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A91807	The iudgement of Doctor Reignolds concerning episcopacy, whether it be Gods ordinance. Expressed in a letter to Sir Francis Knovvls, concerning Doctor Bancrofts sermon at Pauls-Crosse, the ninth of February, 1588. In the Parliament time.	Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.	1641 (1641)	Wing R142A; Thomason E156_3; ESTC R23328	6,039	8

THE IVDGEMENT OF DOCTOR REIGNOLDS Concerning EPISCOPACY Whether it be GODS Ordinance Expressed in a Letter to Sir FRANCIS KNOVVLS Concerning Doctor Bancrofts Sermon at Pauls-Crosse the ninth of February 1588. In the Parliament time LONDON Printed by Thomas Paine 1641. DOCTOR REIGNOLDS HIS Letter to Sir FRANCIS KNOVVLS concerning Doctor Bancrofts Sermon at Pauls-Crosse 9. Febru 1588. In the PARLIAMENT time ALbeit Right Honorable I take greater comfort in labouring to discover and over-throw the Errors of Iesuites and Papists enemies of Religion than of the Ministers of Christ yet seeing it hath pleased your Honour to require me to shew mine opinion of som things which certain of these men maintain and stand in I thought it my duty by the example a Deut. 33. 9. of Levie who said of his Father and Mother I regard them not nor acknowledged he his Brethren to declare the truth without respect of persons Of the two points therefore in Doctor Bancrofts Sermon which your Honor mentioneth one is concerning that he seemeth to avouch The superioritie which Bishops have among us over the Clergie to be Gods owne Ordinance though not by expresse words yet by necessary consequence In that he affirmeth their opinion who oppugne that superioritie to be Heresie Wherein I must confesse he hath committed an oversight in my judgement and himselfe I thinke if he be advertised thereof will acknowledge it For having b pag. 18. first said that Aerius affirmeth that there was no difference by the word of God betwixt a Priest and a Bishop and afterward that Martin and his companions doe maintaine this opinion of Aerius he addeth that c pag. 19. Aerius persisting therein was condemned for an heretike by the generall consent of the whole Church and likewise d pag. 69. that Martins and all his companions opinion hath herein been condemned for heresie Touching Martin if any man behave himselfe otherwayes than in discretion and charitie he ought let the blame be laid where the fault is I defend him not but if by the way he utter a truth mingled with whatsoever else it is not reason that that which is of God should be condemned for that which is of man no more than the doctrine of the resurrection should be reproved because e Act. 23. 8 it was maintained and held by the Pharises Wherefore removing the odious name of Martin from that which in sinceritie and love is to be dealt with it appeareth by the aforesaid words of D● Bancroft that he avoucheth the Superioritie which Bishops have over the Clergie to be of Gods owne ordinance For he improveth the impugners of it as holding with Aerius that there is no difference by the word of God betwixt a Pri●st and a Bish●p which he could not doe with reason unlesse he himselfe approved the Bishops superioritie as established by Gods word and he addeth that their opi●ion who gainsay it is Heresie whereof it insueth he thinks it contrary to Gods word sith Heresie is an error repugnant to the truth of the word of God as according to f 1 Tim 6. 3. Titus 3. 10. 2 Pet. 1. 19. 21. the Scriptures our owne Church g The defence of the Apology part 1 7. division 2. Answer to the Rhem. T●tus 3. 10. doth teach us Now the Arguments which he bringeth to prove it an heresie are partly overweake partly untrue over-weake that h p●g 18. he beginneth with out of Epiphanius untrue that he i p. 19. 69. adjoyneth of the generall consent of the Church For though Epiphanius doe say that Aerius his assertion is full of folly yet he disproveth not the reason which A●rius stood on out of the Scriptures nay he dealeth so in seeking to disprove it that Bellarmine the Jesuite k Tom ● cont ● lib. 1 c. 15. though desirous to make the best of Epiphanius whose opinion herein he maintaineth against the Protestants yet is forced to confesse that Epiphanius his answer is not all of the wisest not any way can fit the Te●t As for the general● consent of the whole Church which D● Bancroft saith condemned that opinion of Aerius for an heresie and himselfe for an h●retik● because he persist●d in it that is a large speech but what proofe hath h● that th● whole Church did so It appeareth he saith in l Heresie 15 Epiphanius It doth not and the contrary appeareth by m I● 〈◊〉 ●d 〈◊〉 ● ●p●st 8● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●● 〈◊〉 sundry others who lived some in the same time some after Epiphanius even S● Austin himselfe though Dr Bancroft cite him as bearing witnesse thereof likewise I grant S● Austin n Cap. 53. in his book of heresies ascribeth this to Aerius for one that he said Presbyterum ab episcopo nulla differentia deberi discerni but it is one thing to say there ought to be no difference betwixt them which Aerius saying condemned the Churches order yea made a schisme therein and so is censured by St Austin counting it an heresie as o In Argu. prefix l. 3. Tom. 2. in Epiphanius he took it recorded himselfe as p D● haeres ad quod vult Deum in prefatione he witnesseth not knowing how farre the name of Heresie should be stretched another thing to say that by the word of God there is no difference betwixt them but by the order and custome of the Church which St Austin q Epist 19. sayth in effect himselfe so far was he from witnessing this to be heresie by the generall consent of the whole Church Which untruth how wrongfully it is fathered on him and on Epiphanius who yet are all the witnesses that Dr Bancroft hath produced for the proofe hereof or can for ought that I know it may appeare by this that our learned Country man of godly memory Bishop r Def. of the Apol. part 2. ca. 9 divis 1. page 198. Iewell when Harding to convince the same opinion of heresie alleaged the same witnesses he citing to the contrary Chrysostome Ierom Austin and Ambrose knit up his answer with these words All these and other moe holy Fathers together with the Apostle St Paul for thus saying by Hardings advice must be held for heretikes And Michell Medina ſ De sacrif hom orig confir lib. 1. cap. 5. a man of great account in the Councell of Trent more ingenious herein than many other Papists affirmeth not onely the former ancient writers alledged by Bishop Iewel but also an other Jerom Theodoret Primasius Sedulius and Theophilact were of the same mind touching this matter with Aerius With whom agree likewise t In 1 Tim. 3. Oecumenius and u In Epist ad Titum Anselus Archb of Canterbury and x Collect. Ca● li. 7. cap. 87. 1 27. another Anselmus and y Policar lib. 2. Tit. 19. 39. Gregory and z Cap. ●●gimus dist ●9 ca ●l●mp dist 95. Gra●●● and after them how