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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 if it were an error?
Hart. What if it were an errour?
Rainoldes. How see you not then that Caiaphas did not prophesy by privilege of his office? For so he should have prophesied in this Council too, in which he sate as high Priest, he spake as high Priest, and to him as high Priest the Council did assent in giving sentence against Christ. But that amongst many mischiefs and falsehoods he spake the words of truth once, in a sense, not which he meant, (for he meant wickedly) but which his speech yielded: there was a work of God in it. Who, having sent his son, a saviour to the Jews, as he stirred them up to know him, and receive him, by Angels, by wonders, by voices from heaven, by mwise men from the east, na prophetess in the temple, oJohn Baptist in the wilderness, by men, women, children, all sorts of persons, yea by the devils them selves: so he made the high Priest to bear witness of him, by giving out an O••cle under doubtful words, to make the Jews more unexcusable, that by his own mouth the naughty servant might be judged. Wherefore not the ordinary privilege of office, but an extraordinary motion of God, did guide the tongue of ⟨p. 302⟩Caiaphas to prophesy of Christ: as phe opened the mouth of the ass of Balaam, to reprove her master. And you, who would gather an ordinary privilege of the Popes office by that extraordinary prophesying of Caiaphas: do make a like reason, as if you should conclude that the Popes horse can speak, because that Balaam's ass did. Nay, you might conclude this on greater reason. For Balaam's ass spake twice: Caiaphas prophesied but once.