For her husbande is not deade, that shee maye marie to whome she liste. And whiles her immortal husbande liueth, ⟨p. 164⟩shee shal be called an Aduoutresse, whiche for lustes of the Fleashe hath brought a mortal man into our Lordes Chamber.
Touching the second,1 the Apostles forbid those, that come single to the Clergy, to marry, except such as remain in the inferior Orders, and proceed not to the greater, as we find in their Canons: Can 25. Paphnutius, as Socrates, and Sozomenus record in their Ecclesiastical story, said at the Nicene Council, that it was an Old Tradition of the Church, that such as come to the Degree or Order of Priesthood single, should not marry wives. And this is that Holy Bishop Paphnutius, whom these Evangelical Vowebreakers pretend to be their proctor for their unlawful Marriages.