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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.
Of the other side, such orders as have ben devised by men, may be broken, upon sum good consideration, only because they were men that devised them. For as men them self be mortal, so all their wisdoms and inventions be but mortal. As that the communion should be used in the morning, or at night. That women should cum ⟨image 110⟩to the church ether covered or open faced, wherein ye say. Saint Peter toke order. That the ministers goods should be all in common, or otherwise. &c. These & other like, were things appointed and ordered by men, and therefore were never used in all places of one sort. But as they were brought in by men, so might they be dissolved & broken by men. In these things, I grant, the examples of the doctors, or Apostles, bind us not. In these things it were an error to say we are bound of necessity, to follow the use of the Primitive church. These and other like things they be, that. S. Ambrose speaketh of, whom ye at Westminster alleged in the case ye then entreated of directly making against your self. And we, when we heard you ⟨p. 108⟩name him first, marvelled much what ye meant to meddle with him above all others. For as touching yt common prayers to be had in a strange tong (which matter we had then in hand.) S. Ambrose seemeth of purpose to control both you & your brethren, in manner one whole chapter through writing upon it. xiiii. chap. 1. Cor. And farther, the examples that he useth, in the place, where ye alleged him, are these. That the deacon, in the Primitive church, used to preach, and in his time preached not: and that women in the Primitive church, used to baptise, & in his […] baptised not: and that in […] •tive church, the Sacrament of Baptism was ministered at all times indifferently, without difference of days, and ⟨image 111⟩that in his time it was ministered only upon certain days.
Of the other syde, suche orders as haue ben deuised by men, may be brokē, vpon sum good consideracion, onelye because they were men that deuised thē. For as men them selfe be mortall, so all theyr wisedomes and inuentions be but mortall. As that the communion should be vsed in the mornynge, or at night. That womē should cum ⟨image 110⟩