A10322:91
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 of this argument Bellarmin doth say that it is altogether insoluble. In saying whereof he seemeth to confess that none of the former arguments were so, but might be answered and confuted. His confession touching them hath reason with it: I must needs approve it. But his vaunt of this is like that ofb Ben Hadad's that the dust of▪ Samaria would not be enough to all the people that followed him for every man an handful. To whom the King of Israel said, Let not him that girdeth his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off. Bellarmin hath scarcely girt his harness yet, & that which he hath girt, is unserviceable bad harness too.
And of this argument Bellarmin doth say that it is altogether insoluble. In saying whereof hee seemeth to confesse that none of the former arguments were so, but might bee answered and confuted. His confession touching them hath reason with it: I must needs approve it. But his vaunt of this is like that ofb Ben hadads that the dust of▪ Samaria would not bee enough to all the people that followed him for every man an handfull. To whom the King of Israel sayde, Let not him that girdeth his harnies, boast himself as hee that putteth it off. Bellarmin hath skarcly girt his harneis yet, & that which hee hath girt, is vnservisable bad harneis too.
For the foremost part thereof, his proposition a vouching that the words If she depart, and so forth, are meant of her only which parteth from her husband upon a just cause of divorcement, as namely for whoredom heresy, and such like, is faulty sundry ways: seeing they are neither meant of her only which parteth for a just cause; and though they be also meant of her which parteth for any other just cause, yet not of her which for whoredom.