A18078:468
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.
Those functions only are sufficient for the church / which have all the gifts needful / either for the ministering of the word and sacraments / or for the government of the church: but all these functions reckoned of S. Paul to ⟨p. 88⟩the Ephesians / with those which S. Paul calleth antilepseis, and kyberneseis 1(which are the deacons and elders) have the gifts needful / either for the government of the church / either else for the ministering of the word and sacraments: therefore these functions only are sufficient for the church / for it is a superfluous thing to make more offices / then there be gifts to furnish them / for so they that should have them / should rather be idols then officers. And therefore for as much as there is no gift which falleth not into some of these functions / it is altogether a vain and unprofitable thing / to bring more offices and functions into the church besides these.
Those functions only are suffycient for the church / which haue all the gifts needefull / eyther for the mynistring of the worde and sacramentes / or for the gouernement of the churche: but all these functions reckened of S. Paule to ⟨p. 88⟩the Ephesians / with those which S. Paule calleth antilepseis, and kyberneseis 1(which are ye deacons and elders) haue the gifts needeful / eyther for the gouernment of the church / eyther else for the ministering of the worde and sacramentes: therefore these functions only are sufficient for the church / for it is a superfluous thing to make more offices / then there be giftes to furnish them / for so they that shoulde haue them / shoulde rather be idols then officers. And therefore for as much as there is no gift which falleth not into some of these functions / it is altogether a vaine and vnprofitable thing / to bring more offices and functions into the church besides these.