The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

The flower off Epiphanius reasons / brought before / is answered: now the D. distressed / bringeth forth tag and rag. for touching Epiphanius saying (the bishop by imposition off hands begetteth fathers 1. teachers to the church, where the priests begat only sons: it is but asking off that in question / when Aerius holding them both one by Gods institution: the imposition off hands belonging unto the bishop / must needs be affirmed to appertain unto the elder. neither doth Epiphanius answer the reason out off S Paul / that Timothy was ordained ^cby imposition off hands off the company off elders. Likewise that brought off a bishop above an elder, because ^dS. Paul willeth Timothy not to rebuke an elder: to let goo other faults as many as are words in the sentence / it is absurd that ⟨p. DCXX⟩he referreth that unto an elder by office / which is spoken of an elder by years / and referreth that to the public minister which is understanded only off a private member off the church: as appeareth manifestly by the opposition off a young man / and after off the elder woman. So I leave to be esteemed / what good cause the D. hath to cover his face / in that whereof he so greatly vaunteth. The next division is ^aanswered. In the next / I leave it to the reader whether the D. order hath the heels upward: which after endeavour to show the necessity / the causes / yea the examples off a thing / setteth him self to prove that it was. Although if this be his trim order / he hath kept it evil. for Chrysostom brought for confirmation off the first / cometh after Jerome / which is brought to bear up his second. ^bThat Ignatius bishop was but off one particular congregation only / I ^chave showed: and therefore the words (over all) pressed off the D. as they are off ^dPigghius from whence this was taken / are understanded of those within his particular church. Besides / the kind of speech may be easelier drawn unto the whole world / then off a diocese / or province: for the reason assigned in my