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A woman cannot be a pastor by the law of God. I say more, it is…

Quote bySir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet · 1554–1625

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Colt and another v. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1612), Hob. Rep. 148..

English (original)

A woman cannot be a pastor by the law of God. I say more, it is against the law of the realm.

— Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet

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