The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

A calling lawful / and yet extraordinary. page xxx••j. The Apostles / Prophets / and Evangelists are evil distinguished / by the D. cccvij. There can be none off these functions now without an extraordinary calling ccciij. The same could not be a bishop / Evangelist and Apostle at once cccxviij. Epaphroditus was no Apostle / in that sense that S. Peter was ccciiij. An ⟨image 354⟩Evangelist could not without his fault be made a bishop much less could an Apostle 321. Timothy was an Evangelist and no bishop cccxij. The abusing off the writers / both old / and new: to prove Apostles / Prophets / and Evangelists ordinary ministers cccxxvij. What manner a men they were / which after those sent forth into the whole world / called them selves Apostles cccviij. Hereupon / we refuse the callings of Archbishop otherwise called Metropolitan / and our kind of bishop / Archdeacon / and dean: as those which taken even for the very principal church officers / have no ground in the word of God Proved / in that they are contained in nether of the places off the Ephesians / or Corinthians / where all the ministries Ecclesiastical are described / ccc•xlix. ccccliij. Whether refer / that the archbishop and bishop are new ministries ccccxxxviij. Likewise that the first step / to this kind off bishopric / began at Alexandria: and not in Zion or Jerusalem / and that it was after the Apostles times dxlviij. Also the first step of preeminence to an archbishopric / over many bishops: was but a little before the Nicene Council cccclxxxv.

A calling lawfull / and yet extraordinary. page xxx••j. The Apostels / Prophetes / and Euangelistes are euil distinguished / by the D. cccvij. There can be none off these functions now withowt an extraordinary calling ccciij. The same coulde not be a bishop / Euangelist and Apostle at once cccxviij. Epaphroditus was no Apostle / in that sense that S. Peter was ccciiij. An ⟨image 354⟩Euangelist could not withowt his fault be made a bishop much les could an Apostle 321. Timothe was an Euangelist and no bishop cccxij. The abusing off the writers / both ould / and nue: to proue Apostles / Prophetes / and Euangelistes ordinary ministers cccxxvij. What maner a men they were / which after those sent foorth into the whole world / called them selues Apostles cccviij. Hereupon / we refuse the callinges of Archbishop otherwise called Metropolitā / and our kinde of bishop / Archdeacō / and deane: as those which taken euen for the very principall church officers / haue no ground in the word of God Proued / in that they are conteined in nether of the places off the Ephesians / or Corinthians / where al the ministeries Ecclesiasticall are described / cccxlix. ccccliij. Whether refer / that the archbishop and bishop are nue ministeries ccccxxxviij. Likewise that the first step / to this kind off bishoprik / began at Alexandria: and not in Sion or Ierusalem / and that it was after the Apostles times dxlviij. Also the first step of preheminence to an archbishoprik / ouer many bishops: was but a litle before the Nicene Councel cccclxxxv.