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Againe to proue that the church hath nothing to do with excōmunication, it is not enough to say, that S. Paule had the right of excommunication: But you should haue shewed that he on〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ly had
opinions shoulde no otherwise be put to silence, than by excommunication, and ought no further to be punished, doe not reason sufficiently and aptly. For there is one dutie of the Bishop, and another of the Magistrate. Paule wryting vnto Titus doth not intreat of the office of a magistrate, but sheweth what is conuenient for a Bishop. Although a mode∣rate meane is alwayes best: that they which are not past care, be not so much kept in order by force, as by ecclesiasticall discipline. But you thinke your owne worde to be a suffi∣cient warrant agaynst all men. You may well studie the wordes of the Scripture, but me thinke you do not greatly passe for the right vnderstanding of them.