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 whereas he would pick out a contradiction in the words of the admonition / because they say bare reading / is but bare feeding / the discord is in his cares / not in their words. For when they said it was no feeding / they meant such feeding as could save them / and so in calling it bare feeding / they note that there is not enough in that / to keep them from famishment. And in deed / unless the Lord work miraculously and extraordinarily (which is not to be looked for of us) the bare reading of the scriptures without the preaching / can not deliver so much as one poor sheep from destruction / and from the wolf. And if some have ben converted wonderfully / yet M. doctor should remember that potamos ouc aei axinas pherei, that is. The water doth not alway bear iron.

And wheras he would picke out a contradiction in the words of the admonition / because they say bare reading / is but bare feading / the discorde is in hys cares / not in their wordes. For when they sayde it was no feading / they meant suche feeding as could saue them / and so in calling it bare feading / they note that there is not enough in that / to keepe them from famishment. And in deede / vnles the Lord worke miraculously and extraordinarily (whych is not to beloked for of vs) the bare reading of the scriptures wythout the preachyng / can not delyuer so much as one poore sheepe from destruction / and from the wolfe. And if some haue ben conuerted wonderfully / yet M. doctor should remember that potamos ouc aei axinas pherei, that is. The water doth not alway beare iron.

And upon the third leaf / where he giveth instance in the Apocalypse of the word (priest) to be taken otherwise / then for the Levitical priesthood / and priesthood of our saviour Christ. Master D. can not be ignorant / that the admonition speaketh of those which be priests in deed / & properly / and not by those which are priests by a Metaphor and borrowed speech. And whereas he desireth to learn where the word (priest) is taken in evil part in all the new Testament. Although all men see how he asketh this question of no mind to learn: yet if he will learn (as he sayeth) he shall find that in the acts of the apostles / it is taken divers tunes in evil part. For seeing that the office and function of run jereon, that is / of priests / was (after our saviour Christs ascension) naught and ungodly: The name whereby they were called / which did exercise that ungodly function / can not be otherwise taken / then in the evil part.