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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. Yet the shreds and clouts of tailors and cobblers ⟨p. 100⟩may have greater knowledge perhaps and better judgement of the sense of scriptures, then the scarlet gowns of learneder men then they. For the learned Pharisees, xwho condemned the people as ignorant of the law, did not judge the doctrine of Christ to be true: nay ythey rejected it as false with search, and see. But zthe men of Beroea (some of whom by likelihood were tailors, or cobblers, or at least common artificers as mean as they) areceived it with all readiness, & (upon the search of the scriptures) believed it. Howbeit when I mentioned that judgement of the godly, I meant the godly learned. Wherefore you needed not to speak of shreds and clouts, but that you were loth perhaps to leese this jest. Chiefly, sith I showed thereupon withal, that, for the trial of controversies by scripture, the tongs (in which the scripture is written) must be known, namely, Greek and Hebrew. The which shreds and clouts, neither many tailors and cobblers with us, neither many Cardinals and Popes with you have. Nor yet am I ashamed of that kind of trial and judgement by the godly who have not learned tongues, and arts, but Christ only. And I comprised it in that which I said, that Christ is the judge, and they which under him have it committed to them, even the church of Christ. For himself hath given by special commission two sorts of judgement to his church, the one private, the other public: private, to all the faithful, and bspiritual, as God calleth them, who are willed cto judge of that which is taught, and to dtry spirits whither they be of God: public, e