A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D.…A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D.…

Because this reason was accused of dullness, it was noted (by the way) that every Ploughman, being a good Christian, did usually make it in this blunt manner, against the Prelates proceedings, and that the Repl. (being, as it seemeth first brought up among such plain people) had from his childhood took it to be unanswerable. Hereupon, the Rej. 1. answereth the ⟨p. 194⟩blunt argument, with this sharpness: It is like as if one should say, that God, admitting no man to the Priesthood with bodily blemish, did therefore praeferre bodily perfection before spiritual. Wherein, he deceiveth himself, & others much, whether he respecteth the first explication of this reason, or the second. For according to the first, it must be affirmed, that God would suffer men blemished in their bodies, to be priests, though they had no spiritual fitness for that office. And according to the second, he should have said, that God having otherwise to furnish the Priesthood, according to a superior law, which he might not of his will dispense with, did notwithstanding exclude some of those which that law did allow. But both these assertions are too absurd for the Rejoinder to own.

Because this reason was accused of dullenesse, it was noted (by the way) that every Plowman, being a good Christian, did usually make it in this blunt manner, against the Praelats proceedinges, and that the Repl. (being, as it seemeth first brought up amonge suche plaine people) had from his childhood tooke it to be unanswerable. Heerupon, the Rej. 1. answereth the ⟨p. 194⟩blunt argument, with this sharpnesse: It is like as if one should say, that God, admitting no man to the Priesthood with bodily blemish, did therfore praeferre bodily perfection before spirituall. Wherin, he deceyveth him•elf, & others muche, whether he respecteth the first explication of this reason, or the second. For according to the first, it must be affirmed, that God would suffer men blemished in their bodies, to be priests, though they had no spirituall fitnesse for that office. And according to the second, he should have sayd, that God having otherwise to furnish the Priesthood, according to a superior law, which he might not of his will dispence with, did notwithstanding exclude some of those which that law did allow. But both these assertious are too absurde for the Rejoynder to owne.