You may deny if you will that the snow is white. By (all thes places) must needs be understanded those which Musc. off whom you speak / doth interpret: but your self had said 1before / that he expoundeth those three off S. Math. Mark / and Luke: therefore although you added not three, yet that must needs be understanded. And in this your shift you break your grammar's head: seeing Aristotle teacheth that the number of three, is the least number that this word all can be verified off. 2Where you said Christ did not say no man shall be great amongest them: my answer was that he had said that before, and needed not to repeat it, whereunto you answer nothing. The place I alleged out of S. Luke / overthroweth your answer. For if by thes words whosoever vvill be great, desire off dominion had been only found fault with: then he would not have spoken simply / whosoever amongest you, without adding any thing off ambition / or desire to rule: and to this you answer nothing / but cover your self only with Musc. authority. For where you say / you spake as the words be▪ you understand well that they do not specify any ambition / which you must needs mean / or else you maintain not your answer. Where you say, S. Lukes words make against me, as which insinuate that there must be some great amongest them: you take it otherwise then it is. For if you will not admit the interpretation I alleged / in referring this greatness unto excellency of gifts one above an other: nor Call. interpretation savoureth not in your taste, that it is as much as if our Saviour should say, your greatness, excellency, and dignity shall be, in submitting ⟨p. CCCCXXXIII⟩your selves unto you brethren: yet you vvill not refuse Bucer / whom you here build upon. which by great in this place / understandeth him that is elder in age: and proveth it by the word 3younger, opposed to him. And it is not unlike but one of those reasons / whereby some off those disciples would have grounded their principality over other their fellows / was for that they were ancienter in years. Which soever of thes expositions you admit: you see that to be great here / signifieth nothing less / then any dominion off one minister over another.
Yow may deny if yow will that the snow is white. By (all thes places) must needes be vnderstanded those which Musc. off whom yow speake / doth interprete: but yowr self had sayed 1before / that he expoundeth those three off S. Math. Marck / and Luke: therfore although yow added not three, yet that muste needes be vnderstanded. And in this yowr shift yow breake yowr grammers head: seing Aristotle teacheth that the numbre of three, is the least numbre that this vvord all can be verifyed off. 2Where yow saied Christ did not say no man shall be great amongest thē: my answer was that he had saied that before, and needed not to repete it, wherunto yow answer nothing. The place I alledged owt of S. Luke / ouerthroweth yowr answer. For if by thes wordes vvhosoeuer vvill be great, desire off dominion had bene onely found fault with: then he would not haue spokē simply / vvhosoeuer amongest yovv, withowt adding any thing off ambitiō / or desire to rule: and to this yow answer nothing / but couer yowr self onely with Musc. autoritie. For where yow say / yow spake as the wordes be▪ yow vnderstand well that they doo not specifie any ambitiō / which yow must needes meane / or els yow mainteine not yowr answer. Where yow say, S. Lukes wordes make against me, as which insinuate that there must be some great amongest them: yow take it otherwise then it is. For if yow will not admit the interpretacion I alledged / in referring this greatnes vnto excellency of gyftes one aboue an other: nor Cal. interpretation sauoreth not in yowr tast, that it is as much as if our Sauiour should say, yovvr greatnes, excellency, and dignitie shalbe, in submitting ⟨p. CCCCXXXIII⟩yovvr selues vnto yovv brethren: yet yow vvill not refuse Bucer / vvhom yow here build vpon. vvhich by great in this place / vnderstandeth him that is elder in age: and proueth it by the word 3younger, opposed to him. And it is not vnlike but one of those reasons / wherby some off those disciples would haue grounded their principalitie ouer other their fellowes / vvas for that they vvere auncienter in yeares. Which soeuer of thes expositions yow admit: yow see that to be great here / signifieth nothing les / then any dominion off one minister ouer another.
- 1In 1. divi. off this chap.In 1. diui. off this chap.
- 2Lib. 1. de coelo 1. c.
- 3[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
