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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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Hart. What mean you by that?
Hart. What meane you by that?
Rainoldes. You charge him with a capital crime (as I may term it,) to clear him of a lesser. He followeth not the Devil in lying, you say. But you grant, he followeth him in that is worse: even in the suppressing of the holy scripture to seduce the reader. For, as the Devi•• ▪ tempting Christ to cast him self down from the pinnacle, alleged, uit is written, He will give his Angels charge over thee; omitted, xthat they shall keep thee in all thy ways, because that made against him, the ways, (to which he tempted) being none of Christs ways: in like sort the Doctor tempting us to fall down before the Pope, when he alleged ywhose sins soever ye remit, as giving less to the Apostles then was promised to Peter; he omitted, zAs my father sent me, so I send you, whereby they all have full power, the same that Peter had. Neither yet contenting him self with this treachery: he proceedeth farther. And whereas athe scripture saith of Eliakim, that he was the steward of the kings house ▪ the Doctor affirmeth he was 6the hie priest: that seeing the key of Davids house was given him, and his key therein was a figure of Christs, and Christ did promise keys to Peter: the simple reader might conceive (by this allusion) that, as Eliakim was the hie priest in the old Testament, so Peter should be in the