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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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of her Majesties faithful and obedient subjects he saith that they iobey her for common humanity, not of duty: to traitors, who suffered for taking arms against her, he giveth the title of kholy and most glorious Martyrs: he slanderously reporteth that lthe wiser sort and principal of the Realm have proved by experience of our doings that our religion is no religion at all: that our mBishops and Ministers are most ill and wicked, and nvery few who preach, and they scarce ever preach upon the mysteries of faith: that our people othe nearer they come to the preachers doctrine, the more they fall away from order and godliness, assuring yet themselves to be saved by faith only be they never so wicked: that in our pUniversities, either nothing is studied; or the art of speaking only, not Divinity; or if Divinity, not all, but a few points of it: that qour country is full not of men, but of monsters, of Atheists, of Achrists, of them who believe not that a mans soul doth live more then a beasts when it is gone out of the body: finally, (not to rake out of those caves of brimstone the rest of the *coals of juniper which he doth throw both generally upon whole estates, and upon many learned and godly men particularly,) that our Church, the very body of our Church, doth not foster an heresy or two, but rhath revived many old heresies, s