The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

There followeth in this second rank Oecunemius / whose testimony is so flat against the Ans. signification off the word lifting up off hands, and therefore also against the sole election off the bishop: as a clearer could not be required. His words be thes / it is to be noted, that the disciples with fasting, and ¹prayers did make elections by voices. Now seeing by the word disciples Saint Luke / and the Scholiast following him / continually through the story of the Acts / note the people which believed: it is manifest that the Scholiast doth both conclude upon this place / that the people did choose: and concludeth it also of the word / lifting up off hands. Whether in attributing the same word unto Paul / and Barnab. he mean thereby the ceremony off imposition off hands: I will not (as in a thing not worth the travail) stand. It is enough for me to have showed / how this testimony maketh directly against that / which the Doctor affirmeth: that is to say / that the word lifting up off hands signifieth in this place off the Acts / only the ceremony ⟨p. CCIII⟩off laying on off hands. For if it signify both the election by voices / and the ceremony off laying on off hands: then our cause standeth as sure / as if it only signified the election by voices.

There followeth in this seconde rancke Oecunemius / whose testimonie is so flat againste the Ans. signification off the word lifting vp off handes, and therfore also againste the sole election off the bishoppe: as a clearer coulde not be required. His words be thes / yt is to be noted, that the disciples vvithe fastinge, and ¹praiers did make elections by voices. Nowe seinge by the worde disciples Saint Luke / and the Scoliast followinge him / continually throwghe the storie of the Actes / note the people whiche belieued: it is manifeste that the Scoliaste dothe both cōclude vppon this place / that the people did chuse: and cōcludethe yt also of the worde / lifting vp off handes. Whether in attributinge the same worde vnto Paule / and Barnab. he meane therby the ceremonie off imposition off handes: I will not (as in a thinge not worthe the trauaile) stande. yt is enowghe for me to haue shewed / how this testimonie makethe directly againste that / whiche the Doctor affirmeth: that is to saie / that the worde lifting vpp off handes signifiethe in this place off the Actes / onely the ceremonie