The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

To the third rule / that all should be done unto edifying: he saith that it can not be applied to all things generally used in ¹the church, but to prayers, tongues, &c. specified in that chapter, as if it were not the ordinary of the Apostle / to prove the particulars / by the general / and so to conclude / that the exercises off praying / singing &c. should be done to edifying / because all things must so be done. And where he would seem / to •ye the Signification / off edifying / only ⟨p. LXIIII⟩unto instruction in the church: it is manifest that the Apostle / carrying it also unto things indifferent / will have this to be the rule / off our private actions / mich more off such public actions / as I have before declared. And the words which saint Paul useth / do not require / that ceremonies ²and orders of the church should edify (as he surmiseth): it is sufficient to come under this rule off the Apostle / that they tend to edifying: and he can not be ignorant / that it is one thing to build / and another thing to tend to building.

To the thirde rule / that all shoulde be doone vnto edifying: he saithe that yt can not be applied to all thinges generally vsed in ¹the churche, but to praiers, tounges, &c. specified in that chapter, as if it were not the ordinary of the Apostell / to proue the particulers / by the generall / and so to conclude / that the exercises off praing / singinge &c. shoulde be doone to edifying / because all things muste so be doone. And where he woulde seeme / to •ye the Signification / off edifying / onely ⟨p. LXIIII⟩vnto instruction in the churche: yt is manifeste that the Apostell / carying yt also vnto thinges indifferent / will haue this to be the rule / off our priuate actions / myche more off suche publike actions / as I haue before declared. And the wordes which saincte Paule vseth / doo not require / that ceremonies