The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

Where I show that the sufficientest minister, finding enough to do in one only congregation: no man can be able ¹to weld the government off all the churches in a Province: he answereth / that lack off will, or skill of some busy Pastors, to dispatch controversies which them selves be authors off, letteth not but that bishops, and archbish. may be sufficient for their charges. I make my argument off all / and he answereth off some: I of the most fit / and sufficient pastors / and he off unfit. If he have any better answer / we will attend after it: if not / then the archbishop is here again taken by default. And when ether he must needs let his Archbishop fall to the ground / or else deny that men off greatest gifts have found enough to do in the government of one congregation: being both unwilling to grant the one / and ashamed to deny the other: it is manifest he crept into this corner. When I show that as the patrons off the Archb. may allege the supply off Archdeacons, Chancellors, &c. in their absence: so the popes advocates may pretend his deputation off Cardinals, &c. he answereth / that the office off bishop, and Archbishop may be well executed so far as it is convenient for the estate of the church: which is that in question.

Where I shew that the sufficientest mynister, finding enovvghe to doo in one onely congregacion: no man can be hable ¹to vvelde the gouernement off all the churches in a Prouince: he answereth / that lacke off will, or skill of some busie Pastors, to dispatch controuersies which them selues be autors off, letteth not but that bishops, and archbish. may be sufficient for their charges. I make my argument off all / and he answereth off some: I of the moste fyt / and sufficient pastors / and he off vnfit. If he haue any better answer / wee will attend after yt: if not / then the archbishop is here againe taken by defaulte. And when ether he must needes let his Archbishop fall to the ground / or els denie that men off greatest giftes haue found enowgh to doe in the gouernement of one congregacion: being both vnwilling to graunte the one / and ashamed to denie the other: yt is manifest he crept into this corner. When I shew that as the patrons off the Archb. may alledge the supplie off Archdeacons, Chauncelors, &c. in their absence: so the popes aduocates may pretende his deputacion off Cardinalls, &c. he answereth / that the office off bishop, and Archbishop may be well excuted so farre as yt is conuenient for the estate of the church: which ys that in question.