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…

Fox writing a story / doth take greater pain / and looketh more diligently to declare what is done / and in what time / and by whom / then how justly or unjustly / how conveniently or inconveniently it is done. Last of all / if any thing be spoken there to the hinderance of the sincerity of the gospel / I am well assured that M. Fox / which hath travailed so much and so profitably to that end / will not have his authority or name therein to bring any prejudice. Now will I also wine with you / and leave it to the judgement of the indifferent reader / how well out of the scriptures / councils / writers old and new / you have proved either the lawfulness ⟨p. 118⟩at all of the names of archbishops / patriarchs / archdeacons / primates / or of the lawfulness of the office of them / and of bishops which be in our times.

Foxe wryting a story / doth take greater paine / and loketh more diligently to declare what is done / and in what time / and by whom / then how iustly or vniustly / how conueniently or inconueniently it is done. Last of all / if any thing be spoken there to the hinderance of the sincerity of the gospell / I am well assured that M. Foxe / whych hath trauailed so much and so profitably to that end / will not haue hys authority or name therin to bring any preiudice. Now wil I also wyne with you / and leaue it to the iudgement of the indifferent reader / how well out of the scriptures / councels / wryters old and new / you haue proued either the lawfulnes ⟨p. 118⟩at all of the names of archbishops / patriarches / archdeacons / primates / or of the lawfulnes of the office of them / and of byshops whych be in our times.

And for as much as I have purposed to answer in one place / that which is scattered in divers / I will here answer half a sheet of paper / which is annexed of late unto this book put forth in the name / and under the credit of the B. of Salisbury. Wherein I will say nothing of those biting & sharp words / which are given partly in the beginning / when he calleth the propounders of the proposition which concerneth archbishops and archdeacons novices / partly in the end when he calleth them children / and the doctrine of the gospel wantonness. &c. If he had lived / for his learning and gravity / and otherwise good deserts of the church / in defending the cause thereof against the papists / we could have easily borne it at his hands: now he is dead and laid up in peace / it were against all humanity to dig or to break up his grave / only I will leave it to the consideration of the reader upon those things which are alleged / to judge / whether it be any wantonness or novelty which is confirmed by so grave testimonies of the ancient word of God. Unto the place of the. 4. of the Ephesians before alleged / he answereth clean contrary to that which M. Doctor saith / that we have now neither Apostles / nor Evangelists / nor Prophets / whereupon he would conclude that that place is no perfect pattern of the ministry in the church. In deed it is true / we have not / neither is it needful that we should. It was therefore sufficient that there were once / and for a time / so that the want of those now / is no cause why the ministries there recited / be not sufficient for the accomplishment and full finishing of the church / nor cause why any other ministries should be added / besides those which are there recited.