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…

For answer unto him / although he be not worth the answering / I say that first it may be well said here of the office of the Archbishop / that the father of it was an Amorite / and mother a Hittite / that is / that it cometh of very infamous parentage / the beginning thereof being of the idolatrous nations.

For answere vnto hym / although he be not worth the answering / I say that first it may be well sayde heere of the office of the Archbyshop / that the father of it was an Amorite / and mother a Hittite / that is / that it commeth of very infamous parentage / the beginning therof being of the idolatrous nations.

And whereas Clement maketh S. Peter the Apostle to make it as it were his adopted son / thereby to wipe away the shame of his birth / it doth S. Peter shameful injury. For besides that it was far from S. Peter / to take this authority to him self / not only of making archbishops through out every province / but also instituting a new order or office / without the council of the rest of the apostles / which none else of the apostles did / and which is contrary to the practise of S. Peter / both in the first and sixth of the Acts / contrary also to the practises of the apostles / which after shall appear: I say besides this / is it like that S Peter would grass the noblest plant (as it is said) of the ministry of the gospel / in such a rotten stock of that which was most abominable in all idolatry? for the greater they were in the service of the idols / the more detestable were they before God.

And whereas Clement maketh S. Peter the Apostle to make it as it were hys adopted sonne / thereby to wipe away the shame of hys birth / it doth S. Peter shamefull iniury. For besides that it was farre from S. Peter / to take thys authoritie to hym selfe / not only of making archbyshops through out euery prouince / but also instituting a new order or office / without the councell of the rest of the apostles / which none else of the apostles dyd / and which is contrary to the practise of S. Peter / both in the first and sixt of the Actes / contrary also to the practises of the apostles / which after shall appeare: I say besides thys / is it lyke that S Peter would grasse the noblest plant (as it is sayde) of the mynisterie of the gospell / in such a rotten stocke of that which was most abhominable in all idolarrie? for the greater they were in the seruice of the idolles / the more detestable were they before God.