A10322:52
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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But why should these be noted by him as improbable, yea denied unworthy the rehearsal, and that of his own, though adding in the like sort, which is not lawful, be allowed as probable, yea magnified as most true by the pamphleteer? The reasons which they both, or rather which Ballarmin, for the pamphleteer doth no more here but English him, as neither else where for the most part, though he brag not thereof: the reasons then which Bellarmin doth press out of the text to breed a persuasion in his credulous scholars that this interposition is probable and likely, are pressed indeed according to the proverb; The wringing of the nose causeth blood to come out. For he saith that Christ did not place the exception after those words And shall marry another, but straight after those whosoever shall put away land likewise when he added, and whoso marrieeth her that is put away committeth adultery he did not join thereto; Except it be for whoredom: to the intent that he might show that the cause of whoredom doth only make the putting away to be lawful, & not the celebrating of a new marriage too. And how doth he prove that Christ did soe place the exception in the former clause to this intent? or to this intent did omit it in the latter? Nay he proveth it not; it is but his conjecture, like a sick mans dream. Unless this go for a proof, that Christ did not so place it before without cause, nor omit it afterward without cause. Which if he meant it should, it was for want of a better. For Christ did not these things without cause I grant Therefore he did them for this cause; it followeth not. S. Paul, having occasion to cite a place of scripture doth set it down thus.m Come ye out from among them, & separate your selves saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing. Herein he hath placed the words saith the Lord, not after touch no unclean thing but after, separate your selves. This did he not without cause, What? for this cause therefore that he might restrain the words, saith the Lord, to the former branch as not pertaining to the later also? No for it appeareth by then Prophet Isaiah that they belong to both. It is to be thought then, that the spirit of ⟨p. 12⟩God who doth nothing without cause, did move Paul for some cause to place them soe.