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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.
These words are the very like I remember I spake here openly before you all. And these be the things, that sum men say I have spoken, and cannot justify. But I for my part, will not only, not call in, any thing that I then said, (being well assured of the truth therein) but also, will lay more matter to y• same. That if they, that seek occasion, have any thing to y• ⟨image 167⟩contrary, they may have the larger scope to reply against me.
These words are the very lyke I remember I spake here openly before you all. And these be the things, that sum men say I haue spoken, and cannot iustify. But I for my part, will not only, not call in, any thinge that I then sayd, (beinge well assured of the truth therein) but also, will laye more mater to y• same. That if they, that seeke occasion, haue any thing to y• ⟨image 167⟩contrary, they may haue the larger scope to replye againstme.
Wherefore, beside all that I have said already, I will say farther, and yet nothing so much, as might be said. If any one of all our adversaries, be able clearly and plainly to prove, by such authority of the scriptures, the old doctors, & councils, as I said before, that it was then lawful, for the priest, to pronounce the words, of consecration closely, and in silence to him self: Or that, the priest had th• authority, to offer up Christ unto his father: Or to, communicate & receive the sacrament for an other, as they do: Or to apply the virtue of Christs, death and passion, to any man by the mean of y• mass: Or, that, it was then thought a sound doctrine, to teach the people, ⟨p. 165⟩