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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.
Now God wot, then are the pore silly souls little beholden to you, that have been so long and so worshipfully maintained by the sweat of their brows and now seeing them, as ye say, deceived, & perish before your eyes, ye can hold your peace and let all alone. Saint Paule sayd, Quis infirmatur, & ego non infirmor? quis offenditur, & ego non uror? Cupio Anathema esse à Christo, pro fratribus me•s. And so would ye say to, if ye were so sure of y• matter, as s. Paul was, or if ye had the spirit of S. Paul.
NOwe God wote, then are the pore sely soules litle beholden to you, that haue been so long and so worshipfully maintained by the sweat of theyr browes and nowe seyng them, as ye say, deceyued, & perish before your eyes, ye cā hold your peace and let al alone. Saint Paule sayd, Quis infirmatur, & ego non infirmor? quis offenditur, & ego non vror? Cupio Anathema esse à Christo, pro fratribus me•s. And so would ye say to, ifye were so sure of y• matter, as s. Paul was, or if ye had the spirite of S. Paul.
Wise men, ye say, know that ye ⟨image 104⟩have just cause to do, as ye do. Doubtless: for he that can find nothing to say, hath a reasonable cause to hold his peace. And yet I think, a mean wise man may see, that by y• virtue of your recognisance ye might as well have alleged s. Augustin, & s. Hierom, as Royard, & Tapper. But ye know, the matter is such, that if ye once cum to allegations, whatsoever ye say, it will be the worse. As for my part, so that both the wise, & the unwise may see your errors, and how little ye have to say for your self. I pass not greatly whether ye confess the same by speaking, or by holding your peace. For, qui tacet consentire videtur, as ye your self are wont to ay.