The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

Upon thes words he gathereth / the hishops are subject unto the metropolitan, and that the council willeth them to be so: which is very ¹untrue, for there is no word in that canon / that proveth subjection / much less expresseth. As for the honour which they should give him: I have showed what it is out off the Council off Nice: the care for other churches in the Province cometh after to be considered. For the bringing off matters unto him / which they could not end at home: it appeareth by divers places / that they were not brought to him to determine / but only to make relation off / unto the provincial council: and that he could end ²no matter / but which advise off other Bishops in the same Province. In the African Council it was decreed / that if a ^abishop striving with an other about the territories, entered into them without having resolution of the other bishops: although he had the peoples consent, and Metropolitans letters, he should leese his cause. In the Council of ^bSardis / about the same time with that off Antioch / the bishops call their Metropolitan, brother, and fellow bishop. What Lordship and dominion can be gathered off thes things / I know not.

Vpon thes wordes he gathereth / the hishops are subiecte vnto the metropolitane, and that the councell willeth them to be so: which is very ¹vntrue, for there is no worde in that canon / that proueth subiection / muche lesse expresseth. As for the honor which they should giue him: I haue shewed what it is owte off the Councell off Nice: the care for other churches in the Prouince cometh after to be considered. For the bringing off matters vnto him / which they coulde not ende at home: yt appeareth by diuers places / that they were not browght to him to determin / but onely to make relation off / vnto the prouinciall councell: and that he coulde ende ²no matter / but which aduise off other Bishops in the same Prouince. In the Africane Coūcell yt was decreed / that if a