3.
There are euneuches which haue* 1.1 guelded themselues, for the Kingdome
A manual of controuersies wherin the Catholique Romane faith in all the cheefe pointes of controuersies of these daies is proued by holy Scripture. By A.C.S.
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- A manual of controuersies wherin the Catholique Romane faith in all the cheefe pointes of controuersies of these daies is proued by holy Scripture. By A.C.S.
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- Champney, Anthony, 1569?-1643?
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- M. D. C. XIV [1614]
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"A manual of controuersies wherin the Catholique Romane faith in all the cheefe pointes of controuersies of these daies is proued by holy Scripture. By A.C.S." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A18390.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
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of heauen, he that can take, lett him take.
Haue care of him, and whatsoeuer* 1.2 thou shalt supererogate, I will at my returne repaye thee S. Augustine al∣luding to these two places sayth, you that yet haue not vowed: who can take, take, runn, whith perseueran∣ce that you may obayne, take euerie one his sacrifices, and enter into our lordes court not of necessitie, but hauing power of yor owne will, For as it is said thou shalt not kill, it cannot so be sayd thou shalt not marrie. For these things are exacted, they are profered, yf they be done they are commended yf thother be not done they are condemned: in these thinges god cōmaundeth a debt, in those what you shall supererogate (or be∣stowe more) he will render at is retur∣ne. with much more to the same purpose in the whole booke where he proueth virginitie to be onely a counsell, to be more perfect then wedlok, and to haue
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a greater glorie in the next life.
But for the Doctrine of the aūcient churche in this poynt I neede no other witnesse then Mr. Caluins owne confession set do∣wne in these wordes. This (say* 1.3 they) hath from furthest memorie be∣ene obserued, that they which would dedicate them selues wholy to our lord, should bynde them selues with the vo∣we of continencie. I graunt indeed that this maner hath also beene of ancient ty∣me receaued but I doe not graunt, that that age was so free from all fault, that what soeuer was done, might bee taken for a rule.
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* 1.1
Math. c. 19. v. 12
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* 1.2
Luke. c. 10. v. 35. De S. Virgini∣tate. cap. 30.
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* 1.3
lib. 4 in∣stitu. c. 13. sect. 27.