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.

T. C. Pag. 101. Sect. 2.

But he sayth that an Archbishop hath not the charge of gouernment ouer the whole pro〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ince generally, but in cases exempted, and so may doe it more easily. But he shoulde haue remembred, that he assigned before the offices of Archbishop and bishop, to be in all those things whiche other ministers are, and that beside those offices, he giueth them particular charges. So that where the office of the minister, is but to preache, pray, and minister the sacraments in his parishe, the office of archebishop and bishop, is to doe the same, and more too in the whole prouince or dioces: And so it followeth that it is easier for a minister to discharge his duetie in his parishe, than for an archeby∣shop or bishop to discharge their dueties in any one parish of their prouince or dioces: for they haue in euery parishe more to doe, and greater charge, than the minister of the parishe hath, then much〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 lesse are they able to doe their dueties in all the parishes of their prouinces or dioces.

Io. Whitgifte.

I speake of the office of gouernment, and so be my words. Euery particular parish hath a particular pastor to preache, pray, and mynister the sacraments. The Bishop hath to procure (so much as lyeth in him) that all things be done in his Dioces, according to the lawes & orders of the Church. The Archbishop hath not only to sée that y^e Bishops do their duties, but to helpe thē in reforming that, which by thēselues they cannot do. The office of preaching they exercise, where & when they sée it most conuenient. The whole charge of preaching & of gouerning resteth neyther vpon the Archbishop, ney∣ther vpō the Bish〈1 line〉〈1 line〉p: but the one is a helpe vnto the other, & they togither with the pa∣stors teach the flocke of Christ faithfully & truely, and gouerne them according to the lawes prescribed And therfore the whole gouernment of the prouince dothe not rest in the Archbishop, for the whiche cause he may with lesse difficultie execute that, that dothe apperteyne vnto him.

Whatsoeuer any other minister may do, the same may y^e Archbishop do also, but it doth not therfore follow, that he is bound to y^e same particular parish. The pastor may preach, so may the Archbishop, but the pastors charge is particular, the Archbishops more generall. And this is a very euill consequent, the Archbishop may minister the sacraments, and preache the worde, therfore he muste doe it in euery particular con∣gregation.