¶ The Ecclesiastical power / is 1the divine commandment? in teaching the Gospel administra the Sacraments / ordaining the ministers of the Gospel annunciating remission of Since to Every body / or to many Constituting Judgements of doctrines ⟨image 26⟩here is my well beloved son, here him. therefore christ, although he proponith diversity between them ye know & do not know that he doth not utterly deliver them that know not, when he saith, he y• knoweth the will of his master & doth it not, shall be the mor punished, yet he that knoweth not, doing things wordy pa••e shall be less punished it is commonly said, sanctarusticitas .i. holy rusticity as who saith aplanemā of y• country, he thinketh no hurt, be this manner of saying many excuseth their folly or foolishness, as who saith it is a pity or a godliness not to know evangelist, but erasmus truly & gravely reprehendeth it saying, & saith that no man 2can be a christen man but y• he know many things for y• evangelist is a certain excellent wisdom which no man with out great cure meditation, collation of learning & communication with learned men, ⟨image 26⟩doth obtain, & peter doth command and bid us to be ready to render our account, secondarily, nether the affectated ignorance of mans positive law, nor y• ignorance of y• deed doth excuse, Affectated ignorance, is of that th•g 3which every man as well of the law as of y• deed is bound to, know this Ignorance doth aristotle elegantly speak, of saying, ignorance which any man willingly doth accerse do not excuse, but is a perversity, & so is universal 4ignorance that is when we know nothing at all of those things which we ought to do & a little after he addeth that a jug ought to punish the ignorance, if a man be to himself cause of ignorance, & thus ignorance of law doth not excuse a judge which is bound to know be virtue of his office, nor affectatid ignorance in a mans own, proper deed, as if a man being in possession of any ⟨image 27⟩thing do not know, whether that thing be laid to pledge to him, or given A litigator or a suitor in the law, Ignorance of law donor excuse, as s•enola said, it is a 5foul thing for a noble man and coming to his causes or to suite, not to know the law wherein he is tossed or sued, but from this degree be wont to be except, women and soldiers to whom the error of the law is pardoned. The third is a probable Ignorance of deed either of his own, or of an other mans which hath an excusacion.
¶ The Ecclesiasticall power / is 1the deuine commaundement? in teachyng the Gospell administra the Sacramentes / ordaynynge the mynysters of the Gospell annuncyatynge remyssyon of Synnes to Euerye bodye / or to many Constytutynge Iudgemedtes of doctrines ⟨image 26⟩here is my wel beloued sōe, here hī. therfor crist, although he ꝓponith diuersite betwene thē ye kno & do not kno yt he doth not vtterly deliuer thē yt kno not, whē he saith, he y• knoweth ye wyll of his master & doth it not, shalbe ye mor punished, yet he yt knoweth not, doing thīgꝭ wordy pa••e shalbe les punished it is cōmēly said, sāctarusticitas .i. holi rusticite as who saith aplanemā of y• coūtre, he thīketh no hurt, be this māer of saying many excuseth their folly or folishnꝭ, as who saith it is a pity or a godlines not to knoth auēgelist, but erasmꝰ truly & grauely rephēdeth yt saiīg, & saith yt nomā 2cā be a christē mā but y• he kno mani thingꝭ for y• euāgelist is a certē excellēt wisdō which no mā wt out gret cure meditaciō, colaciō of lernīg & cōmunicaciō wt lerned mē, ⟨image 26⟩doth optaine, & peter doth cōmaūd and byd vs to be redy to render our accōpte, secōdarly, nether ye affectated ignoraūce of mās positiue law, nor y• ignoraūce of y• dede doth excuse, Affectated ignoraūce, is of yt th•g 3which eueri mā as wel of ye law as of y• dede is boūd to, know this Ygnorasice doth aristotle elegātly speke, of saying, ignoraūce which any mā willingly doth accerse do not excuse, but is a puersite, & so is vniuersall 4ignoraūce yt is whē we kno nothīg at al of thos thingꝭ which we ought to do & alitil after headdith yt a iug ought to punish ye ignoraūce, if a mā be to hīself cause of ignoraū ce, & thꝰ ignoraūce of law doth not excuse a iuge which is boūd to kno be vertue of his office, nor affectatid ignoraūce ī a mās own, ꝓpper dede, as if a mā beīg īpossessiō of any
- 1The ecclesiastical power▪The ecclesiasticall power▪
- 2Evangetyst.Euangetyst.
- 3Affectated ignorance.Affectated ignoraunce.
- 4Ignorance.Ygnoraunce.
- 5stenola.
