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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
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.
Which difference of words, necessary to be observed for the distinction of things between the Ministers of the old and the new testament, as the Apostles kept it in the tongue in which the new testament is written, so they who translated the testament into English were to keep it also. Wherefore it was not of falsehood and corruption, but of religious zeal of truth, that they called presbyter, an Elder, not a Priest. For sith the custom of our English speech hath made the name of Priest proper to a man appointed to sacrifice, such as were the 1Priests after the order of Aaron in the old testament, the Priest after the order of Melchizedek in the new: the Ministers of the gospel, ordained, not (as Christ) to sacrifice to God, but to feed Gods people with his word and sacraments, must have an other name 2according ⟨p. 538⟩to the scripture: and our English word, expressing that in scripture, is the name of Elders. But you by confusion of these sundry names do seek confusion of the things: and as thieves are wont to change the marks of things which they have stolen; so you, to make the Priesthood of Christ seem your own, do change names, as marks of things which they signify. For in stead of that which we call [an Elder] you would have [a Priest,] that your Massing Priests may be accounted aPriests after the order of Melchizedek, as Christ is a Priest: and so your sacrifice of the Mass be thought the sovereign sacrifice, (as byour Master calleth it,) wherein Christ is offered unto God his father. In the which conveyance, if you painted it with nought but colours of your own: the matter were less. For, cthe abusing of one name applied unto sundry things was a common shift of sophisters among the heathens. And you are to be borne with, if, having no better cause then they had, sometimes you adventure on the shifts that they did. But to abuse the credit of the Apostles to this sophistry, and say that they gave the name of Priests to Pastors of the Church of Christ: that is a fault that cannot be excused. For seeing our language doth mean by [Priests] sacrificers, which in their language are called [Greek or Hebrew] and they never gave the name of [Greek or Hebrew] to Pastors of the Christian Church: it followeth that they gave them not the name of Priests.