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…

And if any man will call this a rule or presidentship / and him that executeth this office a president or moderator / or a governor / we will not strive / so that it be with these cautions / that he be not called simply governor or moderator / but governor or moderator of that action / and for that time / and subject to the orders that others be / & to be censured by the company of the brethren / as well as others / if he be judged any way faulty. And that after that action ended / & meeting dissolved / he sit him down in his old place / and set him self in equal estate with the rest of the ministers. Thirdly / that this government or presidentship / or what so ever like name you will give it / be not so tied unto that minister / but that at the next meeting it shall be lawful to take an other / if an other be thought meeter. Of this order and policy of the church / if we will see a lively image and perfect pattern / let us set before our eyes / the most ancient and gospel like church that ever was or shall be.

And if any man will call thys a rule or presidentship / and hym that executeth thys office a president or moderator / or a gouernour / we will not striue / so that it be with these cautions / that he be not called simply gouernor or moderator / but gouernor or moderator of that action / and for that time / and subiect to the orders that others be / & to be censured by the company of the brethren / as wel as others / if he be iudged any way faulty. And that after that action ended / & meeting dissolued / he sitte hym downe in hys olde place / and set hym selfe in equall estate with the rest of the ministers. Thirdly / that thys gouernment or presidentship / or what so euer lyke name you will geue it / be not so tyed vnto that minister / but that at the next meeting it shall be lawfull to take an other / if an other bee thought meeter. Of thys order and pollicy of the church / if we will see a liuely image and perfect paterne / let vs set before our eyes / the most auncient and gospel like church that euer was or shall be.

In the acts / the church being gathered together for the election of an Apostle into the place of Judas the traitor / when as the interest of election belonged unto all / and to the apostles especially above the rest / out of the whole company Peter riseth up / telleth the cause of their coming together / with what