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 the place which he allegeth out of the learned man / doth not only not make any thing for him / but doth quite overthrow his cause. For he sayeth that our saviour Christ did not refuse this as a thing in it self unlawful / but because it did not agree with his vocation. Now the vocation of our saviour Christ / was to be a minister of the gospel / therefore it doth not agree with the vocation of a minister of the gospel to judge or to intermeddle in civil government. And if M. Doctor had been so studious of M. Calvins works / as by his often allegation of him / he would make the world believe / he might have * red in him ¹this sentence cited for this purpose / to prove that the ministers have not to do with civill things. Furthermore M. D. asketh what S. Pauls place to the Romans (where he willeth that he which hath an office / must wait of that office ²he that teacheth of his teaching) maketh to this purpose. Surely M. Doc. very much. Neither can there be a place more properly alleged / both for the very plains of the words / & also for the circumstance of the place. For S. Paul speaketh there against those / which would overreach their callings / & having certain callings / contented not them selves with them / but would have an ore in every mans boat / and would take more upon them then they were able to do / or the measure of their gifts would stretch unto. And therefore showeth / that as the body is best preserved when every member thereof doth his office / and destroyed when one member will take upon it to do the office of an other: so the church is then best governed / when every Ecclesiastical person keepeth him self within the limits of his calling / not meddling with that which pertaineth unto an other. But M. Doctor sayeth that the bishop governeth as well by discipline as by preaching: so he doth. But I pray you by what discipline? what a reason is this / he governeth by discipline / ergo, by civill discipline. You say in the next sentence ⟨p. 207⟩that the authors of the admonition either dote or dream: But if these be your sharp disputations / when you are awake? surely they are very blunt when you dream. But I had rather judge the best / that Master Doctor was over-watched.

And the place which he alledgeth out of the learned man / doth not only not make any thing for hym / but doth quite ouerthrow hys cause. For he sayeth that our sauiour Christ dyd not refuse thys as a thing in it selfe vnlawfull / but because it dyd not agree with hys vocation. Now the vocation of our sauiour Christ / was to be a mynister of the gospell / therefore it doth not agree with the vocation of a mynister of the gospell to iudge or to entermeddle in cyuill gouernment. And if M. Doctor had bene so studious of M. Caluins works / as by hys often allegation of hym / he woulde make the world beleue / he might haue * red in hym