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…

But what if S. Luke have used this word before / and in this book / in the signification of choosing by voice / dare you then say that he useth it here for putting on of hands? In the Acts / S. Peter sayeth that Christ after his resurrection / ¹appeared not unto the whole people / but unto those whom he had before chosen by his voice to be his witnesses / he useth this word procecheirotonemenous. Now if you will say here / that it is to be turned / those of whom he laid his hands / I will ask you where you read that ever he laid his hands of their heads / I will show you where he did by his heavenly voice appoint them. ²And I think you are not able to show in any Greek author ancient / & which men do take to be authentical / to teach the property or eloquence of the Greek tongue / I mean which were before S. Luke his time / where the word cheirotonein, is taken for the laying on of hands of the head of any.

But what if S. Luke haue vsed thys worde before / and in thys booke / in the signification of chusing by voyce / dare you then say that he vseth it heere for putting on of hands? In the Actes / S. Peter sayeth that Christ after hys resurrection / ¹appeared not vnto the whole people / but vnto those whom he had before chosen by his voyce to be hys witnesses / he vseth thys word procecheirotonemenous. Nowe if you will say heere / that it is to be turned / those of whome he layd his handes / I will aske you where you read that euer he layd his handes of their heads / I will shewe you where he did by hys heauenly voyce appoynt thē. ²And I thinke you are not able to shew in any Greeke author auncient / & which men do take to be autenticall / to teache the propertie or eloquence of the Greeke tongue / I meane which were before S. Luke his time / where the worde cheirotonein, is taken for the laying on of hands of the head of any.

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