Chap. 1. the third Diuision.
The rule of Saincte Paule in the. 1. Timo. 3. and Tit. 1. is to bee* 1.1 folowed. And the booke of ordring ministers and deacons, set forth and allowed by this Church of England requireth, that whosoeuer is to be admitted into the order of the ministerie, should so be tried, examined, and proued both for learning and life, as S. Paule there requireth. Reade the booke with indifferencie and iudgement, and thou canst not but greatly commend it. If any man neglect his du∣tie in that point, his fault must not be ascribed to the rule appointed, neither yet to the whole Church. Is the law euill, bicause some law∣yers* 1.2 in their office swarue frō it? This is fallation à nō causa ad causā.
But in the ende you agree that they should be tryed, so that nowe the question standeth only howe and by what meanes: wherin you for your part say, that the booke of ordering ministers is a sufficient and good rule. I haue read it, and yet I can not commende it greately. But you will say not with indgement, or iudifferencie. I will promise you with this indifferencie, that I wished, that all that is there, were good and conuenient, and such as I might saye vnto, so bee it. With what iudgement I doe disallowe it, I leaue it to all men to esteeme vpon these reasons.
The question is not whether you allowe, or disallowe that booke, neither is it materiall whether you doe or not. Your reasons vsed against it, I will seuerally, for memorie sake examine.