A10322:65
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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Saint Austin in his learned books of Christian Doctrine, wherein he gives rules how to find the right and true sense of Scriptures, doth wella advise the faithful, First to search and mark those things which are set down in the Scriptures plainly, and then to go in hand with sifting and dis•ussing of the dark places: that the darker speeches may be made evident by Patterns and examples of the more plain & manifest, and the records of certain & undoubted sentences may take away doubt of the uncertain.
SAinct Austin in his learned bookes of Christian Doctrine, wherein hee geves rules how to finde the right and true sence of Scriptures, doth wella aduise the faithful, First to search and marke those things which are set downe in the Scripturs plainly, and then to goe in hande with sifting and dis•ussing of the darke places: that the darker speeches may be made evident by Patterns and examples of the more playne & manifest, and the records of certayne & vndoubted setences may take away doubt of the ūcertayne.
- aDe doct•, Christ lib. 2•. cap. 9.
This wholesome and judicious Counsel of S, Augustin if our adversaries had been as careful to follow, as they are willing to show they follow him in these things which he hath written less advisedly: they would not have alleged and urged the places of Scripture, which they do against the point of doctrine hitherto proved out of the nineteenth chapter of S. Matthew. For Christ in that place doth open the matter and decide the question most plainly and fully: of purpose answering the Pharisees. In others, either it is not handled of purpose, incidentally touched; or in generality set down more briefly, and soe more darkly and obscurely. Wherefore if any of the other places had seemed unto them to raise up a scruple, and show of some repugnancy: they should have taken pains to explain and level it by that in S. Matthew the darker by the clearer, the briefer by the larger, the uncertain and ambiguous by the undoubted and certain. But seeing they have chosen to follow S. Austins oversights rather than his best advises in like sort as