They haue the shewe of euill, (seing the Popishe priesthood is euill.)
When they were a signe and token of the Popishe priesthood, then* 1.1 were they euil, euen as the thing was, which they signified: but now they be the tokens & the signes of the ministers of the worde of God which are good, & therfore also they be good: no man in this Church of England is so ignorant, but that he knoweth this apparell not to be nowe the signes of a Massing Priest, but of a lawfull Minister: wherfore it is a shew of good: euen as it is in the like manner in the vniuersities a shewe and signe of degrees in learning, and therefore a shewe of good, excepte you will also condemne degrees of learning. Neither is it any straunge matter, for the selfe same thing in diuerse respects, and at diuerse times, to be the signe both of good and euill. The bels were a signe of euill, whē they were rung to cal to Masse, and to stay stormes and tempests, the selfe same bels are now a signe of good, when they be rung to Sermons and other godly actions. The Churches themselues were a signe of euil, whē Idolatrie was committed in them, & false doctrine preached: now they be a signe of good, when God is rightly worshipped in them: & his worde truely preached. Many such examples I could bring, but a reasonable mā can gather of these sufficiently to confute your error. Futhermore when we be willed to absteyne from all shewe of euill, it is ment of euill life, and euil doctrine, least we doe any thing with a scrupulous conscience.