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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For the words of the Council §Lllbe these, speaking namely of y• Communion under both kinds. Per• asserentes oppositum, tanquam Haeretici arcendi sunt, that ⟨image 25⟩is, they, that stubbornly defend & maintain the contrary, that is to say, they that stand in defence of that, that Christ commanded to be done & the Apostles, which all the old Catholic doctors and the whole Primitive Church observed, ought to be punished so, as is meet for Heretics. By these words they are called not Schihnatiks, as I said, but stubborn heretics, which is a great deal more odious you see therefore my report was more gentle then that council deserved.
For the wordes of the Councel §Lllbe these, speaking namely of y• Cō munion vnder bothe kindes. Per• asserentes oppositum, tanquam Haeretici arcendi sunt, that ⟨image 25⟩is, they, that stubburnly defende & maintain the contrarie, that is to say, they that stande in defence of that, that Christ cōmaunded to be done & the Apostelles, whiche all the olde Catholik doctors and the whole Primitiue Church obserued, ought to be punished so, as is miet for Heretiks. By these words they are called not Schihnatiks, as I said, but stubburn heretikes, which is a great deal more odious you see therfore my reporte was more gētle then yt coūcel deserued.
Where as you say we could never §Lllyet prove the error of one gene •al Council, I think your memory doth some what deceive you. For to pass by all other matters, Albertus Pighius the greatest learned man as it is thought of your side, hath found such errors to ou