Marriage and the church (Saint Bridget; White, A Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere to Certain Questions, 1624)
Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote: [...] Few of them ( out alas ) live continently. And S. Bridget the Nunne in her Revelation saith g , Not one among a hundred. And the same Bridget speaking of Nunnes, saith h , Talia loca similiora sunt Lupanaribus, quam Sanctis Cellis ; Such places are more like Brothelhouses and common Stewes, than holy Cells. [...] (g) Revel. Bridg. l.6. c.35. Paucissimi inueniuntur alij & tam pauci ut vix unus teperitur in centum. (h) Lib. 4. c.33. Portæ indifferenter Clericis & Laicis quibus placet sororibus introitum dare etiam in ipsis noctibus...