A10322:43
A defence of the judgment of the Reformed churches. That a man may lawfully…A defence of the iudgment of the Reformed churches. That a man may lawfullie…
A defence of the judgment of the Reformed churches. That a man may lawfully not only put away his wife for her adultery, but also marry another. / Wherein both Robert Bellarmin the Jesuits Latin treatise, and an English pamphlet of a nameless author maintaining the contrary are co[n]futed by John Raynolds. A taste of Bellarmins dealing in controversies of religion: how he depraveth Scriptures, misalleagthe [sic] fathers, and abuseth reasons to the perverting of the truth of God, and poisoning of his Church with error..A defence of the iudgment of the Reformed churches. That a man may lawfullie not onelie put awaie his wife for her adulterie, but also marrie another. / Wherin both Robert Bellarmin the Iesuites Latin treatise, and an English pamphlet of a namelesse author mainteyning the contrarie are co[n]futed by Iohn Raynolds. A taste of Bellarmins dealing in controversies of religion: how he depraveth Scriptures, misalleagthe [sic] fathers, and abuseth reasons to the perverting of the truth of God, and poisoning of his Churche with errour..
Dordrecht: printed by George Walters, 1609
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Having all passages therefore shut against him for scaping this way, he fleeth to another starting hole: to wit, that if the word be taken exceptively, yet may it be an exception negative.
Having al passages therefore shutt againste him for scaping this way, he sleeth to another starting hole: to weete, that if the worde be taken exceptively, yet may it be an exception negative.
And this (he sayeth) sufficeth for the maintenance of S. Austins answer. For when it is said, whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting the cause of whoredom, and shall marry another doth commit adultery: the cause of whoredom may be excepted, either because in that case it is not edul•erie to marry another; and this is an exception affirmative: or because nothing is pres•tly determined touching that cause, whether it be sufficient to excuse adultery or no; and this is an exception negative, which in that S. Austin embraced he did well. I would to God Bellarmin had S. Austins modesty. Then would he be ashamed to charge such a man with embracing such whorish filth of his own fancying, as in this distinction of negative and affirmative exception he doth. For he handleth it soe l•wdly and perversely, by calling that affirmative, which in deed• is negative, ⟨p. 7⟩and by avouching that to be negative, which is not: as if he had made a covenant with his lips to lye, treading in the steps of those wicked wretches of whom it is written swoe unto them who say that good is evil, and evil good. For the proof whereof it is to be noted that an exception is a particular proposition contradictory to a general: So that if the general proposition be affirmative, the exception is negative, and if the proposition be negative contrariwise, the exception is affirmative.