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…

^g.he do seem to allow of the baptism of a lay man in the time of necessity / yet there also he mentioneth not women's baptism / and further he doubteth whether the child should be baptised again / which was baptised by a lay man. ^h.And in the fourth council of Carthage it is simply without exception decreed / y• a woman ought not to baptise. The authors ⟨p. 146⟩of the Admonition object that necessity of salvation is tied to the sacraments by this means / and that men are confirmed in that old error / that no man can be saved with out baptism / which in deed is true. For must it not be thought to be done of necessity / and upon great extremity / for the doing whereof the orders that God hath set (that it should be done in the congregation / & by the minister of the gospel) are broken? Yes verily. And I will further say / that although that the infants which dye without baptism should be assuredly damned (which is most false) yet ought not the orders which God hath set in his church / to be broken after this sort. For as the salvation of men ought to be dear unto us: so the glory of God which consisteth in that his orders be kept / ought to be much more dear / that if at any time the controversy could be between his glory and our salvation / our salvation ought to fall that his glory may stand.

^g.he doe seeme to allow of the baptisme of a lay man in the tyme of necessitie / yet there also he mentioneth not womens baptisme / and further he doubteth whether the childe should be baptised agayne / which was baptised by a lay man. ^h.And in ye fourth councel of Carthage it is simply without exception decreed / y• a woman ought not to baptise. The authors ⟨p. 146⟩of the Admonition obiect that necessitie of saluation is tyed to the sacramentes by thys meanes / and that men are confirmed in that olde error / that no man can be saued with out baptisme / which in deede is true. For must it not bee thought to be done of necessitie / and vpon great extremity / for the doing whereof the orders that God hath set (that it should be done in the congregation / & by the mynister of the gospell) are broken? Yes verely. And I will further say / that although that the infants which dye without baptisme should be assuredly damned (which is most false) yet ought not the orders which God hath set in his church / to be broken after thys sort. For as the saluation of men ought to be deare vnto vs: so the glory of God which consisteth in that hys orders be kept / ought to bee much more deare / that if at any tyme the controuersy could be betwene hys glory and our saluation / our saluation ought to fall that hys glory may stand.