The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

and hath appeared in that the council off Carthage decreed / that an elder accused by ⟨p. DCXLVI⟩¹his bishop, might call 6. other bishops, and the deacon three: and likewise may by an other / which decreed that being condemned ²off his bishop ether by right or wrong, he might appeal unto other bishops. Beside that / I have showed that he might hear no cause without his clergy: therefore those condemnations by the bishop / must be understanded if he be duly / and according to the order prescribed condemned. He abuseth also his reader / in that he would prove the bishops authority greater / because it was forbidden to those put out by him, to go to the Emperor. Considering that the same canon giveth them remedy against the bishop in a greater assembly: yea even against a whole Synod in a more general then it.

and hath appeared in that the councell off Carthage decreed / that an elder accused by ⟨p. DCXLVI⟩¹his bishop, might cal 6. other bishops, and the deacon three: and likewise may by an other / which decreed that being condemned ²off his bishop ether by right or vvronge, he might appeale vnto other bishops. Beside that / I haue shewed that he might heare no cause withowt his clergie: therfore those condemnations by the bishop / must be vnderstanded if he be duly / and according to the order prescribed condemned. He abuseth also his reader / in that he would proue the bishops autoritie greater / because it was forbidden to those put out by him, to goe to the Emperour. Considering that the same canon gyueth them remedy againste the bishop in a greater assembly: yea euen againste a whole Synode in a more generall then it.

1. 13. Conc. cap. 8.
2. 2Council. Sard. c. 17