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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.
Ecce duo gladii hic: Behold here ⟨image 151⟩be two swords: Ergo, the Bishop of Rome hath power of both swords, both spiritual and temporal. This is an argument of theirs used by Boniface, the. viii. Extra de maioritate, & obedientia, as above. The Bishop of Rome granteth out pardons, Ergo, there must needs be a Purgatory. This is an argument of theirs used by John Fisher Bishop of Rochester. Euntes docete omnes gentes: Go & teach all nations. And againe: Quam speciosi pedes evangelizanr•um1 pacem, evangelizantiū bona. O, how beautiful be the feet, of them y• preach peace, of them that preach good things. And again▪ Calciati2 pedes in preparationem Evangelii pacis. Having your feet shod to the preparation of the Gospel of peace. Ergo, the Bishop must wear purple ⟨p. 149⟩sandals. Aspergam super vos aquam mundam. I will sprinclevpō you clean water. Ergo, the priest must sprinkle the people with holy water. Sine me nihil potestis facere Without me you can do nothing: Ergo, the Bishop only must consecrate the church, & no man else. All these, with a number more of the like, be their arguments, used by William Durand in his Rationali divinorum. But let us come near, & see the arguments. Whereupon the Mass is built, Nolite sanctum dare canibus. Give not holy things to dogs. Ergo, the priest at Mass, & other where, may no• speak to the people, but in a strange tong. The title of Christs death, was written upon the cross, in Greek, Hebrew, & Latin. Ergo, all common prayers in the church, must ⟨image 152⟩be used in one of the same tongues, y• is, ether in Greek, or in Hebrew, or in Latin. These arguments have ben used by many, devised first, as may he thought by Master Eckius.
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