A10322:56
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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For if whosoever separateth his wife from him, but for whoredom, doth commit adultery in causing her to commit it: Then is it a sin to separate her for any cause save for whoredom. If it be a sin: Thez Church of Rome erreth in holding and decreeing that she may be separated ⟨p. 15⟩for sundry other causes. But whosoever saith that the Church erreth herein, is accursed by thea Council of Trent. The Council of Trent therefore doth consequently curse Bellarmin, if he say that Christ spake his words in that sense, in which he construeth them. And doth it not curseb Austin also, &c Theophilact, whom Bellarmin allegeth as saying the same? at least it declareth that in the Councels judgment, the fathers missexpound the Scrip tures sometimes, even those very places on which the Papists cite them as sound interpreters of the scripture. Now the speech of Christ being cleared & saved entire from all cavils, the meaning thereof is plain, as I have showed, that he who having put a way his wife for whoredom marrieth another, committeth not adultery. For soe much importeth the exception negative of the cause of whoredom, opposed to the general affirmative proposition, wherewith our Saviour answered the question of the Pharisees touching divorcements used by the Jews, who putting away there wives for any cause did marry others.
For if whosoever seperateth his wife from him, but for whoredome, doth committ adulterie in causing her to committ it: Then is it a sinne to seperate her for any cause save for whoredome. If it bee a sinne: Thez Church of Rome erreth in houlding and decreeing that shee may bee seperated ⟨p. 15⟩for sundrie other causes. But whosoever sayth that the Churche erreth herein, is accursed by thea