The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

Off your Canons here alleged one only excepted / which maketh nothing for you: the rest make directly against you. For the canon attributed to the Apostles it is there said / that if a bishop chosen unto a church, do not receive it: he shall be separated from the communion, until he take it But if it be through the naughtiness off the people, which vvill not receive him: then he shall remain bishop still, and the clergy shall be separated from the communion, because they taught their people no better to obey. Where appeareth / that the bishop could not enter / onles the people were willing. And where the canon would have him bishop still: it meaneth that he should retain the name of a bishop / because he was put by without his fault. Which thing was granted to Miletius / to whom the Council ¹of Nice in the Synodal Epistle / gave the naked name of a bishop.

Off yowr Canons heere alledged one onely excepted / which maketh nothinge for yow: the reste make directly againste yow. For the canon attributed to the Apostels yt is there saide / that if a bishop chosen vnto a churche, doo not receiue yt: he shall bee seperated from the communion, vntill he take yt But yf it be throvvghe the naughtines off the people, vvhich vvill not receiue him: then he shall remaine bishop still, and the clergie shall be seperated from the cōmunion, because they tavvght their people no better to obeie. Where appearethe / that the bishoppe coulde not enter / onles the people were willinge. And where the canō woulde haue him bishop still: yt meaneth that he should reteine the name of a bishop / because he was put by withowte his faulte. Whiche thinge was graūted to Miletius / to vvhō the Councel ¹of Nice in the Synodall Epistle / gaue the naked name of a bishop.

1. 1Socr. 1. 9. cap▪ Theodor. •. lib. 9. c.