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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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which although the skilful might crush in pieces without harm, yet might they do harm by stinging the unskilful: even as a scorpion if he sting a man, doth hurt him with his sting; but if you bruise him straight and with his body bruised anoint the part stung, he doth you no hurt. Wherefore to the intent that this scorpion of Bristow, pricking with two stings, (as the worst kind of scorpions is wont,) the one of slanders, the other of cavils, might do no hurt to our men, whom in the universities or other parts of the realm he is thought to have stung: many godly men have wished him to be bruised, that, if not all the parts, yet at least so many as the grace of God (which only healeth) would recur, might therewith be anointed. And this do they seem to have wished so much the more, because some men having little skill in physic do think that this scorpions stingings are uncurable. For both Bristow himself, as Thraso […] Terence, praising his own speeches, 1And now they were all afraid of me, doth proudly ask ywhether any of our great Masters will answer his Demands; as though we had neither shield in the Church to quench the fiery darts of Satan, nor physician in Israel to heal such as are wounded: and I know not what Gnatho, which hath cast abroad of late infamous verses in our university, hath insolently boasted that zthe Captains tremble amazed with Bristow's lightning, as though he had astonied the Colonels of our army, & not the soldiers only. But let Bristow know that nether all do fear him, howsoever he hath touched the youths in his Pasquines: nor poor men have cause to stand in doubt of him, though he threaten (being armed with a leaver and a dish-clout) that a will quell all who stand in his way, & crush them in pieces. And if the Parasites of the Pope think that to be lightning, which he hath ••asht to burn England: sure it is such lightning as was (after the aPoet) the lightning of Salmoneus, who shaking oft a torch, did counterfeit the thundering sounds and lightning flames of heaven. But such kinds of lightning, although they daunt the wavering Greeks and town of Elis, whose king is Salmoneus: yet they daunt not the unuincible Christians and city of the living God, whose king is the Lord.