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The second and last part of Reasons for refusall of subscription to the Booke of common prayer vnder the hands of certaine ministers of Deuon. and Cornwall, as they were exhibited by them to the right Reuerend Father in God William Cotton Doctor of Diuinitie, and Lord Bishop of Exceter. As also an appendix, or compendious briefe of all other exceptions taken by others against the bookes of communion, homilies, and ordination, word for word, as it came to the hands of an honorable personage. VVith an ansvvere to both at seuerall times returned them in publike conference, and in diuerse sermons vpon occasion preached in the cathedrall church of Exceter by Thomas Hutton Bachiler of Diuinitie, and fellow of S. Iohns Colledge in Oxon.
Hutton, Thomas, 1566-1639., Cotton, William, d. 1621.
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16. The high priest entred the holy place with strong bloud, &c. for o∣ther bloud which is not his own. Heb. 9.25. Read on wednesday before Easter.

At the first view of this quotation halfe an eye might see it was an escape in the print strong put for strange. Wherfore recourse made to the late communion book,* and finding it strange blood and not strong as the accusation pretendeth; wee examined the former impressiōs, in the daies of our late renowned soueraign, & in neither greater nor lesse so manie as we light vpon, can wee find any such thing as strong put for strāge. Now that the word signifieth strange though wee might appeale to the greek dictio∣naries for proofe hereof, yet wee will keepe vs within the limits of scripture and take one place in stead of manie. In the seuenth Page  225of the Acts it is said Abraham his féet should be so•ourners in a strange land. Being therefore no error in the print,* nor in the signification of the word, this exception here taken may returne backe with a shame inough to the other, who hath inforced it to appeare.

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