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…

To the next section in the 45. page: This alteration. &c.

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IN deed if you put such dark colours upon the Apostles church as this is / it is no marvel if it ought not to be a patron to us of framing and fashioning our church after it. But O Lord who can patiently hear this horrible disorder / ascribed to the Apostles church / which here you attribute unto it: that every one hand over head preached / baptised / and expounded the Scriptures. What a window / nay / what a gate is opened here to Anabaptists / to confirm their fantastical opinion / wherein they hold / that every man whom the spirit moveth / may come even from the plough tail to the pulpit to preach the word of God. If you say it is Ambrose saying and not yours / I answer / unless you allow it / why bring you it / and that to prove the difference between the Apostles times and these. For if it be false (as it is most false) then there is no difference here between the Apostles times and ours. Doth not the whole course of the scriptures declare / and hath it not been proved / that there was none that took upon him the ministry in the church / but by lawful calling? what is this but to cast dust and dirt of the fairest and beautifullest image that ever was / to make a smoky / disfigured / evil proportioned image to seem beautiful / to overthrow the Apostles buildings of gold and silver and precious stones / to make a cottage of wood / straw / and stubble / to have some estimation / which could have none / the other standing. For in effect so you do / when (to uphold a corrupt use that came in by the tyranny of the pope) you go about to discredit the orders and institutions which were used in the Apostles times? and that with such manifest untruths.

IN deede if you put such darke coleures vpon the Apostles church as thys is / it is no maruell if it ought not to be a patrone to vs of framing and fashioning our church after it. But O Lord who can paciently heare thys horrible disorder / ascribed to the Apostles church / which heere you attribute vnto it: that euery one hand ouer head preached / baptised / and expounded the Scriptures. VVhat a window / nay / what a gate is opened heere to Anabaptistes / to confirme their fantasticall opynion / wherin they holde / that euery man whome the spirite moueth / may come euen from the ploughe taile to the pulpit to preache the worde of God. If you say it is Ambrose saying and not youres / I answere / vnlesse you allow it / why bring you it / and that to proue the difference betwene the Apostles times and these. For if it be false (as it is most false) then there is no difference heere betwene the Apostles times and oures. Doth not the whole course of the scriptures declare / and hath it not bene proued / that there was none that tooke vppon hym the ministerie in the churche / but by lawfull calling? what is thys but to cast dust and dirte of the fairest and beautifullest image that euer was / to make a smokie / disfigured / euill proportioned image to seeme beautifull / to ouerthrow the Apostles buildings of golde and siluer and precious stones / to make a cottage of wode / straw / and stubble / to haue some estymation / which could haue none / the other standing. For in effecte so you doe / when (to vpholde a corrupte vse that came in by the tyrannie of the pope) you goe about to discredite the orders and institutions which were vsed in the Apostles times? and that with such manyfest vntruthes.