A sermon preached at the consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God Ambrose Lord Bishop of Kildare in Christ-Church, Dublin, June 29, 1667 / by the right reverend father in God, Henry, Lord Bishop of Meath.
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             A sermon preached at the consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God Ambrose Lord Bishop of Kildare in Christ-Church, Dublin, June 29, 1667 / by the right reverend father in God, Henry, Lord Bishop of Meath.
             Jones, Henry, 1605-1682.
          
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           Jones, Ambrose, d. 1678.
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           Church polity -- Sermons.
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           Imprimatur
           
             Mich.
             Dublin
          
           .
           Canc.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           Consecration
           OF
           The
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           AMBROSE
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           KILDARE
           IN
           Christ-Church
           ,
           Dublin
           ,
           June
           29.
           1667.
           
        
         
           BY
           The
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           HENRY
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           MEATH
           .
        
         
           DUBLIN
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             John
             Crook
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           King
           's
           most
           Excellent
           Majestie
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Samuel
             Dancer
          
           in
           Castle-street
           .
           1667.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Most
           Honourable
           JAMES
           ,
           Duke
           ,
           Marquess
           ,
           and
           Earl
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Ossory
           and
           Brecknock
           ,
           Viscount
           Thurles
           ,
           Lord
           Baron
           of
           Arklow
           and
           Lanthony
           ,
           Lord
           of
           the
           Regalities
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Tipperary
           ,
           Chancellor
           of
           the
           Universitie
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           General
           ,
           and
           General
           Governour
           of
           His
           MAJESTIES
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Somerset
           ,
           the
           City
           and
           County
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           the
           Cities
           of
           Bath
           and
           Wells
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           His
           MAJESTIES
           Most
           Honourable
           Privy
           Councils
           of
           His
           MAJESTIES
           Kingdoms
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           Lord
           Steward
           of
           His
           MAJESTIES
           Household
           ,
           Gentleman
           of
           His
           MAJESTIES
           Bed-chamber
           ,
           and
           Knight
           of
           the
           Most
           Noble
           Order
           of
           the
           Garter
           ,
           His
           GRACE
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           WHat
           of
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Government
             in
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ,
          
           hath
           passed
           our
           fore-fathers
           unquestioned
           
           more
           than
           One
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           years
           ,
           from
           the
           Apostles
           downward
           ,
           that
           ,
           is
           become
           the
           unhappy
           Dispute
           of
           this
           last
           Age
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           Pen
           and
           Sword.
           
        
         
           This
           had
           its
           Rise
           at
           
             Geneva
             ,
             Anno
          
           1541.
           a
           the
           people
           having
           thence
           tumultuously
           expelled
           their
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           being
           thereby
           without
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           seek
           for
           the
           way
           toward
           it
           ,
           thereupon
           did
           Calvin
           put
           himself
           on
           them
           ,
           finding
           ,
           in
           that
           ,
           a
           fit
           introduction
           to
           greatness
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           prudence
           ,
           and
           learning
           ,
           (
           in
           both
           which
           he
           excelled
           )
           became
           he
           there
           an
           Oracle
           ,
           and
           his
           will
           a
           law
           .
           Of
           that
           made
           he
           use
           in
           meditating
           ,
           forming
           ,
           and
           proposing
           a
           
             Model
             of
             Church-government
          
           ,
           (
           it
           being
           desired
           of
           him
           by
           the
           people
           ;
           )
           
           which
           he
           well
           ordered
           to
           his
           ends
           ,
           and
           interests
           ;
           intermixing
           Church
           ,
           and
           Lay-Elders
           ;
           (
           those
           fixed
           ,
           these
           yearly
           elected
           )
           appointing
           a
           double
           number
           of
           the
           Laity
           ,
           to
           what
           was
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           
           That
           is
           ,
           six
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           twelve
           others
           ,
           chosen
           out
           of
           their
           three
           Councils
           of
           State
           ,
           viz.
           Six
           out
           of
           their
           Council
           of
           two
           hundred
           ,
           and
           four
           out
           of
           that
           of
           sixty
           ,
           and
           two
           out
           of
           the
           twenty
           five
           ;
           wherein
           (
           for
           pleasing
           the
           people
           )
           the
           advantage
           of
           major
           Votes
           was
           given
           them
           in
           decisions
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           ,
           most
           of
           power
           in
           them
           (
           seemingly
           )
           placed
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           all
           was
           thereby
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Church-Elders
           principally
           ,
           well
           judging
           ,
           that
           the
           fewer
           (
           being
           learned
           ,
           leading
           ,
           and
           lasting
           )
           might
           easily
           
           influence
           ,
           and
           overbear
           a
           greater
           number
           not
           so
           reaching
           ,
           and
           changing
           ,
           whose
           election
           also
           might
           be
           by
           the
           other
           so
           ordered
           ,
           as
           to
           serve
           a
           Church-interest
           .
           And
           least
           (
           on
           consideration
           ,
           )
           this
           might
           be
           (
           over-soon
           apprehended
           and
           avoided
           .
           Therefore
           had
           Calvin
           (
           undertaking
           that
           form
           of
           Government
           ,
           desired
           of
           him
           )
           first
           ,
           politickly
           ,
           obliged
           that
           people
           
             by
             Oath
             to
             receive
             and
             submit
             to
             what
             should
             be
             so
             proposed
          
           ;
           Provided
           ,
           it
           were
           
             agreeable
             to
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             approbation
             of
             such
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             as
             should
             be
             thought
             fit
             to
             be
             therein
             consulted
             .
          
           And
           accordingly
           ,
           did
           he
           carefully
           hold
           ,
           in
           that
           ,
           
             to
             Scripture-names
             and
             words
          
           ,
           knowing
           ,
           that
           this
           could
           not
           but
           sound
           well
           howsoever
           ,
           and
           
           that
           it
           might
           take
           with
           the
           less
           discerning
           ,
           and
           would
           certainly
           pass
           with
           those
           ,
           whose
           interest
           it
           was
           to
           be
           so
           satisfied
           .
           In
           which
           ,
           he
           fixed
           principally
           on
           the
           name
           of
           Elders
           ;
           a
           Scripture-name
           ,
           of
           which
           much
           is
           spoken
           in
           
             both
             Testaments
          
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           sounding
           toward
           the
           
             frame
             of
             Government
          
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           :
           yet
           ,
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           was
           found
           the
           
             word
             Bishop
          
           also
           :
           and
           this
           ,
           as
           considerable
           ,
           for
           
             Church
             government
          
           as
           could
           be
           pretended
           to
           ,
           in
           that
           other
           of
           Elders
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           must
           not
           (
           notwithstanding
           )
           
             the
             name
             of
             Bishop
          
           be
           in
           this
           new
           Model
           mentioned
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           Name
           would
           mind
           the
           injurious
           casting
           off
           of
           their
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Thing
          
           stood
           in
           the
           way
           to
           other
           
           grandeures
           ;
           therefore
           
             with
             the
             person
          
           must
           
             the
             name
             of
             Bishop
             be
             shut
             out
             also
             .
          
           But
           how
           may
           that
           be
           without
           force
           and
           wrong
           to
           Scripture
           ?
           where
           ,
           of
           the
           Name
           and
           Office
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           is
           mention
           frequent
           and
           honourable
           ;
           As
           to
           that
           ,
           the
           expedient
           is
           readie
           and
           easie
           .
           It
           is
           
             but
             ordering
             the
             Text
             to
             the
             gloss
             ,
          
           and
           
             framing
             such
             an
             Interpretation
             for
             that
             Scripture-name
             Bishop
             ,
          
           that
           thenceforth
           (
           although
           never
           till
           then
           )
           
             by
             Bishops
             ,
             Elders
          
           be
           understood
           :
           so
           as
           ,
           
             whatsoever
             is
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             said
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             should
             be
             of
             Elders
             onely
             ,
          
           &
           
             that
             Bishops
             and
             Elders
             be
             as
             the
             same
             ,
             not
             distinguished
             in
             office
             or
             work
             .
          
           But
           such
           avoiding
           of
           express
           Scriptures
           by
           private
           constructions
           ,
           could
           not
           satisfie
           all
           :
           therefore
           ,
           what
           is
           short
           
           in
           that
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           supplied
           otherwise
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           
             by
             the
             sense
             and
             approbation
             of
             other
             Reformed
             Churches
          
           :
           and
           to
           that
           is
           
             this
             new
             Law-giver
          
           put
           (
           unexpectedly
           )
           by
           a
           reluctancy
           found
           in
           the
           people
           ,
           they
           beginning
           to
           resent
           the
           design
           ,
           and
           desiring
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           to
           get
           off
           ,
           and
           loose
           from
           that
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           now
           saw
           ,
           (
           but
           too
           late
           )
           themselves
           intangled
           .
           And
           whereas
           their
           late
           obligation
           of
           an
           Oath
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           stick
           close
           ,
           it
           behoved
           to
           seek
           their
           libertie
           some
           other
           way
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           way
           appeared
           so
           ready
           ,
           as
           
             that
             part
          
           of
           the
           mentioned
           
             proviso
             ,
             the
             sense
             of
             other
             Churches
             in
             the
             case
             ,
          
           by
           which
           
             was
             hope
             for
             evading
          
           ,
           it
           being
           observed
           ,
           
             that
             no
             other
             Church
             was
             then
             so
             modelled
             in
             Government
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           was
           it
           
           hoped
           
             they
             might
             be
             inclined
             not
             to
             favour
             this
             ,
             being
             new
             and
             strange
             .
          
           This
           ,
           the
           people
           now
           press
           ,
           and
           to
           four
           of
           the
           
             Helvetian
             Cities
             and
             Churches
          
           is
           by
           them
           addressed
           ,
           with
           which
           Calvin
           closeth
           readily
           ;
           that
           being
           what
           he
           expected
           ,
           and
           for
           what
           he
           was
           prepared
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           he
           had
           already
           assurance
           .
           For
           ,
           (
           all
           that
           having
           been
           foreseen
           )
           he
           had
           before
           (
           underhand
           )
           by
           Letters
           ,
           
             dealt
             with
             the
             principals
             of
             those
             Churches
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             fail
             to
             declare
             for
             that
             form
             of
             Government
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             had
             so
             laboured
             for
          
           Geneva
           ,
           (
           saying
           )
           
             That
             Religion
             ,
             and
             piety
             ,
             and
             the
             welfare
             of
             that
             Church
             and
             people
             depended
             on
             it
             .
          
           Whereby
           when
           that
           business
           was
           by
           all
           parties
           laid
           before
           those
           Churches
           ,
           the
           
           Answer
           was
           readie
           ;
           which
           was
           ,
           That
           
             they
             had
             heard
             of
             those
             Consistorial
             Laws
             ,
             which
             they
             acknowledged
             for
             godly
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             drawing
             towards
             the
             prescript
             of
             Gods
             Word
             :
             therefore
             did
             they
             think
             it
             good
             for
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Geneva
           ,
           
             not
             to
             change
             the
             same
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             keep
             as
             they
             were
             .
          
           Thus
           ,
           is
           Calvins
           Work
           done
           ,
           and
           setled
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           brought
           to
           a
           succumbency
           ;
           onely
           ,
           it
           remained
           ,
           That
           whereas
           it
           had
           been
           by
           those
           
             compromising
             Churches
          
           ,
           more
           warily
           delivered
           concerning
           
             those
             Laws
             of
             Government
          
           ,
           that
           
             they
             were
             godly
             Ordinances
          
           (
           which
           might
           seem
           a
           lean
           expression
           )
           and
           that
           
             they
             did
             draw
             toward
             the
             prescript
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
          
           (
           which
           was
           short
           and
           diminishing
           )
           therefore
           was
           something
           to
           be
           declared
           
           more
           absolute
           and
           positive
           in
           the
           case
           .
           And
           seeing
           it
           was
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           
             other
             Churches
          
           ,
           it
           was
           thus
           therefore
           otherwise
           ordered
           (
           and
           as
           effectually
           )
           First
           ,
           that
           
             this
             Discipline
             be
             cried
             up
          
           (
           as
           it
           was
           industriously
           )
           for
           
             ancient
             ,
             Apostolical
          
           ,
           and
           
             wholly
             Scriptural
          
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           
             above
             all
             other
             forms
             whatsoever
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           to
           
             be
             that
             to
             which
             other
             Churches
             should
             conform
          
           ;
           and
           Geneva
           (
           as
           to
           Church
           and
           Government
           ,
           )
           to
           be
           
             esteemed
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             best
             reformed
          
           :
           unto
           which
           ,
           
             in
             that
             cursed
             National
             Covenant
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             was
             respect
             had
             particularly
          
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           the
           
             prodigious
             growth
             of
             this
             last
             nights
             mushrom
          
           ;
           that
           this
           ,
           but
           just
           now
           ,
           standing
           on
           its
           good
           behaviour
           ,
           and
           
           beholding
           to
           others
           votes
           and
           approbation
           (
           and
           that
           begged
           )
           for
           introducing
           it
           ,
           and
           needing
           an
           Oath
           (
           slily
           imposed
           ,
           and
           inconsiderately
           taken
           )
           for
           holding
           the
           people
           to
           it
           ,
           it self
           also
           looking
           on
           it self
           jealously
           ,
           whether
           to
           be
           or
           not
           ;
           yet
           should
           it
           now
           from
           
             a
             politick
             Government
             start
             up
             in
             a
             moment
             ,
             and
             be
             transformed
             to
             what
             is
             Divine
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           no
           
             longer
             begging
             ,
             but
             commanding
          
           ;
           nor
           to
           
             be
             now
             confined
             to
          
           Geneva
           ,
           (
           where
           first
           imposed
           ,
           )
           but
           
             Geneva
             in
             that
             ,
             giving
             Laws
             to
             the
             world
             ,
          
           and
           expecting
           
             from
             other
             Churches
             conformity
             to
             that
             as
             the
             principal
             .
          
           By
           all
           which
           (
           notwithstanding
           )
           although
           
             other
             Reformed
          
           Churches
           had
           been
           in
           all
           this
           time
           ,
           little
           influenced
           ;
           yet
           (
           surely
           by
           some
           fatality
           )
           hath
           it
           been
           
           with
           us
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           otherwise
           .
           For
           this
           Geneva
           form
           well
           pleasing
           our
           English
           ,
           fled
           to
           Geneva
           in
           Q.
           
           Mary's
           Persecution
           was
           by
           them
           brought
           thence
           in
           their
           return
           ;
           by
           whom
           it
           having
           been
           for
           a
           time
           hatched
           in
           
             private
             Conventicles
          
           ,
           at
           length
           was
           it
           brought
           forth
           ,
           and
           after
           by
           strong
           hand
           imposed
           on
           our
           Churches
           for
           imitation
           :
           as
           was
           
             that
             Idol-altar
             at
          
           Damascus
           
             patterned
             for
          
           Jerusalem
           .
           b
           This
           began
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           where
           Episcopacie
           was
           cast
           off
           by
           the
           Reformers
           (
           
             Geneva
             Principled
          
           )
           and
           that
           (
           as
           in
           Geneva
           ,
           )
           in
           a
           way
           popular
           and
           tumultuary
           so
           imbibing
           Reformation
           with
           Schism
           .
           And
           although
           
             in
             th●
             other
             Kingdoms
             Episcopacy
             still
             held
             ,
          
           and
           many
           years
           flourished
           after
           the
           
           Reformation
           ,
           (
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           our
           Church
           above
           all
           others
           reformed
           )
           yet
           was
           
             that
             sacred
             Hierarchy
          
           ,
           in
           that
           time
           ,
           by
           that
           Party
           oft
           pushed
           at
           ;
           and
           at
           length
           ,
           (
           they
           getting
           head
           and
           power
           in
           our
           late
           dismal
           times
           )
           our
           very
           foundations
           of
           Government
           ,
           Civil
           ,
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           Regal
           ,
           and
           Episcopal
           ,
           (
           as
           by
           a
           general
           earthquake
           )
           were
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           together
           ,
           overturned
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           ruins
           buried
           :
           under
           which
           universal
           desolations
           lay
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           miserably
           ,
           when
           (
           as
           by
           miracle
           )
           
             all
             were
             again
             raised
             and
             restored
             to
             their
             former
             beauty
             and
             lustre
             ,
             by
             His
             Sacred
          
           Majesties
           
             glorious
             and
             happy
             Restauration
          
           .
           (
           And
           next
           and
           unto
           His
           Majesty
           )
           doth
           Ireland
           own
           Your
           GRACE
           in
           its
           Settlement
           ,
           both
           as
           
           
             to
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             our
             general
             settlement
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             by
             your
             great
             Hand
             ,
          
           speaking
           Your
           glory
           to
           generations
           .
           And
           whereas
           all
           these
           mentioned
           evils
           and
           miseries
           ,
           had
           been
           occasioned
           by
           schism
           ,
           and
           by
           
             that
             particularly
             concerning
             Church-government
          
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           present
           generation
           hath
           been
           (
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           )
           bred
           and
           educated
           in
           an
           Age
           ,
           where
           that
           truth
           hath
           been
           silenced
           ,
           and
           nothing
           heard
           but
           what
           hath
           been
           loudly
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           contrary
           magnified
           ,
           as
           what
           only
           is
           according
           to
           Scripture
           :
           and
           considering
           ,
           that
           this
           ,
           (
           we
           must
           now
           say
           )
           controversie
           ,
           being
           cleared
           ,
           mens
           minds
           (
           or
           some
           of
           them
           )
           might
           be
           satisfied
           in
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           thereby
           setled
           in
           obedience
           ;
           therefore
           (
           occasion
           
           being
           for
           it
           )
           did
           I
           take
           up
           this
           subject
           ,
           in
           which
           
             Episcopacy
             is
             asserted
             as
             Apostolical
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             contrary
             examined
          
           ,
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           the
           short
           time
           then
           allowed
           me
           would
           admit
           ;
           which
           being
           by
           Your
           GRACE
           commanded
           from
           me
           ,
           it
           is
           thus
           in
           due
           obedience
           presented
           ;
           yet
           in
           some
           particulars
           here
           and
           there
           enlarged
           ,
           above
           what
           was
           in
           publick
           delivery
           ,
           what
           is
           so
           added
           ,
           being
           what
           was
           intended
           to
           have
           been
           then
           spoken
           ,
           had
           I
           not
           been
           enforced
           by
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           work
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           to
           contract
           .
           All
           which
           is
           now
           laid
           at
           Your
           Excellencies
           feet
           ,
           and
           under
           
             Your
             great
             and
             piercing
             Judgment
          
           ,
           there
           ,
           leaving
           it
           humbly
           ,
           and
           ever
           praying
           for
           
             Your
             Lordships
          
           happiness
           every
           way
           ;
           and
           that
           
             the
             Lord
             would
             remember
             You
             
             according
             to
             the
             good
             by
             You
             done
             for
             the
             House
             of
             our
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Offices
             thereof
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             Your
             GRACES
             In
             Duty
             and
             Service
             .
             Henry
             Midensis
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               Dublin
               ,
               16.
               
               Aug.
               1667.
               
            
          
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           more
           than
           once
           read
           your
           Lordships
           very
           excellent
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           do
           think
           it
           not
           only
           so
           convincing
           in
           what
           it
           aims
           at
           ,
           but
           so
           prudent
           and
           seasonable
           ,
           that
           with
           your
           good
           leave
           ,
           I
           wish
           it
           may
           be
           printed
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           end
           have
           left
           the
           Copy
           you
           sent
           me
           in
           my
           Lord
           Chancellors
           Hands
           .
           What
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           say
           of
           me
           ,
           in
           your
           Epistle
           to
           me
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           questionable
           part
           
           of
           the
           Work
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           have
           not
           been
           what
           you
           say
           ,
           you
           teach
           me
           what
           I
           should
           be
           ,
           and
           I
           receive
           the
           Instruction
           as
           I
           ought
           ,
           and
           remain
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             Affectionate
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             ORMONDE
             .
          
        
         
           For
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Meath
           .
           These
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           WHat
           is
           here
           withall
           now
           published
           ,
           was
           at
           first
           intended
           to
           have
           been
           no
           farther
           publique
           ,
           then
           as
           spoken
           .
           But
           it
           being
           since
           then
           ,
           otherwise
           ordered
           ,
           and
           concieving
           that
           so
           necessary
           a
           Truth
           (
           now
           dark
           and
           controversal
           ,
           )
           might
           require
           more
           for
           its
           Explication
           and
           
           Proof
           ,
           then
           was
           ,
           or
           could
           (
           circumstances
           considered
           )
           be
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           in
           speaking
           allowed
           .
           Therefore
           is
           this
           intended
           in
           way
           of
           Supplement
           at
           present
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           hereafter
           farther
           enlarged
           ,
           as
           opportunity
           shall
           be
           for
           it
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           thereunto
           provoked
           by
           Gain-sayers
           ,
           whom
           I
           expect
           and
           provide
           for
           .
        
         
           The
           
             asserting
             the
             Episcopal
             Office
             and
             Calling
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             ,
             the
             Government
             Ecclesiastical
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ,
          
           is
           that
           now
           before
           us
           ,
           concerning
           which
           that
           may
           be
           found
           true
           ,
           which
           God
           speaks
           of
           some
           other
           his
           Truths
           ,
           in
           corrupt
           times
           .
           
             I
             have
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             written
             to
             them
             the
             great
             things
             of
             my
             Law
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             counted
             as
             a
             strange
             thing
             .
          
           a
           And
           what
           is
           now
           so
           strange
           ,
           as
           to
           hear
           of
           
             Episcopacy
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             true
             ,
             ancient
             ,
             and
             Apostolical
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ?
           And
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Government
             without
             Elders
          
           (
           
             Lay
             or
             others
          
           )
           
             is
             but
             feigned
             ,
             and
             novel
          
           ?
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           is
           this
           a
           great
           
             Truth
             ,
             Episcopacy
          
           having
           been
           received
           ,
           both
           in
           profession
           and
           practice
           in
           all
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           from
           the
           first
           of
           Christianity
           unto
           〈◊〉
           last
           Age
           ,
           whereas
           now
           we
           find
           this
           Truth
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           antiquated
           or
           forgotten
           ,
           as
           
             utterly
             denied
          
           .
        
         
           But
           comparing
           Scripture
           ,
           
             and
             authentick
             Records
             of
             ancient
             times
          
           〈…〉
           evident
           ,
           That
           Episcopacy
           is
           so
           
             far
             Apostolically
             Divine
          
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               
                 Bishops
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 times
                 of
                 the
                 Apostles
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               And
               
                 they
                 by
                 the
                 Apostles
                 themselves
                 ordained
                 and
                 appointed
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               And
               
                 that
                 in
                 those
                 very
                 times
                 of
                 the
                 Apostles
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Apostolical
                 Churches
              
               (
               such
               as
               were
               by
               the
               Apostles
               themselves
               planted
               ,
               and
               setled
               ,
               )
               
                 there
                 had
                 been
                 an
                 approved
                 succession
                 of
                 Bishops
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               And
               that
               in
               all
               the
               following
               
                 P●●●●tive
                 Ages
              
               of
               the
               
                 Church
                 ,
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 by
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 so
                 Apostolically
                 ordered
                 ,
                 had
                 been
                 accordingly
                 received
                 ,
                 and
                 continued
                 ,
                 no
                 one
                 Church
                 contradicting
                 in
                 word
                 ,
                 or
                 practice
                 .
              
            
             
               5.
               
               Lastly
               ,
               
                 nothing
                 heard
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 Government
                 by
                 Elders
                 ,
                 Lay
                 ,
                 o●
                 other
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           For
           manifesting
           which
           ,
           briefly
           ,
           in
           particulars
           ,
           
           it
           appears
           ,
           〈…〉
           (
           Taking
           that
           unto
           the
           death
           of
           〈◊〉
           
             John
             ,
             an
          
           .
           〈◊〉
           )
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           St.
           James
           ,
           (
           not
           the
           Son
           of
           〈◊〉
           who
           was
           killed
           by
           Herod
           b
           but
           〈…〉
           killed
           the
           〈◊〉
           and
           the
           〈◊〉
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             brother
          
           c
           or
           kinsman
           )
           was
           (
           it
           may
           be
           on
           such
           respect●
           )
           appointed
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Jerusalem
          
           .
           He
           was
           there
           ,
           therefore
           resident
           ,
           while
           other
           the
           Apostles
           were
           other
           where
           on
           their
           work
           .
           And
           on
           that
           account
           might
           he
           be
           (
           probably
           ,
           )
           pointed
           〈…〉
           as
           principal
           
             among
             the
             〈◊〉
          
           d
           〈◊〉
           (
           faith
           he
           )
           
             show
             these
             things
             unto
          
           James
           ,
           
             and
             to
             the
             brethren
          
           ,
           speaking
           of
           his
           miraculous
           deliverance
           from
           Herod
           ,
           and
           from
           
             his
             prison
          
           .
           And
           after
           ,
           in
           the
           great
           Council
           〈◊〉
           Hierusalem
           (
           the
           greatest
           that
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           all
           the
           Apostles
           being
           present
           ;
           )
           St.
           James
           appears
           there
           as
           
             Principal
             and
             President
          
           ,
           by
           whom
           (
           as
           〈◊〉
           by
           such
           usual
           )
           the
           
             Resolve
             of
             the
             Council
          
           is
           last
           ,
           and
           definitively
           declared
           .
           e
           Also
           to
           St.
           James
           ,
           is
           by
           St.
           Paul
           at
           Hierusalem
           expresly
           addressed
           .
           
           f
           And
           again
           ,
           and
           again
           is
           he
           honourably
           mentioned
           among
           ,
           and
           above
           others
           ,
           g
           in
           which
           he
           was
           considered
           as
           
             Bishop
             of
             Hierusalem
          
           ,
           which
           I
           need
           not
           prove
           ,
           it
           being
           
             by
             the
             other
             〈◊〉
          
           〈…〉
           ●ledged
           ,
           &
           proved
           also
           ,
           although
           with
           some
           tenderness
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           willingly
           passed
           over
           .
           It
           seemeth
           (
           say
           the
           
             Authors
             of
             the
             Annot.
             on
             the
             Bible
          
           Printed
           an
           .
           1651.
           )
           
             that
             he
             was
             assigned
             to
             stay
             at
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           h
           But
           on
           what
           account
           was
           that
           ?
           They
           test
           us
           ,
           i
           Antiquity
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             took
             him
          
           ,
           (
           James
           )
           
             to
             be
             superintendent
             ,
             or
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             Chrys.
             hom
             .
             33.
             in
             Act.
             Jerom.
             to
             1
             Catal.
             ser.
             Eccles.
          
           These
           are
           their
           words
           and
           proof
           for
           it
           ,
           of
           that
           therefore
           I
           need
           not
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           say
           more
           .
        
         
           After
           St.
           James
           (
           who
           governed
           that
           Church
           thirty
           years
           )
           his
           brother
           
             Simon
             or
             Simeon
             succeeded
             in
             that
             Bishoprick
          
           ;
           k
           He
           ,
           living
           until
           he
           was
           120
           years
           old
           ,
           suffered
           under
           〈◊〉
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           By
           appointment
           of
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           St.
           Mark
           was
           appointed
           
             Bishop
             of
             Alexandria
          
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           there
           .
           He
           died
           five
           or
           six
           
           years
           before
           S.
           Peter
           or
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           and
           almost
           40
           years
           before
           S.
           
             John
             :
             Him
             succeeded
             Anianus
          
           ,
           then
           Abilius
           ,
           and
           after
           
             Cerdo
             ,
             all
             in
             the
             Apostles
             time
             .
          
           l
        
         
           3.
           
           By
           S.
           Paul
           was
           
             Timothy
             made
             Bishop
             of
          
           Ephesus
           ,
           and
           
             Titus
             Bishop
             of
          
           Crete
           .
           The
           Postscripts
           to
           those
           Epistles
           stile
           them
           Bishops
           ;
           which
           beside
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           that
           testimony
           ,
           is
           otherwise
           averred
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Authors
             of
             the
             Centuries
          
           m
           say
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             evident
             that
          
           Paul
           appointed
           Timothy
           Pastor
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           President
           ,
           which
           is
           with
           Beza
           a
           Bishop
           .
           n
           
             Timothy
             had
             first
             the
          
           Bishoprick
           
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Ephesus
           ,
           and
           Titus
           
             of
             the
             Churches
             in
          
           Crete
           :
           so
           Eusebius
           ,
           o
           also
           Jerome
           ,
           p
           
             Timothy
             was
             ordained
             of
             S.
          
           Paul
           the
           Bishop
           
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             and
          
           Titus
           
             Bishop
             of
          
           Crete
           :
           And
           Oecumenius
           on
           these
           words
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
             1.
             3.
             
             I
             be
             sought
             thee
             to
             abide
             still
             at
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           Here
           (
           faith
           he
           )
           
             he
             appointed
             him
          
           Bishop
           .
           q
           And
           of
           Titus
           ,
           r
           That
           
           Paul
           
             left
             him
             to
             ordain
          
           Bishops
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             having
             first
             made
             him
          
           Bishop
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           
             Timothies
             Successors
          
           In
           the
           Apostles
           times
           ;
           you
           have
           
             the
             Angel
             of
             that
             Church
          
           mentioned
           by
           S.
           
             John
             ,
             Re●
          
           .
           2.
           1.
           
           Also
           Polycrates
           Bishop
           of
           Ephesus
           Contemporary
           to
           Polycarpus
           Bishop
           of
           Smyrna
           ,
           ordained
           by
           S.
           John.
           
        
         
           And
           of
           
             others
             his
             successors
             after
          
           ,
           we
           read
           in
           the
           
             Council
             of
          
           Chalcedon
           ;
           where
           Stephanus
           Bishop
           
             of
             Ephesus
          
           being
           deposed
           ,
           and
           it
           being
           debated
           by
           whom
           the
           new
           Bishop
           should
           be
           appointed
           ,
           
             whether
             by
             the
             Council
          
           ,
           or
           by
           
             the
             Provincial
             Synod
             of
          
           Asia
           ;
           thereupon
           Leontius
           Bishop
           
             of
             Magnesia
          
           (
           of
           the
           Province
           of
           Asia
           )
           said
           ,
           Thatfrom
           S.
           Timothy
           
             to
             that
             time
             ,
             there
             had
             been
          
           27
           Bishops
           of
           Ephesus
           ,
           
             all
             ordained
             in
             the
             Province
          
           .
           s
        
         
           As
           to
           Crete
           ,
           and
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           succeeding
           Titus
           ;
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           Basil
           Bishop
           of
           Gortyna
           (
           the
           
             Metropolis
             of
          
           Crete
           )
           was
           present
           at
           the
           
             Council
             of
          
           Trullo
           .
           t
        
         
         
           4.
           
           The
           Apostles
           S.
           Peter
           ,
           and
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           about
           the
           year
           45.
           appointed
           Evodius
           Bishop
           
             of
             Antioch
          
           ,
           who
           
             continued
             there
          
           Bishop
           20
           years
           .
           Him
           Ignatius
           succeeded
           ,
           and
           sate
           there
           30
           years
           ;
           both
           
             of
             them
             in
             the
             times
             of
             the
             Apostles
             .
          
           u
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           the
           year
           56.
           the
           
             same
             Apostles
          
           ordered
           Linus
           Bishop
           
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           who
           is
           mentioned
           2
           Tim.
           4.
           21.
           after
           whom
           followed
           Anacletus
           ,
           and
           Clemens
           ,
           w
           
             in
             the
             Apostles
             times
             also
          
           .
           Clemens
           
             did
             see
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             conversed
             with
             them
             ,
          
           saith
           Irenaeus
           (
           l.
           3.
           c.
           3.
           )
        
         
           6.
           
           S.
           John
           ordained
           Polycarp
           Bishop
           of
           Smyrna
           .
           x
           And
           after
           his
           return
           from
           exile
           ,
           he
           appointed
           several
           Bishops
           in
           divers
           places
           .
           y
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           finde
           it
           thus
           in
           those
           Apostolical
           Churches
           (
           by
           themselves
           ,
           ordered
           )
           so
           in
           others
           also
           hath
           it
           been
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           as
           to
           Apostolical
           Ordination
           and
           succession
           :
           Of
           which
           Tertullian
           :
           
             As
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Smyrna
           
             had
             Polycarpus
             placed
             there
             by
          
           S.
           John
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           Clement
           
             ordained
             by
          
           S.
           Peter
           ,
           
             so
             the
             rest
             
             of
             the
          
           Churches
           
             also
             did
             shew
             what
          
           Bishops
           
             they
             had
             received
             by
             the
             appointment
             of
             the
          
           Apostles
           ,
           
             to
             traduce
             the
          
           Apostolical
           
             seed
             to
             them
          
           .
           z
        
         
           In
           all
           which
           are
           seen
           ,
           Bishops
           
             ordained
             by
             the
             Apostles
          
           ;
           with
           their
           succession
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           
             even
             in
             the
             times
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
          
           together
           with
           their
           times
           and
           places
           ,
           ascertaining
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Adde
           ,
           the
           
             universal
             practice
             after
             ,
             of
             all
          
           Churches
           ,
           both
           Orthodox
           ,
           and
           Heretical
           ;
           (
           for
           even
           the
           
             Novatians
             ,
             Arians
          
           ,
           and
           Donatists
           ,
           &c.
           
             retained
             the
             true
             Government
             of
             the
          
           Church
           by
           Bishops
           .
           )
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           
             No
             instances
             out
             of
             Councils
             ,
             Fathers
             or
             Histories
             ,
          
           can
           be
           given
           (
           in
           all
           that
           time
           )
           
             of
             Churches
             ordered
             without
          
           Bishops
           
             by
             Elders
             ,
             of
             which
             kind
             soever
          
           ;
           allowing
           the
           time
           when
           Churches
           were
           first
           constituted
           ;
           they
           being
           then
           under
           the
           immediate
           tuition
           and
           care
           of
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           respectively
           ,
           until
           by
           their
           removal
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           they
           found
           it
           necessary
           to
           appoint
           others
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           in
           which
           case
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           being
           
           themsel●es
           Bishops
           ,
           they
           then
           stood
           in
           that
           capacity
           ,
           which
           Bishops
           after
           supplied
           .
        
         
           
             That
             general
             consent
             therefore
             of
             all
             Churches
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
          
           evidenceth
           the
           Truth
           in
           this
           undeniably
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           not
           supposed
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           holy
           Fathers
           and
           Councils
           should
           joyn
           in
           one
           ,
           throughout
           all
           those
           ages
           ,
           (
           no
           one
           contradicting
           ,
           )
           in
           setting
           up
           a
           Government
           in
           the
           Church
           (
           Episcopal
           ,
           )
           contrary
           to
           what
           was
           by
           the
           Apostles
           appointed
           ;
           and
           utterly
           silencing
           (
           without
           the
           least
           memory
           )
           what
           the
           Apostles
           had
           ordered
           (
           if
           so
           it
           were
           )
           of
           a
           Government
           by
           Elders
           without
           Bishops
           .
           But
           that
           ,
           were
           to
           suppose
           a
           conspiracy
           and
           combination
           ,
           as
           to
           those
           holy
           men
           uncharitable
           ,
           and
           in
           it self
           irrational
           and
           impossible
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           rather
           chuse
           to
           give
           in
           the
           very
           words
           of
           his
           late
           Majestie
           Charles
           I.
           (
           the
           Royal
           Martyr
           for
           this
           Church
           truth
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           essential
           priviledges
           of
           His
           Crown
           and
           Kingdoms
           )
           that
           ,
           being
           by
           him
           delivered
           in
           answer
           to
           certain
           Papers
           of
           the
           Divines
           attending
           the
           
             Commissioners
             of
             
             Parliament
          
           at
           the
           Treatie
           of
           Newpors
           in
           the
           
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             anno
          
           .
           1648.
           
           a
           
             He
             that
             shall
             find
             by
             all
             the
             best
             records
             extant
             ,
             that
             the
             distinction
             of
             Bishops
             from
             ,
             and
             the
             superiority
             over
             Presbyters
             was
             so
             universally
             and
             speedily
             spread
             over
             the
             face
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ;
             and
             their
             government
             submitted
             to
             so
             〈◊〉
             by
             the
             Presbyters
             that
             there
             never
             was
             any
             considerable
             opposition
             made
             there
             against
             before
             Aerius
             (
             and
             that
             cried
             down
             as
             an
             Hereste
             )
             nor
             since
             till
             this
             last
             age
             ,
             And
             shall
             duely
             consider
             withall
             that
             if
             Episcopal
             government
             had
             not
             had
             an
             indubitable
             Institution
             from
             the
             authority
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ;
             or
             if
             any
             other
             forme
             of
             Church
             government
             could
             have
             pretended
             to
             such
             Instruction
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             the
             most
             impossible
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             when
             their
             neither
             was
             any
             outward
             certain
             power
             to
             enforce
             it
             ,
             nor
             could
             be
             any
             general
             Council
             to
             stablish
             it
             ,
             to
             have
             introduced
             such
             a
             forme
             of
             government
             so
             suddenly
             and
             quietly
             into
             all
             Christian
             Churches
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             spirit
             of
             one
             Presbyter
             for
             〈◊〉
             that
             appeareth
             for
             above
             300.
             years
             to
             〈◊〉
             
             been
             provoke
             either
             through
             zeal
             ;
             ambition
             or
             other
             motive
             to
             stand
             up
             in
             the
             just
             defence
             of
             their
             own
             and
             the
             Churches
             libertie
             against
             such
             usurpation
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           his
           Majesties
           words
           .
           Thus
           doth
           Episcopacy
           derive
           from
           the
           
             first
             times
          
           ,
           and
           shews
           it self
           
             generally
             received
          
           ,
           and
           
             continued
             by
             a
             Succession
             of
             after
             ages
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           Which
           that
           by
           
             Elders
             without
             Bishops
          
           ,
           cannot
           shew
           .
           By
           this
           Tertullian
           concludes
           for
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           against
           Heretiques
           .
           
             Let
             them
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             shew
             the
             beginning
             of
             their
             Churches
             ,
             let
             them
             run
             over
             the
             Succession
             of
             their
             Bishops
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             first
             of
             them
             ,
             may
             have
             one
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             or
             Apostolique
             men
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             founder
             ,
             or
             predecessor
             .
             So
             Apostolique
             Churches
             derive
             themselves
             ;
             So
             doth
             the
             Church
             of
             Smyrna
             shew
             Policarpus
             placed
             there
             by
             John
             :
             and
             Rome
             ,
             Clements
             ,
             ordained
             by
             Peter
             ;
             so
             have
             other
             Churches
             those
             ,
             who
             were
             by
             the
             Apostles
             appointed
             Bishops
             by
             whom
             the
             Apostolique
             seed
          
           (
           or
           race
           )
           is
           
             derived
             ,
             or
             
             continued
          
           (
           so
           Tertullian
           ,
           de
           Praescript
           .
           advers
           .
           Haeretic
           .
           c.
           33.
           )
           thus
           was
           it
           
             of
             old
          
           ,
           and
           
             from
             th
             beginning
          
           ,
           unto
           
             these
             later
             times
          
           ;
           when
           the
           change
           of
           that
           ancient
           forme
           of
           Church
           Government
           began
           ;
           that
           being
           occasionally
           brought
           in
           (
           it
           troubles
           to
           say
           it
           )
           with
           the
           Reformation
           .
           (
           Then
           I
           say
           )
           was
           that
           occasioned
           ,
           rather
           than
           designed
           ,
           or
           approved
           by
           the
           
             first
             Reformers
          
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           the
           
             truth
             and
             puritie
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
          
           being
           then
           
             opposed
             and
             persecuted
             by
             Popish
             Bishops
             ,
          
           thereby
           were
           those
           Reformers
           enforced
           to
           act
           in
           that
           work
           of
           Reformation
           
             without
             those
          
           Bishops
           ,
           whom
           they
           could
           not
           gain
           ,
           and
           who
           were
           to
           them
           so
           contrary
           .
        
         
           Yet
           
             did
             not
             those
             Reformers
          
           in
           that
           ,
           cast
           off
           Episcopacy
           ,
           with
           
             aversness
             to
             the
             Order
          
           ;
           but
           onely
           in
           respect
           of
           those
           
             individual
             persons
             of
             the
             Popish
          
           Bishops
           oppressing
           ,
           they
           the
           Reformers
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           
             professing
             for
             Episcopacy
          
           ,
           and
           greatly
           desiring
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           might
           be
           .
        
         
         
           
             It
             is
             〈◊〉
             by
             us
             endea●oured
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           that
           Bishops
           
             be
             deprived
             of
             Government
             ,
             or
             Power
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             desired
             ,
             that
             they
             suffer
             the
             Gospel
             to
             be
             purely
             preached
          
           :
           b
           
             and
             we
             have
             oft
             protested
             ,
             That
             we
             do
             greatly
             approve
             the
             Ecclesiastial
             Politie
             and
             degrees
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             as
             in
             us
             lieth
             ,
             we
             desire
             to
             preserve
             them
             .
             We
             do
             not
             dislike
             the
             authority
             of
          
           Bishops
           ,
           
             so
             that
             they
             would
             not
             compel
             us
             to
             do
             against
             Gods
             commandments
          
           :
           c
           and
           yet
           again
           ,
           
             We
             do
             here
             protest
             ,
             and
             we
             would
             have
             it
             to
             be
             recorded
             ,
             that
             we
             would
             willingly
             have
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             and
             Canonical
             Politie
             ,
             if
             the
             the
          
           Bishops
           
             cease
             to
             tyrannize
             over
             our
             Churches
             .
             This
             our
             desire
             shall
             excuse
             us
             with
             all
             posterity
             ,
             both
             before
             God
             and
             all
             Nations
             .
          
           d
           All
           which
           we
           have
           in
           that
           famous
           
             Augustan
             confession
             of
             the
             Reformers
          
           ,
           who
           from
           the
           word
           protest
           ,
           so
           frequent
           there
           ,
           had
           then
           and
           thence
           the
           name
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           they
           being
           there
           
             first
             called
             Protestants
          
           ,
           as
           
             first
             Christians
          
           at
           Antioch
           e
        
         
         
           This
           
             Augustan
             Confession
          
           ,
           or
           Profession
           ,
           or
           Protestation
           ,
           was
           signed
           by
           the
           more
           eminently
           Learned
           in
           
             that
             age
             ,
             and
             work
             of
             Reformation
          
           :
           Among
           whom
           ,
           even
           Calvin
           was
           a
           Subscriber
           .
        
         
           Yet
           did
           others
           of
           
             the
             chief
          
           Reformers
           ,
           adhere
           to
           their
           professions
           made
           concerning
           the
           
             right
             of
             Episcopacy
          
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           Order
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           concluding
           ,
           that
           
             in
             Justice
          
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           violated
           .
           f
           
             By
             what
             right
             or
             Law
          
           (
           saith
           Melan●thon
           to
           Camerarius
           )
           
             may
             we
             dissolve
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Politie
             ,
             if
             the
          
           Bishops
           
             will
             grant
             us
             what
             in
             reason
             they
             ought
             to
             grant
             :
             and
             though
             it
             were
             lawful
             ,
             yet
             surely
             it
             were
             not
             expedient
             .
          
           And
           he
           writing
           to
           
             Luther
             ,
             You
             will
             not
             believe
             how
             they
             of
          
           Noricum
           
             and
             others
             hate
             me
          
           ,
           Propter
           restitutam
           Episcopis
           Jurisdictionem
           ,
           
             for
             restoring
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
          
           Bishops
           .
           g
           And
           Camerarius
           in
           the
           life
           of
           Melancthon
           ▪
           saith
           thus
           of
           him
           ,
           (
           h
           )
           
             Melancthon
             non
             modo
             adstipulatore
             sed
             etiam
             authore
             ipso
             
             Luthero
             &c.
             
          
           )
           
             Melancthon
             not
             onely
             by
             the
             consent
             ,
             but
             even
             by
             advice
             also
             of
             Luther
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             if
             Bishops
             would
             grant
             free
             use
             of
             the
             true
             doctrine
             ,
             the
             ordinary
             power
             ,
             and
             administration
             of
             their
             several
             Diocesses
             should
             be
             restored
             to
             them
          
           ;
           and
           even
           Beza
           who
           succeeded
           Calvin
           in
           Geneva
           for
           the
           space
           of
           
             ten
             years
          
           in
           like
           authority
           ,
           duering
           which
           time
           ,
           he
           was
           strict
           in
           his
           Judgment
           as
           to
           his
           discipline
           ;
           Yet
           after
           Danaeu's
           his
           comeing
           thither
           ,
           whereby
           that
           course
           of
           
             continueing
             long
             in
             that
             place
          
           ,
           was
           altered
           ,
           and
           Beza
           laid
           by
           ;
           Then
           could
           he
           find
           those
           inconveniences
           in
           that
           course
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           now
           remedie
           ,
           onely
           ,
           wishing
           it
           were
           otherwise
           .
           So
           speaking
           of
           the
           34th
           Canon
           ,
           of
           those
           called
           ,
           
             the
             Apostles
             Canons
          
           ,
           concerning
           the
           
             power
             of
             Metropolitans
             over
             Bishops
             ,
             Quid
             aliud
          
           (
           saith
           Beza
           )
           
             hic
             statuitur
             ,
             quam
             ordo
             ille
             ,
             quem
             in
             omnibus
             Eccles●is
             restitutum
             cupimus
          
           :
           
             what
             is
             in
             this
             appointed
             ,
             but
             that
             order
             ,
             which
             we
             wish
             maybe
             restored
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Ghurches
             ?
          
           f
           I
           shall
           but
           add
           that
           of
           Zanchius
           ,
           
           (
           one
           of
           the
           most
           learned
           of
           that
           side
           .
           )
           He
           in
           a
           confession
           ,
           or
           
             profession
             of
             Faith
          
           by
           him
           composed
           ,
           speaking
           of
           
             Church
             Orders
          
           ,
           and
           saying
           
             that
             Arch
             bishops
             and
             Patriarchs
             may
             be
             defended
             ,
          
           k
           And
           sending
           that
           his
           confession
           to
           others
           for
           their
           approbation
           ,
           and
           consent
           in
           it
           ;
           he
           found
           exceptions
           taken
           at
           that
           said
           by
           him
           concerning
           those
           
             Church
             Orders
          
           :
           his
           words
           are
           .
           l
           
             A
             certain
             eminent
             person
             ,
             did
             write
             to
             me
             thus
             :
             what
             you
             write
             of
             your
             confession
             ,
             hath
             been
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             by
             N.
             and
             others
             received
             with
             great
             delight
             ;
             it
             being
             learnedly
             written
             ,
             and
             in
             an
             accurate
             method
             ,
             with
             which
             I
             was
             greatly
             pleased
             ,
             if
             you
             except
             what
             in
             the
             end
             you
             add
             of
             Archbishops
             and
             that
             Hierarchy
             .
          
           On
           which
           Zanchius
           maketh
           for
           himself
           this
           Apologie
           ;
           when
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             I
             wrote
             this
             confession
             of
             Faith
             :
             I
             did
             write
             all
             things
             out
             of
             a
             good
             conscience
             ,
             and
             as
          
           I
           
             believed
             so
             did
             I
             freely
             speak
             .
             Now
             my
             faith
             is
             grounded
             chiefly
             and
             simply
             on
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ;
             something
             also
             ,
             in
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             on
             the
             common
             consent
             of
             the
             whole
             Ancient
             
             Catholique
             Church
             ,
             if
             that
             be
             not
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             .
             I
             do
             also
             beleive
             ,
             that
             what
             things
             were
             defined
             in
             Councils
             and
             received
             by
             the
             godly
             Fathers
             ,
             gathered
             together
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             by
             common
             consent
             of
             all
             ,
             without
             any
             gainsaying
             of
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             that
             those
             things
             also
             ,
             (
             though
             they
             be
             not
             of
             the
             same
             authority
             with
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             )
             proceeded
             from
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             those
             things
             that
             ●e
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             I
             neither
             will
             ,
             nor
             dare
             with
             a
             good
             conscience
             dislike
             .
             But
             what
             is
             more
             certain
             out
             of
             History
             ,
             Councils
             ,
             and
             writings
             of
             all
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             then
             that
             those
             Orders
             of
             Ministers
             ,
             whereof
             I
             speake
             ,
             were
             established
             ,
             and
             received
             by
             the
             common
             consent
             of
             all
             Christendom
             (
             Quis
             autem
             ego
             ?
             &c
             )
             And
             who
             am
             I
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             disallow
             ,
             what
             the
             whole
             Church
             approveth
             :
             nor
             date
             all
             the
             learned
             men
             of
             our
             times
             oppose
             it
             ;
             knowing
             that
             it
             was
             both
             lawfull
             for
             the
             Church
             so
             to
             order
             it
             :
             and
             that
             those
             things
             proceeded
             ,
             and
             were
             ordained
             for
             the
             best
             ends
             ,
             and
             for
             
             the
             edifying
             of
             the
             Elect.
          
           (
           So
           Zanchius
           ▪
           )
           he
           ,
           in
           that
           ,
           agreeing
           with
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           moderate
           sort
           of
           Reformers
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           as
           a
           little
           stepping
           out
           of
           the
           right
           way
           ,
           and
           so
           proceeding
           ,
           makes
           (
           in
           long
           running
           )
           the
           return
           more
           difficult
           ,
           so
           those
           Reformers
           stepping
           so
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           right
           path
           of
           truth
           ,
           in
           acting
           (
           as
           they
           did
           )
           
             without
             Bishops
          
           (
           although
           thereunto
           enforced
           )
           thereby
           was
           occasion
           given
           to
           
             those
             following
          
           ,
           to
           proceed
           in
           that
           error
           ,
           and
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           
             not
             onely
             to
             be
             without
             Bishops
             ,
          
           but
           to
           be
           also
           to
           
             them
             ill
             spirited
          
           ;
           which
           their
           leaders
           ,
           were
           not
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           ending
           in
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           Seperation
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           such
           consider
           ,
           that
           for
           that
           very
           thing
           was
           Aerius
           by
           the
           Fathers
           branded
           with
           haeresie
           (
           as
           was
           before
           mentioned
           ?
           He
           ,
           as
           an
           Arian
           first
           opposed
           Christ
           ;
           and
           
             after
             ,
             his
             Church
             ,
             in
             its
             government
          
           ;
           and
           that
           obstinately
           ,
           and
           Schismatically
           ;
           the
           occasion
           whereof
           would
           be
           considered
           .
           It
           was
           his
           standing
           for
           a
           Bishoprick
           ,
           in
           competition
           with
           Eustathius
           ,
           both
           of
           
           them
           Arians
           ,
           and
           in
           an
           
             Arian
             Church
          
           ;
           (
           For
           very
           Arians
           also
           held
           the
           true
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           Bishops
           )
           But
           Aërius
           being
           put
           by
           what
           he
           so
           ambitiously
           desired
           ,
           and
           Eustathius
           preferred
           to
           the
           Bishoprick
           ,
           thereupon
           discontented
           ,
           (
           discontent
           proyeing
           oft
           ,
           a
           rise
           to
           haeresies
           ,
           and
           schismes
           )
           Aërius
           did
           first
           ,
           set
           himself
           against
           Eustathius
           :
           and
           after
           against
           the
           
             whole
             Episcopal
             Order
          
           ;
           teaching
           ;
           
             that
             between
             a
             Preshiter
             ,
             and
             a
             Bishop
             there
             is
             no
             difference
             :
             That
             the
             order
             is
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             the
             honour
             alike
             in
             both
             &c
          
           )
           (
           The
           very
           doctrine
           of
           our
           late
           Aëriaus
           )
           But
           in
           that
           was
           he
           opposed
           by
           St.
           Augustin
           m
           And
           by
           Epiphanus
           .
           n
           both
           censuring
           that
           his
           opinion
           for
           heresie
           ;
           Nor
           was
           he
           by
           them
           alone
           oppugned
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           Epiphanus
           ,
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           same
           times
           with
           him
           ,
           addeth
           )
           
             All
             Churches
             both
             in
             City
             ,
             and
             Country
             ,
             so
             detested
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             followers
             ,
          
           (
           which
           were
           many
           )
           
             that
             being
             abandoned
             of
             all
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             live
             in
             open
             fields
             ,
             and
             woods
          
           o
           which
           opinion
           of
           Aërius
           against
           Bishops
           being
           
           so
           by
           the
           Fathers
           adjudged
           heresie
           it
           was
           ,
           in
           that
           ,
           judged
           to
           be
           
             contrary
             to
             Gods
             word
          
           (
           for
           there
           is
           no
           heresie
           )
           that
           is
           not
           contrary
           to
           Gods
           word
           .
           )
           And
           let
           those
           in
           his
           case
           among
           us
           ,
           se
           to
           this
           :
           and
           how
           farre
           they
           are
           gone
           in
           this
           seperation
           ,
           casting
           of
           
             the
             Sacred
             order
             of
             Bishops
          
           utterly
           ,
           contrary
           to
           
             the
             sence
             of
             the
             first
             Reformers
             ,
          
           who
           
             would
             have
             bad
             Bishops
          
           if
           they
           might
           ,
           but
           these
           will
           not
           ,
           though
           they
           may
           ;
           and
           those
           
             such
             Bishops
          
           as
           are
           affectionate
           to
           them
           in
           the
           truth
           .
           And
           readie
           to
           receive
           them
           ,
           (
           returning
           )
           with
           embracements
           of
           love
           in
           Christian
           Communion
           .
        
         
           Which
           spoken
           
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
             acting
             in
             the
             first
             Reformation
             without
             Bishops
             ,
          
           is
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           
             as
             if
             they
             after
             continued
             without
             Bishops
          
           ;
           for
           as
           soon
           as
           could
           be
           ,
           they
           did
           ,
           (
           many
           of
           them
           )
           set
           up
           that
           holy
           Order
           of
           Bishops
           and
           Archbishops
           in
           their
           Churches
           ,
           Yet
           (
           I
           know
           not
           why
           )
           with
           change
           of
           those
           good
           
             ancient
             names
          
           for
           worse
           ;
           
             In
             Ecclesijs
             protestantium
             non
             desunt
             reips●
             Episcopi
             ,
             &
             Archiepiscopi
             ,
             quo●
             mutatis●onis
             graecis
             nominibus
             in
             male
             latina
             ,
             vo●ant
             
               Superintendentes
               ,
               
               &
               generales
               Superintendentes
            
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           Zarichius
           )
           
             The
             Protestant
             Churches
          
           ,
           (
           understand
           many
           of
           them
           .
           )
           
             want
             not
             Bishops
             and
             Archbishops
             ,
             haveing
             them
             in
             effect
          
           ;
           whom
           
             changing
             good
             Greek
             names
             ,
             into
             bad
             latine
             names
             ,
             they
             call
             
               Superintendents
               and
               general
               Superintendents
            
             .
          
           p
           And
           when
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           
             of
             the
             reformed
             Churches
             ,
             retaineing
             Episcopal
             government
             ,
          
           there
           are
           many
           ;
           understand
           those
           many
           ,
           for
           
             the
             more
             considerable
          
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           holding
           to
           that
           
             Order
             ,
             in
             substance
          
           ,
           but
           under
           
             varied
             names
          
           ,
           (
           as
           was
           said
           )
           others
           ,
           under
           
             the
             proper
             appollations
             of
             Archbishops
          
           and
           Bishops
           and
           that
           
             in
             their
             primitive
             lustre
             and
             dignity
             .
          
           Among
           these
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           are
           the
           
             Churches
             of
             great
             Brittaine
             and
             Ireland
             ,
          
           in
           this
           ,
           emmently
           glorious
           ;
           where
           ,
           
             that
             Apostolical
             government
          
           is
           here
           held
           up
           ,
           in
           name
           ,
           and
           forme
           ,
           in
           title
           ,
           and
           substance
           ;
           to
           the
           lasting
           honour
           of
           those
           our
           Princes
           :
           who
           in
           that
           ,
           as
           otherwise
           ,
           well
           merited
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Defenders
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           ;
           (
           A
           glorious
           gemme
           in
           the
           Royal
           Diadem
           )
           an
           honour
           (
           I
           may
           say
           it
           )
           peculiar
           to
           
             His
             Sacre●d
             Majesty
             
             Charles
             the
             〈◊〉
          
           above
           all
           his
           〈◊〉
           Progenitors
           they
           having
           but
           maintained
           what
           of
           this
           they
           found
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           delivered
           into
           their
           hands
           in
           a
           long
           settlement
           ,
           but
           
             He
             restoring
          
           what
           had
           〈◊〉
           
             by
             a
             stoole
             of
             iniquitie
             ,
             as
             by
          
           (
           
             a
             law
          
           ,
           )
           q
           〈◊〉
           out
           (
           as
           they
           intended
           )
           
             Root
             and
             branch
          
           .
        
         
           The
           praise
           of
           
             the
             reforming
             Princes
             of
             Juda
          
           (
           such
           were
           
             Asa
             ,
             Jehosaphat
             ,
             Hezekiah
          
           ,
           and
           Josiah
           )
           
             was
             next
             those
          
           ,
           by
           whom
           Gods
           worship
           was
           first
           Setled
           (
           David
           and
           Solomon
           )
           and
           in
           that
           
             above
             all
             others
          
           ,
           although
           other
           ways
           good
           ,
           in
           maintaining
           Gods
           worship
           as
           they
           found
           it
           delivered
           to
           their
           hands
           .
        
         
           Among
           these
           ,
           Hezekiah
           was
           eminent
           ;
           for
           he
           found
           all
           in
           confusion
           (
           〈…〉
           29.
           )
           the
           
             Temple
             defiled
             ,
             Prophaned
          
           ,
           and
           
             Shut
             up
          
           ,
           and
           its
           
             Service
             neglected
          
           ,
           and
           interrupted
           .
           
             He
             opened
             the
             doors
             of
             the
             house
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           (
           v.
           3.
           )
           and
           
             ordered
             the
             carrying
             out
             the
             filthyness
             out
             of
             the
             Sanctuary
          
           (
           v.
           5.
           15.
           16.
           
           )
           after
           ,
           
             setling
             those
             ,
             appointed
             for
             the
             holy
             Service
             ,
          
           together
           with
           then
           worke
           (
           v.
           18.
           &c
           ,
           )
           and
           all
           that
           by
           him
           
             early
             begun
          
           ,
           and
           
             soon
             perfected
          
           .
           For
           
           the
           
             first
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           first
           
             month
             of
             his
             Reign
          
           (
           v.
           ●
           )
           and
           
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             month
          
           (
           v.
           17.
           )
           he
           immediately
           on
           his
           comeing
           in
           ,
           was
           this
           begun
           ▪
           and
           so
           was
           it
           industriously
           followed
           ,
           as
           that
           
             in
             sixteen
             days
             the
             work
             was
             finished
          
           ▪
           (
           v.
           17.
           )
           that
           expedition
           ,
           shewing
           it
           to
           be
           
             from
             the
          
           (
           Lord
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           observed
           (
           v.
           36.
           )
           
             that
             God
             prepared
             the
             people
             ,
             for
             the
             thing
             was
             done
             suddainly
          
           :
           and
           (
           Ch●●●●
           〈◊〉
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             That
             in
             Judah
             ,
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             was
             to
             give
             the●
             one
             heart
             ,
             to
             do
             the
             Commandement
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Princes
             ,
             by
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           :
           On
           all
           which
           followed
           ,
           
             great
             joy
             in
             salem
             ;
             for
             since
             the
             time
             of
             Solomon
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             David
             King
             of
             Israell
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             the
             like
             in
             Hierusalem
          
           (
           2.
           
           Chr.
           30.
           36.
           )
        
         
           So
           was
           it
           in
           
             Hezekiahs
             reformation
          
           .
           In
           which
           we
           see
           his
           
             Sacred
             Majestie
             our
             dread
             Soveraign
          
           ,
           in
           his
           glorious
           work
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           lively
           portrayed
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           to
           the
           
             greatness
             of
             the
             work
          
           all
           was
           among
           us
           in
           greatest
           confusion
           ,
           and
           deformation
           ,
           by
           a
           pretended
           Reformation
           ▪
           Gods
           houses
           prophaned
           ,
           his
           holy
           Service
           neglected
           ,
           interrupted
           ,
           and
           despised
           ;
           
           and
           the
           Sacred
           Office
           ,
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           Church
           cast
           off
           ,
           and
           〈…〉
           on
           :
           and
           (
           in
           order
           to
           their
           〈…〉
           )
           were
           the
           
             ample
             〈◊〉
          
           of
           the
           Church
           (
           the
           Lords
           portion
           )
           ●acrilegiously
           invaded
           ,
           and
           designedly
           alienated
           into
           〈◊〉
           ,
           great
           ,
           and
           many
           thereby
           ingaged
           to
           oppose
           the
           very
           Office
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           as
           
             wene
             the
             proceedings
             in
             Hezekiahs
             reformation
             ,
          
           so
           were
           they
           〈◊〉
           of
           His
           Majesties
           ,
           answereably
           〈◊〉
           
             that
             work
             did
             he
             set
             himself
             early
             ,
          
           even
           the
           
             first
             year
          
           ,
           the
           
             first
             month
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             first
             day
             of
             the
             month
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           immediately
           after
           His
           Majesties
           happy
           entrando
           among
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           before
           his
           own
           Solemn
           Settlement
           on
           his
           Royal
           Throne
           ,
           then
           ,
           were
           the
           
             doors
             of
             the
             Lords
             house
             by
             him
             opened
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Sanctuary
             purged
             from
             filth
             ,
             and
             prophanation
             !
             Then
             the
             holy
             offices
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             Gods
             Service
             Setled
             .
             And
             our
             Apostolical
             Church
             Officers
             ,
          
           (
           
             Arch-bishops
             and
             Bishops
          
           )
           
             set
             in
             their
             respective
             places
          
           .
           And
           soon
           after
           ,
           were
           also
           
             restored
             the
             just
             possessions
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           for
           support
           of
           those
           attending
           that
           Sacred
           work
           .
        
         
         
           And
           all
           this
           done
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           
             on
             a
             suddain
          
           silently
           ,
           and
           cheerfully
           ,
           even
           to
           astonishment
           that
           ,
           shewing
           it
           not
           
             to
             be
             from
             men
             ,
             but
             from
             God
          
           ▪
           who
           ,
           as
           he
           
             ●owed
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             people
             as
             one
             man
             to
             His
             Majesties
             own
             Royal
             Person
             ;
             as
             to
             David
          
           r
           so
           
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             was
             on
             the
             people
             ,
          
           that
           he
           gave
           them
           one
           heart
           ,
           to
           do
           the
           commandement
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Princes
             towards
             this
             Royal
             reformation
          
           as
           in
           Hezekiah
           (
           s
           )
           and
           that
           as
           there
           ,
           〈…〉
           
             with
             a
             general
             rejoyeeing
          
           :
           For
           
             the
             like
             thing
             had
             not
             been
             in
             England
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             Christianity
             .
          
        
         
           In
           all
           which
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           to
           
             bless
             God
          
           greatly
           for
           such
           his
           
             goodness
             to
             his
             people
          
           :
           so
           to
           begg
           daily
           his
           preserveing
           to
           us
           his
           
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           (
           as
           our
           nursing
           Father
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           )
           together
           with
           such
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           who
           (
           under
           his
           Majesty
           )
           have
           been
           in
           this
           great
           work
           ,
           eminently
           instrumental
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             
               Tit.
               1.
               ver
               .
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9.
               
            
             
               Ver.
               5.
               
               For
               this
               cause
               left
               I
               thee
               in
               Crete
               ,
               that
               thou
               shouldest
               set
               in
               order
               the
               things
               that
               are
               wanting
               ,
               and
               ordain
               Elders
               in
               every
               City
               ,
               as
               I
               had
               appointed
               thee
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               If
               any
               be
               blameless
               ,
               the
               husband
               of
               one
               wife
               ,
               having
               faithful
               children
               ,
               not
               accused
               of
               riot
               ,
               or
               unruly
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               For
               a
               Bishop
               must
               be
               blameless
               ,
               as
               the
               steward
               of
               God
               :
               not
               self-willed
               ,
               not
               soon
               angry
               ,
               not
               given
               to
               wine
               ,
               no
               striker
               ,
               not
               given
               to
               filthy
               lucre
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               But
               a
               lover
               of
               hospitality
               ,
               a
               lover
               of
               good
               men
               ,
               sober
               ,
               just
               ,
               holy
               ,
               temperate
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               Holding
               fast
               the
               faithful
               word
               ,
               as
               he
               hath
               been
               taught
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               be
               able
               by
               sound
               doctrine
               ,
               both
               to
               exhort
               and
               to
               convince
               the
               gainsayers
               .
            
          
        
         
           THat
           ,
           is
           here
           verified
           ,
           which
           the
           great
           Apostle
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           S.
           Paul
           speaketh
           of
           himself
           ,
           his
           
             being
             daily
             pressed
             with
             the
             care
             of
             All
             the
             Churches
          
           ;
           a
           that
           his
           care
           began
           in
           planting
           ;
           and
           was
           followed
           in
           watering
           ,
           and
           continued
           in
           
             settling
             the
             Churches
             planted
          
           and
           watered
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Planting
           where
           yet
           none
           were
           :
           In
           
           which
           his
           pains
           were
           great
           ,
           labours
           indefatigable
           ,
           and
           endeavours
           succesful
           ;
           so
           that
           
             from
             Jerusalem
             ,
             and
             round
             about
             unto
             Illiricum
             ,
             I
             have
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             fully
             preached
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ.
          
           b
           In
           which
           
             round
             about
          
           ,
           are
           
             Arabia
             ,
             Damafeus
             ,
             Antiochia
             ,
             Seleucin
             ,
             Cyprus
             ,
             ●amphilia
             ,
             Pisedia
             ,
             Licaonica
             ,
             Siria
             ,
             Cilicia
             ,
             ●hrygia
             ,
             Galatia
             ,
             Misia
             ,
             Troas
             ,
             Achaia
             ,
             Epirus
             ,
          
           and
           many
           more
           ;
           over
           all
           which
           he
           passed
           in
           few
           years
           ,
           in
           all
           ,
           powerfully
           and
           effectually
           preaching
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ;
           so
           were
           those
           Churches
           planted
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           After
           that
           ,
           was
           his
           care
           also
           in
           
             watering
             and
             confirming
             the
             Churches
             so
             planted
             .
          
           And
           that
           did
           he
           :
           1.
           
           By
           
             personal
             visits
          
           (
           where
           it
           might
           be
           )
           and
           
             staying
             with
             them
             also
          
           (
           while
           it
           was
           permitted
           him
           ;
           )
           so
           find
           we
           him
           wintering
           at
           
             Nicopolis
             of
             Macedonia
          
           ,
           whence
           this
           Epistle
           is
           sent
           ,
           c
           and
           continuing
           about
           Ephesus
           the
           space
           of
           
             three
             years
          
           .
           d
           2.
           
           Also
           ,
           
             sending
             others
             for
             that
             work
          
           ,
           where
           he
           himself
           could
           not
           be
           :
           So
           in
           Corinth
           ,
           where
           
             himself
             had
             planted
          
           ,
           there
           
             Apollo
             after
             watered
          
           e
           and
           thither
           sent
           he
           also
           
             Timotheus
             ,
             That
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             he
             should
             bring
             you
             into
             remembrance
             of
             my
             ways
             which
             be
             in
             Christ
             ,
             as
             I
             teach
             every
             where
             in
             every
             Church
             .
          
           f
           3.
           
           Further
           also
           confirming
           ,
           in
           
             appointing
             some
             to
             be
             more
             constant
             and
             resident
             ,
          
           for
           instructing
           and
           ordering
           the
           Churches
           ;
           so
           Timothy
           at
           Ephesus
           ,
           g
           and
           Titus
           in
           Crete
           .
           h
           4.
           
           That
           also
           by
           writing
           ,
           where
           there
           was
           occasion
           :
           such
           are
           his
           Epistles
           ,
           whether
           to
           
             those
             appointed
          
           
           in
           chief
           over
           the
           Churches
           respectively
           ,
           as
           to
           Timothy
           and
           Titus
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           
             Churches
             themselves
          
           ;
           so
           to
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
             &c.
          
           hereby
           
             confirming
             the
             souls
             of
             the
             Disciples
             ,
             and
             exhorting
             them
             to
             continue
             in
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             must
             through
             much
             Tribulation
             enter
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             
          
           i
        
         
           Thirdly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           
             His
             care
          
           was
           in
           
             setling
             the
             Church
             planted
          
           and
           confirmed
           .
           In
           that
           ,
           was
           his
           care
           (
           as
           was
           said
           )
           continued
           .
           This
           Settlement
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           was
           1.
           
           By
           
             Order
             and
             Government
          
           there
           appointed
           ;
           (
           without
           that
           ,
           were
           no
           settlement
           )
           for
           that
           ,
           is
           
             Titus
             left
             in
             Crete
             ,
             to
             set
             in
             order
             the
             things
             there
             wanting
             ,
          
           &c.
           2.
           
           In
           
             appointing
             persons
             fitly
             qualified
             for
             that
             work
          
           ;
           for
           which
           is
           here
           also
           provided
           (
           v.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           )
           where
           you
           see
           those
           qualifications
           in
           such
           required
           .
           3.
           
           In
           both
           ,
           providing
           
             for
             the
             future
          
           ,
           as
           
             for
             the
             present
          
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           by
           
             Ordination
             ,
             ordaining
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             .
             Ordination
          
           is
           a
           standing
           Church
           Ordinance
           ;
           answering
           mortality
           ,
           supplying
           vacancies
           ,
           and
           extending
           
             to
             all
          
           in
           holy
           Orders
           ;
           not
           to
           those
           of
           
             lower
             rank
          
           onely
           ,
           to
           whom
           (
           in
           common
           speaking
           )
           Ordination
           seemeth
           to
           be
           now
           almost
           rest
           ained
           ;
           but
           rising
           to
           the
           higher
           also
           ,
           even
           to
           Bishops
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           whom
           ,
           it
           is
           now
           termed
           ,
           commonly
           ,
           
             Consecration
             .
             Consecration
          
           is
           the
           highest
           act
           of
           
             Ordination
             .
             Ordination
          
           includeth
           Consecration
           ;
           so
           are
           
             Bishops
             ordained
          
           ,
           as
           
             Timothy
             ordained
             Bishop
             of
             Ephesus
          
           ;
           k
           and
           ,
           
             Titus
             ordained
             
             Bishop
             of
             Crete
             .
          
           l
           This
           is
           the
           work
           of
           this
           day
           ;
           for
           which
           ,
           and
           for
           what
           concerns
           it
           ,
           are
           these
           words
           now
           chosen
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           words
           you
           have
           the
           
             persons
             in
             this
             sacred
             Ministration
          
           considered
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               In
               
                 their
                 place
                 ,
                 order
              
               and
               work
               ,
               (
               v.
               5.
               )
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 In
                 their
                 qualifications
              
               ,
               apting
               and
               fitting
               for
               that
               work
               (
               v.
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9.
               )
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           to
           the
           persons
           in
           this
           great
           work
           of
           
             Church
             Settlement
          
           ;
           see
           them
           here
           considered
           as
           chief
           and
           subordinate
           :
           first
           ,
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
             next
          
           ,
           and
           
             under
             him
          
           ,
           Titus
           ;
           and
           by
           Titus
           ,
           
             others
             ordained
          
           and
           ordered
           :
           So
           was
           it
           there
           ,
           so
           in
           
             other
             Churches
          
           ;
           so
           was
           it
           then
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           so
           in
           the
           Church
           
             successively
             for
             ever
          
           ;
           which
           gives
           us
           this
           Doctrinally
           ,
        
         
           
           
             That
             in
             Order
             and
             Church-Government
             ,
             is
             Church-Settlement
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           ,
           speaking
           of
           Order
           ,
           are
           excluded
           Parity
           and
           Community
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Parity
             ;
             That
             ,
             and
             Government
             ,
             are
             inconsistent
             ;
             for
             ,
             if
             
               all
               equal
            
             ,
             Who
             then
             ruling
             ?
             who
             ruled
             ?
             Who
             ordering
             ?
             who
             ordered
             ?
             
               Inter
               pares
               non
               est
               potestas
            
             ;
             Government
             there
             ceaseth
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Community
             :
             That
             also
             is
             here
             excluded
             :
             Community
             as
             to
             Government
             ,
             is
             but
             confusion
             .
             Let
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             such
             ,
             see
             to
             this
             ;
             among
             whom
             (
             in
             Divine
             things
             )
             is
             
               no
               distinction
               of
               
               Offices
            
             ,
             or
             persons
             ,
             no
             ,
             nor
             of
             Sexes
             ,
             even
             very
             women
             )
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             not
             permitted
             ,
             but
             expresly
             forbidden
             ,
             
               to
               speak
               in
               the
            
             Church
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             crying
             shame
             on
             such
             so
             speaking
             ,
             m
             yet
             even
             women
             so
             speaking
             ,
             are
             among
             these
             allowed
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           All
           with
           them
           depending
           (
           in
           Divine
           duties
           )
           on
           
             uncertain
             Impulses
          
           ,
           whensoever
           ,
           and
           from
           whomsoever
           :
           Wherein
           ,
           let
           them
           see
           ,
           if
           such
           Impulses
           be
           (
           what
           they
           pretend
           )
           
             from
             God
          
           ;
           God
           disowning
           confusion
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Church
           especially
           :
           
             God
             is
             not
             the
             author
             of
             confusion
             ,
             but
             of
             peace
             ,
             as
             in
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           n
           And
           what
           greater
           confusion
           ,
           than
           for
           a
           body
           to
           be
           all
           in
           a
           heap
           and
           lump
           ,
           without
           head
           or
           foot
           ,
           or
           distinction
           of
           members
           ?
           So
           is
           it
           there
           .
        
         
           
             Levelling
             Parity
          
           therefore
           ,
           and
           
             confused
             community
          
           ,
           are
           in
           this
           ,
           excluded
           ,
           as
           contrary
           to
           
             Order
             ,
             Government
          
           and
           Settlement
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           
             Order
             here
             intended
          
           ,
           is
           that
           
             wherein
             is
             distinction
             of
             Offices
             and
             persons
             ,
             and
             degrees
             ,
             in
             way
             of
             Superiority
             and
             Subordination
          
           :
           This
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Scripture
           shew
           to
           be
           necessary
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           So
           is
           it
           in
           
             the
             body
             natural
          
           ;
           where
           the
           the
           members
           are
           
             distinguished
             in
             order
          
           and
           use
           ;
           which
           is
           by
           the
           Apostle
           excellently
           expressed
           ,
           o
           shewing
           ,
           
             that
             the
             body
             is
             not
             one
             member
             ,
             but
             many
          
           ;
           p
           and
           ,
           
             if
             the
             whole
             body
             were
             an
             eye
             ,
             where
             were
             the
             hearing
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             whole
             
             were
             hearing
             ,
             where
             were
             the
             s●elling
             ,
          
           q
           
             and
             if
             they
             were
             all
             one
             member
             ,
             where
             were
             the
             body
             ?
             but
             now
             are
             they
             many
             members
             ,
             yet
             but
             one
             body
          
           ;
           r
           shewing
           after
           ,
           the
           
             use
             of
             that
             distinction
          
           ,
           in
           the
           
             usefulness
             thereby
             of
             each
             member
             to
             other
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             ,
             to
             the
             body
          
           ;
           s
           and
           that
           thereby
           ,
           
             there
             should
             be
             no
             schism
             in
             the
             body
          
           t
           applying
           all
           that
           to
           us
           ;
           
             that
             as
             the
             body
             is
             one
             ,
             and
             hath
             many
             members
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             members
             of
             that
             one
             ●od●
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             body
          
           ;
           
             so
             also
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             is
             Christ
          
           (
           ver
           .
           12.
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Christ
             Mystical
          
           ,
           considered
           as
           compleat
           in
           head
           and
           body
           ,
           he
           the
           head
           ,
           we
           (
           taking
           in
           the
           Church
           Catholick
           ,
           or
           Universal
           )
           being
           
             his
             body
          
           ,
           and
           
             each
             of
             us
          
           distinct
           members
           in
           that
           body
           under
           
             him
             the
             head
          
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           all
           that
           ,
           is
           applied
           to
           the
           present
           business
           ;
           God
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             hath
             set
             some
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             first
             ,
             Apostles
             ,
             secondarily
             ,
             Prophets
             ,
             thirdly
             ,
             Teachers
             ,
             after
             that
             ,
             miracles
             ,
             then
             gifts
             of
             healings
             ,
             helps
             ,
             governments
             ,
             diversities
             of
             tongues
             ?
             (
             adding
             )
             are
             all
             Apostles
             ,
             are
             all
             Prophets
             ,
             are
             all
             Teachers
             ,
             are
             all
             workers
             of
             miracles
             ,
             have
             all
             the
             gifts
             of
             healing
             ?
             do
             all
             speak
             with
             tongues
             ,
             do
             all
             interpret
             ?
          
           (
           ver
           .
           28
           ,
           29.
           )
           so
           there
           .
           In
           all
           ,
           you
           see
           a
           
             distinction
             of
             members
             in
             the
             body
             natural
             ,
          
           distinct
           in
           order
           and
           use
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           every
           way
           ,
           necessary
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           See
           it
           so
           also
           in
           
             the
             body
             Politique
          
           ,
           in
           all
           
             civil
             Societies
             of
             men
             in
             every
             condition
             ,
          
           whether
           in
           families
           or
           corporations
           (
           a
           word
           borrowed
           
           from
           the
           body
           ;
           )
           or
           in
           States
           .
           In
           any
           of
           which
           ,
           if
           no
           distinction
           
             of
             persons
          
           ,
           or
           
             of
             callings
          
           ,
           if
           not
           difference
           in
           place
           or
           degrees
           ,
           how
           ,
           in
           reason
           ,
           can
           that
           
             family
             ,
             city
          
           or
           Kingdom
           subsist
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           if
           so
           elsewhere
           generally
           ,
           (
           in
           
             the
             Body
             Natural
          
           and
           Politick
           )
           then
           so
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           Christs
           
             Mystical
             Body
          
           )
           and
           
             there
             especially
          
           ,
           the
           Church
           being
           in
           this
           ,
           
             leading
             to
             others
             .
             God
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             is
             not
             the
             author
             of
             confusion
             ,
             but
             of
             peace
             ,
             As
             in
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             the
             Saints
          
           w
           And
           in
           that
           ,
           hath
           Gods
           care
           appeared
           particularly
           ,
           as
           is
           evidenced
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               In
               the
               
                 former
                 Ministration
                 and
                 Government
                 of
                 the
              
               Church
               
                 under
                 the
                 Law
              
               ;
               where
               
                 God
                 appointed
              
               ,
               1.
               
               
                 One
                 in
                 chief
              
               ,
               an
               
                 High
                 Priest
              
               ,
               Superior
               to
               all
               in
               Divine
               things
               ;
               he
               
                 overseeing
                 ,
                 ruling
              
               and
               
                 judging
                 Gods
                 House
              
               .
               x
               Gods
               house
               is
               his
               Church
               .
               y
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Vnder
                 him
                 the
                 High
                 Priest
              
               ,
               were
               Levites
               ,
               the
               lowest
               in
               that
               Ministration
               ,
               and
               
                 more
                 restrained
                 in
                 duty
                 and
                 at
                 distance
                 in
                 the
                 service
                 of
                 the
                 Tabernacle
                 .
              
               z
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 From
                 among
                 the
                 Levites
                 were
                 Priests
                 chosen
              
               :
               who
               were
               ,
               
                 as
                 to
                 Order
                 ,
                 higher
                 than
                 Levites
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 in
                 service
                 more
                 full
              
               ,
               and
               
                 nearer
                 the
                 Altar
                 ,
                 Tabernacle
                 or
                 Temple
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               And
               whereas
               there
               
                 were
                 of
                 these
                 Priests
                 several
                 courses
              
               (
               24
               in
               number
               )
               we
               find
               
                 each
                 of
                 these
                 24
                 courses
                 of
                 Priests
                 to
                 have
                 had
                 an
                 Overseer
              
               a
               
                 or
                 chief
                 Priest
              
               ;
               of
               which
               
                 chief
                 Priests
              
               ,
               much
               is
               spoken
               
                 in
                 the
                 New
                 Testament
                 .
                 These
                 
                 chiif
                 Priests
                 were
                 in
                 degree
                 and
                 dignity
                 ,
                 next
                 the
                 high
                 Priest
                 ,
                 and
                 above
                 all
                 others
                 .
              
               
            
          
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           and
           
             so
             ,
             was
             the
             Church
             then
             ordered
             ,
          
           in
           way
           (
           you
           see
           )
           
             of
             preheminsnee
             and
             subordination
             :
             God
             himself
             so
             appointed
             it
             .
          
        
         
           But
           is
           it
           not
           now
           ,
           under
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           ,
           otherwise
           ?
           Is
           not
           that
           distinction
           now
           removed
           ,
           
             all
             Gods
             people
             being
             holy
          
           ,
           b
           and
           all
           now
           a
           
             Royal
             Priesthood
          
           ?
           which
           is
           spoken
           of
           Saints
           in
           a
           generality
           .
           c
        
         
           It
           is
           indeed
           what
           some
           would
           have
           ;
           therein
           ,
           giving
           
             a
             general
             liberty
             to
             all
          
           ,
           for
           
             acting
             in
             holy
             things
             in
             common
             ,
             one
             as
             another
          
           ;
           or
           where
           that
           is
           by
           others
           restrained
           ,
           they
           notwithstanding
           allow
           not
           
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             government
             in
             chief
             ,
          
           but
           taking
           that
           from
           others
           ,
           that
           they
           themselves
           might
           rule
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           ,
           as
           to
           
             that
             general
             liberty
             for
             acting
             in
             way
          
           of
           
             Parity
             or
             Community
          
           ;
           that
           is
           already
           cast
           off
           ,
           it
           being
           inconsistent
           with
           Order
           or
           Government
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           shewed
           .
           )
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           that
           said
           of
           
             all
             the
             Lords
             people
             being
             holy
             ,
             therefore
             none
             to
             assume
             a
             Propriety
             in
             Divine
             Offices
             more
             then
             others
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           consequence
           by
           such
           contended
           for
           )
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           to
           be
           said
           of
           that
           ,
           but
           to
           know
           
             whose
             reasoning
             that
             was
          
           ;
           Was
           it
           not
           Corah
           and
           his
           factious
           Crew
           ,
           by
           whom
           that
           was
           urged
           ,
           against
           Aaron
           and
           his
           d
           Priesthood
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           by
           God
           himself
           appointed
           ?
           that
           ,
           therefore
           I
           (
           hope
           )
           will
           not
           be
           now
           again
           insisted
           on
           .
        
         
         
           Lastly
           ,
           To
           what
           is
           said
           of
           
             all
             Gods
             people
          
           ,
           that
           all
           are
           
             a
             Royal
             Priesthood
          
           e
           
             therefore
             all
             to
             act
             accordingly
          
           ;
           (
           which
           is
           by
           some
           inferred
           )
           1.
           
           What
           priviledge
           is
           in
           that
           now
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           been
           before
           ,
           under
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           ?
           for
           of
           them
           also
           is
           that
           spoken
           ,
           f
           and
           yet
           none
           then
           so
           acted
           notwithstanding
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           been
           thereunto
           peculiarly
           called
           .
           2.
           
           
             All
             Gods
             people
          
           are
           said
           to
           be
           Kings
           also
           ,
           as
           Priests
           ;
           (
           a
           
             Royal
             Priesthood
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Kingdom
             of
             Priests
          
           .
           )
           g
           And
           
             are
             all
             Kings
          
           ?
           in
           a
           sense
           they
           are
           so
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           sense
           and
           not
           otherwise
           ,
           are
           all
           Priests
           also
           .
           All
           ,
           that
           are
           truly
           Gods
           ,
           
             are
             Kings
          
           ,
           but
           that
           spiritually
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           
             private
             capacity
          
           ,
           as
           to
           our selves
           onely
           ;
           so
           are
           we
           Kings
           ●ver
           our selves
           ,
           
             ruling
             over
             our
             own
             hearts
             and
             passions
             ,
          
           the
           greatest
           rule
           ;
           h
           
             He
             that
             is
             slow
             to
             anger
             ,
             is
             better
             than
             the
             mighty
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             ruleth
             his
             spirit
             ,
             than
             he
             that
             taketh
             a
             city
          
           ;
           so
           ,
           are
           
             we
             all
             Kings
          
           .
           And
           so
           ,
           
             are
             all
             of
             us
             ,
             Priests
             also
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           spiritually
           ;
           so
           as
           
             are
             our
             Sacrifices
          
           ,
           an
           
             holy
             Priesthood
             ,
             to
             offer
             up
             spiritual
             sacrifices
             ,
             acceptable
             to
             God
             by
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           i
           All
           of
           us
           
             are
             also
             Priests
             in
             our
             private
             capacities
             ,
          
           all
           
             praying
             for
             our selves
             and
             others
          
           ,
           and
           
             exhorting
             each
          
           other
           to
           good
           :
           this
           is
           incumbent
           
             on
             all
          
           Christians
           ,
           as
           Christians
           ,
           in
           
             way
             of
             private
             duty
          
           ,
           not
           
             of
             Office
          
           :
           For
           as
           to
           
             publick
             Office
          
           ,
           that
           appertaineth
           to
           such
           only
           as
           are
           thereunto
           
             expresly
             called
          
           ,
           and
           peculiarly
           appointed
           ;
           
             No
             man
             taketh
             this
             honor
             to
             himself
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             is
             called
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             was
             
             Aaron
             :
             So
             also
             even
             Christ
             glarified
             not
             himself
             to
             be
             made
             an
             high
             Priest
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             Thou
             art
             my
             son
             ,
             to
             day
             have
             I
             begotten
             thee
          
           (
           as
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Hebr.
           5.
           4
           ,
           5.
           and
           if
           not
           Christ
           ,
           until
           called
           to
           it
           ,
           then
           surely
           none
           other
           ;
           therefore
           ,
           was
           
             King
             Vzziah
             sacrificing
          
           ,
           justly
           of
           the
           
             High
             Priest
             reproved
          
           ,
           and
           
             by
             God
             himself
             punished
          
           :
           k
           
             To
             all
          
           it
           is
           given
           to
           
             be
             Priests
             in
             way
             of
             private
             priviledge
             ,
          
           not
           as
           to
           
             Office
             publiquely
          
           .
        
         
           Such
           were
           
             Gods
             Appointments
             in
             this
             ,
             under
             the
             Old
             Testament
          
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           
             now
             under
             the
             New
             Testament
             otherwise
          
           :
           And
           so
           far
           is
           it
           from
           such
           a
           change
           now
           ,
           that
           
             the
             New
             Testament
             Ministration
             may
             be
             observed
             ,
             to
             be
             modelled
             to
             that
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
          
           ;
           yet
           ,
           
             with
             allowance
             of
             necessary
             variations
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             change
             of
             times
             and
             things
          
           :
           This
           appears
           in
           
             both
             Testaments
             ,
             both
          
           as
           to
           
             Service
             and
             Government
          
           .
        
         
           I.
           As
           
             to
             Service
          
           :
           See
           
             ours
             under
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             answering
             that
             of
             old
          
           (
           although
           not
           the
           same
           .
           )
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           as
           
             there
             was
             then
             a
             Priesthood
             ,
             so
             now
             also
          
           :
           So
           was
           it
           prophesied
           of
           
             the
             Gentile
             Christian
             Church
          
           ,
           k
           
             I
             will
             take
             of
             them
             for
             Priests
             ,
             and
             for
             Levites
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
          
           :
           the
           admitting
           Gentiles
           into
           the
           Priesthood
           was
           new
           ,
           to
           what
           was
           formerly
           ;
           that
           is
           here
           promised
           .
           And
           see
           that
           expressed
           in
           
             an
             Old
             Testament
             stile
          
           ,
           by
           Priests
           and
           Levites
           ,
           shewing
           a
           
             conformisy
             in
             both
             Testaments
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             to
             each
             other
             .
          
        
         
         
           2.
           
           As
           
             then
             were
             Priests
          
           ,
           so
           
             an
             Altar
             ,
             at
             which
             those
             Priests
             officiated
          
           ;
           so
           
             now
             also
             have
             we
             our
             Altar
             .
          
           Let
           not
           this
           offend
           any
           ;
           it
           should
           not
           ,
           they
           being
           the
           Apostles
           words
           :
           
             We
             have
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             an
             Altar
             ,
             whereof
             they
             have
             no
             right
             to
             eat
             ,
             which
             serve
             the
             Tabernacle
          
           :
           l
           The
           words
           We
           ,
           and
           They
           ,
           distinguish
           persons
           ,
           and
           times
           ,
           and
           service
           ;
           yet
           both
           agreeing
           in
           
             an
             Altar
          
           for
           each
           :
           But
           not
           now
           as
           then
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           ,
           the
           
             right
             of
             those
             Priests
          
           would
           be
           to
           this
           Altar
           ,
           as
           to
           that
           ,
           but
           in
           that
           ,
           the
           former
           Priesthood
           is
           here
           excluded
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           as
           to
           
             the
             Sacrifices
             on
             that
             Altar
          
           ;
           
             Bullocks
             ,
             &c.
             were
             then
             offered
          
           ;
           m
           so
           have
           we
           
             ours
             also
          
           :
           but
           ,
           
             the
             Calves
             of
             our
             lips
          
           n
           
             prayer
             and
             praise
             ,
             the
             fruit
             of
             our
             lips
          
           (
           that
           is
           our
           Sacrifice
           to
           God
           )
           
             giving
             thanks
             to
             his
             name
          
           .
           o
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Maintenance
             also
             for
             those
             serving
             at
             the
             Altar
             ,
          
           is
           
             new
             ,
             from
             what
             was
             formerly
          
           :
           
             Do
             ye
             not
             know
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             that
             they
             which
             minister
             about
             holy
             things
             ,
             live
             of
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Temple
          
           ;
           (
           so
           then
           :
           )
           
             even
             so
             hath
             the
             Lord
             ordained
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             should
             live
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           p
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           even
           
             our
             very
             Sacraments
          
           also
           are
           (
           in
           matter
           )
           
             from
             the
             Old
             Testament
          
           ,
           although
           not
           now
           as
           then
           ;
           1.
           
           
             Our
             Baptism
          
           is
           borrowed
           from
           their
           
             Legal
             Washings
          
           .
           2.
           
           And
           
             our
             bread
             and
             Wine
             in
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
          
           from
           
             the
             Passeover
             rites
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           to
           
             nature
             ,
             use
          
           and
           efficacy
           .
           vastly
           differing
           :
           So
           ,
           have
           you
           seen
           
             the
             New
             T●stament
             Service
          
           
           (
           as
           to
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           )
           
             ordered
             and
             conformed
             to
             that
             before
             under
             the
             Old
             Testament
             .
          
           (
           The
           time
           will
           not
           allow
           me
           to
           instance
           further
           in
           it
           .
           )
        
         
           II.
           See
           it
           so
           as
           
             to
             Church-Government
             also
             ,
             ours
             and
             theirs
          
           :
           Ours
           
             being
             now
             ,
             in
             substance
             ,
             modelled
             to
             the
             form
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           as
           then
           there
           was
           
             an
             High
             Priest
          
           over
           the
           
             House
             of
             God
             ,
             Supreme
          
           and
           ruling
           all
           there
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           now
           ;
           and
           such
           to
           us
           ,
           is
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             great
             High
             Priest
          
           ;
           q
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Priesthood
           and
           work
           ,
           were
           those
           
             High
             Priests
          
           ,
           in
           
             their
             Person
             ,
             Office
          
           and
           
             Work
             ,
             types
             and
             shadows
          
           ;
           therefore
           ,
           they
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           ,
           to
           cease
           and
           give
           way
           ,
           Christ
           ,
           the
           
             true
             High
             Priest
          
           being
           manifested
           ,
           and
           his
           
             work
             finished
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Under
           that
           High
           Priest
           
             were
             Levites
          
           (
           as
           you
           heard
           )
           and
           they
           ,
           
             lowest
             in
             that
             service
          
           ,
           and
           
             more
             at
             distance
          
           ,
           and
           
             short
             in
             ministring
          
           .
           To
           these
           answer
           
             our
             Deacons
          
           ,
           an
           Office
           
             Apostolically
             appointed
          
           ,
           r
           and
           
             a
             name
          
           from
           Ministring
           ;
           these
           ,
           are
           
             with
             us
             lowest
             in
             Office
          
           ,
           and
           
             restrained
             in
             work
          
           ,
           not
           admitted
           to
           all
           sacred
           duties
           (
           for
           a
           time
           )
           as
           it
           was
           with
           the
           
             Levites
             of
             old
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           As
           
             out
             of
             those
             Levites
             ,
             Priests
             were
             called
          
           ;
           these
           being
           in
           
             degree
             higher
          
           and
           
             neerer
             the
             Altar
             in
             their
             ministrings
          
           :
           So
           
             among
             us
             ,
             are
             also
             Priests
          
           ;
           (
           called
           so
           as
           formerly
           )
           or
           if
           called
           Elders
           (
           a
           name
           by
           some
           rather
           delighted
           in
           )
           yet
           is
           even
           that
           ,
           an
           
             Old
             Testament
             name
          
           also
           ,
           s
           thence
           borrowed
           ,
           and
           derived
           ,
           and
           continued
           to
           us
           .
           These
           
           
             our
             Priests
          
           ,
           or
           Elders
           ,
           are
           (
           as
           those
           before
           )
           
             chosen
             out
             of
             our
             Levite-Deacons
          
           ;
           (
           so
           from
           their
           conformity
           may
           I
           call
           them
           :
           )
           And
           these
           
             our
             Priests
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             ,
             are
             in
             order
             above
             Deacons
             ,
          
           and
           
             more
             enlarged
          
           in
           work
           and
           duty
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           And
           as
           there
           ,
           among
           those
           Priests
           ,
           there
           were
           
             some
             above
             others
          
           ,
           who
           although
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           (
           both
           being
           Priests
           )
           yet
           were
           they
           in
           degrees
           differing
           ,
           one
           being
           to
           the
           other
           Superiour
           ;
           therefore
           termed
           Overseers
           ,
           and
           
             Chief
             Priests
          
           :
           These
           were
           as
           to
           
             place
             ,
             next
          
           to
           the
           
             High
             Priest
          
           ,
           and
           
             above
             all
             others
          
           :
           And
           such
           with
           us
           were
           the
           
             Apostles
             of
             our
             Lord
          
           ,
           they
           being
           (
           in
           the
           Rule
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           )
           next
           unto
           Christ
           the
           
             High
             Priest
          
           ,
           and
           
             above
             all
             others
          
           :
           Hence
           ,
           
             first
             Apostles
          
           ,
           is
           the
           place
           given
           them
           ,
           t
           they
           are
           first
           ,
           and
           among
           all
           other
           Officers
           in
           the
           Church
           the
           principal
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           
             Apostolick
             order
             and
             work
          
           ,
           were
           some
           things
           Extraordinary
           ,
           and
           some
           things
           Ordinary
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Extraordinary
           :
           (
           for
           among
           the
           Extraordinary
           Offices
           in
           the
           Church
           are
           Apostles
           reckoned
           v
        
         
           That
           (
           I
           say
           )
           in
           
             this
             their
             Office
             Extraordinary
          
           ,
           was
           their
           
             measure
             of
             gifts
             ,
             infallibility
          
           of
           their
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           the
           
             extent
             of
             their
             charge
          
           ,
           their
           
             universal
             care
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             throughout
             the
             whole
             world
          
           ;
           for
           although
           some
           of
           them
           were
           for
           the
           Circumcision
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           Jews
           principally
           ;
           and
           others
           for
           the
           Vncircumcision
           ,
           or
           Gentiles
           more
           especially
           ,
           w
           yet
           was
           not
           the
           extent
           of
           
           the
           Apostolick
           power
           of
           either
           ,
           in
           that
           limited
           ,
           neither
           their
           
             universal
             care
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
          
           ;
           the
           care
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           was
           on
           S.
           
             Paul
             the
             Apostle
             of
             the
             Gentiles
          
           :
           x
           These
           things
           in
           the
           
             Apostolick
             office
             extraordinary
          
           ,
           were
           fix'd
           to
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           with
           themselves
           expired
           and
           determined
           .
           In
           that
           had
           they
           no
           Successors
           ;
           therefore
           Romes
           pretence
           to
           an
           
             universal
             Bishoprick
          
           ,
           and
           
             Supremacy
             of
             care
          
           ,
           and
           
             rule
             over
             all
             the
             Churches
             in
             the
             world
             ,
          
           and
           that
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Peters
             Successor
          
           ,
           is
           but
           Vsurpation
           ,
           as
           the
           pretence
           to
           Infallibility
           is
           also
           evidenced
           to
           be
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           in
           the
           
             Apostolick
             Office
             and
             Work
          
           ,
           was
           something
           also
           Ordinary
           :
           Such
           was
           their
           
             Overseeing
             ,
             Ordering
             ,
             Ordaining
             ,
             Preaching
          
           and
           Baptizing
           .
           This
           part
           of
           the
           work
           is
           lasting
           ;
           this
           is
           now
           ,
           and
           ever
           holding
           in
           the
           Church
           to
           all
           generations
           ;
           which
           is
           intended
           in
           their
           Commission
           given
           them
           by
           our
           Lord
           ,
           y
           
             Go
             ye
             and
             teach
             all
             Nations
             ,
             baptizing
             them
             ,
             &c.
             and
             teaching
             them
             to
             observe
             all
             things
             whatsoever
             ,
             I
             have
             commanded
             you
             ,
             and
             lo
             I
             am
             with
             you
             alway
          
           (
           saith
           Christ
           )
           
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           But
           how
           that
           
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
          
           ?
           of
           the
           Prophets
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             that
             they
             are
             dead
          
           ,
           z
           and
           that
           is
           true
           of
           the
           Apostles
           also
           .
           S.
           
             Paul
             the
             aged
          
           ,
           a
           had
           
             his
             time
             at
             hand
             in
             which
             he
             was
             to
             be
             offered
             up
          
           ;
           b
           so
           was
           S.
           
             Peters
             tabernacle
             to
             be
             put
             off
             shortly
          
           ;
           c
           how
           then
           to
           the
           
             end
             of
             the
             world
          
           ?
           Both
           are
           true
           ;
           for
           that
           which
           failed
           with
           their
           Persons
           ,
           lasts
           in
           
           their
           Office
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Work
           ,
           and
           Successors
           :
           So
           had
           the
           
             Apostles
             Successors
          
           .
           And
           accordingly
           do
           we
           finde
           them
           providing
           for
           Succession
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           persons
           and
           work
           .
           For
           that
           ,
           were
           Timothy
           and
           Titus
           drawn
           in
           ,
           and
           
             ordained
             by
             the
             Apostle
          
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           to
           be
           then
           ,
           his
           Assistants
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           after
           ,
           his
           Successors
           ,
           for
           supplying
           
             his
             place
             ,
             care
          
           ,
           and
           work
           in
           their
           Churches
           respectively
           ;
           he
           appointing
           them
           also
           to
           
             ordain
             others
             with
             ,
             and
             under
             them
             ,
          
           and
           others
           after
           to
           succeed
           these
           ;
           so
           ,
           to
           generations
           unto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           :
           Of
           which
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           correspondence
           of
           both
           Testaments
           S.
           Hierom
           speaks
           thus
           ,
           d
           
             That
             we
             may
             see
             Apostolical
             Traditions
             to
             be
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             look
             what
          
           Aaron
           
             and
             his
             Sons
             ,
             and
             the
             Levites
             were
             in
             the
             Temple
             ,
             the
             same
             let
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
             and
             Deacons
             challenge
             in
             the
             Church
          
           :
           And
           e
           
             We
             know
             Bishops
             and
             Priests
             to
             be
             what
             were
          
           Aaron
           
             and
             his
             Sons
          
           ;
           And
           S.
           Cyprian
           calleth
           
             Bishops
             the
             Apostles
             Successors
          
           :
           f
           
             All
             Bishops
             are
             the
             Apostles
             Successors
             ,
          
           saith
           S.
           Hierom.
           
           g
        
         
           And
           as
           so
           ,
           do
           we
           finde
           the
           Apostles
           
             name
             ,
             place
          
           and
           work
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           by
           the
           Apostles
           given
           to
           these
           their
           Successors
           .
        
         
           II.
           As
           to
           the
           Name
           :
           The
           very
           name
           of
           Apostle
           is
           so
           given
           to
           
             Epaphroditus
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Philippians
          
           ,
           as
           Bullinger
           calls
           him
           ;
           h
           him
           doth
           S.
           Paul
           call
           
             their
             Apostle
          
           ,
           Philip.
           2.
           25.
           so
           is
           it
           in
           the
           Original
           ,
           whereas
           in
           our
           English
           (
           it
           would
           be
           enquired
           how
           well
           )
           it
           is
           rendred
           Messenger
           .
        
         
         
           For
           S.
           Ambrose
           on
           those
           words
           ,
           i
           He
           (
           Epaphroditus
           )
           
             is
             by
             the
             Apostles
             made
             their
             Apostle
             .
          
           And
           S.
           Hierome
           writing
           on
           those
           words
           ,
           
             My
             Fellow
             Souldier
             ,
             and
             your
             Apostle
          
           :
           
             Fellow
             Souldier
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             honor
             ,
             because
             he
             also
             had
             received
             the
             Office
             of
             being
             an
             Apostle
             among
             them
          
           k
           Again
           ,
           
             By
             those
             chosen
             by
             our
             Lord
             ,
             were
             others
             ordained
             Apostles
             ,
             as
             appears
             ,
             in
             that
             to
             the
             Philippians
          
           (
           Phil.
           2.
           25.
           )
           
             Epaphroditus
             your
             Apostle
          
           ,
           so
           S.
           Hierom.
           (
           Coment
           .
           in
           Gal.
           1.
           19.
           )
           But
           that
           name
           Apostle
           was
           not
           intended
           for
           a
           lasting
           name
           ,
           as
           Theodoret
           observeth
           ,
           l
           
             In
             time
             past
             they
             called
             the
             same
             men
             Presbyters
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             they
             who
             are
             now
             called
             Bishops
             ,
             they
             named
          
           Apostles
           ;
           
             but
             in
             process
             of
             time
             they
             left
             the
             name
          
           Apostle
           
             to
             them
             properly
             called
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             the
             name
             of
             Bishop
             they
             gave
             to
             them
             who
             had
             been
          
           Apostles
           .
           Apostle
           was
           their
           name
           ,
           and
           even
           that
           name
           of
           Bishop
           (
           now
           more
           fixed
           )
           is
           what
           they
           had
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ;
           from
           whom
           they
           derive
           their
           Office
           ,
           that
           of
           Bishop
           ,
           was
           the
           Apostles
           own
           name
           of
           
             Office.
             So
             Judas
          
           numbred
           with
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           
             obtaining
             part
             of
             the
             same
             Ministry
             with
             them
          
           the
           Apostleship
           m
           that
           his
           Apostleship
           is
           called
           his
           Office
           (
           so
           we
           read
           it
           )
           but
           by
           the
           LXX
           ,
           it
           is
           rendred
           ,
           
             his
             Bishoprick
          
           )
           
             let
             another
             take
             his
             Office
             or
             Bishoprick
          
           ;
           n
           which
           word
           Bishoprick
           is
           is
           used
           by
           the
           Apostle
           S.
           Peter
           ,
           citing
           that
           in
           Psalm
           109.
           8.
           according
           to
           the
           LXX
           ,
           o
           and
           what
           is
           there
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Bishoprick
           ,
           
           is
           after
           called
           Apostleship
           :
           p
           The
           
             Apostles
             were
             Bishops
          
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           words
           of
           S.
           Ambrose
           (
           in
           Ephes.
           4.
           11.
           
           &
           2
           Cor.
           12.
           28.
           )
           And
           that
           name
           of
           Bishop
           was
           derived
           to
           the
           Apostles
           from
           those
           from
           whom
           (
           under
           the
           Old
           Testament
           )
           they
           derive
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           say
           )
           I
           mean
           these
           
             Chief
             Priests
          
           ,
           called
           in
           our
           English
           ,
           Overseers
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           LXX
           Bishops
           :
           q
           Overseers
           and
           Bishops
           are
           the
           same
           ;
           r
           
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             hath
             made
             you
             Overseers
             ,
          
           (
           so
           in
           our
           English
           )
           but
           in
           the
           Greek
           ,
           Bishops
           :
           which
           the
           Apostles
           name
           Bishop
           is
           thus
           given
           (
           you
           see
           )
           to
           their
           
             Successors
             Bishops
          
           to
           this
           day
           .
           Thus
           as
           Christ
           the
           High
           Priest
           hath
           the
           Name
           of
           Apostle
           (
           Heb.
           3.
           1.
           
           )
           and
           Bishop
           (
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           25.
           
           )
           and
           as
           they
           sent
           by
           him
           (
           his
           Apostles
           )
           were
           so
           also
           called
           ;
           so
           are
           in
           like
           manner
           they
           who
           are
           by
           the
           Apostles
           substituted
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           seen
           .
        
         
           II.
           And
           as
           the
           
             Apostolick
             name
          
           ,
           so
           ,
           the
           
             same
             work
             also
          
           ,
           (
           as
           ,
           
             Teaching
             ,
             Ordering
             ,
             Ordaining
             ,
             &c.
          
           is
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
             committed
             to
             their
             Successors
          
           ;
           for
           
             this
             cause
             left
             I
             thee
             in
             Crete
             ,
             that
             thou
             shouldst
             set
             in
             order
             the
             things
             that
             are
             wanting
             ,
             and
             ordain
             Elders
             in
             every
             city
             ,
             as
             I
             had
             appointed
             thee
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           here
           to
           Titus
           his
           Successor
           .
           s
           The
           same
           work
           being
           in
           all
           others
           in
           like
           place
           and
           trust
           in
           the
           Church
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           III.
           And
           for
           carrying
           on
           that
           great
           work
           and
           name
           ,
           had
           these
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           Succssors
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           place
           and
           
             degree
             also
             in
             the
             Church
          
           ;
           in
           being
           
             above
             others
          
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           
             accordingly
             
             respected
             and
             esteemed
          
           .
           t
           
             Among
             us
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           Hierome
           )
           
             Bishops
             have
             the
             place
             of
             the
             Apostles
          
           :
           which
           his
           Expression
           ,
           
             Among
             us
          
           ,
           sheweth
           
             how
             Bishops
             were
             esteemed
             among
             Oxthodox
             Christians
          
           ;
           other
           ,
           than
           was
           
             among
             Hereticks
          
           ,
           such
           as
           Montanus
           ,
           and
           
             his
             followers
          
           ,
           against
           whom
           he
           there
           writes
           ;
           blaming
           them
           ,
           for
           so
           depressing
           and
           vilifying
           that
           sacred
           and
           high
           Order
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           ;
           
             And
             what
             is
             among
             us
             ,
             chief
             and
             first
          
           (
           speaking
           of
           Bishops
           )
           
             that
             is
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             last
             with
             them
          
           :
           (
           with
           Montanus
           and
           his
           Faction
           ;
           )
           
             with
             them
             Bishops
             are
             in
             the
             third
             and
             last
             place
             .
          
           So
           ,
           S.
           Hierome
           ;
           on
           whom
           I
           fix
           rather
           then
           on
           many
           other
           ,
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           he
           being
           understood
           by
           the
           contrary
           side
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           been
           of
           the
           best
           friends
           to
           Bishops
           ,
           yet
           
             in
             this
          
           ,
           is
           the
           priviledge
           and
           preheminence
           of
           Bishops
           by
           him
           acknowledged
           ,
           asserted
           ,
           and
           even
           (
           you
           see
           )
           contended
           for
           .
           Thus
           was
           it
           in
           S.
           Hieromes
           time
           ,
           400
           years
           after
           Christ
           ;
           it
           having
           been
           so
           continued
           to
           his
           days
           from
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Apostles
           :
           so
           also
           after
           S.
           Hieromes
           time
           ,
           through
           all
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           until
           that
           Schism
           raised
           about
           126
           years
           since
           ,
           in
           
             Geneva
             ,
             An.
          
           1541
           (
           a
           year
           to
           us
           ,
           in
           the
           
             next
             Century
          
           ,
           1641.
           on
           the
           same
           account
           fata●
           :
           )
           whereby
           ,
           we
           find
           this
           
             Sacred
             Hierarchy
          
           trampled
           on
           by
           inferio●
           Elders
           ,
           by
           whom
           (
           although
           the
           name
           of
           Bishop
           would
           be
           forgotten
           )
           yet
           is
           the
           
             place
             &
             power
             ,
             and
             
             work
             of
             Bishops
          
           by
           them
           notwithstanding
           ambitiously
           sought
           after
           ,
           &
           sacrilegiously
           usurped
           ,
           &
           to
           themselves
           alone
           appropriated
           ;
           affirming
           ,
           
             all
             spoken
             of
             Bishops
             to
             be
             intended
             onely
             of
             Elders
             ,
             and
             making
             Elders
             and
             Bishops
             the
             same
             ,
             without
             difference
             of
             degree
             ,
             or
             preheminence
             in
             any
             kind
             .
          
           Some
           Community
           there
           is
           indeed
           between
           Bishops
           and
           Elders
           ,
           yet
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           even
           in
           that
           ,
           there
           appears
           sufficient
           to
           preserve
           to
           Bishops
           their
           
             Being
             ,
             Work
          
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           distinct
           and
           above
           those
           ,
           who
           would
           themselves
           have
           all
           without
           sharing
           .
        
         
           Let
           this
           be
           considered
           distinctly
           in
           
             that
             community
          
           ,
           which
           is
           by
           
             these
             Elders
          
           challenged
           
             with
             Bishops
          
           both
           in
           Name
           and
           Work
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           conclude
           
             Bishop
             and
             Elders
             the
             same
          
           ,
           and
           themselves
           all
           .
        
         
           
           As
           to
           
             the
             names
             of
             Bishops
             and
             Elders
             promiscuously
          
           
           used
           :
           for
           that
           ,
           are
           these
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           among
           others
           ,
           by
           them
           ,
           insultingly
           ,
           insisted
           on
           particularly
           ,
           Acts
           20.
           28.
           where
           the
           
             Elders
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Ephesus
          
           (
           v.
           17.
           )
           are
           v.
           28
           )
           called
           Overseers
           ,
           or
           Bishops
           (
           so
           in
           the
           Greek
           .
           )
           Also
           Phil.
           1.
           1.
           the
           Apostle
           saluteth
           the
           
             Saints
             at
             Philippi
             ,
             with
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Deacons
          
           :
           See
           (
           say
           they
           )
           Bishops
           (
           plurally
           )
           many
           of
           them
           
             in
             the
             same
             City
          
           ;
           therefore
           intended
           of
           
             Elders
             ,
             not
             Bishops
          
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           also
           
             Bishops
             and
             Deacons
             onely
          
           are
           named
           ,
           not
           Elders
           ;
           Elders
           notwithstanding
           being
           intended
           ;
           therefore
           concluding
           ,
           that
           in
           
             that
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             Elders
             are
             understood
             ,
             and
             not
             Bishops
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           even
           
             this
             Text
          
           also
           (
           Tit.
           1.
           5
           ,
           7.
           )
           is
           by
           them
           urged
           to
           that
           purpose
           :
           where
           are
           
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
          
           (
           v.
           5.
           )
           and
           
             those
             Elders
          
           (
           v.
           5.
           )
           
             called
             Bishops
          
           (
           v.
           7.
           )
           1.
           
           Therefore
           (
           say
           they
           )
           to
           
             be
             meant
             of
             Elders
             properly
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             Bishops
          
           ;
           on
           all
           ,
           
             concluding
             that
             Elders
             and
             Bishops
          
           (
           so
           promiscuonsly
           vsed
           )
           are
           
             therefore
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             not
             distinguished
          
           ;
           and
           
             therefore
             no
             preheminence
             in
             Bishops
             over
             Elders
          
           :
           These
           are
           the
           Allegations
           and
           inferences
           ,
           in
           this
           ;
           which
           are
           to
           be
           examined
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             the
             promiscuous
             using
             of
             those
             two
             names
          
           of
           
             Bishops
             and
             Elders
          
           (
           the
           principal
           ground
           of
           these
           reasonings
           )
           is
           far
           from
           such
           conclusions
           ;
           that
           
             because
             Elders
             are
             called
             Bishops
             ,
             or
             Bishops
             Elders
             ,
             both
             therefore
             to
             be
             the
             same
             ,
             without
             priority
             or
             subordination
          
           ;
           whereas
           
             on
             the
             contrary
          
           ,
           we
           find
           usually
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           
             names
             of
             one
             degree
             given
             to
             another
             ,
             without
             confounding
             them
             as
             the
             same
             ;
             or
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             abating
             any
             way
             the
             dignity
             of
             the
             higher
             .
          
           See
           this
           in
           the
           
             name
             of
             Deacons
          
           (
           a
           name
           from
           ministring
           ;
           )
           and
           that
           an
           
             order
             lowest
             in
             our
             Ministration
          
           :
           yet
           ,
           
             is
             that
             given
             to
             higher
             Orders
          
           :
           So
           of
           
             Timothy
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Ephesus
          
           ,
           saith
           S.
           
             Paul.
             If
             thou
             put
             the
             brethren
             in
             remembrance
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             be
             a
             good
          
           (
           Deacon
           ;
           )
           we
           render
           it
           Minister
           :
           v
           so
           speaks
           the
           Apostle
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             I
             Paulam
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             a
             Minister
          
           (
           Col.
           1.
           23
           &
           the
           
             whole
             Apostleship
          
           is
           also
           called
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           a
           Deaconship
           ,
           or
           Ministry
           w
           ;
           and
           even
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           himself
           the
           great
           
             High
             Priest
          
           ,
           is
           called
           a
           Deacon
           :
           
             Jesus
             
             Christ
             was
          
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           
             a
             Minister
             of
             the
             Circumcision
          
           ;
           x
           or
           ,
           ministring
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Circumcision
           .
           y
        
         
           But
           because
           our
           
             English
             readings
          
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Original
           are
           diverse
           ;
           therefore
           not
           so
           clear
           to
           every
           apprehension
           ;
           let
           this
           therefore
           be
           considered
           in
           that
           other
           of
           Elder
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           more
           plain
           .
           In
           that
           ,
           we
           finde
           the
           Apostle
           S.
           John
           terming
           himself
           an
           Elder
           ,
           more
           than
           once
           ,
           the
           
             Elder
             to
             the
             elect
             Lady
          
           ,
           z
           and
           the
           
             Elder
             to
             the
             well
             beloved
             Gaius
          
           a
           :
           So
           S.
           Peter
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             The
             Elders
             which
             are
             among
             you
             ,
             I
             exhort
             ,
             who
             am
             also
             an
             Elder
          
           b
           .
           You
           see
           in
           that
           ,
           the
           
             Apostles
             called
             Elders
          
           ;
           yet
           doth
           not
           that
           conclude
           ,
           
             Apostles
             and
             Elders
             to
             be
             
               the
               same
            
          
           .
           For
           how
           oft
           do
           we
           read
           
             of
             Apostles
             and
             Elders
          
           as
           distinct
           .
           c
           Nor
           doth
           it
           conclude
           ,
           
             Apostles
             and
             Elders
             to
             be
             equal
             ,
          
           because
           
             Apostles
             are
             Elders
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           this
           it
           shews
           ,
           
             That
             all
             Apostles
             are
             Elders
          
           ;
           not
           ,
           
             all
             Elders
             Apostles
          
           ,
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           that
           
             community
             of
             names
          
           ,
           they
           still
           are
           distinguished
           in
           Degree
           and
           Dignity
           .
           So
           is
           it
           as
           to
           
             Bishops
             and
             Elders
             in
             like
             manner
             ,
          
           the
           name
           of
           Elders
           is
           given
           to
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           of
           Bishops
           to
           Elders
           ,
           both
           are
           true
           ;
           
             For
             in
             the
             Bishop
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           Ambrose
           )
           
             are
             all
             Orders
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             the
             first
             Priest
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             the
             Priests
          
           d
           .
           Again
           ,
           e
           of
           
             a
             Bishop
             and
             Presbyter
             ,
             there
             is
             one
             Order
             for
             either
             of
             them
             as
             a
             Priest
             ,
             but
             the
             Bishop
             is
             the
             first
             ;
             so
             that
             every
             Bishop
             is
             a
             Presbyter
             ,
             but
             not
             every
             Presbyter
             a
             Bishop
             .
          
           So
           
           S.
           Ambrose
           .
           Thus
           all
           Bishops
           are
           granted
           to
           be
           Elders
           ,
           and
           some
           Elders
           are
           Bishops
           ,
           but
           all
           Elders
           
             are
             not
          
           Bishops
           .
           They
           who
           say
           they
           are
           ,
           must
           prove
           it
           ,
           before
           they
           can
           conclude
           any
           thing
           to
           purpose
           :
           Nor
           will
           that
           do
           it
           ,
           which
           they
           alledge
           out
           of
           Acts
           20.
           where
           the
           Elders
           
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Ephesus
          
           ,
           (
           v.
           17.
           )
           are
           termed
           Overseers
           ,
           or
           Bishops
           :
           (
           v.
           28.
           )
           for
           those
           Elders
           were
           indeed
           Bishops
           ;
           if
           not
           all
           ,
           yet
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           some
           for
           all
           ,
           is
           there
           spoken
           as
           Bishops
           .
           This
           appears
           in
           that
           ,
           
             Ephesus
             was
             a
             See
             Metropolitical
          
           ,
           comprehending
           
             Asia
             the
             less
          
           (
           a
           large
           Jurisdiction
           .
           )
           So
           in
           the
           sixth
           general
           Council
           of
           
             Constantinople
             ,
             Theodorus
          
           Bishop
           of
           Ephesus
           thus
           subscribes
           ,
           f
           
             Theodorus
             by
             the
             mercy
             of
             God
             ,
          
           bishop
           
             and
             Primate
             of
          
           Ephesus
           ,
           
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             the
             Asian
             Province
             ,
             or
             Diocess
          
           :
           g
           Also
           of
           Polycrates
           Bishop
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ,
             Eusebius
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             he
             was
             Ruler
             or
             chief
             of
             the
          
           Bishops
           of
           Asia
           ;
           h
           and
           that
           
             by
             his
             Authority
             he
             did
             assemble
             a
             Provincial
             Synod
             to
             discuss
             the
             question
             about
             Easter
          
           ;
           i
           and
           that
           he
           did
           write
           a
           
             Synodical
             Letter
          
           to
           Victor
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           (
           
             Euseb.
             l.
          
           5.
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           we
           find
           also
           in
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           distribution
           of
           Churches
           by
           
             Leo
             the
             Emperor
          
           ,
           that
           Ephesus
           was
           a
           Metropolis
           ,
           having
           36
           Suffragane
           Bishops
           ;
           k
           and
           so
           is
           Ephesus
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           Acts
           20.
           as
           Metropolical
           ;
           and
           that
           meeting
           of
           Elders
           ,
           or
           Bishops
           there
           as
           Provincial
           :
           For
           it
           is
           there
           called
           not
           the
           Churches
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Ephesus
             ,
             Metropolitically
          
           ;
           
           yet
           ,
           Elders
           (
           plurally
           )
           implying
           .
           more
           than
           of
           
             one
             Church
          
           :
           And
           as
           in
           a
           Provincial
           meeting
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Asia
           ,
           together
           with
           other
           Elders
           ,
           (
           both
           usually
           conveening
           on
           such
           occasions
           ,
           )
           might
           the
           Apostle
           call
           those
           Elders
           ,
           litterally
           ,
           Bishops
           .
           Irenaeus
           saith
           as
           much
           ,
           that
           Bishops
           and
           Presbyters
           
             were
             there
             convocated
             from
          
           Ephesus
           ,
           
             and
             other
             adjoyning
             Cities
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           l
           And
           (
           Acts
           20.
           28.
           )
           
             The
             Holy
             Ghost
             hath
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             made
             you
             Bishops
          
           (
           so
           in
           the
           Original
           )
           or
           Overseers
           (
           so
           in
           our
           rendring
           :
           )
           If
           therefore
           
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             had
             made
             them
          
           Bishops
           ;
           and
           the
           Apostle
           call
           them
           so
           accordingly
           ,
           we
           may
           then
           acquiesce
           in
           it
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           mince
           the
           matter
           according
           to
           pe●verse
           glossings
           ,
           it
           being
           to
           so
           great
           a
           prejudice
           as
           the
           disturbance
           of
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           (
           so
           precious
           )
        
         
           In
           this
           ,
           have
           we
           to
           answer
           ,
           what
           is
           alfo
           objected
           out
           of
           Phil.
           1.
           1.
           the
           Apostle
           sa●nting
           the
           
             Saints
             at
             Philippi
             ,
             with
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Deacons
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           
             larger
             Annotations
             on
             the
          
           Bib●e
           ,
           busie
           themselves
           exceedingly
           m
           in
           proving
           out
           of
           
             the
             second
             Council
             of
             Nice
          
           ,
           and
           by
           Cornelius
           Bishop
           
             of
             Rome
          
           (
           there
           cited
           )
           that
           
             there
             should
             be
             but
             one
          
           Bishop
           
             in
             one
             City
          
           ;
           thence
           concluding
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           that
           there
           being
           many
           Bishops
           
             in
             Philippi
             ,
             therefore
             were
             not
             they
          
           Bishops
           ,
           
             but
             Elders
          
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           this
           is
           grounded
           on
           a
           supposition
           ,
           that
           Philippi
           is
           restrained
           to
           that
           City
           of
           Macedonia
           so
           called
           ,
           whereas
           Philippi
           was
           a
           Metropolis
           in
           
           Macedonia
           ;
           n
           and
           we
           read
           of
           
             the
             Churches
             of
             Macedonia
          
           ;
           o
           and
           
             of
             the
             brethren
             in
             all
             Macedonia
          
           ;
           p
           And
           why
           may
           not
           
             Philippi
             a
             Metropolis
          
           ,
           include
           
             its
             Province
          
           ?
           and
           this
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Philippians
           be
           to
           
             that
             Church
             at
             large
          
           ,
           where
           many
           Bishops
           were
           to
           be
           saluted
           ,
           without
           those
           narrow
           inferences
           in
           confining
           Philippi
           to
           a
           City
           within
           its
           walls
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Deacons
           at
           Philippi
           ,
           to
           those
           onely
           in
           that
           City
           inhabiting
           ;
           As
           to
           that
           farther
           objected
           from
           that
           Text
           ,
           Phil.
           1.
           1.
           of
           Bishops
           and
           Deacons
           
             onely
             named
          
           ;
           and
           that
           Elders
           being
           intended
           ▪
           therefore
           ,
           by
           Bishops
           ,
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             Elders
             are
             to
             be
             understood
          
           ,
           and
           not
           Bishops
           .
           But
           how
           follows
           that
           ?
           For
           ,
           1.
           
           May
           not
           Elders
           be
           as
           well
           included
           in
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           of
           Deacons
           ?
           You
           have
           seen
           the
           name
           of
           Deacon
           to
           have
           been
           sufficiently
           comprehensive
           of
           more
           ,
           and
           greater
           than
           they
           .
           2.
           
           Or
           if
           Elders
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           included
           in
           that
           of
           Bishops
           :
           Let
           that
           suffice
           and
           satisfie
           ,
           without
           excluding
           Bishops
           :
           For
           shall
           Elders
           included
           ,
           and
           not
           named
           ,
           exclude
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           are
           expresly
           named
           ?
           3.
           
           Or
           if
           Presbyters
           be
           there
           signified
           in
           those
           many
           Bishops
           yet
           was
           there
           one
           chief
           Bishop
           over
           all
           ,
           which
           was
           
             Epaphroditus
             their
             Apostle
          
           (
           Phil.
           2.
           25.
           )
           Of
           which
           Theodoret
           q
           
             he
             calleth
             him
             Apostle
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             charge
             of
             them
             was
             committed
          
           ;
           Wherefore
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             it
             is
             manifest
             )
             that
             they
             who
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Epistle
             were
             called
          
           Bishops
           ,
           
             were
             under
             him
             ,
             they
             having
             the
             place
             of
             Presbyters
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           this
           Text
           also
           ,
           (
           Pit.
           1.
           5.
           7.
           
           )
           is
           pressed
           in
           favour
           of
           
             Elders
             against
             Bishops
          
           ;
           for
           Elders
           (
           so
           named
           ,
           v.
           5.
           )
           are
           (
           v.
           7.
           termed
           Bishops
           ,
           adding
           ,
           that
           there
           being
           
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
          
           ,
           therefore
           is
           that
           intended
           of
           
             Elders
             properly
          
           ,
           and
           
             not
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             for
             every
             City
             .
          
           (
           thus
           they
           )
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           in
           
             every
             City
          
           are
           to
           be
           Elders
           ,
           wheresoever
           is
           a
           meeting
           of
           people
           to
           be
           provided
           for
           ;
           so
           ,
           are
           
             Elders
             properly
          
           to
           be
           understood
           ;
           and
           the
           word
           City
           to
           be
           ,
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           strictly
           taken
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           as
           referring
           to
           
             Bishops
             Seats
          
           ,
           the
           word
           City
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           more
           enlargedly
           ;
           not
           
             for
             every
             city
          
           ,
           but
           such
           onely
           as
           are
           fit
           for
           it
           ;
           as
           
             places
             of
             note
          
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           extended
           in
           jurisdiction
           :
           We
           use
           to
           say
           (
           traditionally
           )
           that
           a
           Bishops
           
             Seat
             should
             be
             a
             city
          
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           a
           place
           
             of
             note
          
           :
           so
           doth
           Leo
           expound
           this
           very
           Text
           ,
           writing
           to
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Africa
           ,
           r
           
             To
             appoint
          
           Bishops
           
             in
             
               every
               City
            
             or
             Town
             ,
             is
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           in
           
             the
             greater
             citres
             to
             place
          
           Bishops
           ,
           
             in
             the
             less
             to
             place
             Priests
          
           :
           He
           in
           that
           ,
           speaking
           according
           to
           the
           
             Council
             of
             Sardis
          
           ;
           
             It
             is
             not
             allowed
          
           saith
           that
           Council
           )
           
             that
             a
          
           Bishop
           
             be
             appointed
             in
             every
             village
             ,
             or
             smaller
             city
             ,
             where
             one
             Presbyter
             may
             suffice
             ,
             for
             there
             ,
             a
          
           Bishop
           
             needs
             not
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             name
             and
             authority
             of
             a
          
           Bishop
           
             be
             not
             vilified
          
           :
           (
           
             Con.
             Eard
             .
             c.
          
           6.
           )
           In
           
             every
             city
          
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           Elders
           ;
           and
           in
           
             every
             city
             fitting
             for
             it
          
           ,
           a●e
           be
           to
           Bishops
           .
           So
           ,
           hath
           this
           been
           understood
           in
           the
           
             practice
             of
             the
             Church
             accordingly
          
           .
        
         
         
           And
           well
           might
           Crete
           be
           capable
           of
           many
           Bishops
           ,
           being
           an
           Island
           of
           great
           extent
           ,
           and
           populous
           .
           And
           Titus
           his
           enlarged
           Jurisdiction
           there
           ,
           over
           many
           Bishops
           ,
           (
           ordaining
           and
           appointing
           them
           where
           necessary
           ,
           )
           sheweth
           his
           power
           to
           have
           been
           Archiepiscopal
           ,
           a
           though
           he
           be
           stiled
           onely
           Bishop
           of
           Crete
           ,
           as
           Timothy
           Bishop
           of
           Ephesus
           ;
           (
           so
           ,
           in
           the
           poscript
           to
           those
           Epistles
           ;
           )
           and
           usual
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Councils
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           to
           finde
           Archbishops
           and
           Patriarchs
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Bishops
           .
           And
           that
           Cre●e
           had
           its
           Archbishop
           and
           Suffragans
           we
           also
           find
           .
           The
           Archbishop
           of
           Crete
           was
           nominated
           from
           Gortyna
           its
           
             Metropolis
             .
             Dionysius
          
           of
           Corinih
           (
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           next
           age
           to
           the
           Apostles
           )
           writing
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Gortyna
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           
             rest
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             Crete
             ,
          
           commendeth
           Philip
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           their
           Bishop
           ,
           for
           his
           singular
           piety
           and
           virtues
           s
           .
           The
           City
           of
           Gnossus
           in
           Crete
           ,
           had
           Pintus
           its
           Bishop
           :
           And
           (
           saith
           
             Theodorus
             Balsamo
          
           )
           
             I
             have
             perused
             the
             ancient
             code
             of
             Councils
             ,
             and
             defind
             by
             the
             subscriptions
             ,
             that
          
           Basiil
           
             Bishop
             of
          
           Gortyna
           
             was
             present
             at
             the
             Council
             of
          
           Tru●lo
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           whole
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           from
           the
           community
           of
           the
           names
           between
           Bishops
           and
           Elders
           ,
           is
           no
           ground
           for
           what
           is
           thence
           inferred
           ,
           That
           therefore
           Bishops
           and
           Elders
           are
           the
           same
           ,
           without
           dictinction
           of
           Persons
           ,
           Offices
           ,
           or
           Degrees
           ;
           for
           ,
           Bishops
           are
           Elders
           ,
           and
           some
           Elders
           are
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           both
           distinct
           ,
           in
           Degree
           ,
           and
           Dignity
           .
        
         
         
           But
           the
           
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Objection
          
           is
           it
           what
           concerns
           
             the
             work
             ,
             common
             to
          
           Bishops
           and
           Elders
           :
           For
           if
           
             the
             same
             work
             be
             common
             to
             both
             ,
          
           so
           as
           ,
           what
           a
           Bishop
           doth
           ,
           that
           an
           Elder
           doth
           also
           ;
           then
           
             what
             needs
             a
             distinction
             of
             Persons
             and
             and
             Offices
             ?
          
           These
           are
           not
           to
           be
           multiplied
           without
           necessity
           .
           And
           that
           
             the
             work
             is
             common
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             ,
             both
             to
          
           Bishops
           and
           Elders
           ,
           is
           (
           by
           that
           side
           )
           instanced
           ,
           in
           1.
           
           Ordination
           .
           2.
           
           In
           Overseeing
           ,
           (
           under
           this
           of
           Overseeing
           ,
           all
           the
           other
           pa●ts
           of
           the
           work
           are
           comprehended
           ,
           as
           Preaching
           ,
           Baptizing
           ,
           &c.
           )
           Let
           
             these
             two
          
           ,
           be
           therefore
           distinctly
           considered
           and
           examined
           ;
           
             Whether
             in
             the
             work
             common
             to
             both
          
           Bishops
           and
           E●ders
           ,
           
             there
             be
             not
             sufficient
             to
             differente
             each
             from
             other
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           
             to
             Ordination
          
           :
           To
           this
           ,
           
             Elders
             or
             Presbyters
          
           pretend
           ;
           grounding
           on
           that
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           4.
           14.
           where
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           
             Timothy
             ,
             Not
             to
             neglect
             the
             gift
             which
             was
             given
             him
             by
             prophesie
             ,
             with
             the
             laying
             on
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Presbyterie
             .
          
           Here
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             Presbyters
             Ordain
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           But
           ●et
           them
           take
           all
           together
           ;
           for
           doth
           not
           the
           same
           Apostle
           say
           also
           to
           
             Timothy
             ,
             I
             put
             thee
             in
             remembrance
             ,
             that
             thou
             stir
             up
             the
             gift
             of
             God
             which
             is
             in
             thee
             by
             the
             putting
             on
             of
             my
             hands
             ?
          
           (
           2
           Tim.
           1.
           6.
           
           )
           here
           ,
           we
           finde
           
             another
             hand
          
           (
           the
           Apostles
           )
           
             beside
             those
             hands
             of
             Presbyters
             imposed
             on
             Timothy
          
           ;
           therefore
           ,
           
             not
             the
             hands
             of
             Presbyters
             alone
          
           :
           where
           therefore
           their
           hand
           onely
           is
           in
           the
           work
           ,
           there
           is
           another
           
           yet
           wanting
           ;
           and
           the
           work
           short
           without
           it
           ;
           (
           the
           case
           of
           necessity
           excepted
           .
           )
        
         
           2.
           
           Ordination
           ,
           must
           be
           granted
           to
           have
           been
           in
           the
           Apostles
           primarily
           ,
           and
           principally
           ;
           and
           not
           in
           Elders
           or
           Presbyters
           principally
           ;
           (
           they
           but
           acting
           with
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           that
           but
           subordinately
           :
           )
           
             By
             my
             hand
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           (
           (
           2
           Tim.
           1.
           6.
           
           )
           
             with
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Presbytery
          
           (
           1
           Tim.
           4.
           14.
           )
           It
           is
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
             hand
             principally
          
           ,
           and
           but
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           in
           way
           of
           approbation
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           
             is
             the
             charge
             of
             Oedination
          
           given
           principally
           to
           
             Timothy
             ,
             that
             he
             lay
             not
             hands
             suddenly
             on
             any
             ;
             so
             not
             to
             be
             partaker
             of
             other
             mens
             sins
          
           t
           :
           there
           ,
           Presbyters
           are
           not
           named
           ,
           not
           as
           not
           assisting
           ,
           but
           as
           onely
           assisting
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           principals
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           be
           
             not
             thou
             partaker
             of
             other
             mens
             sins
          
           ;
           not
           ,
           
             be
             not
             ye
          
           ,
           (
           speaking
           of
           Presbyters
           .
           )
           So
           ,
           you
           finde
           it
           here
           also
           as
           to
           
             Titus
             ;
             to
             him
          
           is
           that
           work
           committed
           principally
           and
           
             in
             chief
          
           :
           
             I
             left
             thee
             (
             Titus
             )
             in
             Crete
             ,
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             set
             in
             order
             the
             things
             that
             are
             wanting
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             orvain
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             appointed
             thee
          
           v
           .
           So
           is
           it
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           
             as
             to
             others
          
           ,
           in
           
             like
             place
             with
          
           Timothy
           and
           Titus
           .
           
             Bishops
             ordain
             others
             joyning
             with
             them
             .
             Bishops
             will
          
           not
           do
           it
           
             without
             others
          
           ;
           and
           
             others
             must
             not
             do
             it
             without
             Bishops
          
           ;
           
             concur
             Elders
             may
          
           ,
           but
           act
           
             in
             it
             alone
             ,
             they
             must
             not
          
           :
           the
           contrary
           (
           where
           necessity
           is
           not
           )
           is
           an
           unwarranted
           usurpation
           .
           Yet
           in
           giving
           but
           an
           hand
           in
           the
           work
           ,
           they
           will
           have
           
           All.
           Such
           notwithstanding
           are
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           another
           hand
           in
           that
           work
           ,
           as
           beside
           theirs
           ,
           so
           before
           theirs
           ,
           and
           above
           them
           :
           theirs
           is
           onely
           with
           ,
           not
           
             without
             Bishops
          
           ;
           and
           
             Bishops
             in
             that
             principally
             .
             So
             ,
             for
             Ordination
          
           :
           in
           which
           work
           (
           
             common
             both
             to
             Bishops
             and
             Elders
          
           )
           is
           (
           you
           see
           )
           
             sufficient
             ,
             notwithstanding
          
           ,
           )
           
             to
             difference
             both
             ,
             in
             Degree
             and
             Office.
             
          
        
         
           II.
           See
           it
           also
           in
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           in
           which
           Bishops
           and
           Elders
           act
           also
           in
           common
           ;
           as
           
             Preaching
             ,
             Baptizing
          
           ,
           and
           
             ordering
             the
             flock
             committed
             to
             them
          
           ;
           so
           ,
           are
           
             both
             Overseers
          
           .
           This
           is
           granted
           in
           
             common
             to
             both
             Bishops
             and
             Elders
          
           ;
           yet
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           this
           is
           in
           
             both
             ,
             differently
          
           :
           and
           ,
           
             so
             in
             Bishops
             ,
             as
             not
             in
             others
             .
          
           1.
           
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           
             Preaching
             ,
             Baptizing
             ,
             Ordering
             ,
             and
             Overseeing
             the
             flock
             ,
             are
             incumbent
             on
             all
          
           ;
           but
           in
           
             inferior
             Elders
             more
             restrainly
          
           ;
           with
           respect
           to
           place
           and
           persons
           ;
           they
           acting
           within
           Precincts
           ,
           and
           Parishes
           ,
           among
           their
           own
           people
           ,
           and
           within
           their
           own
           districts
           onely
           .
           To
           these
           ,
           and
           
             there
             ,
             are
             they
             Overseers
          
           ;
           and
           
             not
             otherwise
          
           :
           so
           as
           ,
           for
           
             any
             such
             to
             take
             on
             him
             to
             Oversee
             ,
             and
             see
             what
             others
             without
             ,
             do
             ,
             or
             do
             not
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           x
           a
           Bishop
           in
           anothers
           D●ccess
           ,
           or
           
             a
             busie
             body
             in
             other
             mens
             matters
          
           (
           so
           is
           that
           in
           our
           English
           rendred
           ;
           )
           whereas
           ,
           the
           same
           work
           is
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Bishops
           far
           otherwise
           ;
           who
           as
           they
           do
           it
           themselves
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           in
           them
           ,
           in
           way
           of
           Superintendency
           ,
           to
           
             see
             it
             done
             by
             others
          
           also
           .
           So
           the
           
             chief
             Priests
          
           under
           the
           Law
           (
           whom
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
           and
           afther
           them
           ,
           
             Bishops
             ,
             represent
          
           ;
           )
           they
           were
           Overseers
           to
           others
           ,
           that
           the
           work
           be
           done
           in
           manner
           and
           order
           ,
           as
           did
           become
           .
           Thus
           are
           
             Bishops
             overseers
             to
             those
             other
             Overseers
          
           ;
           the
           care
           of
           many
           Churches
           being
           on
           them
           ,
           as
           was
           the
           cure
           of
           all
           Churches
           on
           the
           Apostles
           ;
           whereas
           the
           care
           of
           particular
           Churches
           (
           this
           or
           that
           )
           is
           onely
           on
           others
           .
        
         
           
           2.
           
           Although
           Presbyters
           have
           power
           to
           preach
           ,
           
           and
           do
           what
           belongs
           to
           their
           Function
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           in
           
             acting
             that
             power
             ,
             limited
             and
             ordered
             by
             the
             Bishop
             .
          
           Wherein
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           distinguish
           (
           as
           in
           the
           Schools
           )
           between
           
             Power
             of
             Order
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           
             Power
             of
             Order
          
           ,
           Presbyters
           receive
           in
           their
           Ordination
           ,
           to
           do
           what
           belongs
           to
           their
           function
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           are
           thereby
           qualified
           :
           but
           the
           
             Power
             of
             Jurisdiction
             to
             act
             that
             their
             power
             of
             Order
             as
             ●astors
             ,
          
           that
           ,
           a
           Presbyter
           hath
           in
           his
           Institution
           from
           
             the
             Bishop
          
           ,
           being
           ,
           thereby
           ,
           appointed
           to
           a
           charge
           and
           place
           ,
           and
           licensed
           to
           discharge
           the
           duty
           of
           his
           calling
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           was
           before
           qualified
           ,
           and
           now
           
             enabled
             .
             Tertullian
          
           saith
           ,
           y
           
             That
             the
             chief
             Priest
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Bishop
           )
           
             hath
             the
             right
             of
             giving
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Presbyters
             and
             Deacons
             ,
             but
             yet
             not
             without
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Bishops
             .
          
           So
           also
           S.
           Hierome
           ;
           z
           
             Without
             power
             from
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             neither
             Presbyter
             nor
             Deacon
             hath
             right
             to
             baptize
             .
          
           Every
           Presbyter
           therefore
           hath
           power
           in
           
             common
             with
             a
             Bishop
          
           ,
           to
           
             preach
             and
             administer
             the
             Sacraments
             
             in
             fulness
             ,
          
           (
           which
           an
           inferior
           Order
           ,
           a
           Deacon
           cannot
           do
           ;
           )
           yet
           ,
           the
           
             exercise
             of
             that
             power
          
           ,
           is
           subjected
           to
           ,
           and
           regulated
           by
           the
           Bishops
           authority
           ,
           to
           be
           
             permitted
             ,
             directed
             ,
             restrained
          
           or
           suspended
           ,
           as
           should
           be
           necessary
           .
           In
           which
           the
           Bishops
           priviledge
           of
           Jurisdiction
           over
           Elders
           ,
           is
           he
           from
           them
           eminently
           differenced
           .
           It
           was
           said
           of
           Elders
           ,
           that
           they
           
             have
             a
             power
             of
             Jurisdiction
          
           ;
           (
           understand
           it
           ,
           of
           a
           power
           of
           spiritual
           and
           
             inward
             Jurisdiction
          
           ,
           in
           
             foro
             conscienciae
          
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Conscience
          
           )
           so
           ,
           as
           Pastors
           of
           the
           flock
           ,
           is
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           the
           
             seeding
             ,
             ruling
             ,
             teaching
             ,
             reproving
             ,
             binding
          
           sinners
           notoriously
           scandalous
           ;
           by
           denouncing
           Gods
           judgements
           in
           
             the
             Word
          
           ,
           and
           (
           while
           unreformed
           )
           excluding
           from
           the
           Sacrament
           ;
           and
           again
           loosing
           ,
           and
           releasing
           penitents
           ,
           by
           applying
           the
           gracious
           promises
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           readmiting
           them
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           that
           Jurisdiction
           which
           is
           
             in
             Bishops
          
           ,
           is
           
             more
             extended
          
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           even
           
             over
             Elders
          
           themselves
           .
           For
           as
           Presbyters
           are
           in
           their
           
             Ordination
             ,
             qualified
          
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           
             Institution
             authorized
          
           ,
           to
           their
           work
           ;
           so
           ,
           are
           they
           ,
           after
           ,
           to
           
             behave
             themselves
          
           in
           that
           as
           becometh
           .
           It
           is
           in
           Bishops
           (
           who
           are
           overseers
           of
           those
           Overseers
           )
           to
           expect
           and
           exact
           that
           from
           them
           authoritatively
           ;
           and
           on
           failing
           in
           duty
           ,
           or
           manners
           ,
           (
           as
           to
           life
           ,
           and
           conversation
           ,
           )
           to
           reprove
           and
           
             punish
             also
          
           .
           In
           this
           ,
           is
           
             Episcopal
             Jurisdiction
          
           given
           them
           Apostolically
           ,
           and
           over
           
             inferior
             Elders
          
           particalarlarly
           ,
           
           to
           which
           they
           are
           subjected
           .
           Such
           was
           Timothies
           power
           in
           Ephesus
           ;
           a
           
             Rebuke
             not
             an
             Elder
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           
             against
             an
             Elder
             receive
             not
             an
             accusation
             ,
             but
             before
             two
             ,
             or
             three
             witnesses
             ,
             them
             that
             sin
             rebuke
             before
             all
             ,
             that
             others
             may
             fear
          
           :
           Which
           words
           ,
           
             Rebuke
             not
             an
             Elder
          
           ;
           is
           not
           a
           restraining
           ,
           but
           an
           
             ordering
             that
             rebuke
          
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           not
           lightly
           ,
           or
           on
           slight
           grounds
           (
           as
           in
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           19
           ,
           20.
           )
           by
           which
           appears
           a
           
             Jurisdiction
             in
             Bishops
             ,
             above
             Elders
             ,
             directive
             ,
             coercive
             ,
          
           and
           corective
           :
           which
           is
           Epiphanius
           his
           interence
           on
           these
           words
           ,
           
             against
             a
             Presbyter
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Therefore
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             Presbyters
             are
             subject
             to
             the
          
           Bishop
           
             as
             to
             their
             Judge
          
           b
           .
           He
           is
           their
           Judge
           ,
           as
           to
           Doctrine
           ;
           
             that
             thou
             mayest
             charge
             some
             that
             they
             teach
             no
             other
             Doctrine
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           
             to
             Timothy
          
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           3.
           
           )
           and
           to
           Titus
           (
           Tit.
           3.
           10.
           )
           
             A
             man
             that
             is
             an
             Heretick
             ofter
             the
             first
             and
             second
             admonition
             ,
             reject
          
           ;
           judge
           also
           ,
           as
           of
           
             their
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           what
           they
           teach
           ;
           so
           of
           their
           
             Conversation
             ,
             how
             they
             live
          
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           in
           that
           of
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           5
           ,
           17
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           
           Therefore
           is
           the
           Angel
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Ephesus
           (
           Timothies
           Successor
           )
           commended
           ,
           that
           he
           
             could
             not
             bear
             with
             them
             that
             are
             evil
             ,
             and
             had
             tryed
             them
             which
             say
             they
             are
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             ,
             and
             had
             found
             them
             lyars
          
           (
           Rev.
           2.
           2.
           )
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           
             the
             Angel
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Thyratira
          
           is
           reproved
           for
           suffering
           such
           (
           Rev.
           2.
           20.
           )
        
         
           So
           as
           ,
           although
           there
           be
           a
           Community
           of
           names
           ,
           (
           in
           some
           cases
           )
           between
           Bishops
           and
           
           Elders
           (
           Bishops
           are
           called
           ,
           Elders
           and
           Elders
           Bishops
           ;
           )
           and
           notwithstanding
           that
           the
           
             worke
             also
             ,
             be
             (
             in
             a
             kind
             )
             common
          
           ;
           yet
           is
           
             that
             community
          
           so
           
             differenced
             in
             both
          
           ,
           that
           all
           pretences
           of
           Elders
           ,
           in
           that
           ,
           for
           casting
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           
             to
             their
             Office
          
           ,
           or
           
             divesting
             them
             of
             Jurisdiction
             and
             Dignity
             ,
          
           is
           apparently
           inconsequent
           ,
           and
           evil
           .
           For
           although
           the
           names
           of
           
             Bishops
             and
             Presbyters
          
           were
           confounded
           ,
           and
           the
           work
           (
           in
           a
           sort
           )
           
             common
             to
             both
          
           ,
           yet
           were
           not
           the
           
             Offices
             of
             Bishops
             and
             Presbyters
          
           ever
           confounded
           until
           now
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           And
           now
           to
           sum
           up
           al●
           ;
           you
           see
           the
           Church
           
             under
             the
             New
             Testamen
             ordered
             as
             before
             ,
          
           in
           way
           of
           Superiority
           and
           Subordination
           ;
           and
           that
           Apostolically
           appointed
           .
           So
           Timothy
           in
           Ephesus
           ;
           and
           Titus
           in
           Crete
           ;
           and
           
             others
             elsewhere
          
           in
           like
           manner
           ;
           they
           
             ordering
             persons
          
           and
           things
           appertaining
           to
           that
           sacred
           work
           ,
           within
           their
           respective
           Jurisdictions
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           See
           those
           Apostolically
           ordered
           to
           that
           care
           and
           charge
           in
           the
           Church
           above
           others
           ,
           to
           be
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           dignified
           with
           
             their
             own
             name
          
           ,
           (
           that
           standing
           name
           of
           Bishops
           .
           )
           they
           standing
           also
           in
           their
           
             place
             and
             stead
          
           ,
           and
           
             acting
             in
             their
             work
          
           ,
           (
           
             Ordaining
             ,
             Overseeing
             ,
             Ordering
          
           ,
           and
           Correcting
           as
           is
           necessary
           .
           )
        
         
           3.
           
           What
           hath
           been
           by
           the
           Apostles
           so
           ordered
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           whose
           words
           Christ
           would
           have
           to
           be
           observed
           as
           his
           own
           ;
           
             If
             they
             have
             kept
             my
             saying
             ,
             they
             will
             keep
             yours
             also
             ,
          
           John
           15.
           20.
           
           )
           that
           ,
           in
           this
           particularly
           ,
           hath
           been
           
           by
           
             Christ
             himself
          
           ,
           the
           High
           Priest
           approved
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           
             High
             Priest
          
           ,
           did
           Christ
           appeare
           habited
           ,
           being
           
             cloathed
             with
             a
             garment
             down
             to
             the
             feet
             ,
             and
             girt
             vbout
             the
             paps
             with
             a
             golden
             girdle
             ,
          
           c
           and
           also
           
             visiting
             his
             Church
             Ecclesiatim
          
           :
           each
           of
           the
           
             seven
             Churches
             particularly
          
           ,
           being
           by
           him
           inspected
           :
           d
           In
           that
           reproving
           what
           was
           amiss
           in
           any
           ,
           and
           allowing
           ,
           what
           was
           right
           .
           particularly
           ,
           See
           
             that
             Government
          
           which
           was
           ordered
           in
           each
           of
           those
           eminent
           Churches
           ,
           (
           in
           Ephesus
           and
           the
           other
           six
           )
           under
           their
           respective
           Angels
           ,
           or
           Chiefs
           ,
           or
           Bishops
           ;
           see
           that
           order
           (
           I
           say
           )
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           
             approved
             of
             Christ
          
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           
             Seven
             Stars
          
           ,
           (
           the
           
             seven
             Angels
             Angels
             of
             those
             Churches
             ,
             their
             Bishops
          
           )
           were
           in
           
             Christs
             right
             hand
          
           (
           Rev.
           1.
           16.
           20.
           
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           under
           
             his
             care
          
           ,
           and
           protection
           .
           And
           to
           
             those
             Angels
          
           of
           the
           Churches
           doth
           our
           
             Lord
             direct
             himself
             principally
          
           in
           behalf
           of
           all
           
             under
             their
             charge
          
           ;
           expecting
           from
           them
           an
           accompt
           of
           the
           Churches
           within
           their
           respective
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           being
           responsible
           for
           all
           that
           was
           there
           ,
           well
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           What
           had
           been
           so
           ordered
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           see
           it
           by
           the
           
             Church
             received
          
           ,
           and
           after
           
             continued
             throughout
             all
             ages
          
           from
           the
           beginning
           :
           whereby
           ,
           what
           might
           (
           seem
           )
           doubtful
           in
           the
           first
           Institution
           ,
           may
           be
           cleared
           by
           observing
           what
           was
           of
           that
           
             understood
             ,
             and
             after
             practised
             by
             the
             Church
          
           accordingly
           :
           The
           
             Church
             is
             the
             pillar
             and
             ground
             of
             truth
          
           ;
           e
           
           and
           what
           (
           grounding
           on
           the
           Scripture
           )
           the
           Church
           in
           all
           ages
           hath
           held
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           rely
           upon
           for
           truth
           .
           And
           how
           did
           the
           Church
           understand
           the
           Apostles
           appointing
           Bishops
           and
           Elders
           in
           the
           Church
           for
           its
           Government
           ?
           Did
           
             they
             not
             understand
             it
             of
             Bishops
             distinct
             from
             Elders
             ,
             and
             Superior
             to
             them
          
           ?
           Did
           
             they
             ever
             understand
             it
             of
             Elders
             without
             Bishops
          
           ?
           or
           of
           
             Elders
             ruling
             in
             chief
          
           ?
           
             much
             less
             of
             Lay-Elders
          
           ?
           (
           of
           which
           ,
           is
           nothing
           to
           be
           found
           any
           where
           ,
           in
           Scripture
           or
           Antiquity
           .
           )
        
         
           Let
           the
           
             constant
             practise
             of
             the
          
           Church
           
             throushhout
             all
             ages
             be
             Judge
             in
             that
             ,
             how
             the
             Apostles
             were
             therein
             understood
             .
          
           In
           which
           I
           shall
           use
           the
           words
           of
           Judicious
           Mr.
           Hooker
           ,
           f
           
             Very
             strange
             it
             is
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             that
             such
             a
             Discipline
             as
             ye
             (
             Elders
             )
             speak
             of
             ,
             should
             be
             taught
             by
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             in
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             no
             Church
             have
             found
             it
             out
             ,
             nor
             received
             it
             till
             this
             present
             time
             ;
             contrariwise
             ,
             the
             Government
             against
             which
             ye
             bend
             your selves
             ,
             be
             observed
             every
             where
             throughout
             all
             generations
             and
             ages
             of
             the
             Christian
             world
             ,
             no
             Church
             ever
             perceiving
             the
             word
             of
             God
             to
             be
             against
             it
             ;
             (
             adding
             )
             We
             require
             you
             to
             finde
             out
             but
             one
             Church
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             whole
             earth
             ,
             that
             hath
             been
             ordered
             by
             your
             discipline
             ,
             or
             hath
             not
             been
             ordered
             by
             ours
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             to
             say
             )
             by
             Episcopal
             Regiment
             Sithence
             the
             time
             that
             the
             blessed
             Apostles
             were
             〈◊〉
             conversant
             .
          
           
           This
           was
           Mr.
           
             Hookers
             challenge
          
           to
           that
           side
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           
             many
             years
             since
          
           :
           which
           hath
           
             never
             been
             to
             this
             day
             answered
             ,
          
           onely
           by
           the
           sword
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           was
           it
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           put
           home
           to
           us
           perilously
           :
           Antiquity
           is
           not
           to
           be
           despised
           ,
           but
           that
           to
           be
           advised
           with
           ,
           and
           submitted
           to
           in
           such
           cases
           .
           
             Enquire
             of
             the
             former
             Age
             and
             prepare
             thy self
             to
             the
             search
             of
             their
             fathers
             (
             for
             we
             are
             but
             of
             yesterday
             and
             know
             nothing
             )
             shall
             not
             they
             teach
             thee
             and
             tell
             thee
             ,
             and
             utter
             words
             out
             of
             their
             hearts
          
           :
           said
           Bildad
           ,
           to
           Job
           .
           8.
           8.
           9.
           10.
           
           So
           the
           Lord
           directs
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             stand
             ye
             in
             the
             way
             and
             see
             ,
             and
             ask
             for
             the
             old
             paths
             ,
             where
             is
             the
             good
             way
             and
             walk
             therein
             and
             ye
             shall
             find
             rest
             for
             your
             Soules
             :
             but
             they
             said
             we
             will
             not
             walke
             therein
          
           g
           which
           is
           even
           
             what
             these
             say
             in
             this
             ;
             refusing
             any
             such
             tryall
             in
             this
             dispute
             ,
          
           well
           knowing
           themselves
           cast
           in
           it
           .
           But
           in
           matters
           of
           antiquitie
           to
           denye
           the
           credit
           of
           Antiquitie
           in
           what
           is
           not
           contradicted
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           discovers
           One
           addicted
           to
           Noveltie
           and
           singularity
           rather
           then
           to
           truth
           .
        
         
           Let
           therefore
           our
           
             Church
             Levellers
          
           se
           to
           this
           ;
           who
           in
           
             such
             their
             Schisme
          
           teare
           and
           rend
           the
           seamless
           garments
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           
             generation
             of
             Vipers
          
           eat
           out
           ,
           and
           through
           the
           bowels
           of
           their
           Mother
           ;
           disturbing
           
             Church
             unity
             and
             peace
          
           ,
           drawing
           into
           
             factions
             ,
             and
             filling
             all
             with
             confusions
             .
             Herein
             let
             them
             see
             themselves
             
             in
             their
             forefathers
          
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             such
             there
             were
             of
             old
             ,
             under
             both
             Testaments
             .
          
        
         
           Se
           some
           under
           
             the
             old
             Testament
             setting
             themselves
             even
             against
             what
             God
             himself
             had
             expresly
             ordered
             concerning
             the
             high
             Priest-hood
             in
          
           Aron
           h
           There
           ,
           
             Corah
             of
             the
             tribe
             of
             Levy
             ,
          
           raised
           a
           partie
           and
           faction
           of
           250
           
             Princes
             of
             the
             Assembly
             against
          
           Moses
           and
           Aron
           ,
           having
           the
           confidence
           thus
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           
             yee
             take
             too
             much
             upon
             you
             ,
             seing
             all
             the
             congregation
             are
             holy
             every
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             is
             among
             them
             ,
             wherefore
             then
             lift
             you
             your selves
             above
             the
             congregation
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           but
           Moses
           returns
           it
           to
           them
           again
           :
           yee
           
             take
             too
             much
             upon
             you
             yee
             Sons
             of
          
           Levy
           ,
           
             seemeth
             it
             but
             a
             small
             thing
             unto
             you
             that
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
          
           Israel
           
             hath
             separated
             you
             from
             the
             congregation
             of
          
           Israel
           
             to
             bring
             you
             near
             unto
             himself
             to
             do
             the
             service
             of
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             stand
             before
             the
             congregation
             to
             Minister
             unto
             them
             :
             And
             he
             hath
             brought
             thee
             neer
             unto
             him
             :
             and
             all
             thy
             brethren
             ,
             the
             Sons
             of
          
           Levi
           
             with
             thee
             and
             seek
             ye
             the
             Priest-hood
             also
             ,
          
           so
           was
           it
           then
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           
             such
             Corahs
             we
             find
             under
             the
             new
             Testament
             also
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           S.
           Jude
           speaks
           
             with
             a
             woe
          
           i
           
             woe
             to
             them
             for
             they
             have
             gone
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Cain
             and
             ran
             greedily
             after
             the
             error
             of
             Balaam
             and
             perished
             in
             the
             gainsaying
             of
             Core.
          
           Where
           se
           
             them
             ranked
             with
             three
             notoriously
             wicked
          
           ;
           Cain
           ,
           and
           Balaam
           ,
           and
           Corab
           :
           with
           Cain
           for
           blood
           ;
           with
           Balaam
           for
           Covetousness
           ,
           
           and
           with
           Corah
           for
           
             faction
             ,
             Cain
          
           the
           
             accursed
             murderer
             of
             his
             brother
             ,
             righteous
          
           Abel
           :
           so
           was
           he
           
             the
             first
             persecuter
             of
             the
             Church
          
           k
           Balaam
           called
           on
           to
           
             curss
             the
             people
             of
             God.
          
           l
           and
           
             Corah
             ,
             a
             factious
             schismatique
          
           ,
           to
           
             Corahs
             schisme
          
           ,
           are
           
             they
             moved
             ,
             by
          
           Balaams
           Covetousnesss
           and
           ambition
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           ,
           
             going
             on
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Cain
             ,
          
           in
           
             blood
             and
             cruelty
          
           .
           And
           for
           that
           see
           woe
           ,
           and
           destruction
           ;
           begining
           with
           woe
           (
           
             Judgment
             denounced
          
           )
           and
           ending
           with
           destruction
           (
           
             Judgment
             executed
          
           )
           
             perishing
             in
             the
             gainsaying
             of
             Core
          
           ;
           Core
           (
           or
           Corah
           )
           of
           all
           that
           faction
           ,
           is
           alone
           mentioned
           ;
           others
           being
           but
           his
           followers
           in
           that
           wicked
           cause
           :
           his
           destruction
           being
           also
           
             more
             remarkable
          
           ,
           whether
           as
           to
           those
           with
           him
           in
           that
           rebellion
           ;
           or
           as
           to
           those
           
             other
             two
          
           ,
           notoriously
           wicked
           ,
           (
           Balaam
           and
           Cain
           ,
           )
           whose
           
             ends
             were
             not
             as
             of
             others
             ,
             Corah
             and
             his
             followers
             perishing
             not
             by
             an
             ordinary
             Judgment
             like
             other
             men
             ,
             the
             earth
             opening
             its
             mouth
             and
             swallowing
             up
             them
             ,
             and
             theirs
             alive
             ,
             in
             sight
             of
             all
             the
             people
             .
          
           m
           By
           the
           
             dreadfulness
             of
             the
             Judgment
          
           ,
           let
           the
           
             hainousness
             of
             the
             sin
             be
             estimated
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           ,
           
             such
             have
             been
             our
             Corah●
             also
             ,
          
           (
           authors
           of
           our
           late
           confusions
           and
           evills
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           )
           By
           whom
           hath
           been
           
             in
             the
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           Inlet
           and
           
             overflowing
             of
             blasphemies
             and
             of
             monstrous
             and
             pernicious
             doctrines
          
           (
           horrible
           to
           be
           mentioned
           and
           not
           ,
           in
           very
           confutations
           ,
           to
           be
           remembred
           )
           as
           if
           
             hell
             it
             
             self
             had
             broken
             loose
          
           (
           The
           title
           of
           a
           book
           in
           which
           many
           of
           those
           abhominations
           are
           Collected
           .
           )
           And
           
             no
             wonder
             it
             should
             be
             so
             ,
             Church
             order
             and
             Government
             having
             been
             ,
          
           (
           as
           it
           was
           )
           
             cast
             off
             and
             trampled
             on
          
           .
           While
           that
           
             stood
             ,
             all
             was
             well
             withus
          
           ;
           the
           
             face
             of
             our
             Church
             was
             comely
          
           :
           and
           
             truth
             and
             peace
             secured
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             enemies
             to
             both
             ,
             error
          
           ,
           and
           schisme
           ,
           not
           
             daring
             to
             shew
             themselves
             among
             us
             ,
          
           The
           Church
           is
           here
           Militant
           ;
           So
           is
           it
           described
           n
           
             terrible
             as
             an
             army
             with
             banners
             ;
             with
             banner
             i.
             e.
             in
             order
          
           :
           So
           it
           is
           by
           the
           LXX
           .
           rendred
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             An
             army
             under
             its
             banners
             is
             in
             order
          
           :
           and
           
             in
             that
             order
          
           is
           both
           beauty
           and
           terror
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           ,
           security
           ;
           (
           
             Church
             security
          
           and
           
             Church
             beauty
          
           is
           in
           order
           :
           )
           
             thou
             art
             beautifull
             O
             my
             love
             as
             Tirza
             ,
             comely
             as
             Ierusalem
             terrible
             as
             an
             army
             with
             banners
          
           (
           Cant.
           6.
           4.
           
           )
           how
           pleasant
           is
           
             an
             army
             ranged
             under
             its
             banners
             !
          
           so
           the
           
             Church
             under
             its
             colours
             ,
             leaders
             and
             officers
             ,
             each
             in
             their
             place
             order
             ,
             and
             degree
             .
          
           And
           as
           in
           that
           is
           beautie
           ,
           so
           also
           ,
           securitie
           ;
           securitie
           is
           implied
           where
           it
           is
           said
           to
           be
           terrible
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           enemies
           ,
           (
           to
           errors
           and
           heresies
           ,
           enemies
           to
           truth
           ;
           and
           to
           schisme
           and
           faction
           ,
           which
           are
           contrary
           to
           order
           and
           vnitie
           :
           )
           These
           
             dare
             not
             appear
             while
             the
             Church
             is
             under
             its
             government
             and
             in
             order
          
           ;
           each
           under
           his
           banners
           ,
           in
           their
           order
           and
           place
           ,
           being
           thereby
           
             ready
             to
             oppose
             what
             shall
             be
             contrary
             .
          
           It
           is
           otherwise
           ,
           where
           
             order
             is
             not
             in
             the
             Church
          
           but
           
             our
             banners
             cast
             down
          
           ,
           and
           
           our
           
             chief
             leaders
             taken
             off
             ;
             what
             can
             be
             then
             〈◊〉
             deformitie
             for
             beautie
          
           and
           for
           
             order
             〈◊〉
             on
          
           ?
           what
           then
           
             but
             terror
          
           ?
           terror
           
             to
             our selves
          
           :
           (
           so
           is
           ,
           
             an
             army
             ,
             in
             confusion
          
           ,
           to
           it self
           terrible
           ;
           )
           and
           thereby
           have
           enemies
           their
           advantages
           ,
           about
           ,
           and
           within
           ;
           therefore
           saith
           S.
           Ierome
           .
           o
           
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             Church
             dependeth
             on
             the
             dignity
             of
             the
             chief
             Priest
          
           (
           meaning
           the
           Bishop
           )
           
             to
             whom
             if
             power
             be
             not
             given
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             as
             many
             schismes
             in
             the
             Church
             ●s
             there
             are
             Priests
             .
          
           So
           S.
           Cyprian
           .
           p
           
             Heresies
             or
             Schismes
             have
             no
             other
             beginning
             but
             this
             ,
             that
             Gods
             Priest
          
           (
           meaning
           Bishop
           )
           
             is
             not
             obeyed
          
           .
           Again
           ;
           q
           
             These
             be
             the
             beginnings
             of
             heretiques
             ,
             these
             the
             risings
             and
             endeavours
             of
             ill
             minded
             Schismaticks
             ,
             that
             they
             please
             themselves
             and
             contemn
             their
             Bishops
             with
             swelling
             pride
             ,
             So
             do
             men
             depart
             from
             the
             Church
             &c.
             
          
           And
           r
           
             hence
             do
             men
             rush
             into
             heresies
             and
             schismes
             when
             they
             speak
             evil
             of
             Priests
             ,
             and
             envy
             their
             Bishops
             .
          
           All
           which
           we
           have
           found
           sadly
           in
           our
           late
           miserable
           Church
           distractions
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           by
           
             those
             evils
             in
             the
             Church
          
           did
           follow
           on
           
             our
             state
             also
             confusion
             and
             destruction
             .
          
           If
           the
           Church
           be
           borne
           down
           ,
           let
           not
           the
           State
           think
           to
           stand
           ;
           And
           we
           have
           seen
           evils
           designed
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           carried
           on
           by
           attempting
           ,
           first
           ,
           on
           the
           Church
           Corahs
           opposition
           pretended
           principally
           against
           Aron
           ,
           rests
           not
           there
           ,
           for
           others
           with
           Corah
           ,
           had
           their
           designes
           in
           that
           ,
           against
           Moses
           also
           :
           and
           in
           that
           against
           Aron
           ,
           
           came
           in
           
             Moses
             immediately
             ,
             they
             gathered
             themselves
             against
             Moses
             and
             Aron
             .
             And
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           to
           Moses
           (
           even
           in
           a
           breach
           )
           
             wilt
             thou
             make
             thy self
             altogether
             a
             Prince
             over
             us
          
           :
           s
           Therefore
           are
           both
           joyned
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             S.
             Jude
          
           t
           
             with
             the
             gainsaying
             of
             Core
          
           is
           
             a
             speaking
             evill
             also
             of
             dignities
             .
          
           In
           both
           ,
           have
           we
           seen
           and
           felt
           the
           
             dismall
             effects
          
           of
           this
           
             Church
             Schisme
          
           .
        
         
           But
           blessed
           be
           God
           by
           whom
           :
           these
           breaches
           are
           now
           all
           made
           up
           and
           repaired
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           by
           the
           happy
           Restauration
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           to
           his
           Royall
           throne
           and
           government
           .
        
         
           1.
           hereby
           ,
           
             is
             Settlement
             to
             the
             Kingdoms
             .
             Our
             Judges
             being
             restored
             as
             at
             the
             first
             and
             our
             Councellors
             as
             at
             the
             beginning
             .
          
           u
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           thereby
           is
           
             our
             Church
             also
             setled
          
           :
           so
           as
           at
           this
           day
           (
           even
           this
           very
           day
           )
           we
           have
           ,
           
             and
             our
             eyes
             do
             behold
             among
             us
             here
             ,
             such
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             sit
             and
             rule
             in
             chief
             ,
             setting
             in
             order
             the
             things
             that
             are
             wanting
             and
             ordaining
             Elders
             ,
          
           (
           Bishops
           )
           Successively
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           
             Apostolically
             appointed
          
           .
           In
           that
           ,
           see
           we
           our
           
             Church
             Settlement
             .
             In
             Church
             order
             and
             Government
             ,
             is
             Church
             Settlement
          
           ;
           which
           was
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           ,
           first
           propounded
           with
           which
           I
           have
           now
           done
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           what
           remains
           of
           the
           Text
           (
           
             the
             qualifications
             of
             those
             persons
             to
             be
             called
             forth
             to
             this
             high
             and
             Sacred
             calling
             and
             work
          
           ;
           (
           of
           which
           you
           have
           much
           here
           v.
           6.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           )
           of
           that
           I
           
           may
           not
           now
           speak
           ;
           time
           will
           not
           admit
           it
           nor
           needs
           it
           at
           present
           ;
           where
           ,
           in
           the
           person
           now
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           admitted
           into
           this
           Sacred
           function
           ,
           these
           qualification
           ;
           are
           already
           ;
           nor
           were
           it
           for
           me
           (
           for
           me
           I
           say
           )
           to
           shew
           it
           so
           .
           w
        
         
           I
           shall
           therefore
           conclude
           with
           the
           
             Apostles
             Clerum
          
           (
           Acts
           20.
           )
           wherein
           we
           have
           (
           to
           our
           purpose
           ,
           )
           both
           exhortation
           and
           valediction
           .
           First
           exhortation
           :
           you
           have
           heard
           your
           place
           and
           
             honour
             asserted
          
           ,
           see
           now
           your
           office
           and
           work
           :
           and
           in
           that
           your
           
             care
             and
             charge
          
           .
           x
           
             Take
             heed
             unto
             your selves
             and
             to
             all
             the
             flock
             ,
             over
             the
             which
             ,
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             hath
             made
             you
             overseers
             (
             or
             Bishops
             )
             to
             feed
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             which
             he
             hath
             purchased
             with
             his
             own
             blood
             .
          
           In
           that
           you
           have
           
             your
             charge
          
           ;
           (
           see
           you
           now
           to
           
             the
             discharge
          
           .
           )
           Next
           ,
           and
           last
           ,
           follows
           an
           
             Apostolical
             valediction
             ,
             benediction
             ,
             and
             prayer
          
           ;
           which
           shall
           be
           mine
           also
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           I
           now
           conclude
           ;
           y
           
             And
             now
             Brethren
             I
             commend
             you
             to
             God
             and
             to
             the
             word
             of
             his
             Grace
             ,
             which
             is
             able
             to
             build
             you
             up
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             you
             an
             inheritance
             among
             all
             which
             are
             Sanctified
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           
             Epistle
             .
          
           
             P.
             3.
             margin
             
               ep
               .
               p.
            
             2.
             dele
             .
             p.
             10.
             line
             6.
             first
             dele
             p.
             13.
             line
             19.
             and
             dele
             p.
             14.
             line
             3.
             for
             the
             read
             this
          
        
         
           
             Preface
             .
          
           
             P.
             9.
             marg
             .
             (
             z
             )
             for
             
               contra
               marcione
            
             .
             5.
             r.
             
               contra
               marcion
               .
               c.
            
             5.
             p.
             10.
             l.
             2.
             for
             Bishops
             r.
             
               being
               Bishops
            
             p.
             11.
             l.
             20.
             for
             theire
             r.
             there
             p.
             12.
             l.
             20.
             for
             Policarpus
             r.
             Polycarpus
             l.
             22.
             for
             Clemets
             r.
             Clemens
             p.
             15.
             marg
             .
             (
             g
             )
             for
             406.
             r.
             306.
             ibid.
             marg
             .
             r.
             (
             h
             )
             
               Camorar
               .
               in
               vita
               phil
               .
               molaneth
            
          
        
         
           
             Sermon
             .
          
           
             P.
             2.
             l.
             7.
             for
             Licaonica
             r.
             Lycaonia
             ibid.
             marg
             .
             for
             Act.
             3.
             12.
             r.
             Tit.
             3.
             12.
             p.
             7.
             marg
             .
             (
             x
             )
             for
             Zech.
             37.
             r.
             Zech.
             3.
             7.
             p.
             9.
             marg
             .
             (
             d
             )
             for
             Nunb
             .
             16.
             3.
             r.
             Numb
             ;
             16.
             3.
             ibid.
             marg
             .
             (
             g
             )
             for
             Rev
             :
             1.
             6.
             15.
             10.
             r.
             Rev
             :
             1.
             6
             :
             p
             :
             11.
             l.
             28.
             legal
             dele
             p.
             12.
             marg
             .
             (
             r
             )
             for
             Acts.
             1.
             6.
             r.
             Acts.
             6.
             1.
             p.
             14.
             marg
             .
             (
             a
             )
             for
             phile
             9.
             r.
             
               philem
               v.
            
             9.
             p.
             15.
             l.
             26.
             for
             II.
             r.
             I.
             p.
             16.
             l.
             1.
             sor
             For
             r.
             So
             l.
             2.
             for
             Apostles
             r.
             Apostle
             l.
             29.
             for
             
               is
               is
            
             r.
             is
             p.
             17.
             l.
             2.
             for
             in
             r.
             on
             p.
             21.
             l.
             29
             ,
             for
             as
             r.
             〈◊〉
             p.
             22.
             marg
             .
             (
             f
             )
             for
             Synod
             r.
             6
             :
             Synod
             p.
             23.
             l.
             4.
             for
             conveening
             r.
             convening
             p.
             25.
             l.
             28.
             for
             
               conc
               .
               Eard
            
             .
             〈◊〉
             .
             
               conc
               .
               Sard.
            
             l.
             30.
             for
             
               be
               to
            
             r.
             
               to
               be
            
             p.
             26.
             l.
             13.
             for
             nominated
             r.
             denominated
             p.
             32.
             l.
             18.
             for
             ofter
             r.
             after
             .
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47044-e140
           
             a
             Ric.
             Hookers
             Eccles.
             Pol.
             Pref.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             p.
             2●
             Beza
             de
             grad
             .
             Min.
             c.
             11.
             
          
           
             b
             2
             Kin.
             16.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             13.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A47044-e1740
           
             a
             Hos.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             b
             Acts
             12.
             2.
             
          
           
             c
             Gal.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             d
             Acts
             12.
             17.
             
          
           
             e
             Acts
             15.
             13
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             f
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             g
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             h
             Annot.
             on
             Acts
             21.
             18.
             
          
           
             i
             Annot.
             on
             Acts
             12.
             
             ●7
             .
          
           
             k
             Hiero.
             Catal.
             Scrip.
             in
             Sim.
             
          
           
             l
             Niceph.
             l.
             14.
             
             〈…〉
             Euseb.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             24.
             
             Doroth.
             in
             Synop.
             Hie.
             proëm
             .
             in
             Math.
             &
             in
             catalog
             〈◊〉
             Marco
             ,
             &
             ad
             Evagr.
             
          
           
             m
             Cent.
             1.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             10.
             in
             Joh.
             Evang.
             
          
           
             n
             Beza
             in
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             19
             
          
           
             o
             Euseb.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             p
             Hier.
             catal
             .
             sc.
             
          
           
             q
             Oecum
             .
             in
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             
          
           
             r
             Oecum
             .
             in
             Tit.
             1.
             
          
           
             s
             Conc.
             Chalce
             .
             act
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             t
             Theod.
             Balfamo
             .
          
           
             u
             Euseb.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             22.
             
             Ignat.
             ad
             Anti
             ch
             .
          
           
             w
             Euseb.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             6.
             &
             l.
             3.
             c.
             4.
             &c.
             13.
             &c.
             22.
             
             Iren.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             
             Hie.
             cata
             .
             in
             Clement
             .
          
           
             x
             Iren.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             
             Euseb.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             35.
             
             Hier.
             in
             catal
             .
             sc.
             
          
           
             y
             Euseb.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             23.
             
          
           
             z
             Tertul.
             de
             praescrip
             .
             c.
             32.
             &
             l.
             4.
             contra
             Marcione
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             a
             His
             Majesties
             final
             answer
             concerning
             Episco
             pac
             i.
             Nov.
             1.
             1648
             p.
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             Hist.
             confess
             :
             August
             per
             ●hytraeum
             
          
           
             c
             ibid
             pa.
             109
             ,
          
           
             d
             Apolog
             ,
             Confes
             ,
             August
             per
             Pap
             P
             ,
             137
             ,
          
           
             e
             Acts
             ,
             11.
             26.
             
          
           
             f
             Hist.
             August
             .
             confess
             .
             per
             chytr
             .
             p.
             389.
             
          
           
             g
             Hist.
             August
             .
             confess
             ;
             p.
             406.
             
          
           
             f
             Beza
             de
             gra●minist
             .
             c.
             20.
             
          
           
             k
             Hier.
             Zanch.
             de
             relig
             .
             cap.
             25.
             
          
           
             l
             observat
             in
             c.
             25.
             
             Apho.
             10.
             11.
             
          
           
             m
             Aug.
             haeres
             .
             53.
             
          
           
             n
             Epiph.
             haeres
             .
             75.
             
          
           
             o
             Id.
             ibid
             
          
           
             p
             Zanch.
             observ
             .
             in
             c.
             25.
             
             Aphor.
             10.
             11.
             
          
           
             q
             Psal.
             94.
             20.
             
          
           
             r
             2.
             
             Sam.
             19.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A47044-e6800
           
             a
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             20.
             
          
           
             b
             Rom.
             15.
             15.
             unto
             22.
             
          
           
             c
             Acts
             3.
             12.
             
             &
             in
             the
             proscript
             .
          
           
             d
             Acts
             20.
             31.
             
          
           
             e
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             f
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             17.
             
          
           
             g
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             h
             Tit.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             i
             Act●
             14.
             22.
             
          
           
             k
             2
             Tim.
             postscript
             .
          
           
             l
             Tit.
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             m
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             n
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             33.
             
          
           
             o
             1
             Cor.
             12
             
          
           
             p
             Ver.
             14
             
          
           
             q
             Ver.
             17.
             
          
           
             r
             Ver.
             20.
             
          
           
             s
             Ver.
             21.
             
          
           
             t
             Ver.
             25.
             
          
           
             w
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             33.
             
          
           
             x
             Zac.
             37.
             
          
           
             y
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             z
             1
             Chro.
             23.
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30
             ,
             31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             a
             1
             Chro
             ,
             24.
             7.
             to
             19.
             
          
           
             Num.
             13
             ,
             14
             
          
           
             b
             Numb
             .
             16.
             3.
             
          
           
             c
             1
             Pet.
             21.
             9.
             
          
           
             d
             Numb
             .
             16.
             3
             :
          
           
             e
             1
             Pet.
             2
             5
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             f
             Exod.
             19.
             6.
             
          
           
             g
             Exod.
             19
             6.
             
             Rev.
             1.
             6.
             15.
             10.
             
          
           
             h
             Prov.
             16.
             32.
             
          
           
             i
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             k
             2
             Chro.
             26
             ,
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             k
             Isa.
             66.
             21.
             
          
           
             l
             Heb.
             13.
             10.
             
          
           
             m
             Psal.
             51.
             19.
             
          
           
             n
             Hos.
             14.
             2.
             
          
           
             o
             Heb.
             13.
             15.
             
          
           
             p
             1
             Cor.
             9
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             q
             Heb.
             10
             21.
             
          
           
             r
             Acts
             1.
             6.
             1.
             to
             7.
             
             〈◊〉
             Tim.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             s
             2
             Ki.
             19.
             2
             
             Ita.
             37.
             2.
             
          
           
             t
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             28.
             
          
           
             v
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             28.
             
          
           
             w
             Gal.
             2.
             7
             
          
           
             x
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             26.
             
          
           
             y
             Mat.
             28.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             z
             Zech.
             1.
             5
             
          
           
             a
             Phile.
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             c
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             d
             Hi●r
             .
             ad
             Evagr.
             
          
           
             e
             Idem
             ad
             Nepotianum
             .
          
           
             f
             Cypr.
             l.
             4.
             epist.
             9.
             
          
           
             g
             Hier.
             ad
             Evagr.
             
          
           
             h
             Bulling
             .
             in
             Philip.
             2.
             
          
           
             i
             Ambros.
             in
             Phil.
             2.
             
          
           
             k
             Hier.
             in
             Phil.
             2.
             
          
           
             l
             Theod.
             in
             1.
             
             Tim.
             
          
           
             m
             Acts
             1.
             17.
             
          
           
             n
             Psalm
             10●
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             o
             Acts
             1.
             
             2●
             .
          
           
             p
             Acts
             1.
             25.
             
          
           
             q
             Nehem.
             11.
             14.
             
          
           
             r
             Acts
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             s
             T
             it
             1
             5.
             
          
           
             t
             Apud
             Nos
             Apostolorum
             locum
             tenent
             Episcopi
             ,
             apud
             Eos
             ,
             tertius
             est
             Episcopus
             ;
             quod
             apud
             nos
             primum
             ,
             apud
             illos
             est
             novissimum
             .
             
               Hieronim
               .
               Ep.
               54.
               ad
               Marceliam
               adversus
               Montanum
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             v
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             6.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             w
             Acts
             1
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             x
             Rom.
             15.
             8.
             
          
           
             y
             Math.
             15.
             24.
             
          
           
             z
             2
             John.
             v.
             1.
             
          
           
             a
             3
             John
             v.
             1.
             
          
           
             b
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             1
             
          
           
             c
             Acts
             15.
             2
             ,
             4
             ,
             6
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             &
             16.
             4.
             
          
           
             d
             Ambr.
             in
             Ephes.
             4.
             
          
           
             e
             Id.
             in
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             
          
           
             f
             S●n●d
             .
             Constantin●
             .
             Actione
             17.
             
          
           
             g
             Act.
             18.
             
          
           
             h
             Euseb.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             i
             Ib.
             c.
             25.
             
          
           
             k
             Iur.
             〈◊〉
             90.
             
          
           
             l
             Iraen
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             14.
             
          
           
             m
             Annat
             .
             on
             Phil.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             n
             Acts
             16.
             12.
             
          
           
             o
             2
             Cor.
             9
             1.
             
          
           
             p
             1
             Thess.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             q
             Theod.
             in
             Phil.
             2.
             
          
           
             r
             Leo
             ad
             Episc.
             Afric
             .
             Epist.
             87.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             s
             Euseb.
             l.
             4.
             c.
             21.
             
             &
             23
             &
             29.
             
          
           
             t
             1
             Tim
             ,
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             v
             Tit.
             〈◊〉
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             x
             Pet.
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             y
             Tertul.
             de
             Bapt.
             
          
           
             z
             Hier.
             adver
             .
             Lucif
             .
          
           
             a
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             1
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             b
             Epiphan
             .
             Haeres
             .
             75.
             
          
           
             c
             Rev.
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             d
             Rev.
             2.
             3
             
          
           
             e
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             f
             Rich-H●oker
             ,
             of
             Eccles.
             Pol.
             Preface
             n.
             4.
             
          
           
             g
             Jer.
             6.
             16.
             
          
           
             h
             Numb
             .
             16.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             9
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             i
             Jude
             10.
             
          
           
             k
             Math.
             23.
             35.
             
          
           
             l
             Nam
             .
             22.
             56.
             
          
           
             m
             Num.
             16.
             20
             ,
             31
             ,
             31
             ,
             32
             ,
             33
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             n
             Cant.
             6.
             4
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             o
             Here
             advers
             .
             Lucifer
             .
          
           
             p
             Cypr.
             〈◊〉
             .
             1.
             epist.
             3.
             
          
           
             q
             Id.
             l.
             3.
             epist.
             5.
             
          
           
             r
             Id.
             Scr.
             2.
             de
             zel●
             &
             li
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             s
             Numb
             .
             16.
             3.
             11.
             13.
             
          
           
             t
             Jude
             v.
             8.
             11.
             
          
           
             u
             Is.
             1.
             26.
             
          
           
             w
             Flaternam
             ut
             propriam
             tacere
             gloriam
             est
             modestie
             Senec.
             
          
           
             x
             Acts.
             20.
             28.
             
          
           
             y
             v.
             32.