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And that without these ministries the Church may be complete / it appeareth by that which is in the Ephesians / where it is said / that Christ gave ¹some Apostles / some Prophets / some Evangelists / some pastors and Doctors / to the restoring of the saints unto the work of the ministry / until we all come to the unity of faith / and of the knowledge of the Son of God / and unto a perfect man.

And that without these ministeries the Churche may be complete / it appeareth by that which is in the Ephesians / where it is sayde / that Christe gaue ¹some Apostles / some Prophetes / some Euangelistes / some pastors and Doctors / to the restoring of the sayntes vnto the worke of the ministerie / vntill wee all come to the vnitie of fayth / and of the knowledge of the sonne of God / and vnto a perfect man.

1. 14. Eph. 11. 12.

The learned writers have thus reasoned against the Pope: that for so much as Apostles / Prophets. &c. are sufficient for the building of the church / therefore there ought to be no Pope. The argument and necessity of the conclusion is as strong against the Archbishop / and all one. For by the same reason that the Pope is cast away as a superfluous thing / for that these offices are able to make perfect the Church / is the Archbishop likewise thrown out of the Church / as a knob or some lump of flesh / which being no member of the body / doth both burden it and disfigure it. And as they say that God gave no Pope to his church / therefore the Pope can do no good / so we may well say / God gave no Archbishop to his church / therefore the Archbishop can do no good.

The learned wryters haue thus reasoned agaynste the Pope: that for so muche as Apostles / Prophetes. &c. are sufficient for the building of the churche / therefore there ought to be no Pope. The argument and necessitie of the conclusion is as strong agaynst the Archbishoppe / and all one. For by the same reason that the Pope is cast away as a superfluous thing / for that these offyces are able to make perfect the Churche / is the Archbishoppe likewise throwne out of the Churche / as a knobbe or some lumpe of fleshe / which being no member of the body / doth both burden it and disfigure it. And as they say that God gaue no Pope to his church / therefore the Pope can doe no good / so we may well say / God gaue no Archbishop to his church / therefore the Archbishop can do no good.