Agayne, they are demaunded, which can obiect nothing of his insufficiencie, whome for the most parte they neuer see nor heard of before, as one that came of one day vnto the towne, and goeth a∣way the next.
Further, they haue no reasonable space giuen them, wherein they may inquire or hearken out of hys honest conuersation: and haue some experience of his soundnesse in teaching, and discretion and iudgement to rule his flocke. But if as soone as euer it be said, that those that are straungers to them shoulde obiect against them, no man stand foorth to oppose against them, foorthwith he is made a minister. And these are those things wherein I thinke the booke of ordering ministers faultie, touching the triall and examination of the ministers, which selfesame things, are likewise of the triall of the Deacon. And so you see, that besides the faultes of those that execute the law, that there be faultes in the lawes themselues, and therefore the cause is truly assigned, although you see it not.
There is none that ought to be admitted by any Bishop, but such as haue dwelte and remained in his dioces a conuenient time: No time of admitting (except it be of some singular person whose habilitie is not doubted of) is appointed, but the same is before a sufficient time notifyed in the notablest places of the whole dioces, chiefly to this end and purpose, that there may be resorte thither by suche as haue any thing to obiect againste any that is to be admitted at that time into the ministerie: neyther ought any to be admitted except he bring a sufficient testimoniall of his good behaui∣oure from that place, where he hath had his abode: and therefore if they come not, it is a token that they haue nothing to say: or if they haue to obiect, and do not, the fault is in themselues, they may if they will.
I told you before, that he may not teach before he be therevnto admitted, nor rule a flocke before he haue one committed vnto him, and therefore of necessitie he must at the least be admitted into the ministerie of the worde, before they can giue any iudgement of him. So that in déede though you haue vsed many words, yet haue you in effect said little or nothing: and the slendernesse of your reasons against the booke, togither with the inconueni〈1 line〉〈1 line〉nces that must of necessitie follow, hath procured a great credite vnto it: and it still remayneth true, that I haue answered to the Admonition, that is, that the fau〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ts that be, are in the persons, not in the law.