To all these things that M. Martyr reckeneth vp of reuenewes, and wages, verses, wyne, breade, oyle, water, which beyng consecrated vnto Idols are wel vsed, Tertullian answereth in the same booke, whereout a number of these are taken: when he sayth that we oughte to admit a par∣ticipation of those things, which bryng eyther a necessitie or profit in the vse of them, but we deny 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 these things thus vsed, are either necessarie or profitable. And therefore in steade of temples, tithes, wine, &c. if you would haue matched the surplice well, you shoulde haue sayde sensors, tapers, holy bread, holy water, and such like.
Master Martyr vsed these examples to proue that the surplice and other apparell of Ministers nowe vsed (for that is the matter he handleth) may lawfully be reteyned and worne: whose iudgement and authoritie with learned and wyse men doth farre ouerreach your naked denyall. Neyther doth Tertullian speake any thing in his books de corona militis, that tendeth to the confutation of anye thing that Master Martyr hath here spoken, but to the confirmation of it rather, as he maye perceyue that with dili∣gence readeth the booke. Eusebius Lib. 4. cap. 11. sayth that Iustinus Martyr preached the Gospell of Christ beyng apparelled lyke an heathen Philosopher. S. Augustine de ciuit. Lib. 19. cap. 19. writeth thus: it perteyneth nothing to the Citie of God in what kinde of apparell, or in what order of lyfe, so that it be not agaynst God, anye man followe this fayth whereby we come vnto God. Therfore when Philosophers become Christians, the church compelleth them not to chaunge their apparell, or manner of lyuing, whiche can nothing hinder Religion, but onely she compelleth them to chaunge their false opinions. Hilarie also sayth, in Psal. 67. that the spoyles of the heathens taken from the deuill, are deuided to the furniture and ornamentes of the Churche of God. So that the saying of Master Martyr is very true, and confirmed by auncient authoritie, and the vse of the Church as the testimonies of these fathers manifestly declare. Where as you saye, that if I would haue matched the surplice well, I should haue sayd sensors, tapers. &c. I tell you againe that it is not I, but M. Martyr a famous and notable man, that so matched them, and at that time, when the same matters were in controuersie, and his iudgement requi∣red of them, and therefore coulde not be written of him, but with great aduisement. Howbeit, that you maye know something the more, you muste learne to put a diffe∣rence betwene Adiapbora vera & Pseudoadiapbora, those things that be indifferent in deede, and those that are falsely accompted indifferent.