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…

Now / to come to that which you make so light of / for say you how followeth this / the church chose Luke or Barnabas to be companion of Paul his journey: Ergo, the churches must choose their ministers? It followeth very well / for if it were thought• meet / that Saint Paul should not choose him self of his own authority a companion to help him being an Apostle / is there any archbishop that shall dare take upon him to make a minister of the gospel / being so many degrees (both in authority / and in all gifts needful to discern and try out / or take knowledge of a sufficient minister of the gospel) inferior to S. Paul?

Now / to come to that which you make so light of / for say you how foloweth this / the church chose Luke or Barnabas to be cōpanion of Paule his iourney: Ergo, the churches must chuse their ministers? It followeth very well / for if it were thought• meete / that Saynte Paule shoulde not chuse hym selfe of hys owne authoritie a companion to helpe hym being an Apostle / is there any archbyshoppe that shall dare take vppon him to make a minister of the gospell / being so many degrees (bothe in authoritie / and in all giftes needefull to discerne and trye oute / or take knowledge of a sufficient minister of the gospell) inferioure to S. Paule?

And if S. Paul would have the authority of the church to ordain the Minister that should aid him in other places for the gathering of relief of the poor Churches / how much more did he think it meet / that the Churches should choose their own Minister / which should govern them. Which things may be also said of the election in the first of the Acts: for there the Church first chose two / whereof one should be an Apostle / which should not be Minister of that Church / but should be sent into all the world. So that always the Apostles have shunned to do any thing of their own wills / without the knowledge either of those churches where they instituted any governors: or if it were for the behoof of those places where there were no churches gathered / yet would they ordain none / but by the consent of some other church / which was already established. You will not deny / but that in the Apostles time / and S. Cyprian's time in many places the consent of the people was required / show any one place where it was not?