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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 it is a world, to consider the reason ye use to prove your purpose withal. For ye say the Church in Christs, & the Apostles tim, was but an infant, but now she is well stricken in age, therefore she must be otherwise dieted now, than she was then. This is not the handsomest comparison that I have herd of. For I never herd before now, that Christ & his Apostles, wet called infants. Or that ever any man before now toke upon him to set them to school. Isaiah saith that Christ shold be, pater futuri seculi, that is, the father of the world to cum, which is the tim of yt gospel. And s. Hierō, in your own decrees, calleth yt Apostles, patres ⟨image 114⟩that is, not infants, but the fathers of y• church. And I believe, though ye would study and labour for it, yet would it be very hard for you, either to find out any good substantial reason, wherefore ye with your brethren ought to be called y• fathers of gods church, or Christ and his apostles ought to be called babes. O that ye would indifferently compare the one with the other. Ye should find, that as like as ye & your Bishops are to the Apostles, so like is your church to the Apostles church.
But it is a world, to cōsider the reasō ye vse to proue your purpose withal. For ye say the Churche in Christs, & the Apostles tym, was but an infant, but now she is well strikē in age, therfore she must be otherwise dieted now, thē she was then. This is not the handsomest cōparison yt I haue herd of. For I neuer herd before now, yt Christ & his Apostles, wet called infants. Or yt euer any man before nowe toke vpon him to set thē to schole. Esay saith yt Christ shold be, pater futuri seculi, yt is, the sather of the world to cum, which is ye tym of yt gospel. And s. Hierō, in your owne decrees, calleth yt Apostles, patres ⟨image 114⟩that is, not infāts, but the fathers of y• church. And I beleue, though ye would study and labor for it, yet would it be very hard for you, eyther to find out any good substantial reasō, wherfore ye wt your brethren ought to be called y• fathers of gods church, or Christ and hys apostles ought to be called babes. O yt ye wold indifferētly compare the one wt the other. Ye shold find, that as lyke as ye & your Bishops are to the Apostles, so lyke is your church to the Apostles church.