Chap. 1. the fyrst Diuision.
The cappe, the surplis, and tippet, are not the greatest matters we striue for, whych notwith∣standyng hath bene enformed to the Churches beyonde sea, to the ende that the iudgementes of some myghte be the easlyer had agaynst vs. Howbeit we thinke it an attyre vnmeete for a mini∣ster of the Gospell to weare, and the Surplis especially more than the other two, bycause suche hurtefull Ceremonies are so muche more daungerous, as they doe approche nearer the seruice▪ or worship of God,
Yet in the beginning suche was youre pretence: neyther was there any thing else that you contended for: as it is well knowne to all men that had to deale with you, or hearde of you. I am certainly perswaded, that if the Churches beyonde sea did fully vnderstande your procéeding, together with the state of thys Churche of Englande, that they woulde as bitterly write againste you, and as willingly con∣demne you, as euer they dyd the Anabaptistes. But to your reasons agaynste the apparell.