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.
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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.
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Whitgift, John, 1530?-1604.
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Printed at London :: By Henry Binneman, for Humfrey Toye,
Anno. 1574.
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Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603. -- Replye to an answere made of M. Doctor Whitgifte -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Church of England -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800.
Episcopacy -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15130.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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Chap. 2. the. 24. Diuision.
T. C. Pag. 71. Sect. 4.
And I am moued so to thinke, First bicause it is not like, that one onely ordeyned Byshops, be∣ing contrarie to the olde Canons of the best Councels: but that there were other, and that this whō Ambrose calleth Archbyshop, did gather the voyces. &c.
Io. Whitgifte.
I haue shewed before, that it was not so strange at this time for the Byshop alone to ordeine Ministers. And yet Ambrose in this place signifieth that the people had* 1.1 somewhat to doe in this matter, for he calleth them populum nugacem & indoctum, qui talem sibi asciuerunt sacerdotem: a people that trifeleth and is vnlearned, that hath gotten vn∣to them such a priest. But I pray you where is now your distinction betwixt election & ordination? For Ambrose speaketh in this place of ordeyning and not of electing. If
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you wyll néedes so distinguishe them that they maye not bée at any tyme, nor in any place confounded, then haue you answered youre selfe here, and wyth one coniecture ouerthrowne an other. But howesoeuer it is, coniectures can not pre∣uayle agaynst so manyfest a truthe, being so silly coniectures. For tell mée where you euer redde that he was called an Archbishop that did only gather the voyces, or that this name was attributed to any during the action only, and no longer. This is ve∣rie newe Diuinitie vnhearde of in any good Authour that I haue readde, or can heare of.