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A13156 An ansvvere to a certaine libel supplicatorie, or rather diffamatory and also to certaine calumnious articles, and interrogatories, both printed and scattered in secret corners, to the slaunder of the ecclesiasticall state, and put forth vnder the name and title of a petition directed to her Maiestie: vvherein not onely the friuolous discourse of the petitioner is refuted, but also the accusation against the disciplinarians his clyents iustified, and the slaunderous cauils at the present gouernement disciphred by Mathew Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe, Matthew, 1550?-1629. 1592 (1592) STC 23450; ESTC S117875 163,829 254

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occupation_n of_o lie_v slander_v and_o deface_v of_o good_a man_n and_o allow_v the_o secret_a and_o parlour_n conference_n of_o his_o fellow_n puritan_n and_o many_o other_o bad_a practice_n whereof_o some_o be_v comical_a other_o tragical_a and_o most_o of_o their_o discipline_n fabulous_a or_o a_o comical_a fable_n article_n 42_o the_o bishop_n be_v not_o without_o superstitious_a painting_n in_o their_o chamber_n and_o diverse_a church_n have_v they_o not_o abolish_v article_n 22_o to_o condemn_v the_o historical_a and_o civil_a use_n of_o paint_v be_v uncivil_a and_o savour_v of_o turkism_n other_o use_n of_o paint_v bishop_n have_v none_o neither_o be_v there_o now_o any_o superstitious_a use_n of_o paynting_n in_o church_n wyndowe_n but_o those_o that_o be_v if_o they_o displease_v the_o libeler_n he_o may_v have_v down_o at_o pleasure_n when_o he_o will_v set_v new_a glass_n in_o their_o place_n the_o painting_n that_o do_v more_o harm_n be_v in_o apparel_n ruff_n yea_o 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the_o bishop_n at_o the_o ordination_n of_o minister_n do_v tell_v they_o the_o weight_n of_o their_o charge_n and_o what_o labour_n they_o ought_v to_o take_v yet_o most_o of_o they_o be_v never_o resident_a answer_n if_o they_o labour_v not_o as_o they_o shall_v do_v let_v they_o be_v punish_v if_o they_o be_v absent_a for_o lawful_a cause_n and_o at_o time_n why_o be_v they_o more_o blame_v than_o the_o skittish_a puritan_fw-gr that_o notwithstanding_o their_o charge_n be_v like_o malcontent_n and_o mutinous_a person_n still_o wander_v up_o and_o down_o to_o place_n where_o they_o have_v nought_o to_o do_v rather_o to_o trouble_v the_o state_n then_o to_o edify_v the_o church_n and_o rather_o hinder_v other_o labour_n by_o spread_v of_o false_a doctrine_n and_o novelty_n then_o help_v by_o teach_v faith_n and_o manner_n article_n 31_o the_o law_n will_v have_v they_o give_v themselves_o to_o their_o function_n yet_o many_o attend_v civil_a and_o worldly_a affair_n answer_n if_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n be_v so_o repugnant_a as_o be_v pretend_v why_o do_v minister_n govern_v their_o family_n or_o college_n or_o what_o have_v t._n cartw._n to_o meddle_v with_o the_o charge_n of_o his_o hospital_n a_o matter_n mere_a civil_a and_o wherein_o he_o have_v do_v more_o good_a then_o in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n for_o he_o have_v bestir_v himself_o so_o that_o what_o by_o reward_n what_o by_o avail_v of_o his_o hospital_n and_o pinch_v those_o that_o be_v commit_v to_o his_o charge_n and_o what_o by_o buy_v and_o sell_v the_o man_n be_v grow_v fat_a and_o rich_a of_o his_o ministry_n we_o see_v no_o fruit_n but_o contention_n and_o trouble_n percase_o he_o will_v say_v he_o be_v no_o minister_n but_o why_o then_o do_v he_o meddle_v with_o the_o minister_n office_n like_o to_o he_o be_v his_o follower_n man_n very_o stir_v and_o busy_a in_o all_o matter_n of_o state_n howsoever_o this_o man_n mislike_v they_o therein_o contrariwise_o for_o subject_n to_o execute_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o to_o see_v their_o ministry_n also_o discharge_v be_v commendable_a and_o not_o only_o allowable_a the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o the_o land_n allow_v it_o wherefore_o then_o shall_v he_o malicious_o condemn_v that_o which_o he_o can_v disproove_v article_n 32_o bishop_n only_o excommunicate_a and_o suspend_v yet_o by_o the_o book_n of_o order_v minister_n every_o one_o be_v to_o administer_v the_o discipline_n of_o christ_n and_o christ_n have_v give_v the_o key_n equal_o answer_n the_o law_n be_v misreport_v and_o misinterpret_v for_o the_o word_n be_v that_o minister_n shall_v minister_v discipline_n as_o this_o church_n have_v receive_v it_o and_o so_o they_o do_v and_o by_o discipline_n be_v admonition_n public_a and_o private_a and_o preach_v and_o execute_v the_o ordinary_n sentence_n understand_v that_o every_o minister_n by_o law_n shall_v excommunicate_v or_o suspend_v other_o equal_o can_v be_v prove_v the_o key_n be_v give_v to_o the_o church_n yet_o every_o one_o do_v not_o use_v they_o equal_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o law_n be_v all_o partaker_n of_o the_o priesthood_n yet_o may_v not_o all_o do_v all_o thing_n all_o be_v not_o judge_n nor_o governor_n nor_o look_v to_o all_o thing_n but_o these_o fellow_n will_v have_v a_o anabaptistical_n equality_n bring_v in_o that_o such_o as_o have_v no_o merit_n to_o mount_v high_o may_v bring_v down_o other_o lower_v &_o make_v they_o equal_a to_o themselves_o both_o the_o word_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o law_n make_v against_o the_o libeller_n beside_o all_o this_o it_o will_v be_v infinite_o inconvenient_a and_o absurd_a if_o such_o arm_n as_o the_o church_n censure_n be_v put_v in_o every_o cockebrayned_a fellow_n handle_v and_o such_o odd_a fellow_n as_o the_o puritan_fw-gr be_v make_v governor_n of_o the_o church_n equal_a with_o the_o best_a article_n 33_o the_o bishop_n chapplayne_v and_o doctor_n use_v not_o private_a admonition_n in_o their_o cure_n answer_n many_o thing_n the_o libeller_n affirm_v and_o proove_v nothing_o so_o that_o it_o shall_v seem_v he_o take_v pleasure_n in_o talk_v and_o calumniate_a but_o suppose_v they_o do_v not_o follow_v the_o course_n of_o puritan_fw-gr in_v private_a and_o parlour_n admonition_n &_o paraphrase_n be_v not_o the_o office_n of_o the_o minister_n public_a &_o not_o private_a must_v he_o as_o these_o puritan_fw-gr do_v creep_v into_o woman_n closert_n or_o must_v he_o put_v his_o foot_n under_o every_o merchant_n man_n table_n &_o their_o shrive_v they_o such_o admonition_n as_o the_o office_n of_o minister_n and_o law_n require_v they_o do_v use_v the_o course_n of_o puritan_fw-gr in_o their_o private_a exercise_n and_o paraphrase_n they_o take_v neither_o to_o be_v command_v by_o law_n nor_o to_o be_v suffer_v in_o reason_n for_o the_o manifold_a abuse_n of_o it_o and_o much_o more_o credit_n be_v it_o for_o the_o puritan_fw-gr if_o they_o have_v never_o begin_v their_o table_n sermon_n nor_o secret_a conference_n and_o catechization_n of_o other_o man_n wife_n and_o daughter_n article_n 34_o the_o bishop_n admit_v not_o preacher_n to_o preach_v without_o licence_n and_o make_v unpreach_v minister_n and_o ordain_v minister_n without_o cure_n and_o preach_v out_o of_o apocrypha_fw-la against_o law_n answer_n neither_o do_v they_o herein_o against_o law_n nor_o reason_n for_o albeit_o minister_n have_v by_o their_o ordination_n power_n to_o announce_v the_o word_n by_o read_v yet_o be_v it_o not_o fit_v that_o every_o one_o shall_v expond_v it_o but_o such_o as_o have_v learning_n &_o that_o be_v know_v by_o long_a experience_n and_o must_v be_v testify_v by_o write_v and_o good_a it_o be_v that_o many_o that_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o preach_v be_v turn_v back_o to_o read_v for_o they_o mar_v and_o abuse_v many_o good_a text_n of_o scripture_n &_o fill_v the_o people_n ear_n with_o novelty_n and_o want_v discretion_n to_o profit_v they_o either_o in_o faith_n or_o manner_n second_o they_o make_v none_o unpreach_v minister_n but_o give_v every_o one_o licence_n to_o announce_v the_o word_n by_o read_v and_o private_a admonition_n albeit_o not_o by_o public_a exposition_n neither_o if_o they_o shall_v make_v minister_n such_o only_a as_o can_v break_v the_o word_n aright_o and_o be_v answerable_a to_o saint_n paul_n rule_n shall_v they_o find_v many_o such_o among_o the_o conceit_a sort_n that_o preach_v not_o god_n word_n but_o their_o own_o conceit_n three_o it_o be_v not_o unfit_a nor_o against_o law_n that_o man_n learned_a shall_v be_v make_v minister_n though_o present_o they_o have_v no_o cure_n nor_o do_v the_o book_n of_o make_v minister_n condemn_v it_o for_o albeit_o the_o word_n congregation_n be_v use_v yet_o name_v it_o no_o special_a congregation_n final_o it_o be_v not_o usual_a for_o any_o to_o choose_v text_n out_o of_o the_o apocryphal_a scripture_n yet_o if_o any_o do_v so_o the_o offence_n be_v not_o great_a see_v for_o 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