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           Rainolds, John, 1549-1607. -- Judgement of Doctor Reignolds concerning episcopacy.
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           THE
           IUDGEMENT
           OF
           Doctor
           RAINOLDES
           touching
           the
           Originall
           of
           EPISCOPACY
           .
        
         
           More
           largely
           confirmed
           out
           of
           
             Antiquity
          
           By
           
             JAMES
          
           Archbishop
           of
           ARMAGH
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             G.M.
          
           for
           THOMAS
           DOVVNES
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             William
             Loe
          
           at
           the
           Turkes
           head
           in
           
             Fleetstreet
             .
          
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             THE
             IVDGEMENT
             OF
             DOCTOR
             
               RAINOLDES
            
             touching
             the
             Originall
             of
             
               Episcopacie
               .
            
          
           
             
               WHEN
            
             
               a
            
             
               Elders
               were
               ordain'd
               by
               the
               Apostles
               in
               every
               Church
               ,
            
             
               b
            
             
               through
               every
               City
               ,
            
             
               c
            
             
               to
            
             
               *
            
             
               feed
               the
               flocke
               of
               Christ
               ,
               whereof
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               had
               made
               them
               over-seers
               :
            
             they
             to
             the
             intent
             they
             might
             the
             better
             doe
             it
             by
             common
             counsell
             and
             consent
             ,
             did
             use
             to
             assemble
             themselves
             and
             meete
             
             together
             .
             In
             the
             which
             meetings
             ,
             for
             the
             more
             orderly
             handling
             and
             concluding
             of
             things
             pertaining
             to
             their
             charge
             ;
             they
             chose
             one
             amongst
             them
             to
             be
             the
             President
             of
             their
             company
             and
             Moderator
             of
             their
             actions
             .
             As
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Ephesus
               ,
            
             though
             it
             had
             
               d
            
             sundry
             
               Elders
            
             and
             
               Pastors
            
             to
             guide
             it
             :
             yet
             amongst
             those
             sundry
             was
             there
             one
             chiefe
             ,
             whom
             our
             Saviour
             calleth
             
               e
            
             
               the
               Angell
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             writeth
             that
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             by
             him
             the
             rest
             should
             know
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             he
             whom
             afterward
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             the
             Fathers
             called
             
               Bishop
               .
            
             For
             as
             the
             name
             of
             
               f
            
             
               Ministers
               ,
            
             common
             to
             all
             them
             who
             serve
             Christ
             in
             
               *
            
             
               the
               stewardship
               of
               the
               mysteries
               of
               God
               ,
            
             that
             is
             in
             preaching
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             is
             now
             by
             the
             custome
             of
             our
             English
             speech
             restrained
             to
             
               Elders
            
             who
             are
             under
             a
             
               Bishop
            
             :
             so
             the
             name
             of
             
               g
            
             
               Bishop
            
             common
             to
             all
             
               Elders
            
             and
             
               Pastors
            
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             was
             then
             by
             the
             usuall
             language
             of
             the
             Fathers
             appropriated
             
             to
             him
             who
             had
             the
             Presidentship
             over
             
               Elders
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             are
             certaine
             
               Elders
            
             reproved
             by
             
               h
            
             
               Cyprian
               ;
            
             for
             
               receiving
               to
               the
               communion
               them
               who
               had
               fallen
            
             (
             in
             time
             of
             persecution
             )
             
               before
               the
               Bishop
               had
               advised
               of
               it
               with
               them
               and
               others
               .
            
             And
             
               i
            
             
               Cornelius
            
             writeth
             that
             
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               committed
               to
               his
               charge
               had
               sixe
               and
               forty
               Elders
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               have
               but
               one
               Bishop
               .
            
             And
             both
             of
             them
             being
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             the
             one
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             the
             other
             of
             
               Carthage
               ,
            
             
               k
            
             doe
             witnesse
             of
             themselves
             that
             
               they
               dealt
               in
               matters
               of
               their
               Churches
               governement
               by
               the
               consent
               and
               counsell
               of
               the
               company
               of
               Elders
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Eldership
               ,
            
             
               l
            
             as
             they
             both
             (
             after
             S.
             
               m
            
             
               Paul
            
             )
             doe
             call
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             THus
             farre
             ,
             that
             Reverend
             
               a
            
             Doctor
             :
             whose
             observation
             touching
             
               the
               Angell
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Ephesus
            
             (
             in
             the
             second
             of
             the
             Revelation
             )
             that
             he
             was
             the
             same
             with
             him
             whom
             afterwards
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             the
             Fathers
             called
             
               Bishop
               ,
            
             is
             clearely
             confirmed
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             succession
             of
             the
             first
             Bishops
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             
               Ignatius
               ,
            
             who
             (
             within
             no
             greater
             compasse
             of
             time
             then
             
               twelve
            
             yeares
             afterwards
             )
             distinguisheth
             the
             singular
             and
             constant
             
               President
            
             thereof
             ,
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             number
             of
             the
             
               Presbyters
               ,
            
             by
             appropriating
             the
             name
             of
             
               Bishop
            
             unto
             him
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             former
             :
             we
             finde
             it
             openly
             declared
             in
             the
             generall
             Councell
             of
             
               Chalcedon
               ,
            
             by
             
               Leontius
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Magnesia
               ;
            
             
             that
             
               b
            
             from
             
               Timothie
            
             (
             and
             so
             from
             the
             daies
             of
             the
             Apostles
             )
             there
             had
             beene
             a
             continued
             succession
             of
             
               seven
               and
               twenty
               Bishops
            
             ;
             all
             of
             them
             ordained
             in
             
               Ephesus
            
             ▪
             Of
             which
             number
             the
             
               Angell
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Ephesus
               ,
            
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Revelation
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             one
             whether
             it
             were
             
               Timothie
            
             himselfe
             ,
             as
             
               c
            
             some
             conceive
             ;
             or
             one
             of
             his
             next
             Successors
             ,
             as
             others
             rather
             do
             imagine
             .
          
           
             For
             that
             
               Timothie
            
             had
             been
             sometime
             
               d
            
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             which
             is
             the
             appellation
             which
             
               Iustin
               Martyr
            
             giveth
             unto
             him
             ,
             whom
             other
             of
             the
             Fathers
             do
             peculiarly
             tearme
             a
             
               Bishop
            
             )
             or
             
               Antistes
               ,
            
             or
             
               President
            
             of
             the
             
               Ephesine
               Presbytery
               ,
            
             is
             confessed
             by
             
               Beza
            
             himselfe
             :
             and
             that
             he
             was
             ordained
             
               the
               first
               Bishop
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             
               Ephesians
               ,
            
             we
             doe
             not
             onely
             read
             in
             the
             subscription
             of
             the
             second
             Epistle
             to
             
               Timothie
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Ecclesiasticall
             History
             of
             
               e
            
             
               Eusebius
               ,
            
             but
             also
             in
             two
             ancient
             Treatises
             concerning
             the
             Martyrdome
             of
             
               Timothie
               ;
            
             the
             one
             namelesse
             in
             the
             Library
             of
             
             
               f
            
             
               Photius
               ,
            
             the
             other
             bearing
             the
             name
             of
             
               g
            
             
               Polycrates
               ,
            
             even
             of
             that
             
               Polycrates
               ,
            
             who
             was
             not
             onely
             himselfe
             Bishop
             of
             this
             Church
             of
             
               Ephesus
               ,
            
             but
             borne
             also
             within
             six
             or
             seven
             and
             thirty
             yeares
             after
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             wrote
             the
             forenamed
             Epistle
             unto
             the
             
               Angell
            
             of
             that
             Church
             :
             as
             it
             appeareth
             by
             the
             yeares
             he
             was
             of
             ,
             when
             he
             wrote
             that
             Epistle
             unto
             
               Victor
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             wherein
             he
             maketh
             mention
             of
             
               h
            
             
               seven
               kinsmen
               of
               his
               who
               had
               beene
               Bishops
               ;
            
             he
             himselfe
             being
             
               the
               eight
               .
            
          
           
             I
             come
             now
             to
             the
             testimony
             of
             
               Ignatius
               :
            
             whom
             
               i
            
             
               Theodoret
            
             and
             
               k
            
             
               Felix
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             
               l
            
             
               Iohn
            
             the
             Chronographer
             of
             
               Antioch
            
             report
             to
             have
             beene
             ordained
             Bishop
             of
             
               Antioch
            
             by
             S.
             
               Peter
            
             ;
             and
             without
             all
             controversie
             did
             sit
             in
             that
             See
             ,
             the
             very
             same
             time
             wherein
             that
             Epistle
             unto
             
               the
               Angell
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Ephesus
            
             was
             commanded
             to
             be
             written
             .
             In
             the
             Isle
             of
             
               Patmos
            
             had
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             his
             Revelation
             manifested
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               m
            
             
               toward
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Empire
               of
               
               Domitian
               ,
            
             as
             
               Irenaeus
            
             testifieth
             ;
             or
             the
             foureteenth
             yeare
             of
             his
             governement
             ,
             as
             
               n
            
             
               Eusebius
            
             and
             
               Hierom
            
             specifie
             it
             .
             From
             thence
             there
             are
             but
             
               twelve
            
             yeares
             reckoned
             unto
             the
             tenth
             of
             
               Trajan
            
             :
             wherein
             
               Ignatius
               ,
            
             in
             that
             last
             journey
             which
             he
             made
             for
             the
             consummation
             of
             his
             glorious
             Martyrdome
             at
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             wrote
             another
             Epistle
             unto
             the
             selfe-same
             Church
             of
             
               Ephesus
               .
            
             In
             which
             he
             maketh
             mention
             of
             their
             then
             Bishop
             
               Onesimus
            
             :
             as
             it
             appeares
             both
             by
             
               o
            
             
               Eusebius
            
             citing
             this
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Epistle
             it selfe
             yet
             extant
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             
               Ignatius
            
             having
             acknowledged
             that
             their
             
               p
            
             
               numerous
               multitude
            
             was
             received
             by
             him
             in
             the
             person
             of
             their
             Bishop
             
               Onesimus
               ,
            
             and
             
               q
            
             blessed
             God
             for
             granting
             unto
             them
             such
             a
             
               Bishop
            
             as
             he
             was
             :
             doth
             afterwards
             put
             them
             in
             mind
             of
             their
             
               r
            
             duty
             in
             
               concurring
            
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             sheweth
             their
             worthy
             
               Presbytery
            
             did
             ,
             being
             
               s
            
             
               so
               conjoyned
            
             (
             as
             
             he
             saith
             )
             
               with
               their
               Bishop
               ,
               as
               the
               strings
               are
               with
               the
               Harpe
            
             ;
             and
             toward
             the
             end
             exhorteth
             them
             to
             
               t
            
             
               obey
               both
               the
               Bishop
               and
               the
               Presbytery
               ,
               with
               an
               undevided
               minde
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             same
             journey
             wrote
             
               Ignatius
            
             also
             an
             Epistle
             unto
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Smyrna
            
             ;
             another
             of
             those
             seven
             unto
             whom
             those
             letters
             are
             directed
             in
             S.
             
               Iohns
            
             Revelation
             ▪
             wherein
             he
             also
             
               u
            
             saluteth
             their
             
               Bishop
            
             and
             
               Presbytery
            
             :
             exhorting
             all
             the
             people
             to
             
               x
            
             
               follow
               their
               Bishop
               ,
               as
               Christ
               Iesus
               did
               his
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Presbytery
               ,
               as
               the
               Apostles
               ;
            
             and
             telling
             them
             that
             
               y
            
             no
             man
             ought
             either
             to
             administer
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             or
             doe
             any
             thing
             appertaining
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             
               Bishop
               .
            
             And
             that
             
               Polycarpus
            
             was
             then
             
               Bishop
               ,
            
             when
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             wrote
             unto
             
               the
               Angell
               of
               the
               Church
               in
               Smyrna
            
             ;
             who
             can
             better
             informe
             us
             then
             
               Irenaeus
               ?
            
             who
             did
             not
             onely
             know
             those
             worthy
             men
             ,
             
               z
            
             
               who
               succeeded
            
             Polycarpus
             
               in
               his
               See
               ;
            
             but
             also
             
               a
            
             was
             present
             ,
             when
             he
             himselfe
             did
             discourse
             of
             his
             conversation
             
             with
             S.
             
               Iohn
               ,
            
             and
             of
             those
             things
             which
             he
             heard
             from
             those
             who
             had
             seene
             our
             Lord
             
               Iesus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Polycarpus
            
             
               b
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               was
               not
               onely
               taught
               by
               the
               Apostles
               and
               conversed
               with
               many
               of
               those
               that
               had
               seene
               Christ
               ,
               but
               also
               was
               by
               the
               Apostles
               constituted
               in
               Asia
               Bishop
               of
               the
               Church
               which
               is
               in
               Smyrna
               :
               whom
               we
               our selves
               also
               did
               see
               in
               our
               younger
               age
               for
               he
               continued
               long
               ,
               and
               being
               very
               aged
               ,
               he
               most
               gloriously
               and
               nobly
               suffering
               Martyrdome
               departed
               this
               life
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             being
             ordained
             Bishop
             of
             
               Symrna
            
             by
             the
             
               Apostles
               ;
            
             who
             had
             finished
             their
             cours●
             and
             departed
             out
             of
             this
             life
             before
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             (
             the
             last
             surviver
             of
             them
             )
             did
             write
             his
             
               Revelation
            
             :
             who
             but
             he
             could
             there
             be
             meant
             by
             
               the
               Angell
               of
               the
               Church
               in
               Smyrna
               ?
            
             in
             which
             that
             he
             still
             held
             his
             Episcopall
             office
             unto
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Martyrdome
             (
             which
             fell
             out
             LXXIIII
             yeares
             afterward
             )
             may
             sufficiently
             appeare
             by
             this
             testimony
             ,
             which
             the
             brethren
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Smyrna
               ,
            
             who
             were
             present
             at
             his
             
             suffering
             ,
             gave
             unto
             him
             .
             
               c
            
             
               He
               was
               the
               most
               admirable
               man
               in
               our
               times
               ,
               an
               Apostolicall
               and
               Propheticall
               Doctor
               ,
               and
               Bishop
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               which
               is
               in
               Smyrna
               .
            
             Whereunto
             we
             may
             add
             the
             like
             of
             
               Polycrates
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Ephesus
               ,
            
             who
             lived
             also
             in
             his
             time
             and
             in
             his
             neighbourhood
             ,
             affirming
             
               d
            
             
               Polycarpus
            
             to
             have
             beene
             
               both
               Bishop
               and
               Martyr
               in
               Smyrna
               .
            
             So
             saith
             he
             in
             his
             Synodicall
             Epistle
             ,
             directed
             unto
             
               Victor
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             about
             27
             yeares
             after
             the
             Martyrdome
             of
             
               Polycarpus
            
             ;
             he
             himselfe
             being
             at
             that
             time
             65
             yeares
             of
             age
             .
          
           
             About
             the
             very
             same
             time
             wherein
             
               Polycrates
            
             wrote
             this
             Epistle
             unto
             
               Victor
               ,
            
             did
             
               Tertullian
            
             publish
             his
             book
             of
             Prescriptions
             against
             Hereticks
             :
             wherein
             he
             avoucheth
             against
             them
             ,
             that
             
               e
            
             
               as
               the
               Church
               of
               Smyrna
               had
            
             Polycarpus
             
               placed
               there
               by
            
             Iohn
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
            
             Clement
             
               ordained
               by
            
             Peter
             ;
             
               so
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Churches
               also
               did
               shew
               ,
               what
               Bishops
               they
               had
               received
               by
               the
               appointment
               of
               the
               
               Apostles
               ,
               to
               traduce
               the
               Apostolicall
               seed
               unto
               them
               .
            
             And
             so
             before
             him
             did
             
               Irenaeus
            
             urge
             against
             them
             
               f
            
             
               the
               successions
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               unto
               whom
               the
               Apostles
               committed
               the
               charge
               of
               the
               Church
               in
               every
               place
               .
            
             
               g
            
             For
             all
             the
             Hereticks
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               are
               much
               later
               then
               those
               Bishops
               ,
               unto
               whom
               the
               Apostles
               committed
               the
               Churches
               .
            
             And
             ,
             
               h
            
             
               we
               are
               able
               to
               number
               those
               who
               by
               the
               Apostles
               were
               ordained
               Bishops
               in
               the
               Churches
               ,
               and
               their
               Successours
               unto
               our
               daies
               ;
               who
               neither
               taught
               nor
               knew
               any
               such
               thing
               as
               these
               men
               dreame
               of
               .
            
          
           
             For
             proofe
             whereof
             ,
             he
             bringeth
             in
             the
             succession
             of
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             from
             
               i
            
             
               Linus
            
             (
             unto
             whom
             the
             blessed
             
               Apostles
            
             committed
             that
             
               Episcopacie
            
             )
             and
             
               Anacletus
            
             (
             by
             others
             called
             
               Cletus
            
             )
             and
             
               Clement
               (
               who
               did
               both
               see
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               conferred
               with
               them
               )
            
             unto
             
               k
            
             
               Eleutherius
            
             ;
             who
             ,
             when
             he
             wrote
             
               had
               the
               charge
               of
               that
               Bishoprick
               in
               the
               twelfth
               place
               after
               the
               Apostles
            
             ;
             concerning
             whom
             ,
             and
             the
             integrity
             which
             
             then
             continued
             in
             each
             other
             succession
             from
             the
             Apostles
             daies
             ,
             
               Hegesippus
               ,
            
             who
             at
             the
             same
             time
             published
             his
             History
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             saith
             thus
             .
             
               l
            
             Soter
             
               succeeded
            
             Anicetus
             ,
             
               and
               after
               him
               was
            
             Eleutherius
             .
             
               Now
               ,
               in
               every
               succession
               ,
               and
               in
               every
               City
               ,
               all
               things
               so
               stand
               ,
               as
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               our
               Lord
               doe
               preach
               ▪
            
          
           
             When
             this
             
               m
            
             
               Eleutherius
            
             (
             as
             our
             
               Bede
            
             relateth
             )
             
               was
               Bishop
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
            
             Lucius
             
               King
               of
               the
               Brittaines
               sent
               an
               Epistle
               to
               him
               ;
               desiring
               that
               by
               his
               meanes
               he
               might
               be
               made
               Christian
               ▪
               who
               presently
               obtained
               the
               effect
               of
               his
               pious
               request
               :
               and
               the
               Brittaines
               kept
               the
               faith
               then
               received
               sound
               and
               undefiled
               in
               quiet
               peace
               ,
               untill
               the
               times
               of
            
             Dioclesian
             
               the
               Emperour
               .
            
             By
             whose
             bloudy
             persecution
             the
             faith
             and
             discipline
             of
             our
             Brittish
             Churches
             was
             not
             yet
             so
             quite
             extinguished
             ;
             but
             that
             within
             ten
             yeares
             after
             (
             and
             eleven
             before
             the
             first
             generall
             Councell
             of
             
               Nice
            
             )
             three
             of
             our
             Bishops
             were
             present
             and
             subscribed
             unto
             
             the
             Councell
             of
             
               Arles
            
             :
             
               n
            
             
               Eborius
            
             of
             
               Yorke
               ,
               Restitutus
            
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             and
             
               Adelfius
            
             of
             
               Colchester
               ,
            
             called
             there
             
               Colonia
               Londinensium
               ▪
            
             the
             first
             root
             of
             whose
             succession
             we
             must
             fetch
             beyond
             
               Eleutherius
               ,
            
             and
             as
             high
             as
             S.
             
               Peter
            
             himselfe
             :
             if
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             that
             he
             
               o
            
             
               constituted
               Churches
               here
               ,
               and
               ordained
               Bishops
               ,
               Presbyters
               and
               Deacons
            
             in
             them
             ;
             as
             
               Symeon
               Metaphrastes
            
             relateth
             out
             of
             some
             part
             of
             
               p
            
             
               Eusebius
            
             (
             as
             it
             seemeth
             )
             that
             is
             not
             come
             unto
             our
             hands
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             to
             returne
             unto
             the
             
               Angels
               of
               the
               seven
               Churches
               ,
            
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Revelation
             of
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             :
             by
             what
             hath
             beene
             said
             ,
             it
             is
             apparent
             ,
             that
             seven
             singular
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             who
             were
             the
             constant
             Presidents
             over
             those
             Churches
             ,
             are
             pointed
             at
             under
             that
             name
             .
             For
             other
             sure
             they
             could
             not
             be
             ,
             if
             all
             of
             them
             were
             cast
             into
             one
             mould
             ,
             and
             were
             of
             the
             same
             quality
             with
             
               Polycarpus
               ,
            
             the
             then
             
               Angell
               of
               the
               Church
               in
               Smyrna
            
             :
             who
             without
             all
             question
             was
             such
             ,
             if
             any
             credit
             may
             be
             given
             herein
             unto
             those
             that
             saw
             
             him
             and
             were
             well
             acquainted
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             
               Tertullian
            
             in
             expresse
             termes
             affirmeth
             him
             to
             have
             beene
             placed
             there
             by
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             himselfe
             (
             in
             the
             testimony
             before
             alledged
             out
             of
             his
             
               q
            
             
               Prescriptions
            
             :
             )
             so
             doth
             he
             else-where
             ,
             from
             the
             order
             of
             the
             succeeding
             Bishops
             ,
             not
             obscurely
             intimate
             ,
             that
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             number
             were
             to
             be
             referred
             unto
             the
             same
             descent
             .
             
               r
            
             
               We
               have
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               the
               Churches
               that
               were
               bred
               by
            
             John
             .
             
               For
               although
            
             Marcion
             
               do
               reject
               his
               Revelation
               ;
               yet
               the
               order
               of
               the
               Bishops
               reckoned
               up
               unto
               their
               originall
               ,
               will
               stand
               for
            
             Iohn
             
               to
               be
               their
               Founder
               .
            
             Neither
             doth
             the
             ancient
             Writer
             of
             the
             Martyrdome
             of
             
               Timothy
            
             (
             mentioned
             by
             
               Photius
            
             )
             meane
             any
             other
             by
             those
             
               seven
               Bishops
               ,
            
             whose
             assistance
             he
             saith
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             did
             use
             ,
             after
             his
             returne
             from
             
               Patmos
               ,
            
             in
             the
             governement
             of
             
               the
               Metropolis
               of
               the
               Ephesians
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             
               Asia
            
             most
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
             which
             in
             his
             time
             acknowledged
             the
             
             Bishop
             of
             
               Ephesus
            
             for
             their
             Primate
             .
             
               s
            
             
               Being
               revoked
               from
               his
               exile
               by
               the
               sentence
               of
            
             Nerva
             ,
             
               he
               betook
               himselfe
               to
               the
               Metropolis
               of
               Ephesus
               ;
               and
               being
               assisted
               with
               the
               presence
               of
               the
            
             SEVEN
             
               Bishops
               ,
               he
               took
               upon
               him
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Metropolis
               of
               the
               Ephesians
               :
               and
               continued
               ,
               preaching
               the
               word
               of
               piety
               ,
               untill
               the
               Empire
               of
            
             Trajan
             .
          
           
             That
             he
             remained
             with
             the
             
               Ephesians
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             brethren
             of
             
               Asia
               ,
            
             untill
             the
             daies
             of
             
               Trajan
            
             ;
             and
             that
             during
             the
             time
             of
             his
             abode
             with
             them
             ,
             he
             published
             his
             
               Gospell
               ;
            
             is
             sufficiently
             witnessed
             by
             
               t
            
             
               Irenaeus
               .
            
             That
             upon
             his
             returne
             from
             the
             Island
             ,
             after
             the
             death
             of
             
               Domitian
               ,
            
             he
             applied
             himselfe
             to
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             
               Asia
               ,
            
             si
             confirmed
             likewise
             both
             by
             
               u
            
             
               Eusebius
               ,
            
             and
             by
             
               x
            
             
               Hierom
            
             :
             who
             further
             addeth
             ,
             that
             
               y
            
             at
             the
             earnest
             intreaty
             of
             the
             
               Bishops
               of
               Asia
            
             he
             wrote
             there
             his
             
               Gospell
               .
            
             And
             that
             he
             himselfe
             also
             ,
             being
             free
             from
             his
             banishment
             ,
             did
             ordaine
             
               Bishops
            
             in
             divers
             Churches
             ,
             is
             clearely
             testified
             
             by
             
               Clement
            
             of
             
               Alexandria
            
             ;
             who
             lived
             in
             the
             next
             age
             after
             ,
             and
             delivereth
             it
             as
             a
             certaine
             truth
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             received
             from
             those
             who
             went
             before
             him
             and
             could
             not
             be
             farre
             from
             the
             time
             wherein
             the
             thing
             it selfe
             was
             acted
             .
             
               z
            
             When
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             Domitian
             
               the
               tyrant
               being
               dead
               ,
               removed
               from
               the
               Island
               of
            
             Patmos
             
               unto
               Ephesus
               ,
               by
               the
               intreaty
               of
               some
               he
               went
               also
               unto
               the
               neighbouring
               nations
               ;
               in
               some
               places
               constituting
               Bishops
               ,
               in
               others
               founding
               whole
               Churches
            
             ▪
          
           
             And
             thus
             much
             may
             suffice
             for
             the
             deduction
             of
             
               Episcopacie
            
             from
             the
             Apostolicall
             times
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A64660e-130
           
             a
             Act.
             14.23
             .
          
           
             b
             Tit.
             1.5
             .
          
           
             c
             Act.
             20.28
             .
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             doe
             the
             duty
             of
             a
             Pastor
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             d
             Act.
             20.17
             .
          
           
             e
             Rev.
             2.1
             .
          
           
             f
             1.
             Cor.
             4.1
             .
          
           
             *
             Luke
             12.42
             .
          
           
             g
             1.
             
             Tim
             3.2
             .
             Tit.
             1.7
             .
             Act.
             20.28
             .
          
           
             h
             
               Epist.
            
             13.
             
             
               Presbyteris
               &
               Diaconis
               .
            
          
           
             i
             Euseb.
             
               Hist.
               Eccles.
               1.6
               .
               c.
            
             42.
             
          
           
             k
             Cornelius
             Cypriano
             
               Ep.
            
             46.
             
             Cyprianus
             
               Presbyteris
               &
               Diaconis
               Ep.
            
             6.
             
          
           
             l
             Cornelius
             
               Ep.
            
             46.
             
               apud
            
             Cyprianum
             .
          
           
             m
             1.
             Tim.
             4.14
             .
          
           
             a
             D.
             
               Rainold
               .
            
             Conference
             with
             
               Hart
               ,
            
             chap.
             8.
             divis
             3.
             
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Concil
               Chalcedon
               .
            
             Act.
             11.
             
          
           
             c
             〈…〉
             .
             
               in
               Vit.
            
             Polycarp
             .
             
               cap
            
             7.
             
          
           
             d
             
               N●tandum
               est
               ex
               〈◊〉
               ,
            
             Timotheum
             
               in
               Ephesino
               Presbyterio
               〈…〉
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               id
               est
               ,
               antis●●●em
               )
               ut
               vocat
            
             Justinus
             .
             Pez
             .
             
               Annotat.
               in
            
             1.
             Tim.
             5.19
             .
             
               Qui
               politicae
               causa
               reliquis
               fratribus
               in
               coetu
               praeerat
               (
               qu●m
               Iustinus
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               vocat
               )
               peculiariter
               dici
               Episcopus
               coepit
               .
               Id.
               in
            
             Philip
             .
             1.1
             .
          
           
             e
             Euseb.
             
               Hist.
               Lib
            
             3.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             f
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               &
               post
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Phot.
             
               B●bliothec
               .
               num
               .
            
             254.
             
          
           
             g
             Polycrat
             .
             
               de
               Martyrio
            
             Timothei
             :
             
               inter
               Vitas
               Sanctorum
               ▪
               edit.
            
             Lovanij
             
               anno
            
             1485
             ▪
             
          
           
             h
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Polycrat
             .
             
               Epist.
               ad
               Victorem
               :
               apud
            
             Euseb
             
               lib.
            
             5.
             
             
               Hist.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             i
             Theodoret
             
               in
               Dialogo
            
             1.
             
               sive
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             k
             Felix
             III.
             
               in
               Epist.
               ad
            
             Zenonem
             .
             
               Imp.
               recitat
               .
               in
            
             V.
             
               Synodo
               Constantinopol
               .
            
             Act.
             1.
             (
             
               tomo
            
             2.
             
             
               Concilior
               .
               pag.
            
             220.
             
               edit.
            
             Binij
             ,
             
               ann.
            
             1606
             )
          
           
             l
             Johan
             .
             Mal●la
             
               Antiochenus
               ,
               Chronic.
               lib.
            
             10.
             
             M.S.
             
          
           
             m
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Iren.
             
               advers.
               haeres
               .
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               cap.
            
             30.
             
             Euseb.
             
               lib.
               Hist.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             n
             Euseb.
             
               Chronic.
            
             Hieron.
             
               Catal.
               scriptor
               .
               Ecclesiast
               .
               in
            
             Johanne
             .
          
           
             o
             Euseb.
             
               lib.
            
             3.
             
               hist.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             p
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Ignat
             
               epist.
               ad
            
             E●h●s
             
          
           
             q
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             r
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             s
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             t
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             u
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               in
               epist.
               ad
               Smyrn.
            
          
           
             x
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Ibid
            
          
           
             y
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             z
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Iren.
             
               advers
               haeres
               lib
            
             3.
             
               cap.
            
             3.
             Euseb.
             
               lib.
            
             4
             
               hist.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             a
             Iren.
             
               in
               epist
               ad
               Florinum
               :
               (
               apud
            
             Euseb.
             
               lib.
               5.
               
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               )
               &
               ad
               Victorem
               (
               ibid.
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               )
            
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Iren
             
               lib
            
             3.
             
               cap.
            
             3.
             
               ut
               suprà
               .
            
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Smyrnens
               .
               eccle.
               .
               epist.
               encycl
               de
               martyrio
            
             Polycarpi
             Euseb.
             
               lib
            
             4.
             
               hist.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             d
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Polycrat
             .
             
               epist.
               ad
               Victorem
               :
               apud
            
             Euseb.
             
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               hist.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             e
             
               Sicut
               Smyrnaeorum
               Ecclesia
            
             Polycarpum
             
               ab
            
             Johanne
             
               conlocatum
               resert
               ;
               sicut
               Romanorum
            
             Clementem
             
               à
            
             Petro
             
               ordinatum
               edit
               :
               proinde
            
             (
             or
             
               perinde
            
             )
             
               utique
               〈◊〉
               ●●ceterae
               exhibent
               quos
               ,
               ab
               Apostolis
               in
               Episcopatum
               constitutos
               .
               Apostolici
               seminis
               traduces
               habent
               .
            
             Tertullian
             
               de
               Praescript
               .
               cap.
            
             32.
             
             
               Vid.
               &
               ejusd
               lib.
            
             4.
             
               contra
            
             Marcion
             .
             
               cap.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             f
             
               Successiones
               Episcoporum
               ,
               quibus
               Apostolicam
               quae
               in
               unoquoque
               loco
               est
               Ecclesiam
               tradiderunt
               .
            
             Iren.
             
               lib.
            
             4.
             
               advers.
               haeres
               .
               cap.
            
             63.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Omnes
               enim
               ij
               valdè
               posteriores
               sunt
               ,
               quàm
               Episcopi
               ,
               quibus
               Apostoli
               tradiderunt
               Ecclesias
               .
               Id.
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               cap.
            
             20.
             
          
           
             h
             
               Habemus
               annumerare
               eos
               qui
               ab
               Apostolis
               instituti
               sunt
               Episcopi
               in
               Ecclesijs
               ,
               &
               successores
               eorum
               usque
               ad
               nos
               ;
               qui
               nihil
               tale
               docuerunt
               neque
               cognoverunt
               quale
               ab
               his
               deliratur
               .
               Id.
               lib.
            
             3.
             
               cap
            
             3.
             
          
           
             i
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               ibid.
               &
               apud
            
             Eu●eb
             
               lib
            
             5.
             
               hist
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             k
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               &
               s.
               ibid.
            
          
           
             l
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               hegesip.
               .
               apud
            
             Euseb.
             
               lib
            
             4.
             
               hist.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             m
             
               Cùm
            
             Eleutherius
             
               vir
               sanctus
               Pontificatui
               Romanae
               Ecclesiae
               praeesset
               ,
               misit
               ad
               eum
            
             Lucius
             
               Britannorum
               Rex
               epistolam
               ;
               obsecrans
               ut
               per
               ejus
               mandatum
               Christianus
               efficeretur
               .
               Et
               mox
               effectū
               piae
               postulationis
               consecutus
               est
               :
               susceptamque
               fidem
               Britanni
               usque
               in
               tempora
            
             Diocletiani
             
               Principis
               inviolatam
               integramque
               quietâ
               pace
               servabant
               .
            
             Bed.
             
               hist.
               ecclesiast
               .
               Anglor
               .
               lib.
            
             1.
             
               cap.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             n
             
               Tom.
            
             1.
             
             
               Concilior
               .
               Galiae
               ,
               à
               Sirmondo
               edit.
               pag.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             o
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Metaphrast
               .
               Commentar.
               de
            
             Petro
             
               &
            
             Paulo
             ;
             
               ad
               diem
            
             29
             
               Iu●ij
               .
            
          
           
             p
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             q
             Tertull.
             
               Praescript
               .
               cap.
               32.
               &
               ,
               post
               eum
               ,
            
             Hieronymus
             
               in
               Catal.
               script
               .
               Ecclesiast
               .
               cap.
            
             17.
             
             Polycarpus
             ,
             Joannis
             
               Apostoli
               discipulus
               ,
               ab
               eo
               Smyrnae
               Episcopus
               ordinatus
               .
            
          
           
             r
             
               Ha●emus
               &
            
             Joannis
             
               alumnas
               Ecclesias
               .
               Nam
               etsi
               Apocalypsim
               ejus
            
             Marcion
             
               respuit
               ;
               ordo
               tamen
               Episcoporum
               ad
               originem
               recensus
               ,
               in
            
             Joannem
             
               stabit
               auctorem
               .
               Sic
               &
               caeterarum
               generositas
               recognoscitur
               .
            
             Tertullian
             .
             
               advers.
            
             Marcion
             .
             
               lib.
            
             4.
             
               cap
            
             5.
             
          
           
             s
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Phot.
             
               Bibliothec
               num
            
             254.
             
          
           
             t
             Irenae
             .
             
               advers
               heraes
               .
               lib.
            
             2
             
               cap.
            
             39.
             
               item
               lib.
            
             3
             .
             
               c
            
             1.
             
             
               &
            
             3.
             
          
           
             u
             Euseb.
             
               lib.
            
             3.
             
               hist.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             x
             Hie●onym
             .
             
               in
               Catal.
               script
               ecclesiast
               .
               cap
            
             9.
             
          
           
             y
             
               Id
               ibid.
               &
               Praefat.
               in
               Evangel
            
             Matthaei
             ▪
             
          
           
             z
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Clem.
             Alexandrin
             .
             
               in
               lib
               de
               divite
               salvando
               (
               qui
               falso
               Origenis
               nomine
               habetur
               editus
               ,
               ad
               calcem
               tomi
            
             3.
             
             
               Commentariorum
            
             Michaelis
             
               Ghislerij
               )
            
             Euseb.
             
               hist.
               lib
            
             3.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .