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A catalogue of such testimonies in all ages as plainly evidence bishops and presbyters to be both one, equall and the same ... with a briefe answer to the objections out of antiquity, that seeme to the contrary.
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Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
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and_o multiply_v they_o or_o divide_v they_o as_o they_o see_v occasion_n so_o they_o limit_v q_o 21â_z and_o grant_v they_o all_o that_o episcopal_a power_n and_o jurisdiction_n whereby_o they_o be_v distinguish_v from_o or_o advance_v above_o ordinary_a minister_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o original_a charter_n of_o the_o foundation_n and_o erection_n of_o our_o own_o english_a bishopric_n the_o forecited_a statute_n and_o by_o our_o own_o and_o foreign_a history_n now_o that_o jurisdiction_n and_o superlority_n thus_o acquire_v be_v but_o mere_a and_o human_a not_o divine_a again_o bishopric_n be_v mere_a hâmane_a institution_n direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o ordain_v many_o bishop_n in_o every_o church_n and_o city_n not_o one_o bishop_n over_o many_o which_o he_o can_v never_o well_o instruct_v rule_n and_o oversee_v act_n 20._o 17.28_o 1_o tim._n 5.17_o pâil_fw-la 1_o 1_o tit._n 1â_z 5_o 7._o 1_o pet._n 5_o 1_o 2_o 3._o now_o that_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n which_o distinguishetâ_n bishop_n ârom_o presbyter_n be_v r_o chester_n create_v with_o and_o annex_v to_o their_o bishâpricks_n yea_o it_o be_v delegate_a botâ_n by_o the_o âing_n to_o lay_v commiââioneâs_n and_o visitor_n and_o by_o bishop_n themselves_o to_o official_n commiââaâies_n and_o mere_a lay_a man_n 26._o h._n 8._o c._n 1.31_o h._n 8_o c_o 9_o 37._o h._n 8_o c_o 17.1_o â_z 6_o c._n 2.1_o eliz_n c_o 1._o therefore_o it_o be_v mere_o human_a and_o belong_v not_o to_o bishop_n by_o any_o divine_a right_n neither_o be_v it_o peculiar_a unto_o they_o alone_o moreover_o bishopric_n with_o all_o episcopal_a juâisdiction_n incident_a to_o they_o have_v be_v s_o passââ_z usual_o grant_v hereâoâore_o by_o our_o king_n of_o england_n to_o their_o chancellor_n treasurer_n secretary_n kinsman_n and_o temporal_a oâhcers_n be_v mere_a layman_n as_o a_o advancement_n and_o augmentation_n only_o of_o their_o temporal_a revenue_n and_o civil_a temporal_a thing_n and_o in_o germany_n at_o this_o day_n they_o be_v give_v to_o duke_n earl_n and_o noble_n yea_o to_o child_n and_o inâants_n only_o as_o a_o temporal_a digâity_n and_o revenue_n thereâoâe_n they_o be_v ânly_o tempârall_a âffices_n and_o revenue_n and_o mere_a huâane_a inâtitutions_n which_o may_v well_o be_v spareâ_n in_o the_o church_n not_o divine_a oâ_z god_n and_o christ_n institution_n moreover_o most_o of_o the_o t_o 435._o reâormed_a ââotesâant_a church_n beâond_v the_o ãâ¦ã_z the_o reâââmaâân_n ãâ¦ã_z bishopric_n and_o dioceâan_a bishop_n as_o anti-christian_n and_o human_a inâââtutions_n pernicious_a to_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o the_o power_n puâity_n and_o progresâe_n of_o the_o gospel_n make_v biââops_n proud_a lordly_a idle_a luxuâious_a covetous_a tyrannical_a symoniâcall_a seditious_a schâsmaticaâ_z âppâessive_a vindictive_a profane_a impious_a lascivious_a unchasâ_n perâideous_a rebellious_a and_o ârecherous_a to_o their_o sovereign_n therefore_o certain_o they_o be_v no_o divine_a instiâution_n useâull_a or_o necessary_a for_o god_n church_n and_o people_n oâ_n which_o they_o have_v be_v the_o bane_n and_o ruin_n in_o all_o age_n as_o our_o act_n and_o monument_n of_o martyr_n testify_v they_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o perseââtions_n in_o our_o church_n and_o of_o all_o our_o martyr_n buchery_n and_o bloodâ_z shed_v and_o in_o truth_n our_o king_n in_o all_o former_a age_n have_v âeemeâ_z bishop_n not_o alâogeâher_o so_o useful_a or_o necessary_a in_o our_o church_n as_o some_o now_o make_v they_o which_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o long_a vacancy_n oâââveâs_n bishopric_n in_o sundry_a age_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v give_v you_o a_o âhoââ_z taââ_z and_o so_o conciââe_n u_o according_o anââ_n 653_o after_o the_o death_n of_o honorius_n archbishop_n or_o canâerbury_n that_o see_v continuââ_z void_a 18_o month_n annâ_n 669._o after_o adeotaâusâis_fw-la death_n it_o remain_v voâd_fw-mi almost_o 4_o year_n a_o 690._o afâeâthâodorus_n his_o death_n it_o be_v void_a almoât_v âuââ_n two_o yeâresâ_z and_o as_o long_o aâter_a âaââyusâecease_n a_o 734_o after_o âuâhberâs_fw-la death_n a_o 758._o ât_n be_v vacant_a above_o one_o year_n anno_fw-la 762_o two_o year_n aâter_v âregwins_n death_n a_o 790_o 3_o year_n aââer_fw-la lambârâs_fw-la death_n a_o 830_o aâove_v one_o year_n after_o wââreds_n decease_n a_o 958_o almost_o 3_o year_n after_o odo_n his_o expiâation_n a_o 1089._o 4_o yeâres_n after_o laâââakes_v departure_n a_o 1109_o 5_o year_n after_o anâelmes_n death_n anâ_z 36._o 2_o year_n after_o wiâliam_n carkeâ_z aâ_z 11_o â_z â3_n yeaâs_fw-la aâter_fw-la riâhard_n weââerâneâ_n a_o 1242_o 2_o year_n aââeâ_z st._n âdmânâ_z a_o 1270_o âs_n long_a aââer_fw-la âoniâacâ_z a_o 1502_o 2_o year_n after_o ãâã_d deane_n aâ_z 15â8_n oâe_n âear_v aââeâ_z ãâ¦ã_z v_o 623._o aâ_n 644_o aââer_fw-la pauâânus_fw-la the_o ãâã_d aââh-biâhâp_n ãâã_d âoâkeâ_z that_o âee_v wâs_n vacant_a 20_o ââme_n say_v 3ââ_z yeeâes_v a_o 1114_o sââur_fw-la year_n after_o âââmas_n the_o second_o a_o 1140_o âlmost_o 2_o âeares_n aâter_n tâââstan_n a_o ãâã_d 10_o year_n after_o rogers_n deâthâan_v 1213._o 4_o yeaâes_n after_o ãâã_d a_o 1255_o 13_o âloneths_n after_o wâââeâ_n gâay_v anâ_z 13â3_n after_o âhomas_fw-la de_fw-la caâbridge_n above_o 2_o year_n a_o 315_o â_z year_n after_o âilliamââgreenfielâ_n aââ_n 1240â_z 2_o yeâres_n after_o wiâliam_fw-la de_fw-la melâââ_z an_fw-mi 1405_o 2_o year_n and_o a_o haââe_n aâteâ_z ãâã_d sââope_n that_o arch-traitor_n beneaâeâ_z for_o his_o treâson_n anâ_z 1423_o 2_o year_n after_o henry_n boweââ_z a_o 14â9_n almost_o 4_o year_n after_o john_n kâmp_n an_fw-mi 1464_o 2_o year_n after_o william_n bââth_v almost_o a_o âull_a yeaââ_z both_o after_o cardinal_n wolpe_n and_o âââard_a lee_n anâ_z 1559_o âââer_fw-la ââcâolas_fw-la heath_n 2_o year_n anâ_z 1568_o after_o thomas_n âoung_a above_o one_o year_n thus_o long_o have_v both_o our_o arch-bishopricke_n be_v void_a in_o several_a ageâ_z without_o any_o prejudice_n to_o church_n or_o state_n w_o 247_o anno_fw-la 619_o after_o mellitus_n his_o translation_n from_o london_n to_o canterbury_n that_o see_v continue_v void_a 31_o yeâres_n together_o a_o â64_n 2_o year_n an_n 1133._o 7_o year_n aâter_n guilbert_n an._n 1187_o alter_fw-la gilbert_n folâoâ_z above_o 2_o year_n an_n 1279_o above_o one_o year_n aââer_fw-la john_n de_fw-fr chishul_n an_n 1303_o almost_o 2_o year_n after_o richard_n de_fw-fr granefârd_n anno_fw-la 1501_o after_o thomas_n saâage_n above_o two_o year_n a_o 1171_o after_o the_o death_n of_o henry_n de_fw-fr bloyes_n the_o bishopric_n of_o winchesteâ_z be_v void_a above_o 3_o year_n a_o 1238_o after_o peter_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr roch_n 5â_z yearsâ_z a_o 1243._o after_o william_n de_fw-fr raleigh_n 16_o yeâres_n ethelmanus_fw-la hold_v it_o 9_o year_n without_o consideration_n anno_fw-la 1259_o after_o henry_n de_fw-fr wengham_n 6_o year_n a_o 1492_o after_o peter_n coventry_n above_o one_o year_n a_o 1500_o after_o thomas_n langton_n 2_o year_n an_n 1528_o aâter_n richard_n fox_n 2_o year_n a_o 1530._o after_o cardinalâ_z woolsey_n almost_o 4_o yeaâes_n w_o 181._o a_o 1131_o after_o the_o death_n of_o hârnaus_n first_o bishop_n oâely_o that_o see_v be_v void_a above_o 2_o year_n an_n 1169_o after_o negellus_n the_o second_o bishop_n 5_o year_n a_o 1197_o afteâ_z william_n longchamp_n above_o one_o year_n a_o 1214_o after_o eustachius_n above_o 5_o year_n a_o 1256_o after_o william_n de_fw-fr kilâenny_n above_o one_o year_n a_o 1297_o after_o william_n de_fw-fr luda_n 2_o year_n a_o 1373_o after_o john_n barnet_n 2_o year_n a_o 1434_o after_o âhillip_n morgan_n 3_o yearesâan_a 1486_o after_o iâân_n âoorion_n 3_o year_n a_o 1500_o aââer_fw-la iâhn_n alcocke_n one_o whole_a year_n an_n 1533_o as_o long_o after_o nicholas_n west_n an_n 158â_z after_o richard_n cox_n almost_o 20_o year_n together_o x_o 309._o ân_v 11â7_n after_o the_o death_n of_o roâert_n de_fw-fr chisney_n the_o 4_o bishâp_n oâ_z lincoln_n that_o see_v continue_v uâcant_o almost_o 17_o year_n ceââry_a âenây_n the_o 2_o his_o base_a sânne_n taâing_v the_o ârofits_n thereof_o without_o any_o consecration_n a_o 1184_o after_o walteâ_z de_fw-la cââstârtiis_fw-la 2_o âeares_n an_fw-mi 1200_o after_o st._n âugh_o almost_o â_z year_n ân_o 1206_o after_o william_n de_fw-fr blâyes_n 3_o yeâres_n an_fw-mi 1490_o after_o john_n rusâel_n 2_o year_n a_o 1513_o after_o william_n smith_n one_o year_n y_o â2â_z a_o 1086_o the_o bishopric_n of_o coventry_n and_o lichfâeld_n be_v vacant_a 2_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o âeter_n and_o as_o long_o a_o 1â27_n after_o robert_n âeach_v as_o long_o a_o 118_o after_o giâacdus_fw-la puella_fw-la as_o long_o a_o 1208_o âfter_o geofâry_a de_fw-fr muschamp_n a_o 1238_o almost_o 3_o year_n after_o alexanderâe_n saâensby_n a_o 1243_o after_o hugh_n pateshul_n 2_o yeâes_n a_o 1386_o as_o long_o after_o âichard_n scroop_n a_o 1490_o as_o long_o after_o john_n huââe_n z_o 356_o a_o 1099_o after_o osâond_n his_o death_n the_o second_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n
in_o he_o pass_v it_o over_o in_o silence_n and_o express_o averrâing_v it_o themselves_o as_o a_o truth_n wherefore_o no_o ancient_a counsel_n or_o author_n whatsoever_o but_o epiphanius_n brand_a it_o either_o for_o a_o heresy_n or_o error_n i_o see_v not_o well_o how_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o esteem_v second_o this_o have_v be_v the_o constant_a receive_a doctrine_n both_o of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n of_o all_o the_o father_n and_o learned_a orthodox_a writer_n in_o all_o age_n as_o the_o precedent_a catalogue_n witness_v therefore_o no_o heresy_n or_o error_n as_o epiphanius_n and_o some_o few_o of_o late_a out_o of_o he_o alone_o have_v rash_o deem_v it_o three_o it_o can_v proper_o be_v call_v a_o heresy_n because_o the_o superiority_n of_o bishop_n over_o other_o minister_n by_o a_o dâvine_a institution_n as_o no_o fundamental_a point_n of_o faith_n neither_o have_v it_o any_o foundation_n at_o all_o in_o scripture_n as_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o manifest_v therefoâe_n it_o be_v most_o absurd_a to_o call_v it_o a_o heresy_n four_o epiphaâius_n there_o condemn_v aerius_n as_o much_o for_o reprehend_v and_o censure_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a as_o for_o affirm_v bishop_n and_o presbyter_n to_o be_v equal_a but_o this_o our_o prelate_n must_v confess_v unless_o they_o renounce_v this_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n be_v no_o error_n or_o heresy_n in_o aerius_n but_o rather_o in_o epiphanius_n why_o not_o therefore_o the_o other_o five_o epiphanius_n himself_o do_v not_o condeâne_n aârius_n his_o opinion_n in_o this_o particular_a for_o a_o hereticko_n but_o only_o as_o a_o fond_a opinion_n as_o his_o word_n eâ_z quod_fw-la tota_fw-la res_fw-la stuâtitiae_fw-la plena_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la prudentes_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la six_o st._n hieromâ_n naziaâzen_n basill_n sedulius_n ambrose_n chrisostome_n and_o augustine_n teach_v the_o same_o doctrine_n that_o aerius_n do_v at_o or_o about_o the_o same_o time_n but_o they_o be_v never_o tax_v of_o heresy_n or_o error_n for_o it_o either_o then_o or_o since_o why_o then_o shall_v aârius_n only_o be_v blame_v who_o argue_v just_a as_o hierome_n do_v produce_v the_o same_o scâipture_n to_o prove_v his_o assertion_n as_o hieromâ_n have_v do_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o evagrius_n and_o on_o tit._n 1._o seven_o epiphanius_n his_o refutation_n of_o aerius_n his_o argument_n and_o opinion_n be_v very_o ridiculous_a false_a and_o absurd_a for_o first_o he_o say_v that_o presbyter_n than_o have_v not_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n neither_o do_v they_o use_v to_o lay_v on_o hand_n in_o the_o election_n and_o ordination_n of_o minister_n which_o be_v a_o mere_a falsehood_n as_o hierom_n in_o soph._n c._n â_z with_o the_o âth_n counsel_n of_o carthage_n witness_n and_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o manifest_v at_o large_a second_o he_o say_v that_o presbyter_n have_v no_o voice_n in_o the_o election_n of_o bishop_n and_o minister_n which_o be_v (s)_o 103._o contrary_a to_o all_o antiquity_n extant_a and_o a_o most_o palpable_a untruth_n three_o he_o say_v that_o there_o be_v then_o more_o bishop_n than_o presbyter_n and_o man_n sufficient_a and_o worthy_a enough_o to_o be_v make_v bishop_n but_o noâ_z presbyter_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n write_v to_o the_o philippian_n and_o other_o make_v mention_v only_o of_o bishop_n not_o of_o presbyter_n because_o they_o have_v then_o bishop_n but_o not_o presbyter_n a_o miserable_a ridiculous_a answer_n which_o subvert_v that_o he_o contend_v for_o and_o constitute_v bishop_n without_o any_o minister_n under_o their_o command_n or_o jurisdictionâ_n whence_o it_o will_v necessary_o follow_v that_o see_v the_o apostle_n institute_v bishop_n without_o minister_n under_o they_o aâd_fw-mi more_o bishop_n than_o presbyter_n there_o ought_v now_o to_o be_v no_o presbyter_n subject_a to_o bishop_n but_o bishop_n to_o be_v plâced_v in_o every_o churchâ_z without_o any_o minister_n under_o âhem_n but_o deacon_n only_o and_o more_o biâhops_n than_o minister_n which_o i_o presume_v the_o lordly_a prelate_n will_v not_o grant_v for_o this_o will_v overturn_v not_o only_o their_o lordship_n but_o their_o âiocesâe_n and_o episcopality_n four_o he_o say_v that_o the_o apoââles_n first_o constitute_v bishop_n only_o in_o the_o church_n without_o elder_n and_o then_o they_o afterwards_o elect_v elder_n as_o they_o fâund_v they_o worthy_a which_o be_v contrary_a to_o stâ_n t_o 1._o jerome_n and_o âll_n antiquity_n aver_v that_o elder_n be_v first_o ordain_v in_o every_o church_n ãâã_d 14â_z 23_o tit._n 1_o 5_o and_o that_o they_o afterward_o elect_v a_o bishop_n out_o of_o themselves_o five_o he_o say_v that_o the_o apostle_n use_v to_o write_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o one_o church_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n when_o there_o be_v but_o one_o bishop_n there_o which_o be_v very_o improbâble_a yea_o contrary_a of_o all_o other_o expositor_n on_o âhil_fw-la â_z 1._o tit._n 1_o 5_o 7_o act._n 20_o 17_o 2â_z six_o he_o peremptory_o determine_v timothy_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n which_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v false_a and_o fâom_n this_o false_a ground_n will_v prove_v bishop_n and_o presbyter_n distinct_a seven_o he_o interpret_v a_o elder_n in_o the_o 1_o tim._n 5.1_o to_o be_v a_o presbyter_n which_o most_o father_n else_o expound_v only_o to_o be_v a_o ancient_a man_n eight_o he_o will_v prove_v timothy_n a_o bishop_n and_o bishop_n to_o be_v superior_a too_o and_o distinct_a from_o presbyter_n because_o paul_n exhort_v he_o not_o to_o rebuke_v a_o elder_n but_o to_o exhort_v he_o as_o a_o father_n and_o not_o to_o receive_v a_o accusation_n against_o a_o elder_n but_o under_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n which_o be_v gross_a inconsequence_n as_o i_o have_v else_o where_o manifest_v so_o that_o epiphanius_n whilst_o he_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v aerius_n his_o assertion_n still_o of_o folly_n step_n into_o many_o error_n folly_n and_o absurdity_n himself_o as_o â_z bellarmine_n be_v enforce_v to_o confess_v though_o desirous_a to_o make_v the_o best_a of_o it_o in_o a_o word_n then_o as_o all_o the_o forecited_a author_n in_o general_a âo_z in_o special_a chemnitius_n examen_fw-la concilij_fw-la tridentini_fw-la part_n 4._o de_fw-fr ordinis_fw-la âacramento_fw-la danaus_n in_fw-la augustium_fw-la de_fw-la haresibus_fw-la c_o 53_o theodorus_n bibliander_n in_o chronagr_n bucanus_n lâcorum_n come_v c_o 32_o magdeburgenses_n cent_n â_z c_o 5._o de_fw-la haresibus_fw-la beza_n de_fw-fr diversis_fw-la ministorum_fw-la gradibus_fw-la c_o 22._o bersomus_fw-la bucerus_n de_fw-fr gubernationâ_n ecclesia_fw-la p_o 2ââ_z to_o 29â_z bishop_n joââll_v defence_n of_o the_o apology_n part_n 2_o c_o 9_o divis_fw-la 1._o p_n 196_o 202._o doctor_n humphrey_n confâtat_fw-la puritanâ_z papismi_fw-la ad_fw-la rat_n 3_o p_o 261.262_o doctor_fw-la vvâitakeâ_z cântr_n duraum_n l_o 6._o sect_n ââ_z ad_fw-la ratio_fw-la 10_o campiani_n resp._n contr._n lib._n â_z qu._n 5._o c._n 7._o 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