Beside that ridiculous, and (as they vse it to their new creatures) blasphemous saying, receiue the holy Ghost.
To vse these wordes (receiue the holy Ghost) in ordering of Mi∣nisters, which Christ him selfe vsed in appoynting his Apostles, is no more ridiculous and blasphemous, than it is to vse the wordes, that he vsed in the Supper: But it is blasphemie thus outrageously to speake of the wordes of Christ. The Byshoppe by speakyng these words doth not take vpon hym to giue the holy Ghost, no more than he dothe to remitte synnes, when he pronounceth the remission of synnes: but by speakyng these wordes of Christ, receyue the holy Ghost, vvhose sinnes so euer ye remitte, they are remitted▪ &c. he dothe shewe the principall duetie of a Minister, and assureth hym of the assistance of Gods holy spirite, if he labour in the same according∣lye.
You call them his new creatures, these be but words of s〈1 line〉〈1 line〉urrilitie, to be hissed at, not to be answered.