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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
EDMUND CAMPIAN. The fifth Reason, which is the Fathers.
EDMVND CAMPIAN. The fifth Reason, which is the Fathers.
AS that famous Surname of Christians increased first ina Antioch, sob Doctors, that is, very deep Divines, and Prophets, that is, most famous Preachers, first flourished there. Our Lord himself provided for his flock in time to come, such a sort ofc Scribes and wise men, as were experienced in the kingdom of God, bringing forth both old & new things, that is, having God still both in Christ and Moses, in the new and old Testament. How mischievous an act is it to expel with rebuke these men, which were given us by God for a special benefit? The Adversary hath* expelled them. For what cause? for that if they had stood upright, he of necessity had fallen down. So soon, as I throughly perceived that, without any more ado, I desired to make, not that flourishing fight which the common sort of people use, when they contend one with another in the open streets, but that severe and sharp combat, by which we buckle▪ one with another in your Philosophy schools, foot by foot, & man by man, close joined together. If we may once come to the Fathers, the field is fought, & the wager won, on our side. For they are all ours, assure as Gregory the 13. is a most loving Father to all the Churches children. For to