Bels trial examined that is a refutation of his late treatise, intituled. The triall of the nevve religion By B.C. student in diuinitie. VVherein his many & grosse vntruthes, with diuers contradictions are discouered: together with an examination of the principal partes of that vaine pamphlet: and the antiquitie & veritie of sundry Catholike articles, which he calleth rotten ragges of the newe religion, are defended against the newe ragmaster of rascal. In the preface likewise, a short viewe of one Thomas Rogers vntruthes is sett downe, taken out of his booke called. The faith doctrine and religion, professed and protected in the realme of England, &c. with a short memorandum for T.V. otherwise called Th. Vdal.

THE XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. AND XIX, VNTRVTHES.

NOwe followeth a litter of diuers lyes, con∣teyned in three or fower lynes, of which I must speake in particular. Pleading still for the marriage of the clergie he saith. For this respecte was it that many learned and holie bishops were maryed in the auncient tyme, and flourishinge state of the Church, vz S. Gregorie, S. Clement, S. Spiridion. S. Philogonius, S. Eupsichius and others. This he bringeth to proue, that they marryed after receiuinge of holie orders, or at least vsed still the carnall company of their former wiues, or els he proueth nothinge. But in these wordes is conteyned a notorious lye, with

siue followers and others. Why hath he not noted in his margent sufficient authoritie to iustify what he saith? will these tricks of trustie sir Thomas neuer be lefte? It serueth not the turne to tell vs, that he hath done it in his Suruey, and that for two reasons. The first is, because many haue not that booke, and no reasone can he alleadge for not addinge the quotations here, but onlye that he would haue his ignorant reader, to take all vpon the reporte of his worde; Secondly for that I finde not in all his Suruey any Clement noted for a marryed bishop, and yet haue I viewed ouer the third and fourth chapters of his third parte, where he entreateth of that matter: But to runne ouer his particular catalogue.

That S. Gregorie, the father of S. Gregorie Nazian∣zen. did marry after he was Bishopp is one vn∣truth: for he was marryed before euer he was christened, as he may learne out of that funerall Oration of Nazianzen, which in his Suruey he * 1.1 citeth to proue him a marryed bishoppe. That S. Clement after the dignitie of bishopp tooke any wife, is a second vntruth: for I challeng him con∣fidently, thoughe litle knowinge what Clement he meaneth. That S. Spiridion was marryed I graunte, but Bell must proue, that it was after he was created Bishopp, and not before, or at leaste that he vsed the company of his wife which he will neuer doe, and so that maketh the third vntruth. The verie selfe same thinge I say of S. Cheremon, and S. Philogonius which make vpp the fourth and fift vntruthes.

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