A10322:71
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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And why should not she be as likely to recover her husbands goodwill, to whom she had been faithful: as a faithless whore and infamous strumpet to get a new husband?
And why should not shee bee as likely to recover her husbands goodwill, to whom shee hadd bene faithfull: as a faythlesse whore and infamous strumpett to get a newe husband?
Chiefly seeing that it is to be presumed they loved each other wh•n they married: and experience showeth thatt Falling out of Lovers is a renewing of love. But if through the frowardness of men on the one side, & foolishness on the other, the chaste wife could hardly reconcile her husband, the whore get easily a match: it sufficeth that the law of Christ cannot be justly charged with absurdity, though it do enlarge the unchaste and lewd in some outward thing, in which it enlargeth not the chaste. No more thenu the providence of God may be controlled and noted of iniquity thoughx the evil & wicked enjoy certain earthly blessings in this life, which are not granted to the upright & godly. Wherefore the first place of Scripture out of S. Matthew enforced by Bellarmin, with his2 horned argument (as the Logicians term it) doth serve him as much to annoy our cause: a• the Iron horns made in Achabs favour by Zedekiah the false prophet did stand him in stead to push and consume the host of the Aramites
Chiefly seing that it is to bee presumed they loved ech other wh•n they married: and experience sheweth thatt