The defense of the aunsvvere to the Admonition against the replie of T.C. By Iohn VVhitgift Doctor of Diuinitie. In the beginning are added these. 4. tables. 1 Of dangerous doctrines in the replie. 2 Of falsifications and vntruthes. 3 Of matters handled at large. 4 A table generall.

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The defense of the aunsvvere to the Admonition against the replie of T.C. By Iohn VVhitgift Doctor of Diuinitie. In the beginning are added these. 4. tables. 1 Of dangerous doctrines in the replie. 2 Of falsifications and vntruthes. 3 Of matters handled at large. 4 A table generall.
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Chap. 7. the firste Diuision.
Admonition.

Nowe that authoritie is giuen into the handes of the Bishop alone, who by his sole authoritie thrusteth vpon them suche, as they many times, as well for vnhonest life, as also for lacke of lear∣ning, may, and do iustly dislike.

Ansvvere to the Admonition. Pag. 46. Sect. 1.

That Bishops haue authoritie to admitte Ministers (which is heere denyed) it is plaine by that which is written. 1. Tim. 5. manus citò ne cui imponas, Lay thy handes rashely on none. These wordes Ambrose, Chrysostome, and all learned wryters, for the moste part, doe say to be an Admonition to Timothie, that he oughte to be circumspecte in appoynting of Ministers. And to Titus chap. 1. Paule saythe that he left him at Creta, vt constituat oppidatim presbyteros, that he shoulde appoynt Ministers in euery towne. This Hierome and others doe expounde of the authoritie that Titus had in placing ministers in euery Church.

T. C. Pag. 39. Sect. 3. 4. & Pag. 40. Sect. 1. 2.

Nowe you woulde proue (*) 1.1 that this election of Ministers by one man was in the Apostles tyme. But you haue forgotten your selfe, whiche sayde a little before, that this election by the Churche, was not onely in the Apostles tymes, but also in the time of Cyprian: nowe you saye otherwyse. And if the election of the minister by the Churche agree so well with the tyme of per∣secution, and when there is no christian Magistrate, howe commeth it to passe, that in those dayes when persecution was so hotte, and there were no suche Magistrates, that Saint Paule woulde haue the election by one man, and not by the Churche. Besides that, if (*) 1.2 this be Saint Paule hys commaundement, that the Byshop shoulde onely choose the Minister, why doe you make it an indifferent thing, and a thing in the power of the Churche to be varyed by tymes, for this is a flat commaundement. Thus you see you throw downe wyth one hande, as fast as you build with the other. But to answere directly to the place of the fifth of the first to Timothie.

I saye first, that Saynt Paule writeth to Timothie, and therefore instructeth him what he shoulde doe for his parte in the appoynting of the Minister. If he had written to the whole churche of Ephesus, he woulde lykewise haue instructed them howe they shoulde haue behaued themselues in that businesse. If one doe write vnto his friende, that hath interest in any election, to take heede that he choose none but suche as are meete, shall anye man conclude therevpon, that none hathe to doe in that election, but he to whome that letter is written? Then I say further that Saynt Paule attributeth that vnto Timothie, that was common to more with hym, bycause he beyng the director and moderator of the election is sayde to doe that whiche many doe: whyche thyng I haue proued by diuerse examples bothe oute of the Scripture, and otherwise before. And euen in thys imposition of handes, it is manifestly to be shewed. For that whereas Saynt Paule* 1.3 sayth in the seconde Epistle that Timothie was ordeyned by the putting on of hys handes vpon hym, in the firste Epistle he sayth, that he was ordeyned by the putting on of the handes of the* 1.4 eldership. So that that whiche he in one place taketh to him selfe alone, in the other he communi∣cateth wyth moe. Agayne, it is a fault in you, that you can not distinguishe or put difference be∣twene the election, and imposition of handes.

Last of all I answere that althoughe thys mighte agree to Timothie alone, as in deede it can not, yet it followeth not that euery Byshop maye doe so. For Timothie was an Euange∣list, which was aboue a Byshop, as hereafter shall better appeare. And it is an euill argument to saye the greater maye doe it therefore the lesse maye doe it. The superiour, therefore the inferi∣our. If you were at any coste with producing your witnesses, you shoulde not be so wyse to be so lauishe of them, as to cite Ambrose and Chrysostome, to proue a thing that none hath euer denyed

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for who denyeth that Sainte Paule doth not gyue warnyng to Timothie to be circumspecte? if you meane to vse theyr testimonie to proue that he onely made the elections, they saye neuer a word for you, if there be any thing, cite it. To the place of Titus, I answere as to that of Timothie, for there is nothing there, but agreeth also to this place. And as for Hierome, he hath nothing in that place, as he hath in no other, to (*) 1.5 proue that to the Byshop onely doth belong the right of the election of the Minister.

I haue shewed you reasons before, why it can not be so taken of the sole election of the By∣shop, the Churche beyng shut out. If authorite woulde doe any good in thys behalfe, as it see∣meth it ought, seeing that all your proofe throughout the whole booke, is in the authorities of men, (whiche Aristotle calleth 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, vncunning proofes) I coulde send you to M. Cal∣uine which teacheth, that it is not to be thought that S. Paul woulde permit to Titus to ordeiue Byshops & ministers by his owne authoritie, when he himselfe would not take so much vpon hym, but ioyned his with the voyces of the Church. But he peraduenture sauoureth not your 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ast, and yet you would make men beleeue sometimes, that you make muche of him, if you can get but one worde (a) 1.6 vnioynted, and racked in peeces from the rest, to make good your part. If he weigh not with you, you haue M. Musculus, whome you take to be a great patron of yours in this cause,* 1.7 which doth with greater vehemencie affirme the same thing that M. Caluine sayth, asking whe∣ther any man can beleeue that Paule permitted in this place to Titus, or in the place before allea∣ged to Timothie, that they should ordeine of their owne authoritie, & by themselues, when as Paul would not doe it but by the voyces and election of the Church.

Io. Whitgifte.

The Admonition in the sixt article colorably, but in the. 7. plainely affirmeth, that* 1.8 the right of ordering ministers doth at no hande apperteine to the Bishop: this doe I improue in this place, and proue that the right of ordering & electing Ministers, doth apperteine to the Bishop: but I haue contented my selfe with the fewer proofes, bicause theyr assertion is so absurde, that it can not but discredite their learnyng with all learned men. And what so euer T. C. hath hetherto sayd, manifestly declareth it to be vntrue: yet now it is his pleasure to glosse vpon my words, and to say that I woulde proue this election of Ministers by one man, to haue bin in the Apostles time. &c. Whereas in déede my words be plaine, and my meaning is to proue that the electing and ordering of mini∣sters doth apperteine to Bishops: I do not say only to Bishops.

When you say that the election of the Pastor doth apperteine to the people, doe you meane that it only perteineth to the people? But bicause you thinke yt to be so great a matter, to say that in the Apostles tyme the election of Ministers was by one man, seing that I haue sayd before that this election by the Church was in the Apostles time and af∣ter, I will say now more than I sayd before, that they be both true: that is, that in the* 1.9 Apostles time there was diuerse maners of ordeining & electing Ministers. For some time one alone did choose, and ordeine, sometimes many, sometimes Ministers onely, and sometime the people also: as it may euidently be gathered, both by that which is spoken before, and by this also that I doe say in this place. Zuinglius in his booke cal∣led Ecclesiastes sayth thus, VVe reade in olde time of three kindes of elections: some* 1.10 were chosen by the common and generall consent of all the faithfull gathered together in one place: Other some were elected and sent by the Apostles onely: Other some we maye finde, whom one onely Apostle did choose and send, as Titus whome Paule lefte at Creta, committing vnto him, the care of that Church. The like sayth M. Bullinger Lib. 3. aduersus* 1.11 Anabap. cap. 4. there is another calling of those, whiche are also called of God, but by men, which choose & sende according to gods ordinance, as when Peter sent Marke, and Paul〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 both called and sent Timothie, Titus & Luke. Thus you sée that it is counted no straūge matter to haue diuers kinds of calling & electing ministers, euen in the Apostles time. And therfore in saying now, that Bishops haue authoritie to admit ministers, I saye nothing contrary to any thing that I haue saide before, neither yet if I affirme that Timothie and Titus had this authoritie to themselues alone.

The election of the Minister by the Church is fittest for the time of persecution: but that doth not seclude from the same time, election and calling by one man: neyther is this the question, whether choosing by the common consent of the people, or calling & sending by one man, be meetest for ye time of persecution: but whether election made by the multitude, is fitter for the time of persecution, and when there is no christian Magistrate, than for the tyme of prosperitie, and vnder a Christian Magistrate: and therefore you doe but incumber the Reader wyth false suppositions. Electi∣ons by the multitude, or by one onely, maye be vsed in the tyme of persecution,

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and at other times also, as shall be most expedient for the Church.

Where doe I saye, that it is Paules commaundemente that the Byshop shoulde onely* 1.12 choose the Minister? vndoubtedly this is no true or diuine dealing, wyllingly and wittingly to peruert a mans saying, neither can it come of a good conscience, and you haue faulted in it very oft. I proue by that which S. Paule said to Timothie 1. Ti 5. (Lay thy handes rashely on none) that a Bishop hath authoritie to admitte* 1.13 Ministers, bycause Timothie to whom these words were spoken, was a Bishop: and learned interpreters do say, that Saint Paule by these words did admonishe Ti∣mothie, that he ought to be circumspect in appointing of ministers: Therfore this is not Paules commaundemente, that a Bishop onely should ordeine ministers, but this he giueth in charge to all Bishops, in the name of Timothie, that they lay their handes rashely on none: whereby also he plainely signifieth that the ordering and electing of Ministers doth apperteine vnto them, which is denied by the Admonitiō. Here is then nothing throwne downe that was before builded, but you cast snow balles at ye windowes of the building, which may for a tyme darken them, till your snowe be melte away with the Sunne.

Touching your direct answere, (as you call it) to the place. 1. Tim. 5. thus I briefe∣ly replie, that it is but deuised of your owne head, not grounded vpon any good autho∣ritie, nor consonant to the circumstance of the place, or course of the Epistle. Both Ambrose and Chrisostome and other learned writers (as I haue sayd) doe vnderstand it to be ment of the authoritie that Timothie had in ordering Bishops and ministers. The whole Epistle, and the circumstance of this place doe plainely testifie, that thys was spoken to Timothie, onely in the respect that he was a Bishop. The preceptes that be conteined in this Epistle, the most of them, and in this Chapter especially, are suche as properly perteyne to Timothie in the respecte that he was a Byshop, and a Minister of the worde. To conclude, if the election of a Byshop had of necessitie per∣teyned to the people, Paule woulde not haue written in this manner to Timothie as he hath done, describing vnto him what qualities he that is to be elected Byshoppe oughte to haue, but he woulde rather haue written the same to the people, or willed Timothie to declare it vnto them. Neyther doth he any where in any of hys Epistles wryte to any Church, to gyue them any instructions in this so necessarie a matter: but onely wryteth of the same in those Epistles to Timothie and Titus beyng By∣shops, which maye be an argument that the ordering of Ministers doth properly ap∣perteyne to a Bishop, and that thys also, manus citò. &c. is spoken to Timothie in that respect.

A man mave wryte to hys friende that hath interest in an election, but Paul doth not one∣ly write vnto Timothie as to one that hath interest, but as to one in whom the whole interest consisteth. When you say that Paule attributeth that to Timothie, that was com∣mon to him wyth moe, if you meane moe Bishops, then it is true, for it is a rule for all Bishops to follow: but if you meane other of the people, then doe you but shifte of the matter with ghessing.

To your proofes of that phrase and kynde of speache I haue answered before, it is but a starting hole to flie vnto, when you are foyled by the playne and euident woordes of the Scripture. That whiche is by you alleaged. 2. Ti. 1. and 1. Ti. 4. ma∣keth for my purpose: for you haue before confessed, that imposition of handes was not by* 1.14 the Churche and people, but by the Elders and Ministers: and you alleage these places 1. Timo. 4. and 2. Timo. 1. to proue the same. And therefore I muche maruell to what ende you nowe alleage them, excepte it be to proue your phrase, for they cannot proue anye election made by the people, vnlesse you will say and vnsay at your plea∣sure.

But to put you out of doubt, imponere manus, to lay on hands, somtimes signifieth the* 1.15 ceremonie only of laying on of hands, and somtimes the whole maner & forme of or∣dering. And in this second signification it is taken. 1. Ti. 5. &. 2. Ti. 1. Bull. expoundyng this place. 1. Ti. 5. sayth, manus enim imponere aliud non est, quā ecclesiae aliquē praeficere & ordi∣nare, To lay on hands is nothing else, but to ordeine & appoynt one ouer the Church.

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And interpreting yt also. 2. Ti. 1. he saith: Paulus in praesenti per donū dei, prophetiae donū in∣tellexit & functionē Episcopalē ad quam vocarat Timotheū dominus, sed per ministeriū Pauli, qui ideò nunc▪ dicit donum illud in Timotheo esse per impositionem manuum suarum: Paul doth heere vnderstande by the gifte of God, the gifte of Prophecie, and the offyce of a Bishop, vnto the which the Lord had called Timothie, but by the ministerie of Paule, who for that cause nowe sayth, that that gift was in Timothie by the imposition of his hands. And M. Caluine Institu. Cap. 8. Sect. 50. decideth this matter fully in these wordes: Sed Paulus ipse alibi se* 1.16 &c. But Paule himselfe in another place, doth testifie that he, and no moe, did lay his hands vpon Timothie: I admonishe thee (sayth he) that thou stirre vp the grace which is in thee, by the imposition of my handes. For where it is sayde in the other Epistle of the laying on of the handes of the eldership, I do not so take it, as thoughe Paule spake of the Colledge of Elders: but in this name (videlicet presbyterij) I vnderstand the ordination it selfe: as if he should say, endeuour thy selfe that the grace be not in vayne, which thou hast receyued by the laying on of hands, when I ordeyned thee a minister. Agayne vpon this. 1. Tim. 5. he sayth thus: Impositio manuum ordinationem significat, signum enim pro re ipsa capitur, The imposition of handes signifieth the ordering, for the signe is taken for the thing it selfe. For what is it to appoynt, but to call, elect, & ordeyne? Moreouer that which Paule sayth to Titus, Vt constituas. &c. dothe expounde this to Timothie, manus citò. &c. and therefore in déede I make no difference in this place, betwixte election, ordeyning, and imposition of handes.

Last of all (you say) that you answere, though this mighte agree to Timothie alone. &c. If it agreed to Timothie alone, it must néedes followe that it may agrée to other Bishops also: for Timothie was a Bishop, as it shall be by better reason proued, than you* 1.17 are able to shewe any to the contrarie: This that you speake of his Euangelistship, and of his superioritie in that respect, is onely spoken without reason or authoritie: but you shall haue store of bothe to the contrarie (God willing) when I come to that place.

I am not so lauishe of my witnesses, as you are of scornefull and vnséemely tauntes and speaches.

Bothe Ambrose and Chrysost. doe not say, that Paule héere warneth Timothie onely to be circumspect, but to be circumspect in appoynting of Ministers: and if it were not so, I doubt not, but that I shoulde heare of it. The words are spoken to Ti∣mothie in respecte that he was Bishop, neither hath the Apostle giuen any suche like Admonition to any Church, in any of his Epistles, as I haue before noted. And ther∣fore Ambrose in his exposition of this place to Timothie (after that he had shewed what circumspection the Apostle would haue to be vsed in ordeyning of Ministers) concludeth thus: Haec Episcopus custodiens, castum se exbibebit religioni: A Bishop obser∣uing* 1.18 these things, shall shewe himselfe pure in religion. Whereby he signifieth that this precept is properly perteyning to a Bishop. Chrysostome also in the. 1. Tim. 4. vpon* 1.19 these wordes, Cum impositione manuum presbyterij, sayth, Non de presbyteris hoc loco, sed de Episcopis loquitur▪ non enim profectò presbyteri ipsum ordinarunt: He speaketh not of priests in this place, but of Bishops, for certaynely priestes did not ordeyne him. And Oecolam∣〈1 line〉〈1 line〉* 1.20 vpon the same wordes: Presbyteros dicit Episcopos, ne{que} enim presbyteri Episcopum ordinabant, He calleth Bishops Priestes, for Priests did not ordeyne a Bishop. Whereby it playnely appeareth that these auncient fathers thinke this precept, manus citò ne cui imponas: lay thy handes sodenly on no man, to be giuen onely to Timothie in the respect that he was Bishop, and therefore also to apperteyne vnto Bishops onely to ordeyne Ministers.

Hierome vpon that place to Titus sayth: Audiant Episcopi qui habent constituendi* 1.21 Presbyteros per vrbes singulas potestatem, sub quali lege ecclesiasticae potestatis ordo teneatur: Let Bishops which haue authoritie to appoynt Ministers in euery citie, heare in what lawe the order of ecclesiasticall authoritie dothe consist. And a little after (speaking also of Bi∣shops) VVhereby it is manyfest that those whiche contemning the Apostles rule, will not bestowe the ecclesiasticall degree vpon any for desert, but for fauour, to doe agaynst Christe. &c. Hierome héere taketh the Bishop onely to haue authoritie to ordeyne

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and appoynt Ministers. And Chrysostome vpon the same place sayth that Paule dyd* 1.22 those things himselfe that required greatest labor and trauell: but lefte other things of ho∣nour and commendation to Titus, as ordeyning of Bishops. So sayth Theophilact like∣wise. Thus then you sée howe euidently bothe those places of scripture, and also these auncient fathers do ouerthrow that saying of the Admonition, that the right of ordering ministers dothe at no hand apperteyne to a Bishop. And how manifestly also the same haue iustified that whiche I haue sayde, that is, that Bishops haue authoritie to admit ministers: for these be my very words.

Nowe how corruptly you haue dealt with me héere in this place, I would wishe* 1.23 the indifferent Reader to consider: where I saye, that Bishops haue authori∣tie to admit ministers, you make me to say, that the election of ministers by one man was in ye Apostles time. And where I say, yt these words of Paul to Timothie (manus citò ne cui imponas. &c.) be an admonition to Timothie, that he oughte to be circumspect in appoynting of ministers: you make the reader beléeue that I say, that it is a commaundement giuen by Paule to Timothie, that the Bishop onely shoulde choose the minister. And where I say that Hierome and others do expounde these wordes to Titus (vt constituas oppidatim. &c.) of the authoritie that Titus had in placing ministers in euery Churche: you report them, as thoughe I shoulde saye, that Hierome proueth the righte of the election of the minister to belong to the Bishop onely: where I haue ordeyning, there you haue election: And where I saye, belongeth to the Bishop, there say you, belongeth to the Bishop onely. Is this your sinceritie? dare you accuse other men of corruption, béeing guiltie of it your selfe al∣moste in euery lyne? True it is, that I am persuaded that bothe Timothie and Ti∣tus, and consequently other Bishops, haue authoritie to ordeyne and appoynt mini∣sters alone, which I haue also partly proued before, and shall do partly hereafter, as I haue occasion: But yet all men that be not blinde may sée, that I haue affirmed no suche thing in that part of my answere to the Admonition.

I haue always greatly estéemed the iudgemēts & opinions of learned men, & how∣soeuer you are persuaded of your own excellencie, and dexteritie of wit, yet am I con∣tent to submit my selfe to the opinions of other, to whome I am in no respect compa∣rable: and then do I thinke my selfe to haue reason sufficient, when I haue good au∣thoritie of the scriptures, and of learned writers.

Aristotle spake as a heathenish Philosopher, of such prophane sciences, as be groun∣ded not vpon authoritie, but vpon naturall and humaine reason: but that that we professe is of an other nature, for it is grounded vpon authoritie, and for the authority sake to be beléeued, what reason soeuer there is to the contrarie. And surely I maruell what you meane so often to quarell with me, for the alleadging of the authoritie of learned writers: except it be bicause you haue not red so many your selfe, or else that you would séeme your selfe to be the Author & inuentor of those reasons, which you haue borrowed of them: which in déede, is to winne the prayse of a good wit vnto your selfe, and to robbe the learned writers of their iust commendation. Therfore to an∣swere you briefly in this matter, I thinke authoritie in diuine matters to be the best* 1.24 reason, whether it be of the scriptures thēselues, or of such learned men as do rightly interpret ye same. And I déeme it to be much more honestie in vsing their authorities to expresse their names (that they may haue their iust cōmendation, and the matter the more credite) than vsing their authorities, & suppressing their names, vaynely & arrogantly to vsurpe as my owne, that which I haue borrowed out of them.

I know Master Caluines interpretation vpon that place, & likewise what Musculus sayth of the same in his Common places, titu. de electione ministrorum: but the words of the texte be playne. And forasmuche as you make a distinction betwixte electing and ordeyning, and saye, that electing perteyneth to the people, and ordeyning to the Bishop:* 1.25 Likewise that the Apostle in this place speaketh of ordeining, and not of electing, you muste of necessitie confesse, that by saying sicut tibi ordinaram, as I appoynted* 1.26 thee, he meaneth onely imposition of handes and prayer: as thoughe he shoulde say,

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vt constituas opidatìm presbyteros suut tibi ordinaram. sci. per impositionem manuum & oratio∣nem: That thou shouldest ordeyne Ministers in euery citie as I appoynted thee (that is to saye) by laying on of handes, and by prayer. And thus doe learned Interpreters also expounde this place: Neither is Musculus his meaning muche otherwyse, as it may appeare to those that well consider his wordes: especially if your distinction betwixt electing & ordeyning holde, and if Paule speake héere of ordeyning onely: for in ordeining of Ministers the Apostles vsed laying on of handes as a ceremonie, they prayed also* 1.27 and fasted. But if you will haue the Apostle héere to speake of electing also, then dothe he expounde him selfe, when he sayth: Si quis est inculpatus. &c. If any by vnreprouable,* 1.28 the husbande of one wyfe. &c. For howe can you otherwise make those wordes aptly to hang togither? No doubt the Apostle gaue Titus an especial charge in ordeyning of Ministers, to haue respect vnto these qualities: of whiche charge he putteth him in minde when he sayth, that he lefte him at Creta, to ordeyne Ministers in euery citie, as he appoynted him, that is, suche as be vnreprouable. &c.

I knowe there be some that expounde this place thus also: that for as muche as Paule when he lefte Titus in Creta, did will him to ordeyne Ministers in euery ci∣tie, nowe he putteth him in minde of the same by his letters, and willeth him to doe according to his appoyntment, that is, to place Ministers in euery citie: and surely this interpretation hathe good reason: for béeing absent, we commonly vse to put them in minde by letters, to whome we haue committed any thing to be done, of such things as we willed them to do, when we were present with them.

I reuerence Master Caluin as a singular man, and worthy instrument in Christes Churche: but I am not so wholly addicted vnto him, that I will contemne other mens iudgements that in diuers poyntes agrée not fully with him, especially in the interpretation of some places of the Scripture, when as in my opinion they come néerer to the true meaning and sense of it in those poyntes, than he dothe.

I did neuer cleaue to Musculus, or to any other man so, that for his or their sakes I derogate any thing from suche as be comparable to them, and haue deserued singu∣lar commendation for their writings. If any one, or mo learned men be of my iudge∣ment, though all be not, I am not ashamed to vse their testimonie in that poynte, though in some other poyntes I do not consent vnto them.

If I either vnioynt or racke in peeces from the rest, any worde or sentence of Master Caluines, make it knowne, set it open, that I may iustly beare the blame of it: but if I deale truly and faythfully with him, if I set downe his owne words, whole sen∣tences, whole sections, and (as you say) whole leaues, without adding, altering, or diminishing, then howe can you excuse your so vntrue and vniust charging of me? Which, if it were not so common and vsuall with you, might the better be tollerated.

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