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Name: A reply to an answer made of M. Doctor Whitgifte Against the admonition to…
Author: Thomas Cartwright

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.

Thomas Cartwright 1535–1603printed by John Stroud?, 1573

[4], 224 p. · 181k words · STC 4712 · ESTC S120563

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And thus you see that contrary to the word of God / he hath gotten into his own hand / and pulled to him self / both the preeminence of the other ministers / and the liberties of the church / which God by his word had given. And ¹as for the offices wherein there is any labour or travail / those they have turned unto the other ministers / as for example in times past it was not lawful for him that was then an elder / to preach or minister the sacraments in the presence of the bishop / because the bishop him self should do it / and now those which they call elders / may preach and minister the sacraments by the bishops good licence / although he be present.

And thus you see that contrary to the woorde of God / he hathe gotten into hys owne hande / and pulled to him selfe / bothe the preheminence of the other ministers / and the liberties of the church / whych God by his word had geuen. And ¹as for the offices wherein there is any laboure or trauaile / those they haue turned vnto the other ministers / as for example in times past it was not lawfull for hym that was then an elder / to preache or minister the sacraments in the presence of the byshop / because the bishop him selfe should do it / and now those which they call elders / may preach and minister the sacraments by the byshops good licence / although he be present.

1Hispal. Concil. can. 7.

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Now if you will also consider how much the Lordship / pomp / and stateliness of the bishops in our days / differ from the simplicity of them in times past / I will give you also a taste thereof / if first of all I show the beginning / or as it were the fountain whereupon the pomp grew / which was / when in stead of having a bishop in every parish and congregation / they began to make a bishop of a whole diocese / and of a thousand congregations.

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