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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…
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.
printed by John Stroud?, 1573
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
By this it may appear / that M. Doctors Dionysius being a counterfeit and startup / these interrogatories and demands ministered unto the infants / have not so many grey hairs as he would make us believe / although in deed the question lieth not in the antiquity. As for reasons he hath none / but only as one which hath learned his equipollences very evil / he maketh it all one to say (I renounce) and to say (I will teach an other to renounce.) As for S. Augustine's place (although I can not allow his reason that he maketh / nor the proportion that is between the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Christ / and his body ⟨p. 169⟩and blood it self of one side / and between the sacrament of baptism / and faith of the other side: saying that as the sacrament of the body of Christ after a sort is the body / so the baptism of the sacrament of faith / is after a sort faith / whereas he should have said / that as the supper being the sacrament of y• body of Christ / is after a sort the body of Christ: so baptism being a sacrament of the blood of Christ / is after a sort the blood of Christ / for faith is not the subject of baptism / as the body and blood of Christ is the matter of the supper). Yet I say that S. Augustine hath no one word to approve this abuse of answering in the child's name / & in his person / but goeth about to establish an other abuse / which was / that it was lawful for those that presented the child / to say that it believed. So that it is like that the minister did ask those which presented the infant / whether they thought that it was faithful / and did believe / and those which presented it / said it was so: whereupon this question rose / whether it was lawful to say that the child believed.
By thys it may appeare / that M. Doctors Dionisius being a counterfet and startvp / these interrogatories and demaūds ministred vnto the infants / haue not so many gray haires as he would make vs beleue / although in dede the question lyeth not in ye antiquitie. As for reasons he hath none / but only as one which hath learned hys aequipollences very euil / he maketh it all one to say (I renoūce) and to say (I will teach an other to renounce.) As for S. Augustines place (although I can not alow hys reason that he maketh / nor the proportion that is betwene the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauioure Christe / and hys body ⟨p. 169⟩