T. C. hathe a speciall quarell agaynst Archebishops, Bishops, and other that haue* 1.1 the name of authoritie and degrée in the Churche. For he perceyueth that they be the principal stoppes and hinderances of his confused platforme, and that also they be the enimies vnto sectes and contentions, wherwith he is so greatly delighted. Moreouer he and many of his adherents, be of that nature whereof Cesar and Pompey were re∣ported to be: the one could abide no superiour, the other no equall: euen so is it with them, as it is well knowne to those that haue bin conuersant with some of them. And although they pretende equalitie in words, yet if you marke well their writings, it shall easily appeare, that they meane it in others, not in them selues, for they would haue him to be the best rewarded, & most reuerenced, that hath the most & best giftes, which euery one of these chiefe captaynes persuaded himselfe to haue: so that in ye end there would be as great a do (after their maner) which of them should be the chiefe, as euer there was betwixt the Bishop of Rome, and other Bishops, or betwixt Can∣terburie and Yorke in times past. In the meane time you may easily vnderstande, if you please, that notwithstanding they themselues would be exempted from the iu∣risdiction of Archbishop, Lorde Bishop. &c. yet doe they chalenge vnto themselues as great iurisdiction ouer their Parishes, and as loftie dominion ouer Prince, Nobles, and all, as euer the Pope did ouer the whole Church, as shall (God willing) be more fully declared, when I come to speake of their seigniory and kinde of gouernment. Nowe to his Reply.
Where hath something bin spoken before of these offices & names? Or what arguments haue you hitherto vsed to proue that they do not agrée to the Ministers of the Gospell: If you haue so done, I trust you are fully answered in that same place. But I promise you I doe not presently remember where you haue hitherto done it. If you meane the places of Math. 20. &c. you haue your full answere.
I haue bestowed the more cost and labour in this matter, bicause I sée your chiefe force bent agaynst it. For marke you who will, all your drift is agaynst superiours. But let vs heare your reasons.