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 most manifestly in * Joshua / where it is said / that he that killed a man at ¹unawares / shall return unto the city until he stand before the congregation to be judged. Where by the congregation / he meaneth the governors of the congregation / for it did not appertain to all to judge of this case. Likewise in the ⟨p. 177⟩Chronicles / and divers other places. And therefore I conclude that forsomuch ²as those be necessary and perpetual which are spoken of in those words (tell the Church) and that under those words are comprehended the elders or ancients / that the elders and ancients be necessary and perpetual officers in the church. Furthermore S. Paul having entreated throughout the whole first Epistle to Timothy / of the orders which ought to be in the church of God / and of the government / as him self witnesseth in the third chapter of that Epistle (when he sayeth he wrote that Epistle to teach Timothy how he should behave him self in the house of God) and having set forth both bishop / and elder / and deacons / as ministers and officers of the church / in the shutting up of his Epistle he (for the observation of all the orders of that Epistle) adjureth Timothy / and ³with the invocation of the name of God straitly chargeth him / to observe those things which he had prescribed in that Epistle. I charge thee (sayeth he) before God which quickeneth all things / and before Jesus Christ which witnessed under Pontius Pilate a good profession that thou keep this commandment without spot or blemish / until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. The weight of which sentence for the observing of those things which are mentioned in this Epistle / that it may be the better understanded / I will note the words severally.

And most manifestly in * Iosue / where it is sayde / that he that kylled a man at ¹vnwares / shall returne vnto the citie vntill he stand before the congregration to be iudged. Where by the congregation / he meaneth the gouernoures of the congregation / for it dyd not appertayne to all to iudge of thys case. Lykewyse in the