A18078:469
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 so it may be thus reasoned. If men may make and erect new ministries / they must either give gifts for to discharge them / or assure men that they shall have gifts of God / whereby they may be able to answer them. But they can neither give gifts / nor assure men of any gifts necessary to discharge those functions / therefore they may make or erect no new ministries.
And so it may be thus reasoned. If men may make and erect new ministeries / they must eyther geue giftes for to discharge them / or assure men that they shall haue giftes of God / whereby they may be able to answere them. But they can neyther geue giftes / nor assure men of any giftes necessary to discharge those functions / therefore they may make or erect no new ministeries.
Last of all / I conclude against these made and devised ministries of archbishops and archdeacons after this sort. If men may add ministries / they may also take away / for those both belong to one authority: but they can not take away those ministries that God hath placed in his church / therefore they can not add to those that are placed in the church. And this foundation I thought first to lay / or ever I entered into M. Doctors not reasons / but authorities / not of God / but of men / in confuting of which / there will fall forth also other arguments against both these offices of archbishop / and archdeacon.
Last of all / I conclude agaynst these made and deuised ministeries of archbishops and archdeacons after this sort. If men may adde ministeries / they may also take away / for those both belong to one authoritie: but they can not take away those ministeries that God hath placed in his church / therefore they can not adde to those that are placed in the church. And this foundation I thought first to lay / or euer I entred into M. Doctors not reasons / but authorities / not of God / but of men / in confuting of which / there will fall forth also other arguments agaynst both these offices of archbishop / and archdeacon.