The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright

Whether you have either scripture or godly learned author for your warrant in your assertions / partly hath been already showed / and more shall appear. But you must learn that the part of a faithful teacher in the church of god / is neither to propound any thing to the church / neither to reject that which is propounded by other / off credit off any godly / learned / zealous man. And although this be to much / yet that which he writeth in the 200. pag. is to far out of all square. Where he affirmeth that the argument off authority / whether out off the Scriptures / or out off the interpreters off the Scriptures / is the best reason that can be brought in divinity. To both I will answer here in the beginning that the reader may have wherewith he may beware / and know ⟨p. XVIII⟩how to esteem both his and our proofs. And first of all seeing the Apostle teacheth Timothy / that the Scripture inspired by ¹the holy ghost / is the only rule for the minister (which he calleth the man off god) either to establish or overthrow what soever may fall in question in the church: And S. Peter saith that who soever speaketh in the church must speak as the words of god: And seeing all the godly zealous learned men in ²the world are not able to authorise or displace any doctrine in the church without the word of god: I leave it to be considered how dangerously he maintaineth his answer to be good for that it hath ground either of the word of god / or the judgement of some godly jearned man / and let it be weighed whether this be to set up an other Doctor in the church then Moses or our saviour Christ.