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.

BECAN. Exam.* 1.1

Doctor Tooker, and M. Burhill disputing against me, who denied the King to be Primate of the Church; doe denie it in that sense, wherein I said the King vsurped the Primacy of the Church.

But I did not meane that the King vsurped the Primacy of the Church Sacerdorall: for I elsewhere confesse that the King disclaimeth it,

Therefore they, denying the King to haue Primacy Eccle∣siasticall, doe not meane that hee hath not Primacie Sacer∣dotall.

D^r. HARRIS Reply.

WHo taught this vnlearned Iesuite to dis∣pute from all particulars? Concerning the general, do all disputers, at all times, reason according to the meaning of the Aduersarie, which often times they vnderstand not?

Touching the Minor, or later proposition, or As∣sumption of Becane; who would not thinke his mea∣ning to be, that the king by his confession disclaimeth all Primacy sacerdotall, that is, Episcopall, Archiepisco∣pall, or Patriarchall? for all Bishops, Archbishops, and Patriarkes are Priests, and therefore their Primacy E∣piscopall, &c. is Sacerdotall: but this Iesuite meaneth nothing lesse. For by Primacy Sacerdotall, he meaneth

here onely the power of inferiour Priests or Presby∣ters, in Court internall onelie; who haue no iurisdicti∣on in Court externall, as though all our dispute were not of Primates,-and Primacy? As though any inferi∣our Priests, who were not Bishops, haue at any time, bin called Primates? feeling that by the Canon law, Pri∣mates & Patriarks, are all one: as though Primacy with the Papists, doth not respect the externall Court only. These are as plaine, as the nose on Becanes face. There∣fore his face is hard, who abuseth his Reader so grosly.

But I'le returne this his argument vpon his owne head thus: If D^r. Tooker, and M^r. Burbill deny the King to be Primate, or to haue Primacy in that dense than Becane saith The King vsurpeth Primacy; and Becane saith The King vsurpeth Primacy Sacerdotall, that is to say, Episco∣pall: Then it followeth that they deny the King to be Pri∣mate, or to haue Primacy Episcopall.

But the first is true, according to Becane; viz. That the deny, as Becane meaneth; and Becane meaneth that the King vsurpeth Primacy Episcopall.

Therefore the later is true also, viz That D^r. Tooker and M^r. Burhill, denying the King to be Primate, or to haue the Primacy; deny him to be Primate, or to haue Primacy Episcopall, as all Protestants doe.

So that here is among vs all, a full and settled Con∣cord; and the Iesuites Iarre, as empty chaffe, is blowen cleane away.

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