An other of M. Doctors reasons is, that as kinges do serue Christe by makyng lawes for him, so Bishops do serue Christe by executyng lawes for him: as though it perteyned not vnto the Magistrates to execute lawes as well as to make them, and as if the magistrate were not there∣fore called a speaking lawe, bycause by executing them he dothe cause the lawes after a fashion to speake. This is to deuide the stake of the magistrate, betweene him and the Bishop, yea to gyue the Byshop the best parte of it. For we know that with vs, the people be at making of the lawes, which may not meddle with the execution of them. And if M. Doctor say, that he meaneth not hereby, to shut the Prince from executing the lawes, then as his similitude (when it is at the best) proueth nothing: so by this meanes it halts downe right, and is no similitude.
The Prince executeth his lawes by himselfe, & he also executeth them by other to whome he hath giuen that authoritie for the fuller and better execution of them: in this number are the Bishops, for the authoritie they haue in suche matters, they haue from the Prince: and therefore their executing of it is not to deuide stake with the Cyuill Magistrate, but to do good seruice both to God and the Magistrate.