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 besides that in our tongue / those things which […] said to be scarce / are notwithstanding oftentimes supposed to be: As when a •an saith that there is scarce a man alive. &c. the scripture also useth that phrase of speech / of things which are / as when it saith / the just man shall scarce be saved / it doth not mean ¹that just men shall not be saved. The rest of that I have answered.

And besides that in our tonge / those thyngs whych 〈…〉 sayde to be skarce / are notwythstanding oftentimes supposed to be: As when a •an saith that there is skarce a man aliue. &c. the scripture also vseth that phrase of speache / of thyngs whych are / as when it sayth / the iust man shal skarce be saued / it doth not meane ¹that iust men shall not be saued. The rest of that I haue answeared.

1. 11. Pet. 4. 18.

And whereas he saith that it is all one / to say that the election of the minister must be made by the church / and to say / it must be made by the people: It is ⟨p. 218⟩a great oversight to make the part / and whole all one / seeing the people be but one part of the church / and the minister and the other governors are / albeit not the greatest / yet the principallest part. I grant that sometimes a part is taken for the whole / and so we do call sometimes the governors of the church the church / and sometimes the people. But where the question is of the propriety of these speeches (the church and the people) there all men that have any judgement / can easily put a difference. The rest of those articles are answered in the discourse of the book. Besides that / the faults which are found with the untrue gathering of them / are not taken away by M. Doctor / but only in confident and bold asseverations. And if I should say any thing / I should but repeat their words.