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.

Chap. 1. the. 4. Diuision.

Ansvvere to the Admonition. Pag. 215. Sect. 2.

In the thirde place you alleage Rom. 12. verse. 7. He that hathe an

office, let him vvayte on his office, or he that teacheth, on teaching. What is this to the purpose? He that hath an office, muste attende vpon his office, and he that teacheth, on teaching, therefore Bishops may* 1.1 not haue ciuill offices. The office of a Bishop is aswell to gouerne by discipline, as by preaching: this is a very simple argument.

T. C. Page. 166. Lin. 9.

Furthermore M. Doctor asketh what S. Paules place to the Romanes (where he wylleth* 1.2 that he which hath an office, must wayte of that office, he that teacheth of his teaching) maketh to this purpose. Surely M. Doctor very muche. Neyther can there be a place more properly* 1.3 alleaged, bothe for the very playnenesse of the wordes, and also for the circumstance of the place. For Saincte Paule speaketh there agaynst those, whiche woulde ouerreache their cal∣linges, and hauing certayne callinges, contented not them selues with them, but woulde haue an oare in euery mans boate, and would take more vpon them than they were able to doe, or the measure of their giftes woulde stretche vnto. And therefore sheweth that as the body is beste preserued when euery member thereof dothe his office, and destroyed when one member wyll take vpon it to doe the office of an other: so the Church is then best gouerned, when euery ecclesia∣sticall person keepeth him selfe within the limits of his calling, not medling with that whiche per∣teyneth vnto an other. But M. Doctor sayth, that the bishop gouerneth as well by discipline, as by preaching: so he dothe. But I pray you by what discipline? what a reason is this, he gouer∣neth by discipline, Ergo by ciuill discipline. You say in the next sentence, that the authors of the Ad∣monition eyther dote or dreame. But if these be your sharpe disputations when you are awake, surely they are very blunt when you dreame. But I had rather iudge the best, that M. Doctor was ouerwatched.

Io. Whitgifte.

Surely M. T. C. it maketh nothing at all to that purpose, neyther doth S. Paul speake it to that ende: but he speaketh it to moue euery one diligently and truely to walke in his vocation and calling, and therfore in the same place he sayth, qui praeest in diligentia: and as I haue tolde you, this ciuill authoritie that I speake of, is not claymed, but committed: is no hinderance, but an helpe to the ecclesiasticall function.* 1.4 Neyther is this to vsurpe any other mans vocation, but duetifully to vse that office that is giuen vnto vs by the Prince, to helpe vs forwarde in our owne vocation, and calling.

An ecclesiasticall Pastor must vse that discipline that is appoynted vnto him by the Magistrate and orders of that Church whereof he is minister, be it ciuil or eccle∣siasticall, so that if the kinde of discipline vsed in that Church be ciuill, as it is in thys Church for diuers crymes, then dothe he gouerne by ciuill discipline, and the argument is good, neyther will you be able to answere it when you are best awake, howsoeuer I made it in my dreame, or béeing ouer watched.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The Bishop gouerneth aswell by dis∣cipline as by preaching.
• * 1.2

  12. Rom.
• * 1.3

  I〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 is certen that diuers of these gifts mentioned Rom. 12. (as tea∣ching and exhor ting) maye con∣cu〈1 line〉〈1 line〉re in one mā, so that he maye be apt for diuers functions: ney∣ther dothe the Apostle there tye one man to one gifte or fun∣ction onely.
• * 1.4

  Ciuill autho∣ritie not clay∣med, but com∣mi〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ted to our Bishops.