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. 146. Sect. vlt.

It is moste absurdly sayd of M. doctor in the. 135. page, that by the church is vnderstāded either my Lordes grace, or the Byshop of the Dioces, or the Chauncellor or Commissarie. And that when a man complayneth vnto one of these, he may be well sayde to complayne vnto the churche, whiche is the more vntollerable, for that beyng so straunge a saying, and suche as may astonyshe at that heare it, he neyther confirmeth it by no reason, by no lyke phrase of scripture, by no authoritie of any Godly or approued wryter, olde or newe, whiche notwithstanding he seeketh for so diligently, and turneth the commentaries in his studie so paynefully, whē he can haue but one against twenty, and but a sillable where he cannot haue a sentence.

Io. Whitgifte.

I haue shewed sufficient authoritie for my saying, euen the consent of all learned interpreters: who by the church in that place vnderstande such as haue chiefe autho∣ritie in the church, which in this church of Englād (as I haue sayd) are bishops. Chry∣sostome* 1.1 sayth as much as I do, so that it néede not to séeme so straunge that it should asto∣nishe all thee heare it, his wordes be these: Dic ecclesiae, Praesulibus scilicet, & Praesidentibus. Tell the churche, that is, the Prelates, and Presidents. But you thinke to ouerlode me with vn∣séemely wordes, howbeit that will not carry away the cause: I am so vsed to them by you and yours, both in speache and writing, that I estéeme them now (I thanke God) as I do the dust of my féete. If I seeke the writers so diligently, and tourne the commentaries in my studie so painfully, why do you so oft accuse me of ignorance, & wante of reading, & taking my pleasure? Ex ore tuo te iudico. &c. & mendacem memorem esse oportet.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Chryso〈1 line〉〈1 line〉t. Hom. 61. in Math.