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And doth M. Doctor think / that S. Paul made magistrates? Or is he of that judgement / that the church in the time of persecution / may make civill officers? But it is true / that he that is once over the shoes / sticketh not to run over his boots.

And doth M. Doctor thincke / that S. Paule made magistrates? Or is he of that iudgement / that the church in the tyme of persecution / may make ciuill officers? But it is true / that he that is once ouer the shoes / sticketh not to run ouer hys bootes.

And last of all to prove that bishops may have prisons / he citeth Peter which punished Ananias / and Sapphira with death. M. Doctor must understand that this was Ecclesiastical power / and was done by virtue of that function / which S. Paul calleth dynamin, which is one of those functions that the ¹Lord placed in his church for a time. But is this a good argument / because S. Peter punished with the word / therefore the minister may punish with the sword? And because S. Peter did so once / therefore the bishop may do so alway? & because S. Peter did that / which appertaineth to no civill magistrate / and which no civill magistrate / by any means may / or can do / therefore the minister may do that / which appertaineth unto the civill magistrate? For if there had been a civill magistrate / the same could not have punished this fault of dissimulation / which was not known / nor declared it self by any outward action. So that if this example prove any thing / it proveth that the minister may do / that no man may do / but the Lord only / which is to punish faults that are hid / and unknown. If this be ignorance / it is very gross / & if it be against knowledge / it is more dangerous. I have determined with my self / to leave unto M. Doctor his outcries and declamations / and if I should have used them / as often as he giveth occasion / there would be no end of writing. The Lord give M. Doctor either better knowledge / or better conscience.

And last of all to proue that byshoppes may haue prisons / hee citeth Peter which punyshed Ananias / and Saphira with death. M. Doctor must vnderstand that thys was Ecclesiasticall power / and was done by vertue of that function / which S. Paule calleth dynamin, which is one of those functions that the