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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.
But if ye take part with Gersō as ye say ye do, mark how the chief pillar of your building begins to shake.
But if ye take part with Gersō as ye saye ye do, marke howe the chiefe piller of your buildinge begynnes to shake.
If the Pope be head of y• church ⟨image 94⟩as ye say, and the council be but, Ecclesia representativa, that is a resemblance of the church, as your Canonists and school men say▪ how •an it be but y• Pope by your own saying (whether Gerson will or nill) must •des be head of the council? for he that is head of the whole) must also be head of y• part: onlesse perhaps ye will say, the part is greater then the whole.
If the Pope be head of y• church ⟨image 94⟩as ye say, and the councell be but, Ecclesia representatiua, that is a resemblance of the churche, as your Canonistes and schole men saye▪ howe •an it be but y• Pope by your own saying (whether Gerson wyl ornyll) must •des be head of the councell? for he that is head of the whole) must also be head of y• part: onlesse perhappes ye will saye, the parte is greater then the whole.