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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.
Tract. 2. and 3. according to the D. Off election of the minister.
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 the end off notifying the day off orders (which you say is especially / that there may be resort thither / of such as have any thing to object against any / that is at that time to be admitted into the ministry) is (as I think) but a shift / to serve this turn. the confutation whereof may be fetched / from the Bishops bull / which being set up upon the church door / as by the sound of a trumpet to gather an army (whereof the greatest part off of them / after the bishops hand is laid upon their heads / have power to invade the church of God at all occasions) propoundeth this as the chief end / that if any be disposed to receive orders / he should repair to the bishop at such time / and place. For it maketh no mention as I remember / of any such end / or at the least / that that is the principal end. And if that be so (which I will not precisely affirm / but refer it to the reader / which may have more assured knowledge then I can have off it) then the untruth off this saying / doth notably appear. for if it had been the principal cause off the setting up thereof / it ought so to have been propounded: at the least / not to have been left out.
And the ende off notifyinge the daie off orders (vvhich yow say is especially / that there may be resorte thither / of suche as haue any thinge to obiect against any / that is at that time to be admitted into the ministerie) is (as I think) but a shifte / to serue this turne. the confutation vvherof may be fetched / from the Bishopps bull / vvhich being set vp vpon the church dore / as by the sounde of a trumpet to gather an armie (wheroff the greatest parte off of them / after the bishops hand is laid vpon their heades / haue power to inuade the church of God at all occasions) propoundeth this as the cheife ende / that if any be disposed to receiue orders / he should repaire to the bishop at suche time / and place. For it maketh no mention as I remember / of any suche ende / or at the least / that that is the principall ende. And if that be so (vvhich I will not precisely affirme / but referre it to the reader / vvhich may haue more assured knowledge then I can haue off it) then the vntrewth off this saying / dothe notably appeere. for if it had bene the principall cause off the settinge vp theroff / it ought so to haue bene propounded: at the leaste / not to haue bene left owt.