Io Whitgifte
Thus muche might they alleadge for themselues also, and applie those textes of scripture to as good purpose as you do. For that place of the fourth to the Ephe. doth* 1.1 teach that God hath therefore appointed his ministerie in the Church, that it mighte be a meanes to bring vs to a perfect knowledge of Christ. The meaning is not that we should be daily altering our iudgement, and broching new opinions: for against such vnconstancie, the same Apostle speaketh in the. 14. verse of the same Chapter.* 1.2 True it is that we must dayly grow in faith and loue, to the full perfection where∣of, we cannot attaine in this life: but it doth not therefore follow, that we like children must be carried about with euery wind of doctrine, and neuer remaine constant in one religion. To the same end are the words of the Apostle in the. 3. to the Colloss. to be referred.
I beléeue it will fall out that in this your replie, there will be found sundry ar∣ticles, neyther allowed nor practised in any Church reformed, nor in our Church debated at any time heretofore.