A10322:6
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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The Preface to the Reader.
Good Reader, my love & reverence to the author living, and to his memory being dead: & my desire to serve the church of God by other mens works, who am not able to do it by mine own: have moved me to publish this learned treatise, which Doctor Rainolds left (as many other exquisite travels of his) shut up in the closet of some private friends as in a fair prison.
GOod Reader, my love & reverēce to the author living, and to his memorie being dead: & my desire to serve the church of God by other mens woorks, who am not able to doe it by myne owne: have moved me to publishe this learned treatise, which Doctor Rainolds left (as many other exquisit travels of his) shutt vp in the closett of some private frends as in a fayre prison.
Because my testimony (or any mans I know) is of much less weight then the only name of the author to commend the work, I will say nothing more in praise of it, then that it is an undoubted work of that worthy & holy man, whose learning, diligence, abilities, meekness, wisdom, & piety made him eminent to us, & may ⟨image 3⟩perhaps yield him more admirable to posterity, which without envy of his person shall view the marks of these graces in his writings, or take them by story.