A18078:895
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.
Unto the two next sections I have answered before / where I have entreated of holy days / and of kneeling at the Communion / it followeth to speak unto the section contained in the. 183. and. 184. pages.
Vnto the two next sections I haue answeared before / where I haue entreated of holy dayes / and of kneeling at the Communion / it followeth to speake vnto the section contained in the. 183. and. 184. pages.
Although it will be hard for you to prove that this word (priest) cometh of the Greek word (presbyteros) yet that is not the matter / but the case stā death in this / that for so much as the common and usual speech of England is / to note by the word (priest) not a minister of the gospel / but a sacrificer (which the minister of the gospel is not) therefore we ought not to call the ministers of the gospel (priests) and that this is the English speech / it appeareth by all the English translations / which translate always (hiereis) which were sacrificers (priests) and do not of the other side (for any that ever I red) translate presbyteron, a priest. Seeing therefore a priest with us / and in our tongue / doth signify both by the papists judgement in respect of their abominable mass / and also by ⟨p. 199⟩the judgement of the protestant in respect of the beasts which were offered in the law / a sacrificing office (which the minister of the gospel neither doth nor can execute) it is manifest / that it can not be without great offence so used.
ALthough it will be hard for you to proue that thys worde (priest) commeth of the Greke word (presbyteros) yet that is not the matter / but the case stā deth in thys / that for so much as the common and vsuall speach of England is / to note by the word (priest) not a minister of the gospel / but a sacrificer (which the minister of the gospell is not) therefore we ought not to call the ministers of the gospell (priests) and that thys is the Englishe speache / it appeareth by all the English translations / whych translate alwayes (hiereis) whych were sacrificers (priests) and do not of the other syde (for any that euer I red) translate presbyteron, a priest. Seeing therfore a priest wyth vs / and in our tonge / dothe signifye both by the papistes iudgement in respect of their abhominable masse / and also by