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…

If therefore neither word (bishop nor priest) do make any thing to prove an archbishop / nor this word (church) doth imply any province / nor in these words (one bishop one priest) there is nothing less meant / then that there should be one archbishop over all the bishops and clergy in a province / and if Cyprian will neither allow of the title of archbishop / nor of the authority and office / but in plain words speaketh against both / we may conclude / that M. Doctor hath done very unadvisedly / to lay so great weight of the archbishop upon S. Cyprian's shoulders / that w•ilnot only not bear any thing of him / but which hath done all that could be / to make him go a foot / and hand in hand with his fellows. There are other reasons which M. Doctor useth / as this / a notable one. S. Cyprian speaketh not of the usurped power of the bishop of Rome / therefore he speaketh of the office of an archbishop and metropolitan. It is hard to call this argument to any head of fallacy / for it hath not so much as a colour of a reason / & I think it can deceive no body but your self. An other reason is / that all the godlyest & best learned men do expound the place of Cyprian in the 3. Epist. of the first book of an archbishop. The vanity of this saying / that the godly & learned writers so expound it / I have showed before / and here it cometh to be considered again. I will not say that no godly nor learned writer / expoundeth the place of Cyprian of the authority of an archbishop.

If therefore neyther word (byshop nor priest) do make any thing to proue an archbyshop / nor thys worde (church) doth imply any prouince / nor in these wordes (one byshop one priest) there is nothing lesse ment / then that there should be one archbyshop ouer all the byshops and cleargie in a prouince / and if Cyprian will neyther allow of the title of archbyshop / nor of the authoritie and office / but in playne wordes speaketh agaynst both / we may conclude / that M. Doctor hath done very vnaduisedly / to lay so great waight of the archbyshop vppon S. Cyprians shoulders / that w•ilnot only not beare any thing of hym / but which hath done all that coulde be / to make hym goe a foote / and hand in hand with hys fellowes. There are other reasons which M. Doctor vseth / as thys / a notable one. S. Cyprian speaketh not of the vsurped power of the byshop of Rome / therefore he speaketh of the office of an archbyshop and metropolitane. It is hard to call thys argument to any head of fallation / for it hath not so much as a colour of a reason / & I thincke it can deceiue no body but your self. An other reason is / that all the godlyest & best learned mē do expound the place of Cyprian in the 3. Epist. of the first booke of an archbyshop. The vanitie of thys saying / that the godly & learned wryters so expound it / I haue shewed before / and heere it commeth to be considered agayne. I will not say that no godly nor learned wryter / expoundeth the place of Cyprian of the authoritie of an archbishop.