A detection of sundrie foule errours, lies, sclaunders, corruptions, and other false dealinges, touching doctrine, and other matters vttered and practized by M.Iewel, in a booke lately by him set foorth entituled, a defence of the apologie. &c. By Thomas Harding doctor of diuinitie.

Iewel.

M. Harding vnvvares falleth into the same Negatiue Diuinitie, that h••s•• often, and so muche abhorreth. For thus he saith, vve denie vtterly, that any man, after that he hath receiued holy Orders, maie marrie.

Neither can it be shevved, that the Marriage of suche vvas euer accomp∣ted lavvful in the Catholique Churche. If this tale be true, then be al the Greeke Priestes Votaries, as vvel as the Latines. But it is noted vpon the Decrees, Graeci continentiam non promittunt, vel tacitè, vel expressè. The Greekes make no promise of continent, or Single life, neither secretly, nor expressely.

Harding.

If you take them to be Votaries, that make a Vowe neuer to marrie for time to come, so are the Greeeke Priestes Votaries by law of the Greeke Churche, as wel as the Latines. but if you accompte them to be Votaries, that Vowe vtterly to absteine from the vse of a woman, whether they had wiues before they tooke holy Orders, or otherwise: in this sense the Greekes are not ne haue not ben Votaries generally, that is to say, in al places and at al times, as the Latines were, and yet be, as among whom more austeritie of life hath alwaies ben vsed. So that in this respecte your Argument is naught, and concludeth not. As for your marginal note, it is besides the texte, and therfore of smal authoritie. It is a signe, ye lacke good eui∣dence for this matter, fith that for proufe of it, ye are dri∣uen to serue your selfe of such weake stuffe. Albeit the same note is thus to be vnderstanded, that they of the East Church, what time they were promoted to holy Orders, made no promise to absteine from the companie of their lawful wiues, vnto whom they were married, be∣fore they tooke suche Orders. And so muche you

might haue found in the texte, being a Decree of the sixt synode, that you needed not to haue scraped helpe out of the bookes margent. Now shew vs your better stuffe. For this is litle worthe.

Notes

• Distinct. 31. Quo∣niam. in Margine.
• In vvhat sense are the Greke Priestes Votaries.
• M. Iewels chiefe au∣toritie is a margi∣nal note vpon the Glose.
• Distinct. 31. Quo∣niam.