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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.
The Reply Sarum.
I Meant not to be captious, but only to put you in remembrance that your pretence of learning is but feigned, & that you are not in deed so willing to be taught as ye would seem to be Whensoever ye shall show me by your law that a man may be required to prove a […] negative, I will be content to confer with you, and to show you ⟨p. 58⟩the rest of my prou•es.
I Meant not to be captious, but onely to put you in remēbraunce that your pretence of learninge is but femed, & that you are not in dede so willing to be taught as ye would seme to be Whensoeuer ye shall shew me by your lawe that a man may be required to proue a 〈…〉 negatiue, I wilbe content to confer with you, and to shewe you ⟨p. 58⟩the reast of my prou•es.
Ye say ye choose your teacher as men do their wives, many men are led by folly & phansy in choosing their wives. I would your luk should be better in choosing your teacher. But S. Paul prophesied in his time, that there should come scholars with titling ears & choose them selves teachers according to their own appetites that should turn away their ears from the trueth, and give themselves to the hearing of fables. The Prophet Isaiah saith, there were scholars in his time that would say to their teachers. Loquimini nobis placentia, videte nobis errores. Auferte a nobis viam, declinate semitā, caesar à facie nostra […] Israel. That is speak to us such things as may like us, See us errors,