The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

Where it is known that those whom he meant / were modest / glorying no further / then that as a means to draw more credit to their ministry / they received it: which Muscul to wcheth them for. Therefore onles he had been driven headlong / he would at least have left his degrees indifferent: and not such as without which / no godly honesty / nor civility can stand.

Where it is knowen that those whom he ment / were modest / gloriyng no further / then that as a meanes to draw more credit to their ministery / they receyued it: which Muscul to wcheth them for. Therfore onles he had bene driuen headlong / he would at least haue left his degrees indifferent: and not such as withowt which / no godly honestie / nor ciuilitie can stand.

In the next division his answer is unsufficient. For the reason against reading Ministers / is not only because they are appointed to no certain place: but for that they are utterly without ⟨p. CCXCVIII⟩all ministry / and whether ever they shall be or no / it hangeth ether off their own / or off their patron's pleasure. So that if ether he forthincking him self / like the shop better then the church: or the patron will keep the door shut against such insufficient men / which the bishop opened so wide: or (as sometime falleth out) they can not agree of their market: it comet to pass that he is made a Minister / which ether can not / or will not / not only not fulfil / but not so much as lay hand off that ministry / whereunto he was appointed. Contrary unto the rule off Saint ¹Paul / that leaveth not this in choice: but commandeth precisely / that if after trial they be found blameless / they should exercise their ministry.

In the next diuision his answer is vnsufficient. For the reason against reading Ministers / is not onely because they are appoincted to no certein place: but for that they are vtterly without ⟨p. CCXCVIII⟩