A18080:634
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
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Thus in that he is called the Doctor off such a church / in 1part is answered the question how it can be showed, that he is tied to a certain church. And for further answer / when as admitting that there is such an office / he can not deny but the institution off it / is amongest other spoken of unto Titus: all those ministries being appointed to a certain town / and congregation / it followeth 2that that office is likewise. Moreover considering that exhortation ⟨p. CCXCVII⟩/ and doctrine be necessary for the entertainment off a church in the true service off God: in that S. Paul parting thes between 3the Pastor / and Doctor / and placing the office off the Pastor especially in exhortation / ascribeth that off teaching principally to the Doctor: it followeth that the Pastor being tied unto a place / the Doctor must also. whereby is likewise answered his other question / how it can be proved, that the doctor was given in aide off 4the pastor. for the pastor being by the bands of his vocation / especially tied unto exhortation: a supply of teaching being needful / it must be fetched at his hands / whose proper profession that is. Last off all / hereby appeareth / what an abuse it is in the university / that they are created doctors which not only do not the office / but have not so much as a certain place assigned to teach in: which amongest other / are the two principal things I mislike / as unlawful. Where in the end off his book he saith / that it 5were confusion, and Barbarism to take away such degrees: he doth shameful injury to divers reformed churches in Savoy / and Switzerland: where all kind of learning / and good behaviour flourishing / those degrees are not. But it is to be noted that together with the churches / Musculus especially hath his part in this charge off Barbarism, &c. The churches not having the other degrees in arts / which are indifferent / give no sentence off the Doctorship: but Musc. doth plainly declare his misliking. For having spoken against the popish Doctors / he addeth: wherefore I have