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The gratulation of the most famous clerk M. Martin Bucer a man of no…The gratulation of the mooste famous clerke M. Martin Bucer a man of no…
The gratulation of the most famous clerk M. Martin Bucer a man of no less learning and literature, then godly study and example of living, unto the church of England for the restitution of Christs religion. And his answer unto the two railing epistles of Steve[n], Bishop of Winchester, concerning the unmarried state of priests and cloisterers, wherein is evidently declared, that it is against the laws of God, and of his church to require of all such as be and must be admitted to priesthood, to refrain from holy matrimony. Translated out of Latin in to English.The gratulation of the mooste famous clerke M. Martin Bucer a man of no lesse learninge and lyterature, then godlye studie and example of lyuing, vnto the churche of Englande for the restitucion of Christes religion. And hys answere vnto the two raylinge epistles of Steue[n], Bisshoppe of Winchester, concerninge the vnmaried state of preestes and cloysterars, wherein is euidently declared, that it is against the lawes of God, and of his churche to require of all suche as be and must be admitted to preesthood, to refrain from holye matrimonie. Translated out of Latin in to Englishe.
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Make you judgement both of the conjecture & also of the reasons of the conjectures of them both: yet (for all ye see how much our conjectures are more probable, then Uvinchesters) we stick not unto them in this cause, but unto those clear, and manifestly pronounced oracles of God, which I have here to fore recited, and whereupon I have concluded our demonstrations: Those if Uvinchester can, let him disconfecte, & bring forth the perfect foundations of his opinion, not such not trifling sophistry, and quarrelling scholishe reasons. But he in both his epistles against me braggeth him self most in those places, wherein consisteth not the state of the state of the controversies betwixt us letting slip like a valiant man those arguments whereupon our doctrine specially consisteth, and the contrary thereof, clean overthrown.
Make yow iudgement both of the coniecture & also of the reasons of ye coniectures of them both: yet (for all ye see how moche oure coniectures are more probable, then Uvinchesters) we sticke not vnto them in this cause, but vnto thos clere, and manifestlye pronunced oracles of God, which I haue here to fore recited, and wherupon I haue concluded oure demonstrations: Thos yf Uvinchester can, let him disconfecte, & bring forth the perfect foundations of his opinion, not such not trifling sophistrie, and querelinge scholishe reasons. But he in both his epistles against me braggethe hī self moste in thos places, wherin cōsisteth not the state of the state of the controuersyes betwext vs lettinge stippe like a valiaunt mā thos argumentes wherupō oure doctrine speciallye consysteth, and the contrarye therof, cleane ouerthrowen.
How he hath also done in the interpretation of that place, in the first epistle to the Corinthians the xiiij. chap. which ⟨image 80⟩we objected against Latomus, & other our adversaries which go about to addict the faith of Gods people to the Pope of Rome, and his obnoxious coū sails, let other give judgement, for because this saying of the Apostle may be understand by the other prophets only though it be no necessity, & our interpretation agree much more both to Pauls words, & to the sentence also, which S. Ambrose in like manner taught, that by this place it is granted to all in the church to examine such things as were hard of the prophets, & to reason therein, as S. Ambrose turned this word [Greek or Hebrew]. Yet doth Vim chester so scold and rail against us because we are wont to understand it of all that here in the church, as though he had found, that we would overthrow some principal article of our faith. In the mean season he maketh not word of the state it self of our controversy. And though we grant the authority of this place to our adversaries, yet with how many evident and undoubted testimonies of scripture have we showed that which we contend together in this controversy, to say