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A17189	The iudgement of the Godly and learned father M. Henry Bullinger chiefe preacher and pastor of the Church of Zurich in Swicerlande, declaring it to be lawfull for the ministers of the Churche of Englande, to weare the apparell prescribed by the lawes and orders of the same realme.	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.	1566 (1566)	STC 4063; ESTC S111156	12,784	48

The Iudgement of the Godly and learned Father M. Henry Bullinger chiefe Preacher and Pastor of the Church of Zurich in Swicerlande declaring it to be lawfull for the Ministers of the Church of Englande to weare the Apparell prescribed by the Lawes and orders of the same Realme IMPRINTED at London by William Seres dwelling in Paules Church yarde at the signe of the Hedgehogge To the Reader SEING THAT Maister Bullinger himselfe of special good wil and zeale towards the Churche of Englande and the Ministers of the same hauing trauayled and taken payne to write his iudgemēt in this matter thought it expedient to cōmunicate the same not onely with those two brethren here at whose request he wrote his minde herein But also with certaine Byshops of this Realme as by his letter to them directed and herevnto annexed apeareth that for the peace quietnesse of this Church of Englande as he himselfe affirmeth And considering also that the iudgement of two notable learned men Maister D. Bucer and maister D. Peter Martyr touching this controuersie hath alredy bene set forth and published It is therefore thought good also to publish in print the sayde iudgement of Maister Bullinger being a man singulerly well learned and Godly and a worthy Minister in Christes Church not doubting but that muche good shall insue thereof both to the stablishing of weake cōsciences troubled about this matter and also to the satisfaction of those which without contention or affection seeke only the truth of doctrine in this behalfe To the Reuerende Fathers in Christ D. Robert Horne B. of Winchester D. Grindall B. of London D. Parkhurst B. of Norwitch in England c. REuerende Fathers Honorable dearely beloued brethren The Lord Iesus blesse you and kepe you from al euil We send you the copie of our writing concerning the mater of Apparell sent by vs to N. M. men learned and godly our worshipful brethren And therfore send we it vnto you that ye maye vnderstande howe that we deale not priuately with your brethrē without the knowledge of you which are the principall Ministers and that we to the vttermost of our powers doe séeke the peace and quietnesse of your Churches in all things And we praye the Lord alwayes to saue the state there and kéepe you in concorde We also exhorte you our right Reuerende and dearest brethren to haue good regarde vnto faythfull Ministers and learned men for such also commonly haue their affections Wherfore the Apostle also warned men to beare one an others burthen Ye by your authority may do much with the most excellēt Princesse your Quene entreate ye hir Maiestie that the good brethren may be reconciled and restored And we praye you honorable and deare brother M. Horne to whome these letters may be first deliuered that ye will cause them forthwith to be caryed to the Byshop of Norwich and so communicate them with M. Iewell M. Sandes and M. Pilkington to whom by Gods grace I meane to write the nexte Frankford mart These letters I wrote in all haste aswell in myne owne as in Gualters name and sent them to Basile thence to be conueighed to Andwerpe We praye you hartily to signifie whether ye haue receiued them Fare ye wel right Reuerend The Lord blesse you your labors At Zurich the thirde of Maij. 1566. Your Bullinger ¶ The Copie of Master Bullingers Letter to N. and M. RIght Worshypfull and welbeloued brethrē the Lorde Iesus blesse you and kepe you from all euill I haue receyued your Letters wherby I perceiued you N. to complaine that mine answere made to your question semed ouer short Albeit I good Brother then saw no cause neyther now do why I shuld write any long letters For ye required onely my iudgement concerning the matter of Apparell where aboute there was contention in Englande To that question I thought good to answere you briefly For I coulde well in fewe wordes declare my minde Furthermore I knewe that D. Peter Martyr of blessed memorie had often at large handled the same question both at Oxeforde and here with vs wherevnto I had not what to adde And I remember that mētion was then made of my minde also in the letter which I wrote to you Brother M. And againe to say what I think in a worde or two I can neuer allow it if ye be commaūded to execute your Ministerie at an Aultar burthened rather than garnished with the Image of the Crucifixe and in a Massing garment that is in an Albe and Vestment bearing on the backe also the Image of the Crucifixe But as farre as I can perceyue by Letters brought oute of England there is now no contention for such apparell But the question is whether it be lawfull for the ministers of the gospell to weare a rounde or square cappe and the whyte Vesture whiche they call a Surplesse by the wearing wherof your Ministers maye be discerned from the people And whether they ought to forsake the ministerie and their sacred place rather than weare such apparell To this question I answered the right Reuerende D. Robert Horne Bishoppe of Winchester the last Mart and that briefly repeating the wordes of D. Martyr To him had my fellow Minister and dearely beloued Alliance Rodolph Gualter written a little afore the copie of whose letters I send to you and our other brethren inclosed in these Therefore if ye wil heare vs and that ye require our iudgement concerning the matter of Apparel as in your laste letters ye signified vnto me beholde ye haue in that Epistle our iudgemēt whervnto if ye can not agree we truely are most hartily sorie and hauing no further counsell we doe hartily and without ceasing pray vnto the Lord whom we must in all things alwayes haue respect vnto that he with his grace and might wil ease the present troubles You brother N. haue propoūded certaine questions and our brother M. hath gathered moe of the same argumēt And albeit I according to my simple rudenesse neuer liked to haue maters drawē into so many questions and intangled in intricate doubtes whiche otherwise being of themselues more simple might in fewe wordes and plainely ynough be answered yet wil I note somewhat vpon euerye one that I maye herein also gratifie you my worshipfull and moste dearely beloued brethren as farre forth as my poore skill and abilitie will giue me leaue And I beséeche you to receyue these of me your brother and harty louer in good parte and iudge of them with a quiet minde and frée from all affections I vtterlye abhorre contentions and nothing doe I more humblie craue at the Lordes hande than that he will remoue farre from the Churche all contentions which from the beginning and alwayes haue greatly annoyed true Godlinesse and rent a sunder the Churche when it was reasonablie quiet and in good case Where ye aske whether lawes of apparell ought to be prescribed to Ecclesiasticall persons that thereby they may