The English concord in ansvver to Becane's English iarre: together with a reply to Becan's Examen of the English Concord. By Richard Harris, Dr. in Diuinitie.

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The English concord in ansvver to Becane's English iarre: together with a reply to Becan's Examen of the English Concord. By Richard Harris, Dr. in Diuinitie.
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Harris, Richard, d. 1613?
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At London :: Printed by H. L[ownes] for Mat. Lownes; and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Bishops head,
1614.
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Becanus, Martin, -- 1563-1624. -- English jarre.
Becanus, Martin, -- 1563-1624. -- Examen concordiae anglicanae.
Royal supremacy (Church of England) -- Early works to 1800.
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Dr. HARRIS Reply.

TRue it is, in our English tongue, as we doe not call the kings Supreme gouernment of this Church, Primacy, but Supremacy: so doe we not cell the king, Primate Ecclesiasticall, or Primate at all. But in respect that the English word Supremacy, is translated into the Latine word Primatus; as we in La∣tine ascribe vnto the king, Primatum Ecclesiasticum, or Primatum, in omnibus causis, et supra omnes personas Ec∣clesiasticas, Primacy Ecclesiasticall, or Primacy, in and ouer, all Causes, and persons Ecclestasticall: so wee in La∣tine call the king Primatem Ecclesiasticum, Primate Ec∣clesiasticall, to weet, of his foresaid (Regall, not Episcopall) Primacy or Supremacy Ecclesiasticall, that is, in and ouer all Ecclesiasticalls: which Mr. Burhill is so far off to deny, that hee hath expressely allowed them, who assert it. So that here is nothing but empty stri∣uing about words, which the Apostle condemneth. I

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will therefore leaue this Iesuite, snatching at syllables, and catching of flics; I say, I will leaue him so striuing, and with are him thus reasoning.

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