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The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright
The second reply of Thomas Cartwright: against Master Doctor Whitgiftes second answer, touching the Church disciplineThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright: agaynst Maister Doctor Whitgiftes second answer, touching the Churche discipline
Heidelberg: printed by Michael Schirat, 1575
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And where you say / that there is no example, from the nativity off Christ unto this hour: first you greatly forget / how evil you entreat them which reason negatively off authority: and how you cry out upon them / which (as you say) off a thing not done, conclude it ought not be done. And this reason is yet worse: for it would conclude / that no Idolater repentant / should be put to death / because there was none so handled / within a certain space. Then you may understand / that the princes which have maintained the gospel all this while you speak off / by whom thes executions should have been done / have been both few in number / and off small endurance off time. And yet although Constantine the Emperor were to mild a prince / and did as Eusebius witnesseth / much harm in the church 1with his clemency: yet he made a law as Socrates testifieth / that as many as were found to have any writing off Arius should die for it. if that were put in execution / as is to be thought: the example thereof cometh nothing behind in severity / that which is here defended.
And where yow saye / that there is no example, from the natiuitie off Christe vnto this howre: firste yow greatly forget / how euill yow intreate them whiche reason negatiuely off autoritie: and how yow crie owte vppon them / which (as yow saye) off a thinge not doone, conclude yt owghte not be doone. And this reason is yet worsse: for yt vvoulde conclude / that no Idolater repentante / shoulde be put to deathe / because ther was none so handled / within a certeine space. Then yow maye vnderstande / that the princes vvhiche haue mainteined the gospell all this vvhile yow speake off / by vvhome thes executions shoulde haue bene doone / haue bene bothe fewe in number / and off small endurance off tyme. And yet althowghe Constantyne the Emperour were to mylde a prince / and did as Eusebius witnessethe / muche harme in the churche 1vvith his clemencie: yet he made a lawe as Socrates testifiethe / that as manie as were founde to haue any writinge off Arius shoulde die for yt. iff that vvere put in execution / as is to be thowghte: the example theroff comethe nothinge behinde in seueritie / that vvhich is here defended.
- 14. lib. off the life off Const. 1. lib. 9. cap.