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A29276	The churches resurrection, or, The creating of the new heavens written by an unworthy gospel-minister, John Bryan.	Brayne, John.	1649 (1649)	Wing B4321; ESTC R23804	57,437	84

gradu collocatum Episcopum nominabant Heraclas was Origens Scholler in whose time the old form observed by the Church from Mark to that day was broken and who was more like to break it then Origen who was of that Church and a man not unknown to any that have read him of unsound and uncertain judgement yet learned and witty who did acknowledge in taking Ordination from Dimetrius at the first for Catechizing that the power of Ordination did reside in every true constituted Church And who knoweth where God permitted him to Emasculinate himselfe as a judgement on him for destroying that order by which God raised up seed in the Church he being best to take the litterall no man since but hath taken mystically as other things being all forced it may be Origen did this for some controversie had between Dimetrius of Alexandria and himselfe and to honor Theotistus and Alexander who had shewed exceeding favour to him in his banishment at Ceserea who it is like were willing to take this honor to themselves robbing the Church of it's choicest Jewell Hieron In the first times Bishops differed nothing from Presbyters and are now above them rather by the custome of the Church then by the truth of the Lords disposing and ought to rule the Church in common which shewes that the Bishops practice in Jeroms time differed from that of the Apostles and that the true primitive practice was fallen in his time In Cornelius time Euseb l. 6. cap. 43. at Rome numbers under one Bishop 46. Priests 7. Deacons 7. Subdeacons 42. Acoluths 52. Exorcists and a numberlesse company of Readers and Sextons if these are not Popish corruptions the Church in 50. years was strangely altered Cyprian mentions in his Epistles the same names of Officers whose names are not written in the Gospell-Kalender In his time also there were Bishops of Provinces and although he held the name of Colleagues and Compresbyeters yet the number were altered and so the order among them as appeares in many Epistles is to be doubted Bilson in his 14. cap. of Perp. Church-Government tells us how Bishops came to extend their Jurisdiction so vastly far about them in the Countrey By no meanes saith he could any Countrey-Parishes in the Primitive Church have any Presbyters but from some City and that not without the liking of the Bishop which forced all Countrey Townes and Villages to matriculate and incorporate themselves into the Church of some City by whose Bishop their Presbyters living were governed and dying were supplyed 1. It 's confessed they must incorporate or should have no Presbyter 2. The people and Presbyter are forced to be under his Jurisdiction or they should have no Presbyter nor will let Episcopall Authority go from him 3. It must be with the liking of the Bishop conditions are first agreed on between Presbyter and Bishop and Bishop and People So that whereas the Episcopall power should reside in every true and right constituted Church the Bishops would keep it from them the Presbyter shall not be ordained nor people be taught if before-hand they promise not submission to the City-Bishops Jurisdiction and this granted by a Bishops confession which shews the subtil course taken to raise Antichrist The 4. Century Eusebius Caesariensis 320. Lactantius wrote to the Gentiles but nothing of the Church-Discipline at all Athanasius 370. Hylarius 370. Bazilius Chrysost 370. Hieronimus Ambrosius 370. Augustinus 370. The Church was to go into the wildernesse and be hid to the world in the Yeare 406. It was to remain hid 1260. yeers That the number of Antichrist may be 1666. 1. Eusebius l. 5. cap. 9. saith of the time of Pantenus about 210. Erant enim adhuc in illis Temporibus Evangelistae nonnulli qui ad imitationem sanctorum Apostolorum in diversis orbis partibus oberrantes per gratiam Dei animi sui virtutem 1. It is to cleare these of these times could not be extraordinarily called nor I think were they extraordinarily gifted untill these times the Church kept it's true forme and it 's like the senior Presbyter was of many called the Evangelist however altered in their writings 2. It seemes that after these times the name and the office of Evangelist ceased in the Church 1. In the Councell of Nice his office was destroyed and an Antichristian Officer put in his place Canon 10. Et nè in una civitate sunt duo Episcopi which proves before this Canon or Councell there were in some Cities two Bishops there being in them two compleat Churches A high step made to help Antichrist into his throne Councell of Antioch took downe the Country Evangelist or Bishop as Nice the City Conceditur Chorepiscopis ut ordinent Lectores Subdiaconos Exorcistas de superioribus ordinibus decernitur ut nec Presbyterium nec diaconum ordinare audeant praeter civitatis Episcopum cui ipse cum possessione subjectus est 1. Had not Country Bishops ordained all degrees of orders in the Church they by a Councell would not have granted the lesser and have denied the greater 2. Whereas he may do it by leave of the City Bishop though not without shewes the act was lawfull according to God or how could it be done by the allowance of men 3. If it were lawfull according to God then the tyranny of Antichrist was great in these times Zozomen l. 7. cap. 19. Etenim per Scithiam cum civitates multae unum duntaxat hae omnes Episcopum habent apud alias vero Nationes reperias ubi in pagis Episcopi ordinantur sicut apud Arabes Cyprios apud Novatianos Montanistas 1. This is more then is written of any after his time this was quickly altered when Antichrist came to his throne in the world 2. These that held the Church forme went under the name of Novatians Montanists Sectaries The ground they had to distinquish the Country from the City Bishop was that the Country Bishop was resembled in the 70. the City Bishop in the Apostles But as it is well observed of Mr. Rutherford p. 476. of a Presby Church at Antioch Look what frame of Churches the Apostles did institute in Cities that same they behoved to institute in villages also for places cannot change the institution of Christ And before p. 470. on Acts. 8.5.6 When Peter and John came to Samaria to help Philip it cannot be that they all went to one house and to one single assembly to preach the Word And Page before 460. on 1. Cor. 14.15 I baptized none but Cryspus and Gaius c. If many were baptized other Pastors not Paul baptized them and so they were baptized in other Assemblies then in those in which Paul baptized Acts. 18.8 Many Corinthians were baptized I passe by these and come to my task though these are the truths I intend Chrysost on Eph. 4.11 Tertio Evangelistas non circumeuntes sed Evangelizantes ut erant Priscilla Acyla Pastores Doctores quibus viz.

appointed to doe The true helping Governour 1. Is indeed a Lay-Elder 2. His Institution is without laying on of hands Bilson cap. 11. perp Church-Government if they had laying on of hands they had not been Lay-Elder 3. The gospel hath instituted no Church-lay Officer but that of 1 Cor 6.1.6 who was only set up to compose differences in the Church in civill affaires 4. There is no institution for any such Officer in the Church as the Lay-Elders under Presbytery are assigned unto so they cannot but be an Anti-Christian Office acting by a Anti-Christian power unlesse we say there are to be Officers and Offices in the Church that are not of gospel institution As for that brought to prove them out of 2 Chron. 19.9.10 it is of no validity Christ saith No man putteth an old piece no not a piece to a new Garment therefore that is not Christs mind that they whatever their Office was should be to rule under the gospel though I think their Office was far differing from Lay-Elders now 5. The Office of the Elder was not about Ecclesiasticall things but 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an ordinary businesse ver 1. and then ver 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the lesser things ver 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things of this life or livelihood and to this Chron. 2.19.11 Amariah is for the matters of the Lord and Zebadiah in the matters of the King ver 10. proves it clearely The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth the Churches instituting some and in an autoritative way among themselves for determining differences amongst them occasioned about things abovesaid as in ver 4. Question will be whether the governour set up by the Corinthians were Iure divino The Governours Rom 12.8 1 Cor. 12.28 are said to be set up of God in the Church the same is meant doubtlesse 1 Tim. chap. 5. ver 17. Institution for an other Governour then this in this 6 to the Corinthians I prove all those hold the contrary to shew 1. The grounds to be observed by the Church in ordaining Lay-Elders are laid downe by the Apostle in this Chapter as fully as for the ordaining any other Officer in the Church First hee must be qualified with wisedome a wise man Secondly a Church-member Thirdly a member of their owne Church a wise man amongst them which proves it to be a proper office pertaining to the well governing of every Church Fourthly they are to bee set up to judge by the Churches authority Fifthly the Apostle doth approve the practise by arguments drawn à majore ad minùs they are just therefore fit to judge and more fit then those are unjust before whom they brought their Causes to tryall they shall judge the World and Angels how much more the things of this life Q. If these are Iure divino then whether are they to continue in the Church or not they being set down in Scripture to be set up in the Primitive Church Respons Master Bilson Chap. 10. Perpet Church Government saith they had no authority necessity nor perpetuity and after in Christian Common-Wealths these Iudges must cease because there is no cause of declinining the Tribunall of Christian Magistrates Yet he himselfe confesseth these to be Governours and Moderatours of their brethrens quarrels and contentions others he finds not in the Apostolick writings but such as withall were watchmen and seeders Chap. ibid. pag. 142. who then if not these were the helping Governours 1. He cals them Governours and yet saith rhey had no authority and 1 Tim. 5.17 God requires obedience to those that rule well 2 They were set up or appointed by the whole Church which must be a publick intrustment of the Church bestowed upon some particular persons for this end in the Church which is the common ground of authority that is set up over a free people as the Church in this case 3. Master Bilsons Title of his Book is the Perpetuall Government of Christs Church which shewes that the Government in the beginning instituted by the Apostles in the Church and consequently the Governours are to bee perpetuall of which this 1 Cor. 6.1 was one Object These were set up only to prevent scandals among the Heathen under the Christian Magistrate it needs not to be 1. Christ never intended the being of a Nationall Church in the World 2. If once Churches come to bee collected there is the same reason for them now that ever there was in the World 3. It was instituted to prevent scandals as well within the Church from offending one another as without from the offending the world Object This were to ecclipse Magistracy 1. He ruleth for the Magistrate and under him Rom. 13. and is to bee accomptable to the Magistrate for his acts if required 2. He ruleth not as the Magistrate by the sword to compell or force or lay any pecuniary mulcts on those that disobey or corporall punishment that indeed were to take the sword out of the Magistrates hand but by the word and by love shewing what is the command of Christ in their severall cases one to perform to another 3. To me it seemes the Apostle alludes to this power in the Church only he writing to the Church Rom. 13.1 Let every soule be subject to the higher Power and so cals the Church Elder the inferiour power so that this establishes the Magistrate Object You say the Church should set him up and so he stands not by the Magistrate Respons Indeed he stands jure divino now the priviledge God hath given the Saints is no more then the Magistrate gives to every petty Incorporation which is that they shall choose their own Magistrate Object The City Magistrate rules by the Law of the publick Magistrate Respons True the Elder rules in the Church by the gospel which if the world could beare it were far better if all were ruled by it onely Illust God ruled by the Magistracy of Rome by the Law of nature by Moses government in a way that made men more holy and mercifull one to another then others were why so God rules one way in the world another way in the Church more evangelically mercifully the members have a spirit of love by which they are taught to seek not their own but the good of one another 2. As in proceeding in the Church first tell one or two then the Church so remedy should be sought by this way of the Church first before any other 3. In case the member submit not to wholesome counsell according to the nature of the fact the ecclesiasticall Officers being first acquainted with it they may suspend from Sacraments excommunicate and deny society to them untill satisfaction in some way be given to the Church 3. This is authority enough for Christ to rule by which cannot be any way offensive to Magistrates it is a small boon to be granted Christ every free subject is granted as much in his house and shall not Christ have it