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.

Chap. 1. the. 1. Diuision.

Admonition.

The thirtenth and fourtenth. Then (c) 1.1 it was paynefull: nowe gaynefull. (d) 1.2 Then poore and ignominious: nowe riche and glorious.

Ansvvere to the Admonition. Pag. 63. Sect. vlt.

It was then as it vseth to be vnder the crosse. And it is now as it* 1.3 vseth to be when God doth blesse it with peace, quietnesse, and god∣ly Magistrates: And yet surely euen now it is more paynefull than gaynefull, more ignomious than riche and glorious: and that doe those knowe that beare the heate of the daye. But it is the more* 1.4 paynfull and ignominious for you, who ceasse not with rayling and spitefull words in Pulpits and at tables, to depraue and backebite your brethren, & to trouble the whole state with your factions and dayly inuented newe opinions: the persecution of the sworde ceas∣seth, but the persecution of the tongue is extreme hotte: and we who gayne so muche, and be so glorious, are molested aswell by you, as by the Papist, and Atheist: and therfore not very glorious.

T. C. Pag. 61. Sect. 1.

A hundreth poundes by yere is taken of some benefice, for whiche foure sermons onely are preached, and those sometimes by an other. If this be more paynefull than gaynefull, it is bicause the horseleeche hath two daughters, giue, giue. &c. And I can not seehowe they can be more glo∣rious,* 1.5 vnlesse the Palace were turned into a Court, and their chayre into a throne. There are di∣uers* 1.6 places that God hathe blessed with peace; where the ministers take more payne, and haue* 1.7 lesse gayne; and whiche make (*) lesse noyses, when they goe in the streates. We haue (a) 1.8 amongst vs which haue had Bishoprickes offered, and as things vnmeete for a minister of the Gospell, haue refuse〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 them▪ God be praysed the sunne shineth not so hotte in this countrey nowe, that you neede to complayne of any great heate, and if you feele any heate, you haue better shade than Io∣nas had by his gourde▪

Io. Whitgifte.

It may be that he which hath an hundreth poundes by the yere, for whiche foure sermons onely are preached. &c. (if there be any suche) taketh more paynes for the Churche, is more carefull for the state of it, suffereth more opprobrious wordes, and false slaun∣ders (whiche is not the least kinde of persecution) for dooing his duetie, and kéeping him selfe within the listes of obedience towardes God and his Prince, than those doe that glorie moste of persecution, and lacke of liuing. He that hathe muche, is also occasioned to spende muche: neyther is his paynes the lesse, but more, if he be once desirous to doe his duetie. And the higher he is in degrée, the more subiecte to the en∣uious backbiter, and to the slaunderous tongue.

Those that haue suche Palaces, and make suche noyse when they goe in the streates. &c. I thinke verily take more paynes and care in and for the Churche of God, profite their Countrey more in one moneth, than you and all your company do in a whole yere: Nay, I woulde to God it might be sayde you profited. Their pompe and their Palaces are by lawfull authoritie committed vnto them, and the true Martyrs of God haue occupied the same, or the like before them, and yet Martyrs too.

Who amongst you they be that haue had Bishoprickes offered vnto them, I knowe not: but if they boast of their deniall, and haue suborned you to make it knowne, they haue their rewarde. It maye be the Bishopricke was to little for them, and they looked for some greater, and so missed bothe: but I will not iudge: surely this bragge commeth héere out of place.

The heate of the tongue and backbiter, bothe I and other may greatly complayne of: and I hope we get not our liuing by going vp and downe the streates, and feasting dayly at other mens tables, or as Diogenes did, by disdayning and contemning all others. Melius est vinum bibere cum ratione, quàm aquam cum fastu & superbia, It is better to drinke wyne with discretion, than water with haughtinesse and pride. It is also more acceptable to God to dwell in a Palace, and liue in abundance, with dooing a mans duetie towarde God and his Churche, than to lye in prison for disdayne and con∣tempte. Godly men may enioy preferment, and suche as be arrogant and wilfull, may séeme to contemne the same.

Notes

• (c) 1.1

  1. Tim. 3. 1.
• (d) 1.2

  Phil. 4. 11. 2. Cor. 6. 4. 8. 10.
• * 1.3

  Scil the mi∣nisterie.
• * 1.4

  The ministe∣rie is nowe more payneful than gaineful▪
• * 1.5

  Pro. 30.
• * 1.6

  The twelfth of Mat. straungely applyed.
• * 1.7

  Math. 12.
• (a) 1.8

  A vayne bragge, thoug〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 it were true.