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 seeing you charge the brethren so sore / you must be put in remembrance / that this unreasonable authority over the rest of the ministers and clergy / came to the bishops and archbishops / when as the Pope did exempt his shavelings from the obedience / subjection / and jurisdiction of the Princes: now therefore that we be ready to give that subjection unto the Prince / and offer our selves to the Princes correction in things wherein we shall do a miss / do you think it an unreasonable thing / that we desire to be disburdened of the bishops and archbishops yoke / which the Pope hath laid upon our necks?

And seeing you charge the brethren so sore / you must be put in remembrance / that thys vnreasonable authoritie ouer the rest of the mynisters and clergy / came to the byshops and archbyshops / when as the Pope dyd exempt hys shauelinges from the obedience / subiection / and iurisdiction of the Princes: now therfore that we be ready to geue that subiection vnto the Prince / and offer our selues to the Princes correction in things wherein we shall doe a misse / doe you thincke it an vnreasonable thing / that we desire to bee disburdened of the byshops and archbyshops yoke / which the Pope hath layde vpon our neckes?

And in the. 207. page unto the middest of the 214. page / this matter is again handled / where first M. Doctor would draw the place of Galatians the second / to prove an archbishop / and that by a false translation / for hoi dokountes / which is (they that seemed or appeared) he hath translated (they ye are the chief) & although the place of the Galatians may be thought of some not so pregnant / nor so full against the archbishop / yet all must needs confess / that it maketh more against him then for him. For S. Pauls purpose is to prove there / that he was not inferior to any of the Apostles / & bringeth one argument thereof / that he had not his gospel from them / but from Christ immediately / & therefore if the apostles that were esteemed most of / and supposed by the Galatians & others to be ⟨p. 129⟩the chief / had no superiority over S. Paul / but were equal with him / it followeth that there was none that had rule over the rest. And if there needed no one of the Apostles to be ruler over the rest / there seemeth to be no need / that one bishop should rule over the rest. But that I run not back to that I have handled before / I will not here so much urge the place / as I will not do also that of the Hebrews which followeth / and yet the argument is stronger / then that M. Doctor could answer. For if the writer to the Hebrews / do prove our saviour Christs vocation to be just and lawful / because his calling was contained in the scriptures / as appeareth in the 5. and 6. verse / then it followeth that the calling of the archbishop which is not comprehended there / is neither just nor lawful. For that no man (saith the apostle) taketh that honour unto him self / but he that is called of God. &c. But I say / having before sufficiently spoken of the reasons which overthrow the archbishop / I will let pass these and other places / answering only that which M. Doctor bringeth for the establishment of them. He saith therefore afterward / that although one man be not able to be bishop over all the church / yet he may be bishop over a whole diocese / or of a province.