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A00289	A very lively portrayture, of the most reverend arch-bishops, the right reverend bs. of the Church of England set forth in XX. irrefragable positions, concerning their authority, power, and practise, as they onely are our diocesan lord bishops, so grounded upon Scripture, reason, and experience, by evident demonstrative practises, as their troublesome opposites, may cleerely see, how greatly they are deceived in all these. A labour undertaken for the peace of all Gods people, and for a just condemnation of al those, that cause division, and offences, contrary to the doctrine and discipline of Christs Church.		1640 (1640)	STC 10406; ESTC R212270	37,262	65

Go●… and founded upon the onely politique 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Lastly 〈◊〉 Doctor 〈◊〉 is hold to 〈◊〉 that our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Bish●… do●… d●…ive their 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 and from the Pope of 〈◊〉 and therefore must Bis●…s bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 over other Ministers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may know if he will that Peter was 〈◊〉 at 〈◊〉 proved to his h●…d and 〈◊〉 inferiour to his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And as for the Pope he is proved to be 〈◊〉 by many learned Divines and is judged to b●… the man of 〈◊〉 in 2. Th●…ss 2. and the 〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 speaking like the Dragon Rev. 13. and 〈◊〉 Bish●… p●…ceeding from him 〈◊〉 needs 〈◊〉 such jure divi●… because his 〈◊〉 is from the 〈◊〉 POSITION 2. They are Di●…cesan Bishop●…by divi●… right 1 BEcause they know 〈◊〉 hold that a Di●…san Bishop is one over many 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they 〈◊〉 it written that the holy Ghost set many Bishops and Elders ov●… 〈◊〉 flocke and Church at 〈◊〉 one Church Act 12. 47. and 15. 2●… and therein m●…y Eld●…s Acts 15. 6. 2●… 23. at 〈◊〉 one Church Eph 1. 1. R●…v 2. 5. but many Elders Act●… 20. 17. or 〈◊〉 verse 28. At Philippi many Bishops yet but on●… Church Phil. 1. 1. and Saint 〈◊〉 when he had planted Churches appointed T●… to ordaine Eld●… Bishops in every City more than one Tit. 1. 5. ●… as the Apostle himselfe did in every Church Elders Acts 14. 23. who kept one way and co●…rse al●…ke in all ●…nd ev●…ry Church 1 Cor. 4. 17. and 7. 17. Now so many in one Church could not be Di●…san Bishops 2. Because neither Christ nor his Apostles ever ordained any ordinary Ecclesia●… function to bee ever continued in any Church which he that was appointed thereunto could not in his owne person performe without substitut●… But a Discos●… Bishop takes more upon him then he can by himselfe discharge but must have his substitutes by reason of the largenesse of his ju●…isdiction over hundred●… of congregations 3. Bec●…e 〈◊〉 Postscripts to Saint Pauls Epistles the one to Timoth●… and the other to Titus are the words of men ●…humane testimo●…ies and false too as is proved fully by the learned and therefore cannot confirme a Dis●… Bishop to b●…of divine authority and of divine right 4. Because they ●…nne upon meere suppositions taking for granted what yet they have not proved nor can prove to uphold their Di●… dignity such bee these 1. That Timothy and Ti●… were not E●…angelists substituted onely for a time at Ephesus and in Creet to doe what the Apostle would have done had he been there contrarie to 2. Tim. 4. 5. in that Epistle in the Postscript whereof he is called a Bishop 2. That these two were Bishops differing from Elders when no where their consecration is mentioned and were they Bishops Di●…san because the Postscripts say they were Bishops●… but when so consecrated or how there is no mention And is it any way likely that S●… 〈◊〉 making else where A●… 20. 17. 18. 28. Elders and Bishops all one yea and that in his Epistl●… to Titus chapter 〈◊〉 5. 7. that by the false Postscript naming them Bishops we should take the name of Bishops to bee of another sor●… 〈◊〉 Saint Paul meant and had made 3. That Saint Paul 〈◊〉 to them ●…is Epistles as to di●…san Bishops and how to behave themselves in their Episcopall authority as a p●…terne in them to bee followed of such like succeeding Bishops If Paul wrote to Timothy his first Epistle from whence they fetch all their authority for ●…piscopacy why is not the Postscript put at the end of this Epistle to make him a Bishop while he was at Eph●… but at the end of the other Epistle out of which they doe make little ●…se for this their standing If he was then Bishop at Eph●… when the first Epistle was written then its cleare that Saint Paul wrote not the Epistle to him as a Bishop but as his substitute for the time in his absence 1. Tim. 3. 14. 15. To him Saint Paul wrote as also to Titus not to make them Bishops of which not one word in the Epistles written to them but what they should doe according to the present condition of the Churches and by those rules and precepts which he wrote how the Churches of Christ should be ordered for the tyme to come and not by these pre●…pts and rules to erect new Officers in Christs Church which he never ordained there is not a word in the Epistles to prove this to be the s●…ope But they having ●…ped this di●…san dignity and presumptuously practising what they doe they take to themselves what they ●…n find in the Epistles to beare them up contrary to the intention of the Apostles writing 4. That the power of ordination and jurisdiction was then 〈◊〉 Bishops and not in the Elders when in the Eldership was the power of ordination and imposition of hands 1. Tim. 4. 14. Act. 13. 3. and jurisdiction and rule in them to ●…t the Elders they which preached and laboured in word and Doctrine which fed the 〈◊〉 these were they t●…t ruled Heb. 13. 7. 1 Th. 5. 12. 1 P●… 5. ●… ●… 1. Tim. 5. 17. you such rule the Elders had as Saint Peter warneth them not to lord it over Go●… h●…tage which had beene n●…dlesse if the authority ha●… be●… in the hands of others 1 Pet. 5. 3. These be their false suppo●…tions and 〈◊〉 imaginations on which th●…y ●…ave built their rottering dig●…es 5. Bec●… thi●… setting up of one in dignity over many is an homane invention long after the Apostles dayes which was devised to prevent Schi●… say they But this invention was no●… of the spirit of Gen. First for that in the Apostles dayes there were schi●…es 1 Cor 3. 3. and 1●… 1●… and 〈◊〉 R●… 1●… 17. yet the holy Ghost did not direct the Apostle to ordaine any di●… Bishop to prevent Schis●… neither there where he mentions those schi●…es and divi●… as 〈◊〉 nor any such rem●…y in his Epistles●…to Ti●…hy and T●… 2. Be●…se as Doctor Whit●… hath written the 〈◊〉 devised hath proved worse than the disease which doth never happen to that remedie whereof the h●…ly Ghos●… is the Author 3. Because the holy Spirit which could foresee what evill would en●…r upon this devise would not ordaine that for a remedie to prevent 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and diss●… which was never ●…erto found an effectuall remedy for it but 〈◊〉 her begate pride 〈◊〉 and other evills in the Church even to this day 4. For that this devise was from the spirit of Antichrist Satan taking advantage upon this gro●…d to raise up 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all and so a 〈◊〉 government for the reason is alike for Arch-Bishops over Bishops Pat●…ks ov●…r Arch-Bishops P●… over Patriarks as Bishops over 〈◊〉 except men would va●…ly imagine that schis●… would onely arise among Pas●…rs and not among Bishops Arch. Bishops 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 too contrary to experience and

concerning right betweene party and party There it is about causes Ecclesiasticall and criminall matters and not ever betweene party and party in a matter of 〈◊〉 justice 4. Here the oath is administred in a case not otherwise to be tryed and decided for if it could say the Hebrew Doctors the Oath was not to be administred There it s administred whether it can or cannot bee otherwise proved 5. Here the Judges proceed in the behalfe of the party complaynant to end the 〈◊〉 betweene them In the other the Judges proceed with relation to themselves secretly becomming parties not to end a 〈◊〉 betweene others but to begin it betweene the party and themselves too often 6. Here the Oath is administred not ex Officio upon the Judges pleasure and their owne authority but upon the just complaint of another In the other ex Officio is a proceeding upon their owne authority and the framing of a bill upon their owne imagination against the party called before them letting the wicked accuser lurke in a corner or else to be gone till they can ripen the 〈◊〉 7. Here is an Oath given to make an end of the controversie to cleare the party and the 〈◊〉 to rest satisfied In the other the Oath ex Officio is to begin a controversie not to cleare the party but 〈◊〉 breed him more and greater trouble for they will not be satisfied though they have no just matter against him but if they let him depart it s by making him enter into a bond of appearance againe whensoever they 〈◊〉 call him Lastly 〈◊〉 the Oath is administred onely touching the particular cause in hand That is administred upon many captious interrogatories that by all or some of them the party may be catched and brought into danger Wee see from all this that hence is no 〈◊〉 for their wickednesse but is rather against them Touching the other Scripture though in a criminall cause of adultery Numb. 5. 19. yet it helpes them nothing thus to tyrannize over Ministers and others 1. It was a Law all the circumstances and meanes used peculiar to the Iewes because of the mans jealousie against his wife to satisfie him to prevent further mischiefe but with us no such meanes is allowed to satisfie the jealousie of the Husband against his wife 2. This was to take an Oath against her selfe which our Law alloweth not 3. Here the Oath was not a bare Oath but 〈◊〉 Oath of cursing to which he was to say Amen Amen such a kinde of Oath we use not to 〈◊〉 4. Besides the Oath with a curse other meanes were used by which the truth should bee made undoubtedly to appeare as the Text doth shew so as the taking of an Oath in a matter of such 〈◊〉 served not the turne to take away the Husbands jealousie 5. In this case the woman found guilty 〈◊〉 plagued of God but if she were 〈◊〉 shee received a blessing from God verse 28. Lastly yet this was not allowed to be done by the Lord but when there was no witnesse against her or shee 〈◊〉 taken in the fact verse 13. These holy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are therefore 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to make God speake for them who as I have proved is 〈◊〉 them The Conclusion IT cannot be sufficiently admired in these 〈◊〉 distracted dayes that Bishops the Reverend Fathers in our Church should be from time to time so opposed as they have beene First they have beene prayed against Second preached against Thirdly written against Fourthly witnessed against by suffering persecution suspension excommunication deprivation degradation also whipping pillory the cropping off of the eares the slitting of Noses fining deepely and imprisonment unto death Fiftly I hope lastly resisted with the sword as if men desired and intended wholy the rooting out of those so eminent persons from the Churches of Christ as if Enemies to peace to preaching to the power of godlines all goodnes and as if they were lyms of that Romish Antichrist Lovers of that 〈◊〉 of Rome secret nourishers of Superstition Lawles Innovators in matters of religion Such as makd way for 〈◊〉 to the Sea of Rome the very chiefe troublers of Church and State minding onely how to uphold their Hierarchie and Prelaticall Church though with the ruine of the King and his Kingdomes But for better discoverie of the truth here is laid before every judicious Reader their way and walking that all may see that will see and not mistake but bee inforced to acknowledge them to be such as they are before the face of God and all good men who can truly judge aright betweene them and all those which so condemne them It cannot be denyed that they prove themselves to be Bishops Superiours to Elders in dignity from Ti●…hy and Titus whom the 〈◊〉 Postscripts to the Epistles of Saint Paul make to 〈◊〉 Bishops This is their divine ground on which they build their worthy standing and well may they For they follow all the rules and exhortations given to these two Bishops by Saint Paul very exactly and punctually to every thing being strongly fenced with Saint Pauls authority in all their doings 1. They conceive Bishops to be superiours in office and dignity to Elders For they read that Saint Paul maketh Bishops and Elders all one Tit. 1. 5. 7. 1 Tim. 3. 1. as the fo●…mer treatise doth declare and if Elders Pastours and Ministers be not one and the same the Apostle hath not in directing 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 told what a one a Minister of Christ should be 2. They clayme Jurisdiction over Ministers and others For Ti●…hy and Titus were extraordinary men who were substituted for a time in Sain●…Pauls absence to doe what he was to doe had hee beene in person there But they 〈◊〉 not nor 〈◊〉 any 〈◊〉 made of any power of iurisdiction invested in those which the Apostle doth call 〈◊〉 in his describing of a Bishop in 1 Tim 3. 1. and in Tit. 1. 7 8. 9. no one word is there of iurisdiction 3. They challenge ordination to themselves imposition of hands and making of Ministers For they find it written that imposition of hands was in the 〈◊〉 1 Tim. 4. 14. and that more then one laid on hands Acts 13. 3. and ordained Ministers Acts 14. 23. and 〈◊〉 Acts 6 6. and they also read that Saint Paul said to 〈◊〉 lay hands sodainly on no man he saith not lay thy hands as if hee alone were to doe it but lay hand to wit with other on no man when they would ordaine any which expositio●… the words following doe confirme neither b●… partak●…rs of other 〈◊〉 sinnes that is if they would sinne in misor 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 on such with them and be guilty of sinne with them So is the place in Titus of his ordaining Elders to be understood Tit. 1. 5. for its not probable that Saint Paul would give authority to either Timothie or Titus which he never 〈◊〉 to himselfe alone but

when he ordained Elders others therein were with him Acts 14. 23. 4. These have made many 〈◊〉 1. To an other kind of Office to read service for they read their Office was to care for the poore Act. 6. 2. Very young and v●…o 〈◊〉 For they find it written that the first 〈◊〉 were honest men full of the holy Ghost and wisedome Acts 6. 3. and that Paul would have them grave not light headed lads holding the Ministery of Faith with a pure conscience c. 1 Tim. 3. 8. 9. 5. These have made dumb Ministers and many other very unfit for the ministery For they find it written that Saint Paul will have his Minister Pastour and Elder to be 〈◊〉 to teach holding fast the faithfull word and to bee able by sound Doctrine to exhort and convince 〈◊〉 as also to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of good behaviour c. 1 Tim. 3. 1. ●… Tit. 1. 9. Not a Novice least being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the Devill 1 Tim. 3. 6. 6. These do●… not constantly employ themselves in the preaching of the word For they find it written that Saint Paul would with a vehement exhortation have Bishop Timothy to preach the word to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in season and out of season c. 2 Tim. 4. 1. 2. and to 〈◊〉 to reading exhortation and doctrine and wholy to give himselfe 〈◊〉 1 Ti●… 4. 13. 15. 7. These at least not a few of them have their families not very orderly not very religiously demeaning themselves For they read that Saint P●…l would have ●…Bishop not given to Wine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 house ●…Tim 3. 3. 4. 8. These some of them all know are covetous not hospitall nor lovers of good-men but bitter against them For they find it written by Saint Paul that his Bishop must be given to hospitality not c●…s nor greedy of filthylucre a Lover of good men just 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Tim. 3. ●… 3. Tit. ●… 8. and a patterne of good workes Tit. ●… 7. 9. These speake roughly to Elders called before them and easily receive accusations and informations against them and without proofe of witnesses will proceed against them For they find it written rebuke not an Elder but intreat him as a Father and against an Elder receive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but before 2. or 3. witnesses 1 Tim. 4. 1. 9. 10. These be deadly Enemies unto all hereticall Spirits 1. For some of them under pretence writing against Iesuites doe strike through the sides of the truely zealous defenders of the truth and the very truth it selfe cunningly upholding popish Tenents 2. For that in their late so called Sacred sy●…d they silently p●…c over 〈◊〉 the S●…n heresie not touching upon it but the favourers of this way get up to preferment 3. For that 〈◊〉 that damned and cursed heresie is not laid open to bee certainely knowne of all that it might be discovered and the Hereticks themselves be so sound out and duely punished 4. For that the A●…s and S●…s knowne as also convicted Papists are never called before them not proceeded against For they find it written by Saint Paul to Arch-Bishop Titus that a man that is an 〈◊〉 after the first and second 〈◊〉 to be rejected Tit. 3. 10. How really and exactly observant these reverend Fathers be of all S. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and constitutions may hereby appeare to all their Adversaries who hitherto have so much and so often for a long time complained so bitterly against them and their sacred proceedings And who seeth not that these reverend 〈◊〉 Lord-Bishops deserve their honour that they walke worthy their places and are to bee maintained for Churches wellfare and the common wealths happinesse till Anti-Christs downefall and the utter ruine of Rome which all Christians have good cause to pray for especially if wee take into our wise consideration these few things in briefe 1 That all their proceedings are by booke even altogether contrary to that which is written as hath been declared 2. That they make Canons such as they please and without confirmation by act of Parliament and yet violently urge them as Law upon his Majesties Subjects and doe frame Articles out of them by oath to be observed 3. That whatsoever in the Statute Lawes or in their owne Canons they find usefull for themselves in their way they diligently bend themselves to have them carefully observed but as for all the rest which perhaps may be such as tend to true pietie sound doctrine faithfull discharge of good duties to God and to man and for an holy life and conversation they farre lesse regard and for the most part passe them over 4. That in afflicting punishments there is more respect to the persons hability what he is able to pay then the amendment of his life the Lord knowes it 5. That they generally suffer foule abuses in the Church not conscionably seeking a redresse thereof which yet are in their power to reforme if they would seriously as in Gods presence take it into hand and let petty matters alone and fall upon the removing of greater enormities even raigning sinnes which provoke God to wrath in all sorts of persons both of the higher degrce commonly let alone and of the lower ranke medled with onely for the purse sake 6. That they notoriously abuse generally all the people of the Land with the name of the Church of England undor which name they countenance themselves their Prelaticall power and their owne sole doings which few take notice of but all may easily observe it in their proceedings both before the convocation gathered in the time of the convocation and after its broken up Before the Convocation 1. One the greatest which aweth all the rest with the assistance of two or three Lording Spirits such as care not to turne all upside downe so they may be sure to hold their standing consult of matters which they hold most fit and having concluded what to do within themselves they propound them to the rest of the Bishops their fearfull brethren who dare not but say as they say when they meet together thus the Church beginneth 2. To further their designes Clarkes in the Countrie for the Convocation house must be chosen but not freely by the Ministers as they ought but picked out by the Bishops in their owne diocesse such as they know will bee sure cards for them and propound them to be chosen of the over-awed Parsons and Vicars who dare not for their cares gainesay them and thus the Bishops make up a Parke for their Lord-ships purposes having made ready their Clarkes they call together their su pporters all the D●…s all the Arch-Deacons and who else must be personally there in that Assembly men knowne for the most part to be very faithfull to their Lordships honourable standing to make up the representative body of the Church of England Thus they the Church forsooth goe to lay a sure foundation for themselves before the Convocation be brought