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An answer to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Jesuit in confidence whereof…An ansvvere to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Iesuit in confidence wherof…
An answer to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Jesuit in confidence whereof he offered disputation to the ministers of the Church of England, in the controversy of faith. Whereunto is added in brief marginal notes, the sum of the defence of those reasons by John Duræus the Scot, being a priest and a Jesuit, with a reply unto it. Written first in the Latin tongue by the reverend and faithful servant of Christ and his Church, William Whitakers, Doctor in Divinity, and the Kings Professor and public reader of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. And now faithfully translated for the benefit of the unlearned (at the appointment and desire of some in authority) into the English tongue; by Richard Stock, preacher in London. ...An ansvvere to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Iesuit in confidence wherof he offered disputation to the ministers of the Church of England, in the controuersie of faith. Whereunto is added in briefe marginall notes, the summe of the defence of those reasons by Iohn Duræus the Scot, being a priest and a Iesuit, with a reply vnto it. Written first in the Latine tongue by the reuerend and faithfull seruant of Christ and his Church, William Whitakers, Doctor in Diuinitie, and the Kings Professor and publike reader of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. And now faithfully translated for the benefit of the vnlearned (at the appointment and desire of some in authoritie) into the English tongue; by Richard Stocke, preacher in London. ...
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Cuthbert Burby and Edmund Weaver, 1606London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Cuthbert Burby and Edmund Weauer, 1606
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I will not urge this point further, neither will I now shake you up, as you usually do Master Luther, but rather leave you to be beaten with the rod of mens silent judgements. After this you being shadowed with this impenetrable shield of Councils, enter the lists, and observe whether your adversary conveyeth himself; for so great a warrior you are, such a skilful Champion, and so fierce in fight, that as soon as you but show your self, forthwith all your enemies betake them to their heels; and eftsoons you declare how you mean to behave your self in this fight, and what a great slaughter you intend to make. But take heed, Campian, least that may worthily be applied to you, which is spoken in the Proverbs: He that is rashly confident, before the conflict, is commonly a coward in the combat.
I will not vrge this poynt further, neither will I now shake you vp, as you vsually doe Master Luther, but rather leaue you to bee beaten with the rod of mens silent iudgements. After this you being shadowed with this impenitrable shield of Councels, enter the lists, and obserue whether your aduersarie conuaieth himselfe; for so great a warrier you are, such a skilfull Champion, and so fierce in fight, that assoone as you but shew your selfe, forthwith all your enemies betake them to their heeles; and eftsoones you declare how you meane to behaue your selfe in this fight, and what a great slaughter you intend to make. But take heede, Campian, least that may worthilie be applied to you, which is spoken in the Prouerbes: He that is rashly confident, before the conflict, is commonly a coward in the combate.
You speak much of the dignity of Councils, which we also acknowledge to be very great, but nevertheless, the holy Ghost is not bound to multitudes of men, to stately preparations, nor to sumptuous pomp. And we may often observe that in Councils there is much contending amongst contrary factions, and sometimes the greater part prevaileth against the better. You say that Luther durst presume to affirm, that he preferred the judgement and suffrages of two good and learned men, before the Councils. And in truth why might he not prefer them; and who could justly find fault with that speech? Seeing Gerson the Moderator of the Council of Constance, doubted not to prefer the judgement of one man, before the whole Council.