A18078:386
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…
A reply to an answer made of M. Doctor Whitgifte Against the admonition to the Parliament. By T.C.A replye to an ansvvere made of M. Doctor VVhitgifte Against the admonition to the Parliament. By T.C.
printed by John Stroud?, 1573
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And to say that these that can only read / must be tolerated in the church as ministers / is to say / because you can have no pastors in the churches / you will have idols. For so will I not doubt to call them / although through ignorance of that which they do / some may be good men. But yet in respect of the place that they occupy / they are idols / for they stand for that / and make show of that / which they are not / and admit you them as often as you will / the Lord pronounceth that they shall be no ministers to him / which have *no knowledge.
And to say that these that can only read / must be tolerated in the churche as ministers / is to saye / because you can haue no pastors in the churches / you will haue idolles. For so will I not doubt to call them / although through ignoraunce of that which they do / some may be good men. But yet in respect of the place that they occupy / they are idolles / for they stande for that / and make shew of that / which they are not / and admit you them as often as you will / the Lord pronounceth that they shall be no ministers to him / which haue *no knowledge.
- *Ozee. 4. 6.
But let us hear your reason / there must be reading in the church / therefore there must be ministers which can do nothing else. Then we may reason thus to. There must be breaking of bread / and distributing of the cup in the church / and pouring on water / therefore whosoever is able to break a loaf of bread / or to lift a cup of wine / or to pour on water on the body of the child / may be made a minister.
But let vs heare your reason / there muste bee reading in the churche / therefore there must bee ministers whiche can doe nothing else. Then we may reason thus to. There must be breaking of bread / and distributing of the cuppe in the church / and pouring on water / therefore whosoeuer is able to breake a loafe of bread / or to lift a cup of wyne / or to poure on water on the body of the childe / may be made a minister.