The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

After to that I set down off the word Apostle, extended in the proper signification to all Ministers that are sent, which the knowledge of the Greek word might have led him to / he opposeth ¹Calvin / which saith / in the proper signification it only comprehendeth the number off 12. Wherein he declareth himself but a trifler. For onles he be at defiance with his grammar: he shall be constrained will he nill be / to confess it to be true which I have set down. That which Master Calvin saith / is not contrary: considering that where I spake off the general use off the word / he spake of the use off it in the new Testament / where it is most usually taken in that sense. As for that he saith / it is the proper signification: he meaneth not the natural as I meant / and expressed: but the particular / in which sense proper is also taken / which appeareth in that he calleth the other general.²

After to that I set downe off the vvord Apostel, extended in the proper signification to all Ministers that are sent, which the knowledge of the Greek word might haue led him to / he opposeth ¹Caluin / which saith / in the proper signification it onely comprehendeth the nombre off 12. Wherin he declareth himselfe but a trifler. For onles he be at defiance vvith his grammer: he shalbe constreined will he nill be / to confesse it to be true which I haue set downe. That which Maister Caluin saith / is not contrary: considering that vvhere I spake off the generall vse off the worde / he spake of the vse off it in the newe Testament / where it is most vsually taken in that sense. As for that he saith / it is the proper signification: he meaneth not the naturall as I ment / and expressed: but the particular / in which sense proper is also taken / which appeareth in that he calleth the other generall.²

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