A18080:943
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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Ans. before / for one only error touching rebaptizing / 1casteth away the whole council of Carthage: I will not deal so roughly with the council off Nice only I desire that their authority be lifted up no higher / then it hath state off the word off God. Howbeit it must not be let goo in this canon off Nice (which is the overthrow of all that the Ans hath said before) that saying this was old custom, it confesseth thereby that it was no ordinance of God whereas if it came from S. Peter / Paul / &c. they would have said according to the institution off the Apostles. it is also worthy to be observed / that the jurisdiction the ⟨p. CCCCLXXXVI⟩Metropolitans had in their provinces / was before only voluntary / and unconstrained: for that this was the first time / that any law passed of it: which noted off me in an other place / is here well confirmed. so that thes words the old custom, which the D. putteth so great affiance in / if he make his accounts well / shall be found to have been a reed of Egypt unto him: whereupon he leaning / is not stayed but pricked.
The Ans. before / for one onely error touching rebaptising / 1casteth away the vvhole councell of Carthage: I will not deale so rowghly with the councell off Nice onely I desire that their autoritie be lifted vp no higher / then yt hath state off the vvord off God. Howbeit it must not be let goo in this canon off Nice (vvhich is the ouerthrowe of all that the Ans hath said before) that saying this vvas oulde coustome, it confesseth therby that it vvas no ordinance of God vvheras if it came from S. Peter / Paule / &c. they vvould haue said according to the institution off the Apostles. it is also vvorthy to be obserued / that the iurisdiction the ⟨p. CCCCLXXXVI⟩Metrapolitanès had in their prouinces / was before onely voluntary / and vncōstrained: for that this was the firste time / that any lawe passed of yt: which noted off me in an other place / is here well confirmed. so that thes wordes the old coustome, which the D. putteth so great affaince in / if he make his accōpts well / shall be found to haue bene a reed of Egypte vnto him: wherupon he leaning / is not staied but pricked.