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.

T. C. Pag. 54. Sect. 3. 4.

The place of (a) 1.1 Theodoret cited by M. Bullinger, maketh mention of a golden Cope, and that vsed by Bishops of Hierusalem, and solde by Cyrill a good Bishop, whereby he declared sufficiently his misliking of suche garments in the ministerie of the Sacraments. In the place the whiche he citeth out of Socrates, there is one Sycinius an Nouatian Bishop is sayde to haue worne whyte apparell, and therefore is reprehended as for too muche exquisitenesse and fine∣nesse of apparell, and the Bishop of Durisine, in a letter he wrote, alleadgeth the same place a∣gaynst the surplice. A man would hardly beleeue that master Bullinger should vse these places to proue a distinction of apparel amongst the Ministers: We are not ignorant but that a cloake hath beene vsed of the Ministers in their seruice, but that was no seuerall apparell of the Ministers, but common to all Christians, which with chaunge of their religion, chaunged also their apparell, as appeareth manifestly in Tertullian de Pailio.

As for the Petalum that S. Iohn ware, I see not howe it can be proued, to be like a Bi∣shops 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉iter. For the cappe that S. Cyprian gaue the executioner, argueth rather that it was the common apparell, whiche was customably worne, for else it woulde not haue done him so muche good. As for his vpper garment, whiche he gaue to his Deacon, it was a token of his good wyll, which he would leaue with him, as the practise hath beene seene with vs, and proueth nothing that it was any seuerall apparell. As for the whytelinnen garment, whiche he suffered in, it can not seeme straunge vnto vs, which haue seene the holy martyrs of the Lorde executed in Smith∣fielde and other places. And it is not to be thoughte that S. Cyprian had so small iudgement, that liuing in the tyme of persecution, he would by wearing of some notable apparell from the rest, as it were betray him selfe into the handes of his ennemies, vnlesse all the Christians had done so too for clearer and more open profession of their faythe, and greater detestation of the contrarie Religion: as Tertullian and the Chrystians in hys tyme dyd, by the wea∣ring of a Cloake, whiche reason maye bee also alleadged of the Petalum of Saincte Iohn.* 1.2 It is true, Chrysostome maketh mention of a white garment, but not in commendation of it, but rather to the contrarie. For hee sheweth that the dignitie of their ministerie, their

sa〈1 line〉〈1 line〉tie and crowne was in taking heede, that none vnmeete were admitted to the Lordes supper, not in going about the Churche with a whyte garment. And it is easily to be seene by (* 1.3) Salo∣mon* 1.4 in his Ecclesiastes, that to weare a whyte garment was greatly esteemed in the East partes, and was ordinarie to those that were in any estimation, as the wearing of blacke with vs: and therefore was no seuerall apparell for the ministers, or for to execute their ministerie in.

Io. Whitgifte.

The wordes of Theodoret be these, But the tale, which they had raysed of Cyrillus,* 1.5 did chiefly displease the (* 1.6) Emperour. For wheras the most worthy king Constantine had for the honour of the Churche of Hierusalem giuen vnto Macarius Bishop in the same ci∣tie, a holy garment (precious and wrought with golde) which he should weare, when he ministred the holy Baptisme, they reported that Cyrill solde it. &c. Héere you sée that Theodoret counteth it but a fable, that Cyrill should make any suche sale, and those that say he solde it, declare that it was not for any disalowing of the vesture, but for* 1.7 necessitie of the poore in the time of famine, as Sozo. lib. 4. cap. 25. testifieth.

You deale with M. Bullinger as you doe with me, that is, you peruert his meaning and alleage that out of Socrates, that he ment not, & keepe that in silence, which ma∣keth* 1.8 directly for this purpose. Socrates there sheweth howe Sycinius béeing a No∣uatian, did weare white apparel, & when he was for the same reproued, he answered that it was no where written that Priests shoulde weare blacke apparell, and bad them proue by scripture, that priests ought to weare blacke apparell. Whereby it is playne, that ministers in those days did weare black apparel, & were therby knowne, and that Sycinius béeing an heretike refused so to do, vsing the same arguments that you do, scilicet, that it is no where commaunded that Priests should weare suche kinde of vesture. Wherfore the story is aptly alleadged by master Bullinger, to proue a seue∣rall kinde of apparell, and it insinuateth what manner of men those be, that con∣temne the common order in suche matters, and loue to be singular like vnto Sycinius the Nouatian heretike.

As for S. Iohn his Petalum, you heare what these learned men saye, who no doubte haue good grounde of their iudgement. Neyther woulde Eusebius haue made any mention of it, if it had not bin a kinde of apparell, whereby S. John was knowne.* 1.9 The wordes of Eusebius lib. 3. cap. 31. be these: Iohn whiche leaned vpon the brest of the Lorde, beeing a Priest wore a leafe or thinne plate. Whereby it is euident, that this ap∣parell was peculiar to S. Iohn in the respecte that he was a Priest. That Cyprian his apparell was not vsuall and common for other men to weare, it may appeare by this, that the names of his apparell be expressed, for that whiche he gaue to the exe∣cutioner is called Birrus, that is, a thi〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ne plate, and that which he gaue to the Deacon was called Dalmatica, a garment with long sléeues: as for the white linnen, it is not there mentioned as any distinct kinde of apparell.

The wordes of Chrysostome doe manyfestly declare that then suche kinde of gar∣ment was vsed in the administration of the Sacramentes: neyther doe his wordes tende any thing at all to the disalowing of it, for they be spoken by the way of compa∣rison, and negatiues by comparison are not simple negatiues (as I tolde you before) but by the way of comparison: and therefore when Chrysostome sayth, that the dig∣nitie of their ministerie. &c. was in taking heede, that none vnmeete were admitted to the Lords supper, not in going about the Churche with a white garment, he dothe not disal∣lowe going about the Churche in a white garment, but he sayth, that it is not in comparison of the other, so greatly to be regarded.

If Salomon in that place ment any suche matter, yet is it no profe at al for this that* 1.10 you alle〈1 line〉〈1 line〉e it for: there was a great nūber of yeres betwixt Salomon his time, and Chrysostomes, and all kinde of customes much altered, & therfore I maruell what you meane to bring in Salomon to proue that the white apparel vsed by ministers of the church in the administration of the sacraments in the time of Chrysostome, was not s〈1 line〉〈1 line〉uerall, but common and vsuall apparel. But that the Reader may vnderstande your

carelesnesse in alleaging the scriptures, I will set downe the wordes of Salomon in that. 9. chapter and. 8. verse. At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oyle be lac∣king vpon thine head. In the which sentence, by the white garment is ment eyther in∣nocencie of life, as Pellicane doth interprete it, or ioy & mirth, as some other thinke:* 1.11 but there can be nothing lesse gathered thereof, than that there was at that time any suche vsuall kinde of apparell. And to what purpose should he haue so sayde, if it had bin so? The Metaphores & figuratiue kinde of spéeches that Salomon vseth in these bookes, can not be vnknowne to any. You do not trouble me with many quotations, but those that be, are passing straunge. And surely I can not but maruell howe you dare be so bolde, as thus to abuse the scriptures.

Be it that this is the saying of belly gods (according to the note of the Geneua Bi∣ble, whervpon I thinke you grounde your assertion) to moue vnto mirth & pastime, dothe it therefore followe, that this was an vsuall kinde of Apparell in Salomon his time? Or if it were then, must it be also in Chrysostome his time? Or if it were so in his time, might it not also be vsed of the ministers in the administration of the sa∣craments, as a comely and decent vesture, and differing from the rest? If I had the gifte of iesting, that you are so excellent in, what sporte could I make with this, and a number suche like places?

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  The place of Theodoret fal∣〈1 line〉〈1 line〉fied▪
• * 1.2

  Hom. 6. ad pop. Antio∣ch〈1 line〉〈1 line〉.
• * 1.3

  Scripture fond∣ly alleaged.
• * 1.4

  Eccle. 9.
• * 1.5

  T〈1 line〉〈1 line〉eod. lib. 2. cap. 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉7.
• * 1.6

  〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• * 1.7

  Sozo. lib. 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 cap. 25.
• * 1.8

  Lib. 6. cap. 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• * 1.9

  Euseb. lib. 3. cap. 31.
• * 1.10

  T. C. doth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉eage the 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 fundly 〈◊〉〈◊〉 carelesly.
• * 1.11

  Ecclesi. 9.