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The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head…The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head…
The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundry points, of the sufficiency and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministry of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the mass, with other controversies of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-government ... Penned by John Rainoldes, according to the notes set down in writing by them both: perused by John Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithful report of that which past in conference between them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise entitled, Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and the Church, written by John Rainoldes. With a defence of such things as Thomas Stapleton and Gregory Martin have carped at therein.The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie points, of the sufficiencie and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministerie of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the masse, with other controuerises of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-gouernment ... Penned by Iohn Rainoldes, according to the notes set downe in writing by them both: perused by Iohn Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithfull report of that which past in conference betwene them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise intitled, Six conclusions touching the Holie Scripture and the Church, writen by Iohn Rainoldes. With a defence of such thinges as Thomas Stapleton and Gregorie Martin haue carped at therein.
Londini: printed by John Wolfe, 1584Londini: printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1584
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even so, when the Pope had gotten the kingdom, that is, the supremacy, over the Israelites of God, that is, Christians; he took their sons & daughters, nay their fathers and mothers, who should beget them in the gospel, and feed them with the milk of life, and appointed them to serve him, to be his Chancellors, Treasurers, Secretaries, Masters of requests, Clerks of the Exchequer, Legates, in peace to go on embassages, in war to look unto his armies; he took their bishoprics, and benefices, and prebends, the best, and gave them to his servants, yea the first fruits and tithes of their livings, and gave them to his Courtiers ⟨p. 382⟩and to his servants; he took their pastors, their doctors, their elders, their deacons, and put them to his work; he took the tithe of their Churches, nay their whole Churches; and, to conclude, both they and theirs were made to serve him. If you, M. Hart, who have been at Rome, and seen the Popes person, have not yet perceived this policy of the Pope: your want of experience, or rather your education in a Popish Seminary, (where other kind of books are given you to read then as bewray such mysteries,) may bear the fault of it. But there are two Italians of your own profession, Franciscus Sansovinus, and Onuphrius the Friar: of whom kthe one hath written a treatise of the government of the Court of Rome; lthe other, sundry books of the Popes and Cardinals. By them you may learn it. For Onuphrius showeth mthat there are three sorts of the Church-officers which are named Cardinals, the first Bishops; the second, Priests; and the last, Deacons: Priests, and Deacons, of the parishes that are within Rome; Bishops, of the cities that lie near about it. When Rome had received the Christian faith, and the Church increased there from day to day; the faithful were divided into sundry parishes for their better government, and had Elders and Deacons ordained to attend them. *Elders, or, as you term them, Priests, (and I will call them so, because I speak of Cardinals known by that title,) were they to whom the charge of ministering the word and sacraments; Deacons, to whom the care for the poor of the church, and their provision, was committed. Now at first, the parishes had each but one Priest, while they being small, one pastor could discharge the duty.