A reply to an answer made of M. Doctor Whitgifte Against the admonition to…A replye to an ansvvere made of M. Doctor VVhitgifte Against the admonition to…

Where in effect do they say / that the church of England is boide of preaching and ministering of the sacraments? is it all one to say / that the word in the church of England is not purely preached / and the sacraments sincerely / and discipline severely administered / with this / that the church of England is void of all these? Again / where do they reason thus / that the word of God is not truly preached / because the ministers are not rightly proved & elected when as they have not one word of true preaching? is it all one to say it is not purely preached / & to say it is not truly preached? S. Paul is glad that the gospel ¹be preached / although it be not purely / but he would never have been glad / y• it should have ben preached falsely or not truly. Again / he inveigheth not against the false ⟨p. 37⟩Apostles in the church of Corinth / because they preached the word untruly / but because they using painted words and affected eloquence / and making a great show of learning and tongues / did not preach the Gospel sincerely. So that you see that it is one thing not to preach truly / and an other not to preach purely: and you see their reason is not so evil: for the want of a good calling / may give occasion to say / that the word of God is not sincerely taught / because there is not a lawful and ordinary calling. For although for the substance of doctrine / and the manner of handling of it / they that S. Paul speaketh of to the Phillip. did no fault / yet S. Paul saith that they did not preach purely / because they did it of contention or of envy / which was no fault in the doctrine / but in him that taught. Therefore let men judge how just your weights are / that expound not purely / not truly: and whether this be to confute other mens arguments / rather then to skirmish with your own shadows.