A defence of priestes mariages stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande, agaynst a ciuilian, namyng hym selfe Thomas Martin doctour of the ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, lawfull by the eternall worde of God, [and] by the hygh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope, coloured with the visour of the Churche. Whiche lawes [and] canons, were extynguyshed by the sayde parliament ...
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A defence of priestes mariages stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande, agaynst a ciuilian, namyng hym selfe Thomas Martin doctour of the ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, lawfull by the eternall worde of God, [and] by the hygh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope, coloured with the visour of the Churche. Whiche lawes [and] canons, were extynguyshed by the sayde parliament ...
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[Imprinted at London :: By Richarde Iugge [and John Kingston], printer to the Queenes Maiestie,
[1567?]]
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Gardiner, Stephen, 1483?-1555. -- A traictise declaryng and plainly provyng, that the pretensed marriage of priestes, and professed persones, is no mariage, but altogether unlawful, and in all ages, and al countreies of Christendome, bothe forbidden, and also punyshed -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Celibacy -- Church of England -- Early works to 1800.
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"A defence of priestes mariages stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande, agaynst a ciuilian, namyng hym selfe Thomas Martin doctour of the ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, lawfull by the eternall worde of God, [and] by the hygh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope, coloured with the visour of the Churche. Whiche lawes [and] canons, were extynguyshed by the sayde parliament ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07116.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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And in the meane tyme till this doctour can conciliate their saiynges and writynges, either with the scriptures, or betwixte them selues: I aduise thee gentle reader to folowe the counsell of Saincte Ciprian. Si in aliquo mutauerit & vacillauerit veritas, ad originem dominicam & euangelicam & apostolicam traditi∣onem reuertamur,* 1.1& inde surgat actus nostri ratio, vnde & ordo [ d] & origo surrexit. That is: If the truthe should be in doubte, or stagger in any matter, then lette vs returne to the Lordes origi∣nall, to that whiche is deliuered to vs by the euangelistes and apostles, and let the reason of our doyng rise thence, whence rose bothe ordre and oryginall.* 1.2 For as S. Hierome saieth, Nec paren∣tum
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[ a] nec maiorum error sequendus est, sed athoritas scripturarū, & dei docentis imperium. We should not followe the ouersight of our parentes, or yet of our elders, but the aucthoritie of scrip∣tures, and supreme rule of god his doctrine. If euer it was nede∣full and necessarie to resorte to Chrisostomes rule, writyng vpon this place of Mathewe the xxiiij chapiter. Tune qui in iudea sunt, fugiant ad montes, then thei whiche be in Iurie, let theim flee to the mountaines: it is more then necessarie now, perceauyng an∣tichriste his hooste, and armie of mennes Lawes and Canons so faste mustre together, to deface and debell Christe his doctrine [ b] and veritie: whiche notable discourse, good learned reader, I de∣sire thee to reade, and to note the contentes. And if sainct Augu∣stine did any seruice to the Churche of Christ, when he did write his notable booke de vnitate Ecclesie, againste the Donatistes, who onely chalenged the catholike Churche to be with them: so may he doe now moste profitable seruice against these apishe ca∣tholikes, that resemble sorilie the true catholiques in face onely, and els in neuer a parte beside.