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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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Rainoldes. Charity is not sottish neither: I learn that lesson of him too. For as it is a vice to suspect unjustly: so it is no virtue to believe unwisely. And S. Paul, who saith that charity believeth all things: yet believed not that ithey meant him well, of whom he understood by his sisters son that they would lye in wait to kill him. Charity believeth all things, which a wise and godly man should believe. But to believe that Contius wrote that note him self, were greater folly to the believer, then charity to the Censor. For how could it be that a learned man, the kings professor of the law, should say concerning the same epistles, first, I have showed manifestly by many reasons that they are counterfeit: and anon, I know that some affirm them to be counterfeit; but I would desire them to bring better proof. Chiefly sith the cause, that is added there why he desireth better proof, is Isidores authority: 8whom kContius (in that respect) doth discredit; which note is printed too. And afterward again, on lother texts of those epistles, he noteth sundry points whereby it is manifest (he saith) that they are forged: and yet again, on mother, he mentioneth the proof thereof made in his preface: yea, and that is more, upon the same epistle of the same Anacletus, on which that counterfeit note was coined, nContius again noteth, this epistle is falsely fathered on Anacletus, 9as I advertised in my preface. See you not how rightly Tully did observe, that if, either subtlety were bold, or boldness crafty, it would go hard with the truth? The truth which is oppugned by those epistles of the Popes should have had one patron less to speak for her, if your Censor had been as politic to blot out the notes touching the preface, as he was hardy to leave the preface out, and coin a new note against it. And yet perhaps he blotted out some notes too. But men, who deal with much, shall oversee somewhat.