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…

Now / if the speech be a true messenger of the heart / I perceive M. doctor is of this mind / that he would have women preach in the church of England at this time: for he can not deny (and he also confesseth it sometimes) that this is the time of necessity / & in deed it must be needs an extreme necessity / that driveth to make one man pastor of two churches / especially so far distant / that driveth to make men which are not able to teach / ministers / and divers more things which are contrary to the word of God. Therefore this being a time of necessity / by M. Doctors judgement we ought to have women to preach. Besides this he saith / if neither none other can or will preach / that then women may preach / but in the most churches of this realm / there is none that either can or will preach / therefore there / and in those churches women (at the least if they be able) may preach the gospel / and consequently minister the sacraments.

Now / if the speache be a true messenger of the heart / I perceiue M. doctor is of this minde / that he would haue women preach in the church of England at thys time: for he can not deny (and he also confesseth it sometimes) that thys is the time of necessity / & in dede it must be needes an extreme necessity / that driueth to make one man pastor of two churches / especially so far distant / that driueth to make men which are not able to teach / ministers / and diuers more things which are contrary to the word of God. Therfore this being a time of necessity / by M. Doctors iudgement we ought to haue women to preach. Besides this he sayth / if neither none other can or wil preache / that then women may preach / but in the most churches of thys realme / there is none that eyther can or will preach / therefore there / and in those churches women (at the least if they be able) may preache the gospell / and consequently minister the sacraments.

In the. 187. page / he citeth M. Calvin in the. 13. chap. section. 32. to prove that women may teach: wherein I marvel what he meaneth so to allege M. Calvin continually / he allegeth the. 13. chapter and no book / as though he had written but one book / and in deed there is no such thing in no such chapter of any book of his institutions / or in any other place throughout his whole works / as I am persuaded. If this fault had been but twice or thrice / I would have thought it had been the printers / but now that it is continual and so oftentimes / surely he giveth great suspicion / that either some body hath mocked him with these places / or else he would abuse others / and especially him that should answer his book / setting him to seek that he should never find.