The Apologie parte. 2. Cap. 5. Diuis. 1. in the De∣fence. Pag. 125.
Furthermore vve saie, that the mi••ister ought laufully, duely and or∣derly to be preferred to that office of the Church of God, and that no man hath povver to vvrest him selfe into the holy Ministerie at his ovvne plea∣sure. VVherefore these persons do vs the greater vvrong, vvhiche haue no∣thing so common in their mouthes, as that vve do nothing orderly and comely, but al thinges troublesomly and vvithout order: and that vve allovv euery man to be a priest, to be a teacher, and to be an interpretour of the scriptures.
Confutation. fol. 56. a.
* 1.1Saing and doing are two thinges. Ye saye wel in out∣ward appearance. Would God your doing were accor∣dingly. Albeit the manner of your saying had ben more cōmendable, if in so weighty a point you had spokē more particularly and distinctly, not so generally, and confuse∣ly. * Ye saye that the minister ought laufully to be called (for so hath your Latine) and duely and orderly to be pre∣ferred to that office of the Churche of God. Why do ye not so? why is not this obserued among you Gospellers?