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A A A " i ‘Richard Vinea, “
Imawdm,T9rix1tcd for auﬂ>e1%Raper_._ at that Ezlignr: 01’ the Sqmng; A 
mam f1g:8;.in~{’£S.,‘D#mﬂzm,r.Chm‘Chin Ef.ectw£§:Areeca¢1648m  . A A

 
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 humble ANSW E R of theDi'z2iI2e.s?
attending the Honorable Commzf-7»
A 4” fionery of PAR. L I AM ENT1 at the Treaty
A atNez22portin tha Iﬂe of W zglat,

T6‘ the fecond Paper delivered   to them by  

»hi§MA= IE 5 T‘ Y, 0505. 6., 1 6'4 8. A
Deliveredto his M A1 1228 '1‘; ‘Y, O»3b6.V I7... V

May it plcafe your Majeﬁys A A V

 
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,V ‘  mvfwer ta«A&’yom% M»a‘je%’ﬂ&«cs4 o+fA06fo~

       
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A ;2.%%§ Sc4r'i:p%_t:u1*:es =cited “in the M%a11gin Anf

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p'bﬁlesinth&»*eirmowne =per’ifo11sg 'I?Aha~r“4AAAEI*i7::otl:y~and Tim

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ﬁ‘p>e*€ri;VeI}%,t;~o1do*thofE: thin»gsAw‘hich%*ar*e in thofapmw

'<:es_of S%cript§:1refpec'::ﬁed.;, But as then, f0n0W»a1f'0»

A we£humbly»do«V.Adany:,uhat=any%9E*A§he peﬁfqng W015-*
‘¢¢i‘s ?Afore~mention;ed were ~B41£l1~ops as dxﬁamék from» A
A A 2.; ~ _ P%x"esby%,teK% 

A M-is %i;rmur¢Pap%er of oéfober the third,3

w: Vber me fecnd :5 r We A’-d~id 5 It) now A
ﬁVaga‘in%‘e "w‘e=d*o acknowledge, =mh%at«zhe A

 v?Pr,e§bycgx§s,ory did exercifc   yI‘~;p“il2:opda1l% Government in  
Vyythatfenccg “-Or that thisywas in ytheleafi: meafureap‘ro-  

    avedby.the.all¢yadgcdyséifipturcésyand them-f0*€0ur~Ne~

.gé:tizgewnot being to the fame ;poin4t,Vo1”of {fate of the 
 écgxeﬁion" .which was aﬁrmed‘; Wehu mby co!r~1?‘c,eive
A V ¢~thatTwcifhou1d not be inté:fpret‘e,d,;tO yhave..oin,;4eifeéh.

- deoyed the very ﬂame . thing, wh'ich ywehad before «

granted, or xo haycy acknowledged that thefeverall

_.Sc~riptures do prove the thing, for ywhich they are Aci-

ted,by~ your Maje-ﬂy‘; And, if thagwhich we grant--
' ed were all, that, by the Scriptures ciredin your Mar-4
ging, your Majefty intended AA to prove 3 - It will follow,
That nochinghachyyet beene proved on your Maje-

  ﬂies part, to make upthatconclufion which is {pie-~
A  tended.’       A   ‘ y

As“ thenywe ﬂood ifpoonheNegative to that aﬂ?3r-

* A 4 t‘ion,fo we nowacrave leave to reprefeor to your Ma-
V jeﬁy; that'you“r reply doth not inﬁrmethe Evidyﬁnce
A given in maintenancethereoﬁ. The Ryéaf-On given

by your Méjeﬁy inthis Papér, étoyyfupport. your aﬂ"er- 

rion :That~ ythepyerfansthatexerciyféd the poweryyaforen AA

  % '{»§i.d~ were Bﬂhopsin diﬁintfﬂénce, is taken from a de-» A

‘ "—{Eription of Epiﬁtopall Government; A“ which is (33
   “your Maj:-ﬂy ~£aitb)“ nothing‘ e1fe_.,but th€;GOVe1‘n--
“men: of the yChurchesr"éwithitilayy%C€yfCa31*1€P1‘€" ’

w*‘cin€ty(commonly called a DIocefTe)yyCommi‘tt§d‘ to 

“Tone ﬁngle perfon, with fufﬁcient" A authority oyoovyer

M “the Presbyters, and ‘people ofythofe Churches.yforA  

"‘ thuat <5;-nd 5, which Government {'0 defcribed, ueiyng
  ‘9forofub{.taoce ofthe tyh§ng’i: felfe in all thethree

 ¢‘yy»Forementioned parricu¥‘ars,~ ( ordaining, giving ruies

  c¢ofooDifZ:ipo{ine," andcenfures) found in Scriptures,

A °“? except

:(5)

’f'‘‘ expept we w7illAAcontendabousnamessc lwords;A_mu&:il

“gbe acknAowl.edged in the Aienileaforefhid aAe+beAfi1ffi¢i—

‘A “ientlyApro.vAe:d fmmg 'Scriptmesl.:i and Ayarir Majefhy
l f“" faith further, that cheBilThcl.;ls do not challengmoxe,  

A “ mother powerm belong Am sthem, :i§1.ref pet’: of their
A A f“ Epiltopal 0ﬂice,Aas_ 1tl~iseed.iﬂin& lrom.t'haI_: .of=PresAby-~
T" ..‘l‘:tersA,-.then w.hatApreperly falsunderone af Athofe

 A“‘three.A‘: A ll

We deﬁre ‘to {peak hofh A'tO"fhe Bifhopsl Mdlleizgez,

.iandAAto your M ajeﬁies~— defcription ofAEpz]bopal g0vem- FA

l~r:beat:i<' And ﬁtﬁt;toAtAheir .Challenge 5 Abecaufeﬂ: is

AAa~ﬁrPcA eicprefi in yAouArMaje"Iiies reply.A A A AA

A A The~Challc-nge we nnclAertakeAiAn two refpe&s‘: A I... A

A In rcfpeﬁ: of the .Po-werAchallenged5“ 2, Ihrefjneéilof A

 wthmgroumej, Apr Tenure upon Awhich tne claim is laid.
A The Power challenged conﬁfts of three particulars;

 »,0rdai§2iI2g~i, giving R1116: or‘ Difcilpline, and Gergfurex. A A A
A  0 more, no otherﬁn refbeél: of their Epilﬁopal oﬂice. A

AAW¢,feenor, A by what watrant thisA W rip of partition is
..taken fmthg by which the Apoﬁolical Aoﬂice 15 thus

A iiharedl or divided 5, The Gaverm'rzgApartinto the Bi-

Afhdpsh handy; the ATe1clbing,Aji{ahd rm’r):ié:z‘“ffrir zg $acra-

lments, intothei PreSbyteArs. A For beﬁdes that rhe"Scr‘[i - l

.~pture makesnro fuch inclofare; or partition wall; itlapa

 A .peares, the challenge is grown to 4 lmcn-e ‘then Was pre-

A tended unto in che timAesc3fAgroWne Epiliopacie. , jaw A

«raw:-2, andCl27y.{b_ﬂo}2zeAfd<§ both acknowlﬁdge E31‘ their

 time, thatthe"Bzﬂmpat1dA Presbyter diferedl only in <

A the matter or Ordination hr. and Arleamed Doélor Bilfozz
I A-makes {Tome AabaAtemAemtAin the claim of~t/2re.e , faying,

I the things propertoBAi£h‘ops,whiChmight nocbecom-« A

A A ~mon§o AI_’re_sbyters.,.are>ﬁngularly lof Succeeding, am!
Afuperxoriry m0rda1ning, ‘T’ l A   

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A A ﬁifiﬂeformatieang ~ a£1d’whcnf’o‘ev€rcheuﬁretcn iron hAa:1;%

sea. fhadé; it ‘v‘;«as zﬁbt ‘witi1diié.tli~ewntrzzdiétidn of14eVaf%.
med azgd godiy Airnm. The zbettorsofthze ch‘a11enge,;th£1c,-

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 aVE1jdc0m‘1ténaVf1Ce Of the Hug;/i of the «%CI3zm't/.iéIr',‘

étiﬂ  Tﬁbrew thai Wcmld carry it

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 ;.;fe,4 and {oar lat’: called icyaVDi4vine1wﬁi¢ut2on, iiorih «Q
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d;¢V Ap'p&ge §  and {oche xpojviolik$zrloﬂi%ceV ( except»
Vihg the gifts“-’0r cnahlemegxts cohféﬁ only »#‘ex*r»raordi~+.

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" thét fht:%Ali’ig/aééfffmckérs "the Church are «put imo a
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ﬂmﬂfb £(9.Iﬁ.£i¢jq‘r#idi maybefouna in Scripture-’% The

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pot :LimiV:¢d~m  :P§¢cinét  The %g<i§?¢.rn%menAr 9f the

    mzgelw was@i1imined~to ~aPrccixi?9c.iburhdfﬁin ﬁxiglie péfe

f0H9-’1ﬂf¢V¢f W%1°f5C€»S hdt tbbé c‘Onfounded;fhe:P%.arts'-*
9F%tAhi%sd¢ﬁnition.maybﬁfcund Vs i‘b!-‘It ' theaggregatipn
of ,_sh;3j§11 ;alt0g¢ther.1n1tO;0ne ordmary .4Oﬂicer4cannot

Lbs fomfid; :;A=nd%A V.i%f~§5at word 5 viirlizzazy 4m’I*4r:dir¢g

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£1;ie4s$¢d;eﬁnitipg1_@(as ~it  Ought »:.to be) We fhould crave

1€aVe%rt0»15YjitW0U1d‘:b€£Wwir diffm 5 if I15 fpetizia

priampii .- for theScri«ptureA4dath'%§1ptApnt,;all};heIh payts

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    Emgelﬂr anddrigelw. %the»macteirofcmverning and
Vﬂrdwainiﬂg, %and%%1eft theother of Teaching.di1‘Pen’ﬁng 

  Sa¢c:a4m¢&ms and dealing F>B¢1Y iv%ﬁraMerao, to Presbyw 

ts-f:rs  untilI aﬁertimés.  ByV%§hi§4th8t Ahathbcen faid;  itgis
_ma.nif¢{£ enpugh that iwc contend not’ﬁajMe;gami21e:.a~

Vho%ut%thaenam¢ vséf 4;%EpifcopaI1%G9V€fnmcnt=4which yet  

(though %

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cgchougrs Mme: re‘rvefm~ dz/z1:n¢2m)1s« not ca11cd%‘om§- V

ﬂing.,1iﬂ1<zdby thatnatnc 'm%’Sc%ripture. N or ﬁcomlg; Tare.

ege:je3boL1trhé‘w.orke ,:" w4%heg;hr;:r the wo’tkeﬁ%of Govern; A _ O _
ing,,_ordering,.preaching &c., " be-$of.'  fcontinu:mce in rhe 2 V
Chu1'ch_., Which We C16‘:-rrefly acknowledge 5 ‘But third» V f

, gvdemmre, aboutche OEHCC5 itbei~ngAa,greatfalI;2¢y ca. .

argVu¢,»% That the Apdﬂles did. the fame 'v‘vork% Wh”ich*Bi...._%;
ﬂmps orPresbyters areto doin ordinary. A Theref'or?c ,;
]’theyVwcre_%VoE;:he fagrric Ofﬁce :— ‘far asir is%faii:l'of:h~e 11;...  
beraI'l,Vaud learned Arts one and th’efam:: thing xnay be;
haz3d1e.d in divers ofch.€m,»and4‘yetthcfe“Arts are di&in~.‘  A
guiﬂi: by; the ‘fayfjgzd/ii m«tz'a% of ha11dlin§ oimem, fo wcf 1
faiy Qf Oﬂices, they are diﬂinguifhtfl)y jzhwcir callihgs V  
and ’CVommiﬂions., ’tho*ugI1not%"by theworke, as all. ,;

thofe thzztare r;amed,%”(E AI;I‘ . ) NA]wﬂlg::, Prqp6ets,E+ A

z§ai2g élijfZ:,% PézjZm&a;aal7eézc/ye}: ,3 are dcﬁgncd to one.=:andA L

A thei1‘Zimegenera1%l.and cbmmon worke  Tbewarlqs aftﬁe 

Mi72zfZ73z,, vex, xf.3.‘Au&{5zertheyar4efnot~thcr§:”fs3re i31‘l;oVne,;
for 11:5faid»af@wAP0H‘1¢s:. ﬁ’?”€ Pr0P11¢IS= ﬁm Evangeé
1m‘ift,s",4;1And‘ﬁ:‘;s’»zcP;afiors   and Tc:-acl1<:rs¢ 5 “ A Di6fatorAin»»A

1-2:2z?m":1;1?_c_1‘%:zn% <5rd?”ii‘iz11*’§f Tri5'r:L;¢§ﬂ Mb-f‘e:ai”id’~the furdi 4- 

n‘at¢4govi*:rnb~u.rsc)f1ﬁ.iel: Tl1e*Cour_t 0fParli4meutar1d ‘

ofthﬁ K5'Wg-*~~Bev¢é;»~Jan"AvJ%éﬂ’e %anda%Pr€~¢W* or D'5.“‘W“ .

%  Aagrﬁﬁ in (0006 A ¢0%m§I10nAA W9§k¢,4. andﬁt no con-» “
  ﬁzﬁr>n¢9f Ofﬁ‘ce*s¢ f‘0»110wesVtVhA€m1P€>r7e:           =   
’ jf'I’o%‘that4.Whi.ch your Majcﬂy <;onC::1V¢s5tl:i;1rzh-emofﬁ * A

N ‘ w A o.

  that déﬁtibﬁ pr<:5Véd'fr~0m .2111; Or =¢‘~*‘1)?*~“A<%>Ft1‘:<>F<:' Placts‘  bi? % 
A tzs‘a1Ie3dg¢CWf0 P“-’VC_1'h§it‘th€ Natncw Qﬂice, zm%d*&Wo»rl& A

pf: ,3i%ﬂ1gp;s:A :%";1nd'¢wPi:c:sbyt»‘.::mi“ iS§pm2 .ﬂﬁd  :he%mmein»"4*a11

A . i-h:i;hgfjs;,’ V‘je4_1dd'*% not, an the: 41eaﬂ:¥i‘dime.:gz.1i{}1:c;j~ “Is amcshe

. Wxi§voird LB?‘ﬂi4o‘p%is uftd in thm?c1ﬁgniﬁc4 a~Prc:sbyrer;,. A

“°;§ai1d’chat confc (1_g1et1::lyV 'the'Oﬁi§: 5 ; and work *Inent~ior2r-

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“ ed 'it1‘lfhel'el‘pl:z‘ceslas tlmelcjfﬁceandlworke o'FaBiill1lop,

“* are the Oﬂicﬁﬂ Pt¢lSvbyt€r; Whicthlils ~conféiIE:*d 0:51
“ all (ides; , *‘\/Ve mlaklc tlhilsl   humble »rctu«1:n.el, s»t?laa:t“
though there be nofuppoﬁtionfo much zié impl;5eé:l,thatl
the llolﬂlicle of a Bilhopl and a‘ Prcsfbyrer, are clillinéf in a4-

my thing (~f'orlthe"t1:i1n<:s are mutuallly r<=:lclip7rocalll.;, ) ya:
we take yom:lMaj efllics -conceﬂion ,» tlhatlin thefe times of
the C huvch, and places of'Sc1fipu‘zr‘e, A lrlherewas moldi-
flinéc Oﬁ‘.i‘<;c ofﬁitlmpsalnd Presbyzers .;,;ancl confcquent-
lly that the idet;t‘i~tyloftl1eOflic: mutt flancl, Llhtill ‘there

%%r.:.:;_n bf: folund :1 cl lelréd iffinéfion ordiviﬁoqinrhe lSc”rip;.. A
tL12'z5’t*s :xnd~1fWlcl”had zarguédl the identity of” Funtftin

oils from the wcowmzmity Ofnames ,- 4m2’_f§me par} of this

work, tllé Alrgument mighthave been jilﬁlyterlmeda A

lﬁz//m:y,%bL1tWe proved %tl‘1em zhc: faznc Ollice” ’ﬁ‘0mt~l1c
ﬂame Worlce, ‘per Qmmkzl‘, A being allowed fo to do by the
fulnelﬁ of‘tl1o’"el two wordsgufed"i’n the’ Aé?:lamd.y,Sr.
‘P618733/air Epzﬂle «wszggzpar andAV§;:wy.o-mi’; g1nde”r thleforccolf
whichworcls the Billnops lclaimc thc:irf»vl1ole power of
lGovernme1:1t and Jurxfdlcftiozm ,’ andiwe found no little
we¢igl1t‘a“dded? rd our A Argurncnt fromthar A in vh'eAé1’s,

Vwhcretll*1e‘Apo&lé‘dééatfinlgllfrcmlthe lEplaefizm Preméjm _ ‘
 rm orlhjbopm, as gamma ﬁqzbeirﬁzres ?marq,cr3mmits)(_as V

V   by 214 ﬁnalllcmharge ) the: Government A‘ ofzzhat Cl1m*cl=1,
both over particula;Pfirsbytersl and peoplc-;l not to Ti»? 4‘

-mo:/Q} who cnczxlltood at hiscIb”m2v.* lbw: to rh<:lPre::;b‘ye-
téfs.l:;unld%ér*z‘he namr: 0fB1Ihop‘s, V _ mnz;rz'e= “by tée lﬂqly Gbcﬂ-gt

A wlholmllwelré-ad tQ" l'l3VC'l {Etinajy Biflmps o‘srEt out

Cl1u1‘ch;’ not lori;c,‘DVE:f either olneor many; and llzthell A pol-4:

‘ ___.ﬁ.1*efs arguing seem the lame qualiﬁcation ofa 1 P xmbyter

B    land

Q, _   as “J '
i.~~%a.~a»   »
.- ' ‘  aw‘ W ,

 o in Orclertoordinatioﬁ or putting him»in-

   
% jg:  A fully proves   t%hem%.m’ be two%namcs of the  

gfae AorAdcr%?r funﬁcion-:1 A %Eh:¢ A diwaﬂf fardcm ; of Pref? H

;by::er% and Deacon, "being divexﬂy ‘Ch3f35°f~er—ifed .

"   A upon theﬁ:grcmuds44(:we.;hopev without «failacie 3 we
  7;;«¢c«nceive it j4&u{tiyp.roved, that a Bsﬂwy and ,2; % Pmebyier
[4 ere.whnlty_ thefame. Thar Tz'mat1a_+y and ATim%%w*ere%4ﬁun-.
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"  ;  Vi1n»;‘»(:i1;ir;(3,p1«s11¢d11 ;m3jAwA.é:=1— -

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‘onﬁind for their1fWi?2.§. “ ~

Churches, thou gh ybur Majeﬁ M 

A  the next ﬂpoinnconcerninig ~thAe%4vAngeJ«sAbf_%;the

%% ‘weight uponthe A/{agar} or Myﬁerfe ofthe denominatia
. 'on5yet you aﬂ‘ert:, that wt%hepnerfons bear1Ang thaws ~nameW
. Were%pe2ﬁ9n.:e_ﬁngu!are:,‘8: 111 ad word*V:BVijba:;>::;wAh0yetare ~

% never {'0 called in Scripture,& théialliégoricwail den omina-% A A 
' tion of*AVnge1S or Stargwhichinthekjudgement A?of%AanciA»4 A  

AV ; entjand fn0derne‘Writ¢rs4~<;1dth belong to AtheAfaithfu11

_M_iniﬁ:ers and Preachers of the Word in general}, is ap-g 4 A
pr0pxiat4e Qsiswe may fofay to thﬁ 3/1)’ W‘ 3Aﬂd ’Y.C"€i4ﬁ¢”* \

aifh 5% thatyou ‘lay no A .

    ﬁ“ﬁ»%A ’

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ﬁgﬂ-23 , andfooppofed to many expreffe nteeﬁimonies of  
Sc_1?ipV:uren5 ‘And if your Majefty had been particular in 4» L
that; wherein you faythe ﬁrength of ytzur ienﬁance lies; A

f V V@'§;:;,;‘th¢Judg€ﬂ1€ﬂt0faIlaD’Ciéﬂta&OEthf3;bCﬁIH:(§d€fIl'C~  

W'r§ters,and man}? probabilitiesin theteext itnfelfeswe c n‘  

 h ape to have made it apparentathat many»a'ncientSz emi-

A nent Writersamany probabilities out ofthe textn it felfdo

T but thefe ﬁn gular perfonsW€reBifhops in difiinéf fences,
’ wh ether we brought any thing ofxinoment to inﬁrm “this

give evidenceto the ‘contrary; To that which is aﬂerted-;_.,

V we humblyVfubi;n‘it to Your Ma jeﬂriese judgementi, and
A {hall only reprefent to you that in Your‘*R;ep1y you have

V not tak en notice of that whichin ouranfwer {éems to us

neofznomen-tﬁvhich is 't«his,thatn in Myﬁeriam 8: prapbe'tz’cI:_V

2';:riting:n~or ~viﬁon4ll, repreﬂantatiam ~ ( fuch as this Ofthe

A -Ram aendgo1denCannd1eﬁicks is A‘ ) a nzmber oftbmg; or

perﬁazu is uﬁwally expreﬂ mfiugularr ,and this in viﬁons is

nthe%uﬁ1a1IWay Qfﬂepreﬁ-?ntat.ion of things, 1:: t/mzﬂmcl A

  pe"2~fm: making  {one~.C~’_hurcli ,7 is reprefentede by one

Cagzdig ,iic1;5enManyVMi1ziﬂwef: makingnup one Prexbjteijy ,
by onief?Ange11.  becaufe- Your ‘Majeﬁyfeemes "to call

upon us to be particu1ar,thou~gh we cannot name the An?-

  geixgnor arefatisﬁed iI10111‘kjl1dg€In€nt3 that thofe Whom’
fomedoundertaketo. name wege mtendedby the name

‘ Angells in %th%ofe“ Epiftlesgyetnwegﬂry, Firﬂgtehnat thofe V

V Ejpiﬁles Werefent nnfo _theChunrch eégand that under the
e A ex preﬁionof t/1%‘ t/;aazzd0ﬂ,0r tbik‘ t/aozzbaﬂ, andﬂye like,

A theg]m:~cZwe:a»re refp¢€’cively,intended, fortheh/frz rep‘1jo— M
j _ &*z.:e::i3 ntheeﬁepentamre comwzaezzlec/,the pnﬂif,/imzerztx t/Jrezzt-A 

rzedaare go‘-begnreferredtQj;th§C.hurche»s an dnnot ._to t'heei{in3g_ .
gu"1a1*jAngeUsonely_, afildyet wee rdo n-ot;thin=k*e thatrim.

} Sa[‘;:r';;1fi;zr'v did‘ iﬂtﬁﬂdﬁ i101‘ (Se \\ WEE‘, ‘ thm::ienA f0rmaIlned'e€fé_e-; 
e . noazgmatlon th;§...%,4mg;?l/x« andincamllzsﬁzrfcllgr are the 
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Sci condly -, Thee/Iatgeltof the{eCht1Sches»orR2w
[art were that Ca!la‘i':"r)e body-. which“ twee enAdeavout:edi

to prove by fuchProhaihilitAiesr as youreeyii/Iatjeﬂy ta,l<c”s_+

ttonotice of, namely the itzﬂancciof tAhe;Chtitch of

A fpbtfw, where the re were many: Biﬂmps, to whom the‘

charg of that yChurch was t)yS4i1ftAAPdt4/ah: his jﬁiall hde4“..;
pzzrtzzre ftom them committed ego A as alfo by that exptefg

A {ion Revel. 2. 4 24. 7 Toyota, and to the reﬂ iniflviatyra ;

Which diitinéitioti makes it very ptobablee, ”that"the
4.»/ingel is explained under that Pl!lrd1iIy,f0 yaw; the

ylikC~tOiW'hic_,_hmzmy expteﬂions may be found inthejfe
Epzjfler, which to interpret oaccordinoto the .C()IifCntif A
em Evidence of other Scriptutcs ofgthe New Tc{ta§- A
~ ment, is rot Safe‘ only, but Solid and Evicieyntialli

A’ ytnongﬂ: themfclvcs, and A ngy be hp1gigt3withouter:§'

e Thsrd1y,thefe\7VritAin-gsme dite6ied«ase'Epiﬁoiaty;
Lettets._,to Cazleéiive Bad;/e:,ufually ate(that is ) jtiotorse,
but intended 101198.304)‘ 3 pfwhich your yMajeI_iyA illu-
{itateth by your fending a*MefTage to your ;TWo How?-
fesi; and direéting it to the S}:e4kcr'qftb¢; Hoﬂﬁ of Fem;

which as it doth not hinder { we confeffe )but thatth€:«_

speaker is-anAe]Zngle Perfoztg fo itdoth not proveataﬂ;

thattthe Spskakcr «is atom: with Ptrﬁn ; or if   he?

were, that therefore heca ufesyotir Meﬂage is direé’cedL-

to him he is the =Gomrrmtror R’ll,e‘w‘OfD,t,‘t)he ’I7wotI-Iottééie
ttAAt.fesinAthclea{t, and fo your Majeﬂy hath givcnycleare
einﬁance, that though thefe ‘Lettersh ebeadireéicetoethc
A e/Ingels, ~> yet that ootywithﬁanding (they might neither
 be Bifhops, not.yet_"perp:tua1l Moderators. For the fe-
A yoverall opinions fpeciﬁtdin youtAMyajeﬂies‘ Papetgtbree
A of them,Aby eafie ‘andyy faite accomodation (” as wee
decliat/ed before) hatch foot: reduced and united a.

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£i;or&.,w§1i%c£1 is ‘caﬁ jsupan rm: Vkaﬁﬁmeﬂ‘ Dz‘-514:3, by pg;
pamwrizcrs, thattheyhavc   dlivided chemremsﬁ-om
theCommon,andi r‘ec¢ivcd* Iudgmeniz of rtﬁc ~Cbrif!G’m

Givﬁish’  which §AIthpmfatioﬁ, wee ho;7)é,} H was not in  

y0ur1_M8jcﬁi7¢ 5imfcntiongt lay upon us, mm‘/I it   bee»
mad; clezlxje that it is t’rI?e‘cornn;1;§'r1 and received‘ Iudgc: -
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mas, ”1aavit3g Pre1as::y as &v::11 aver Paﬁofs as *I’ca~  

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A I ﬁ‘t11”e foI,l‘6Wing DZ?fcourfc%4 ‘w«:=d‘ic.;! ciIc*nj§‘,that the
Apoﬁlesfwarecofhaxfe any succerrorsia thcir‘Officc,

   awd1*aﬁ5tméﬂ%Aof~ri>:iv fa;va#w»0rd:r:V%o£*«ordz;my«am standing

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C0f1"cernih‘g%1:htj former of which~. yo~urM;aje1’cy ,:,*€"«

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c_l’a1‘ecllwl1etl1e:'w'1t"l7“elrmsz to their ZS-2'z'j?m o1‘Z{:zo‘7}o;:§

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for we llurnblyconceiurelghzzt t‘?-seirllAm'homtive Power

1 {*0 cl0tl1ei"1' VVo1"l"k-ln;1// plgms 05 the W01 ld did p'fOp~f:l'-F

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0, l;’ce,3s wel as l‘tl:eirl lAé.i[izir5’xvas {EX-’.'1‘;201‘«_‘l ilrmy ,1 Tlcl 1'?)

by your M.»zjc=3S~.‘z'e5 mm ragmf/.?}as2 not 1:0 1:»: ﬁlcceed  izn-A

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e “ Oftle3el%tnéo l0‘m’£r5 cmly ofB/'ﬂ2:Jp: orPrPféi!rr:3wd Dem-

cm, “Yet it i$lnor’tl‘re2'e~by pmvad cm there is not otluer

l~ ﬂanding Ofﬁce imhe Churchbeﬁdegvvluicll we l1um‘-

bly conceive   is ;iuIlly ; proved ,* notjonlylbeczmfe there

_ As tothe O1‘de1*s50fﬁancling O ﬂ"1‘cers of tlzel Clmrell‘
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deyningangg third,‘ no Warrant or my ofMzﬂ?aﬁ,and fol

thc%w1‘\l‘;‘2ulmenc is asgoode, as can be m:zde,«z mm c4::sfL.4v-/1 l

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mm qfcﬁzamg for we do rgot yet apprehend that the Bi-~
ﬂiopslpretcndingto the Apo f‘fol,icl< Ofﬁce do alfc» pre-

tendtothefame;manher~of"eMﬁian, nozfdo we know

~ hat thofe very rntzny Divine-s that have alferted two or.   A

362*: om:ly,ll12rvc: concluded it from any other grounds

then i.‘heeScriprure~3 cited.

  4  There appearslas your Maycﬁyl faith)twe ether nm-Q 

nifeﬂlreafons why the 0 fﬁcc of Biifhops might not bee

Io propergto be mentioned 1' n thofe places. Anclwee
A humblyconceive thC_1‘C 15 la thi ‘d more manifefl then
ighofeltwo, -zzzl-z;;_l A beczmle, I; my mt. ' A

 “l‘-l 5 The onewrcafun given by your Maicﬁy ,i's becauf:

if in the Chu”rchc?s whir:-h the Appomcs memrclvcs

  ‘‘ planted, they placedlPre:6irers underthem forthcl

ll,» 4 Qﬂlce of 25:4:/zizxg, but _rel'erved in their ow}: lzanils

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ti‘20{'cCImrci=:c:'S 501‘ 3 ‘’6'’—’'3’§f’?‘:,i

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reafon vvhy B;j7mp.v are Mt mentifbzmil to bee‘ in
thofe pi:1L‘?€'S:1S‘ii"1€if =.:i1:"yi:1dced werciinoti; ti1*:3\{:12'i:?tj_§é'i
of 1'éaﬁ‘m3 ( may we fay orconjéﬂurcs ) rendrcrd why.

Biﬂmpswcre not ftfup at as n:1_mc*1y bec3uf“e__ﬁt"

mm ciﬂouiid not be? fofoon found out, which is Epip&aﬁi~i ‘
my his" reaforj; 01'? for remedy uf -Stéifﬁze, v.'hich’ 13%
gfkrawcs reafcargor bsczzufe the Apoﬂles faw. it mt ex: 

pediwzt, which* is your Majefiics reafcm = Ci{)ti‘a {haw
that this C3L1fCiab'OL1rS~l1I1dif:1‘a m:mifePc .xm~aknci’fe:, fog

“ﬁ~weAp:»ftles referving intheir ovmhzmds ti_’1*:pO'W<i‘r 

of Governing, wegrant it, they could no more dcveﬁ:

  themfelves ofpower ofGovcrning,thier1 (sis Dr.iB2i/ﬁw"

faith) they-couid‘iIoo Fe their Apdfilcﬂiip : had they {ft
up léiﬂaops inall iC'm1rches, thcyiihad no m?or’c*‘;:.m:€‘d
vvith their power oFGoverning,Vt1iex1i rhe3;z%did in 1‘~etinf.;;
upthcP1*esbyt<=:rs  fiofxvc have p:‘0*;<éd zhar Pm-.by c:‘s_,
beingcallcd Imierx, G17’ZJ.‘;"I”ﬂ0fW‘5;, 3.5/}JOP:$',i13diii'iC power!‘
cf Governing in Ordimzry, A commitrtd t0 :i*z<3:i';~,,'z*s *.-‘mil

as the Oiﬁ3C€i0fT!ﬂ£r5iﬁg, andi that ém r/be Kc*ts.s'(;;s timy v

are called ) being by our Saviour‘ COmi:ttfd into me

/mad, w<:re:1ot~by the ‘ A”pofiie’s divi.'ic;xi £7210 mm : Nor A i
do we fr:c.=,how the Apoﬁlcs co ;11:i,;x‘C;1f0'faiai“ﬂy ccxmimiti
the G'0verrsme~nt ofthe C; 11 urchto Ihc !"mé';izé=r5-xgf

11*/:Ii’.’/I»2rr_€, .ci'L?.i"2 o,:md yet 1'r:f?2i"vc rim poxwric>fii<;*ow:~mimg

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.’[:fWz;9 Zmzrucaf zbez-2»? "M i2m1‘£'r'fz‘0 fee t/mix‘ .;:cfc:'sm.9M.i AS

that part c>f't1i1‘c i power of iGovernment,ii which for di-
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ione ofthe thrczc:fore-mcntio'ncd ?things“c11a1i.ei%~gcd by 4

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A pﬁgzccfdA&ryAz’hcVApg>f%lcs ﬁrff, ir. the (?3§%nzrc:4!"m by~»t”i“:-cm. “

 p%ﬁntw:::-%d,& and ‘that %wi 11 *%P0%.-vet pf (;:'0w:r;r§1i":,s_,jf,'**a$was

pmvc: by Re; 3 pt%L:~Ac*,.Jy<wLx mun 4p1'ourezhc.;[{z{s;m «izzz/f:'t¢m2m

A ofa" Biﬂ1Q§»  %t:?*éc+ Pzc:':.byr.c1*s by tE16~1Apu“ﬁ‘lcs in

%7fOm£*ﬁa{tc1‘%::mwu:;’:§..; gms1r;=xw rm: £7: Cmcludc 1?h21ttI*{c Bi»

‘ . A£h%cp%go:%hmh  "§§»¢i*';:z1*:c:4;md.I3¥uwcr of Govc*rnmér1t
' (_)utm“ thﬁ §~”*""rr:*+«:%3j%j3n:~:;  ”7§1:znd.,ﬂ:£i5» the Tr

VouttE‘*:e{%,oncs ’!‘%.yE:«z:5,c»:.md1%xjt:§c:asit{&VrIfc§%gg:I(jw.ve.  *
  V t0uc1Va1i%1g  P.£’f  whé-rt iymn * M3 jcﬁ y lfﬁth , it

A mayAbe»p1iob:ibIe t}.1c*m<~svsms 1_v:tnaBz]7:‘a,9,' Aims cc~rt:1~inxé:

    thcém mm: ¢'mny,li1<c~ thir‘ Fr“ %3":<

;’e was aifa at Epizg/3'24, «to

4 jxzhpm if0nIyWth«:-, Oﬂﬁrc? e.;f'TVcachingdid% bcwlong,,:;lac‘y

V   hc“mora bIe t§c&?ing;Vreft¢xjx;v:d .o‘§n t:}
] handg and the C hu:'ci:2esI::ft~jn‘t
V p1:dxnaryGo§vcrnmmtc 

haii the mo&1g:éarz‘¢~.=wazzd ‘lwzmzivle part tjbtﬁt which
V 75 VAPOM“
he mcan‘tim-cAwi;h‘o-ut

    The othcx:%rca‘f0ng%.ivc’I1Vkwhy Vzﬂvoa Or%dcx'sA angry are

H   49H‘1cnti0'n c:d;inpthQfJc1plizczfs 5is., hecauf I71-£‘7W3‘Q§".i.ﬂ:th.f§,A‘,\Ee

  ‘ ‘{0} xhctc was~n o need §t0_W.; it

4 ~ %TesVrd7?'¢y¢pt;%by avndA Tit ‘ 4 110% tl'1ci*1‘I1   that .wr:~:%%r%<: .;f§%§ﬂ3bps,

  
   ‘ 

w ‘

 iiﬁcationpf any oth.ct%A{orr « of Oﬂiccrs

ea ismbe mil roots A

any thing: Cmzcerﬁing civic A

W  

A‘ than Fucb, as lieiorigged to 

<3¥> . - -.  
ﬂ V H  _c1r Ord1nat10n,ot1ﬁ‘fpe&ion,
Awmfch W€‘1‘E . Preséyrers i1ndDmc%o2s:4only, and no Bifhops;

A   Theformer reafdn why twobnly -Orders a1re:men.tion.e.d

' «iii the Epmclﬁ 130 t13€P‘»5ilipz'm::_, was, beta ufzt there was yéz
A12b%{§i(?:ap5 this 1aAttc'r. reafon why the fa-xmx.-we o%ne1y;1rc:A

V V-ﬁiéntioﬁed in theifc E7g§if’c1es,is4 ‘z~eca:ufcVtherc was no Bi/Imp A

  10 5},-.Voz2raﬁzim"al awe’ mighfown the reafon for good if that ré‘

 bee fbuntd any ru1c“£orth*c Ordination dfthc ‘other A

0‘Ard'AeA1* 0f7Biﬂ10fps~i5u {'0arIw.e0ther placcof Scripture, but if
“the *0r2£iin::zr~i:mz —“zjzm:wt‘%-ée fwma’, 1:-Jo N fhould we ﬁnd M25’ ,0r....~

  Aw‘? ? a’nd.4ir Airs rEafori1?31:cVto:t13i11kgthat tht A'pQ{tIe in the

A%AAC3h~aptct "F0 rmérly aI‘1V¢adged, x?T’im.3.w.1m.-src he Vpaffcs im-
nwdiatly from thAe=Bxﬂ1;tq %th<':Dc:accan,VxvoLm1d have «:.£i{;fi:..mf%-
ly expz'cPc, 01' at Ierzﬂ hmred ‘What ﬁx: of Bifhop heA'me:.mt

A xvV11it11er.t}3€BJWp %vwr Przr5*6;*rz~r.:,.or*thc~ Prr515itc*r~1>’:5,/73 ,7» mo AL

A havcavoyd'¢c:1the confazﬁori of tfrzeiuaxne, and to lmvt: Fe:
#33 7wéA1‘c:;*i“f01n%c:“  diffnéren -Se ‘in thus_Eﬁ:1£m*19zm0f“t11c
A   ’sHitz:*r*~  A i;i£'ﬂ‘1.ﬁ1'C' 11:16: ”‘bin:[0:m"e .0the,r«I5iﬂ1;:apuAa£:ig~
"%Vz~;lw:a. e.w*A‘.Ps:mHwwhe1=assyour M z»1j.fai4th‘thexrr.¥:w2zs no med £1‘-'3)
“ 'W1‘*i«f:'ito”‘ themA i‘ibm1At% ?*a%Bifl1.in% :1-=di{%i1"t&£cncc+,;wA11o belonged

 
mm zh§:§1*‘~O:*dinacion and infpe6’cion«; \2V..c%.c.anc¢i!£m:°t1a»n‘t |
iAn?'y~0ur Ma}e{’c£c%s iudgmen:t., 7Biﬂ1OpS‘ﬂ‘)’iE,'._.§11t"iAA1‘£fE‘T}A?h3“Vﬁ~a‘E» A

A ideimd "Biﬂmps th€{Id{Tc1'Vc:.s 5'fmitl1¢1*eW$:mfthez1“no §C'2z—- 
Ayzzmfzarbiding one ﬁnglfi -Biﬂz . to ‘ordzm1.anot‘h erof {'11 5 0w 1}

' %1aania5a'nd:tl1c1*Vbeing~m.»myCities in Crecfc;T'tw%%1nighI Emma

'A'f0un1d"itk:‘Xp€diﬁI1t ( .:mthT‘<>!I‘r:* ancient F;2t11:ens.t;hm.1%him V

A 1 Arch-—-B»iﬂ‘mAp““th.i4nkAbx: d'id):to hav c.‘~f¢t**11p  i4:mfmm:T A
  ‘wthbfe AC>iries 2 So that rhrs‘rr:afcv1mﬁw1x~ts4*ag:;aan{°k¢the zprm»-A

i*(~ti‘;3l%é*5,of'"‘4itﬁC)“fe»t4h.m:h01d1‘Zéw2m{9y:m A ‘Him to‘h;%vc:bcen

~~~?BVAifﬁa&;ps,*A f@r%om$.p<n%tj4wc%’b:1c:%ve;*rh.:z:r:m’m%fc%m&as+4oai@ag,?ad 

I‘

 
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9ﬁhcF«Ci§e#'c;«buﬁfrH?a

     
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A A A ,h:1Ve ‘the'O ffhfe Q fO.1'¢3e}{[1Eng 3t1d"'GQ\’¢1*€§§.ﬁQ,,ﬂS it is W1it‘4-
1 gttrnhtttt’t11et{22m;et‘t Ch;1ptez*, I T{m.*3. I4-,4 I3‘-7/1'9/5 t/’~’??.§4' I A

‘/raw ttrritermmtw me, é~c.'7'1Jlmth1éw2z may eff know ham to be-

"/Mtée It/57%/2’¢’fe in t>f32e*hFIz9x¢,’ej‘of ~GM’,e vvhich 55 fhﬁ 409375 3 and

‘ttlle-refb“: e if thete ,h;2d hheemany proper Chararfter 01‘ 

% .*l;ﬁcation»(>F3 ‘Eiﬂ'2t>p’hdii‘ﬂin£t fittm 3 P1'éshytc~t,‘ ifany 0r- Ah

~ tliyation or Oﬁiw, We th‘t§nkt"tl1e: A,‘pbfHe wouldhavte ﬁgni»
vﬁed it, butbeczsufe he ‘did not,we ctntcluderand the more
:. ﬁrongly from hthe *infuﬁ'ici’ency of your Ma}t:ﬁ3CSh'tW0
reaibnsﬁ am: there 31'eo‘mly mm Order: of oﬁicerx, and com
vfequeatly titat 3 Bifhop’ is not fupericjutto a'Ptesbytet;A~f0r
tt~~w:e ﬁnd norms we {aid in out A nfwer ) that one 0 fﬁcet
«is fuperiour téaanothexgwtho is of the, fame orden A A

  % h e _ C3l7($'€7'i@I°ﬂg"fr{74'3 Agesﬁtcfeeding the }4p0ﬂ/¢‘5-

‘ A‘; tit Yt>urMajefty havihtgin your ﬁrPcPaperfaid,that yott
‘F-‘ecould notint Confcience content to Abolifh Epifcopall’

‘‘ Governmentgbecaufe yoa did conceive it to,bc of ‘Apojla-4 A
“ licallbzﬂizmion, Praﬁxﬁvde by the A poﬁles thctnfclves, and
“bythem camitm/and deri'z!edt0hrpatt1'7ct1I31' perfons as their 

M ‘-‘Sz¢cc¢ﬁa}~5,ahc{ have ever ﬁncetil thef e laﬂ times bin exerci-

‘fedeby Bifhops in :21 the Clmvchs of Chrift: We thought it  

,t1ecc{Taty.inJoutAn{wer,to fubjoytté to that we hadfaid
 tour of the Scrxpturesi the Iudgment: ofdxvers ancient "s"7'rz'-V

3 tar: and Fathers, by whom Bifhepsuefre not aCkn'0wI‘ed*  

A tgede as a Divine; but as an EailcﬁaﬂtimllIrzjlimtiozgas that
I ~ whichrmght very muchhcondutce both to theteaﬁngeof

 your MajeﬂicsfcrupIe,to'eonﬁder that howfbever Epitico- h

A  .pa1Govetnmcnt.was generally currant,yetthe fuper[crip-

:3 tion was notjugded Divine,t hyfome of thofe that either

 were themfelvcs Bifhopspr lived underhthatGovcrnment;
A 65:0 thf.‘VlndlCaIiOI1,0fthC.Ofiiﬂloﬂ which we h_old,tfrom

 “ thf P1‘€i1Idice~ 0fNvwllzfme, or of ercceﬁhftom the Iudge-  

V nxent9fgl1Antiquity,

  ewe

 
 & ‘A  a$n~.‘1y%g!cev%c (M t:0m‘atmw€' faiﬁy »tﬁ;at A

VAE-ﬁryjbﬂomc 2md,V_A::_/I125 wefe Bi,/lmp:%, as th2.t; Ar:'12M!e;Waé   
a, P/az'hfapber,¢% Ciirgra an mater; thqugh wee:-.~ mama mine:

1 £311,011! Fai£h+3ﬂ€¥5513313%thereofc¢rmim»,-Ain mamer of A

A upon humane Teﬁimﬁnies uncontroudied, than infa/(We,   

~ rerpea vof&3the4’§‘efiimc3niesA% themMfeI;ves. But Awlmreczs your A

4Maje{’eie% faith, *5‘ That the darkneﬂé of t1acAHi&oria@f

%  the Church, in the time Afueccading the Aﬂicss, is a A”

“ Fzron Ar ument far  ico..m'e,svhi€:h_n::wi~t:hﬁzandin4g VI
g .

F‘ that Vdazgkneffe hath f01m:l fa full proo‘;fe by%r¢zsq:zcf't'z‘o:¢e%£’  
‘F’ Camlaguex, as _fc:arce any other mattgr Gf hgth fmmé 
‘“ thelike  humbly cnceivegthattl1ofe*£0re~mene~ A

 tinned timas Aware dark: ta thc: Gamingr;eima$%%er-gwlm mu:&  vi

"derive the[7zrie;s' of Su«¢c§j5?0%ﬁ fmm, and th‘r0t%g'h:-t1w\f<:A %H;i-
ﬁoricall darkneﬂés , andxf make up tbei‘r‘Gm‘-Maiogrnes very

mt  ch Aﬁ-om "Tradm'an%and imparts, which can give no gfe

:‘%Egi§ence4;becaufe;thcy agree not amongft _‘th3emI7cM1ves: an
that w.l2:ic‘h1is;rhe g;z.=e.;atA l=;dc'miﬂuA of their Ewxdence is,~, th:1At ~

the zaemr t1=1ey~cc;3r=I=1e*%A>to {he  pogftles ti_r—:aes~(vvh£r<+:-“in they %

‘% Vﬂwuld bemoﬁ ofa1l;c1eare,t0 afh.~b1j%¢ﬂ1wthVe fucceﬁ1im1ﬁrm%. A  
‘and clears at firﬂ) the more dam6t_fu#5uncerta:ine4,and in»-

deed canmdiﬂarie to oneanot§:mr%,'.arctihe Tefkimfainiwesg ‘

_A Some fay, that Ciemem wasﬁrﬂV32:/bapJV0%f2E0mt;é;f;ér Peter;
.'fog;ne fay, the -téirza’ .- and the in;t:riz:ac%ies abaut tlzxsorderof
% Sucafon, sira LVi2m«s, Azmletm, Clemem, and another called
VVC1m44»V(as‘; fomc aﬁﬁrme) areincxtricable. Some fay, that
? Wtmwas B2:/My ofctgtv 5 {came i21y,ArcAb~é;]bap; and fame,
“Bzflaapof D4/ﬁmtia: Semefay, that Time:/rywas Bzjlmja Of‘ '
“ Epbefws at-adffmc fay, that Iabrz was Btjbop of Eplw-fw*a.n
Vthe fame time : Same f3-1y,that kpolyaw-wwas%ﬁrﬁBijbo;  
~ A '0fS?79jvr:-M .- anorh"er‘fairh,Athatr =hefucceedcd% oneABa«m!mA;
   and amber, ‘ﬁaat meawas ﬁr-f’:;  same fa)’: that Alexmg c
 = M4 hadbut one Bgflwp, andarhercities two; andothexs,  
Q that thcreWas%but we Biﬂwp e:fVazat%vCiticatV the ﬁimé timﬁa
  And ¢how%%fhou1d% thofe Catalogues Jam -unqueftionatble,,  
      ‘ ~  " A    & E  “ “          A

A ¢Whic1¢%

w;I-ﬁsh muft beqmae up out of T efhmemes that ﬁgh!:?one-

 with another 9 VVee confeffe ,~ that the Ancient Fathers;

Ter:tzl£zm¢,eeIrtmem,r 855. made ufe c%)fSucce,fﬁQn, astan Ar-j
gutrtentrrrizigain ft £ItcretiIe'e5,“é3rI.1f;novat0ts ,to prove -thatthey
had thetradutes-t Apaﬂaliei ﬁmimk, and that the Godly and
rthedox Fathersvwere on their ﬁde. But that which we r
now havg in hand, i3‘St£t6'tf6:Kt'”0ﬂ iﬂﬂfﬁcé -,“’which5acCrdting
t@xrthet~Catalqgues, refolves it felfe i=nt=o fome/fpaﬂ-la, Q1‘

.E~v4;ggeliﬁ,ras the;ﬁ+rﬂ;Ezﬂ2op of fuch a. Citz'e,orPl;zt‘e, who 

(as we c®nt:eive)c0u1d,n0t be Brifloa/75 0»f' tth0{e placer, being

czﬁtan highe»-r';0fﬁ£'€3 tlzouglyaccordingm the language of

after~—ti‘mes , they might by theznh that drew up the cm-

  *Ia_guer,be fee called, becaufe they planted 4m£faunded5«.ortw;¢~.

zendthefe Churchesto whichtheyrarehemtituled, andﬁacl H
tlucir grtatcﬂ rtﬁdmce in them»: Or elfa the Catztlag 545531-3

 drawn: from fotne eminent men rhatwhere of great war. he

‘ .ratianrai1drwére:tce inthetimcs and1p1aces~ wh“’e-re they

eliaxied , and Preﬁdwtsror —*LMadem/Jar: Qf r.the~ Preséyterieg
whereef themfehtes. were Members : from whom ,° to V
pretend thehsuccefﬁtm of afEcr~Biﬂ>op5 , isas ifit fhoul-d
be faid, that Cdﬁ7'*W35 St¢oceffar.t0 the tﬂomncmfﬁlsa. And
We humbly conceive, that thereare "-fame ~ Rim mid-_ Gare...
mmztx ufed:contrinuallyin the Church tafold , which are

« —’a{Tertedtt0 be found in the %Apo&o1:icfal1and Primitive

 fhrtimes _., and yet have no colourx of Divine. I.n{titntvican‘5  

rand ,_r which is.Arguri1ient .above tall ether 5 t5¢-‘F211/very 3;

 ;w§‘lmfeh Names vvee»ex11ibited to your Majeﬁie in our Atr-

; Lac; beof Ecrzeﬁa/Zfca/I II9ﬂiMlti0ﬁ~.-. ;

ﬁ*ver,e were: dtaeubtleiﬁi racquaintedr with the Catalogue: of
Bzﬂaapk who had beene before them,rrandyet7dird»t held them

A And Ieﬁ~yQun.Majeﬂt’emight rep1y,'~Th2ztw hmteverthe A

’  hTeftimortiese.and«Catalogues may varie,.or berm-iftaken;

  ﬁend 0f—t,ftttt ttzfens *5 tea sheehtthttt<=1:€«;1ir:o£»«the

in the order,@rrti’mes,ot ‘names of thofe perfons that rue» A
eeeded the Apoﬁ1es,,yet all agteepthat therewasa Succefl

Cara},

Catalues» bc inﬁrmmﬂyctthct thing Infﬂﬂaﬁd 15 Wﬁmed l

thereby ; We ]grant, that a sacccyﬁm of mien to feed and

, govemethofc Chui'che:s_.,while they continued Churt:h.es,

cannot be idenyt-d¢, hand‘ that the Apajlles and _E"’U¢'N5:’.§"£'[iLﬂ5','
that planted and watercdh‘itl1ol'e Churchest (lthough esttra...

A ordinarie and te_mporatie ‘Ofﬁ<:c-rs) were by Elcclotialiicalil A

Writers, in comﬂjance tin’:/7 the Langmzge mad :;[gg:_aftbeir A .

mm: times, called 2-Bzfbops 5 and fo wcteother eminent men,

of clrief: note, preﬁding in the Preiivyteriexoflthe Cities on?  "

Churches,called by‘ fuel: Writers aswirotelafter the diﬂﬂhl
ﬂan oraﬁﬂinﬂianoflothe names} of Pméyterr, and Bzﬂmpy ; .

A But that tholia ﬁr/foand amimteﬂPrexdyterxwicrc Biz./Twp; in it

proper fznceﬁccording to your M-ajcflies dofcription, in-4, A

vlcflediwith power over Prgséyterx and people ,7 tO"lvi?hom“ (as
diitinét from Pm6yter:4)lldidlbelong the power of Ordai-A
ning,g:?zIi:ag Rnleslangli Cczzﬁms 5 Awcﬂc humbly conceive can
never  j proved tkbyiimttltcntike pt Alcompctent Tel’cim0-
nics.t‘ And granting , thlatiyour Majelliefhouldt prove the V
Succcfiioniioif Bifhops from the“ Primitive times fcriatims

yet i fwthel"e““ﬁ-om whom you draw, and through whomyou  

derive it, be found eithor mm 4:/am Bifhops, as Apoﬂlcs,

3114 ¢:tt%r%aoid,ipwa;ri<; petfeﬁsg f oral/c ptiztn Bi li1opts,as»ﬂ meerly
ﬁlﬂpm 5yter:,T1év‘1ing not one 0 the térrjerﬂézvtials to 

4 ‘£6104/Z Government (mentioned by your Maiéflie) iii, their
A A ownehand; it will follovnthatlalil that yoorlMajeB:ie hath
proved by this Succefiiomis the H (3m.M],771]~21[1d~BqlJ~i.V9Cail ‘ l

alccfeptationloflthe t5v0rdEp{ﬂ'a]Jm;l  -

A For Clemens l ‘s ’Feﬁlim0nie,’ which your-Maieﬁie con- 

ceivctlu to be} E1‘l2ld6' ulfe on A as our old fallacie , “ from the
pramzféaom ufe of thcwords toi imferre the indiflincﬁion
of the things 5 Wee re ferreoujt fclv”es,r0 bimﬁ/fl‘ in his_Ep£~

ﬂit, now in all mans hands, whofcTefiimonié wee thilnkc A

catinot beoluded, butby the old Artiﬁce, ofléwidingltlzc

it Bxﬂaopd imderitbe Prexéytcrsﬂame : fottheythé1tht1ve‘rehd

  his wholiepiflle1,<1lancl hztveconfidercd, thatfihim{elfel~is 1

E 2     ~ called

‘V (2.:  

f@@aIIec17a Tifhbp ,’.% Amiyiidéuét aafclemwi dpinionT,l, toiiéeii  

  min his Vdi%£%ini@to7fﬁz:cs f"Bi  ps and Pméyter: or we
I-herV2m.dauétofit, ifoncly his one Epi-{He , maybeima-i A

;paneId't3p%on :I1e~Inq11ePn  Concéming Igmttim ‘411i9%E’pi-5-E

Aﬁlcs, your Majeffy is plea fed to ufe fame adrmcjincﬂé dfzrx-4 A
  greﬂzam, chairg%ir1g_fome.of lam, with<:>utany retgaxjd of?”

',::§gem;ity.01:.tratb 0ut:0E.;.:;hei41: Aparrriall éifaffeﬂivpn tow

B*i‘ﬂ10ps”, tohave cndea;;vouredt04Atiifcredit his 4vxiriting§.4
ne oﬁthofe cited by ;us.5.A.»c2nno: (as we cﬂonceivvej be .2’ £144-
Ipeéhfél 0~fa’z’faﬁ§*Efmm to Baiﬂ3aps«5‘and tllejre are great Argue «
Ine.nts%-d‘rawn”'0ut»ofchefs Epiftles t"b:mj%lw::.., ﬁvtrayirzgw

V theirvinﬁkcerizy,z:Vac:ha.IterateV mixtures.~, an<2l'%‘A iixterpalmiom *5“

So I thatVIg:;m~tim~—AcanntAA be difEit16’c.ly% -known in Igrmziw; A
And‘if WeJtakeVl1imAingra_ﬂé ,]we make him‘: the Patrwz

A  A(~~as%3mv.am‘gm ,A.A,and- thewrefkaf the Pbpiﬂnvrirersdo) of

vfuch rim anc1~:4obVfcrvati®ms«, asrhg Church-in his time
carmom ba t‘VI1ouc,__ght»to %~h%aw: armed. A He dmth mdecdgive te-

£3;iNmoniet% the %Prelac_~;.», of a Biﬂaapabovea Preséyeri, 

tluatwhich may juﬂly render  fui'p4eé":ecﬂ , is thatheg
gifv‘(5—~»MJ muab Hangar (faith he) t:b»:B;'ﬂgaps as Geds high
Prieﬁs , and aﬁrer “Mm *~youVmu{’e -honour 3thCKz'7¢g. He
was "indeed a holy Maityr , A and his writings have fufﬁred %
Mxrtyrdam afwell ashes Carrmp%tio~n3 comldmzga mrrzmtﬁ
Wt" :4/mkr M»; crmﬁit afwart/ay~~Name:.~   f A
W That which your Majeﬁy faith ;i*nAYourf‘m1rth ‘Parso-

‘   ;g;éap1~15T‘hat we miht 11ave=added; (ifwe ma pIeafed*)TbatA

Lzmek, Timazf/5}, Tit.-mg éwr, Vwere conﬂituted and ordained

_  thefurementioncd places refpeéitively ._.and
ma: mthe Biﬂmps--ofathof7c tinaes, were repmm’ fucceﬁ'c>rsA %

 if rim  A int/Mr Aﬁpifbgpalfaﬁite :3 We culd m0t«hfaV e= 

A .3d»d§’.?d" it without prejudice ms Awehumblyconceive) :0 {he
truth 3? f‘04r»thé%A$p0ﬂ‘Ies did not Qrdeinamyof tbemfelws 3

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t=hQ{éAP'Iaces unto which they fem: t11<:’m7»r; Nor Were;thc.~

Biops o£rha1%#:zmesAAany moret1aena.s yam‘ Mkajjeﬁyw
faith, repuml ﬂ‘4,L'L‘afﬂ.'2‘9z£1-"5‘_ to the ﬂpoﬁlesg  in thEir.E?ifC€J-
pal.-1%'0ﬁ’iVce5}they A¢am After jthéf  1:90 £’s’Ics in the  hm‘-Ch€_S"“ 
t=hem?*6pIfat1:cd,&“fo 1night*%Pre5:by¢er:db 5 but thats not pro-'

1 pm-ly fme_[$’ioz2A, at leaf’: not futrcqeﬁion ma .r.ﬁ'zce,éndVthis% we

faywith :2 .m!wt0JAodr% hﬁfertion, that inthofe timestAhcm~

A Wdere nQ,fubh4 B»i£hops'dift*in6t% from APresbyz:c'§r s  . Neither:
Vd@;iwAe underﬁand , V whmthm”: themrds- E;ai{£~opaE[  ‘in =
this VSeétién,%‘1réfer rothjc B»iﬂ:iop5 ‘Aorjwj Apw/e:.; for,.1'nA refcr«- _

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i'?:'!cs4 oﬂiceA;intoAr«1pa§?b1im/l‘and1 Epiﬁ-ape:/Z , or "that. the
aiﬁce Apa&o14iaa%IIA, was wha%{y*1E pifco~pa1l,~71mto5rmithcr of '
whiich wre c3n4give‘%oufreconfentfar reaAf0”nsAfc:reri1e«ntiof1ed.
To the re ﬂt°imGni"c‘s% by "us 7récAited in A pr! 05 {ma amuﬁ: on

A ders, Your Majefcy anfwers ﬁrﬁz , that the pramzﬂ-mam raj? V
of the Mme: of Bi/Bap; and Preséytersj ‘is A imparted,  vThat * 

.w};1i«chy@4ur4N£aj6&Wy.44néwc:V1*@ngag »ca1~IedV a:ma1a’,_ﬁ:lZa:y,A _

is new uranfwerionely Withtlnuisﬁ :~r.em¢:  ‘We under"  V
M pramwaom. name: hold‘ theﬁm; afﬂce  Your jeﬁy tm-

derpramifcuam Harms ﬁigppofes two, which if as:it1's0f'ren~ 

 
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“ 0740- ~'U6’1gMdws bath {ides of the queﬂyioniﬁzs or? ?difpu4A

aﬂérted, we 5‘ shut? Ono: prawd; %‘VVe%(hou1ei“4take4 it  for a A

“Atants in themeam time acknowledging the right% 0f-47'
‘F~Ch‘urch-government in the Bi(‘B«1<>)7p7si~al_on%e;’»It is co-no-1-»~

feﬂ byus , thatzthat qucﬂion as itfis f’catcdby” 4Pbpi[7w.£w~-%

“than, is.amrx'am binary, %towhichAWehavén0cye01:re--
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.orlAA*degrlm , (as, one Apa-(lie. or Presbytet A; is‘ not llipeti-“

ow, to another in ’ ldegreeof oﬂﬁce ;— they that: are of the

~ Famlelolrélet are of _cjl3e~f1Ame degree”, in rcfpcét ofAof:':a= , «as 
‘ laavingl~Pc)werllanclAAutbority to chef-zme Acfts, lNorldothA;A‘

A theaScrip:ure_warram: car allow , A any fuperiority of one

.— aver lxmot/.vcr ofltluefmm ardﬂrs »andTt4bercf0re the pro»

ving aftwa order: Alazsclfy in the Churcll ,   is 2. Ademzmjiratiw, AA

4 thatlAPresbytersand» Biﬂaops «arc: the A fame- In which

A point,” the Scripture will counter-ba4llance the teflsimow

, nics ofthofe that aflert t.6re”elde_gree: orordcw , though law;

A for me. But fer eaﬁng of your Majeﬁy of the trouble of
producing teftlitr;0n.ies againfl t&hof:lcitedlllbyll us“, We,

‘ Lmalce this éwmézlc motion ,A that the Rcgimwtson both ﬁdcsl

  A may be: difcharged out of rlheﬂeld, and the point clifpu-

red by .Dint bf? /an/y Striprgm, MwrumL qwadprimum. 

A Having pa{Te:el rhroughlAt*he4Argmnentative parts Qfyour \'
Majcﬂies Reply, whcrin We fhouldlaccount it 21 great hapw W

pineffc ,_ to have given you r Mkajefly any ﬁm2vf4é}‘:'am,in~ 91-...

den wl":er¢unlto You plcafcd ‘l'QIh0l30uI" gs withrhis im--2

ploy mént, A Well {ha1,;l~jlcontlra6’c A ejur fclvlesl in the remain- ~.
A dear, craving youth/Iajeflicsl p.a1:don5.ifYoul ﬂaallcon-
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Ainlthat wlhiclz f0ll0W_s.ll VR/ehoncaur the Pious intenrioné

and muniﬁccncc ofomlRoyalH’r0genitors, and db ac-~

" knmvledgeA thfat armwcma/I   accc {lions Agra nred« to the Pets 
A {on ,A,”dol not.maAk::2my Tubf€:1ﬂAt:1allAAlA»?Cl‘1angiiInEhC0ﬂ3Wl3 the

l rea1I differenbe i lbcmveen t:hat:lAl : E pifcopal 1%» Govern menrg 

whicl1ﬁr{7éAAobtaincdAlin;the.;Chl1I‘Ch A: laridl tl1cprej?1?7tHie—-l

’ A fzzrc/4] 3   " :‘lCDfll‘il°£s5’7 ipf-'7A*¢'gimim é“ W4’? Wgiiiviﬁtf :. A Wlhiclz
  » Cdnnotbc cleaTly~,deu1QDllitilted in ;pa4rrlicularsa% I until! ‘fit
 be agreed on both (ides, What thalt E91 {co pacylrm t/zen, 
‘and what the Hierarchytimdﬂh éndtla‘en~it Wduld appear. l
*~Wl1EE:l‘.€'I‘l thel‘e9tl1rcc forementioncd leﬂntia//5 of Ep.i”ﬁ:O9

A‘

' l  pail Govern merit, werjc the fame in borhl» A:1 For thcpawtr

llndm;

      (“aw  

V under C»lvriffi42zePrinces, and under Pzganl; isotie and the A

game _._  though t,l-ueexernffeée am. And wcfhumbly receive.

your Majefties‘ Pious aclvertifement, (not unlike that of

Ganfémtine:)tflirtingust up also, menxunhyaﬂed with pri'- A
vateintereﬁs, to ﬁnely the neereﬁ accammadarian and 6:]! 4

 rafemélgnce tome Apaﬂalicdll and Primitive times. But h

for your Majeflies smzatlro the 1 Bifhops fale Pervert, ofor.  
diszmaﬁ and Ierzfdilﬁian, Jandthat d»ﬂz'ﬁc7I0!3 of Oraizmtiarz, A

«A m.%orit’;ztitxe titntlthe tﬂlrﬂgap, 2lT{’1d‘Cit9}?6'0}73I1c*1}?3‘ in the Pref?

hyreryt, which You feemi to ﬂuma’ u pen trhefe two Texts, ”
‘ 2 'Izm,;,6,l 1 Ti}-71.4.14; and which istlfeciby D.',Bi[[Z2;g«5

3ndlOtl"I€~1‘d€l€nCl€I:S*Of«E pifcopacy ,’ in fexplicatfotx oflthét
Caution of «the fourth: zcaumc»/{of Cart/Jqgre, ttzbialrezvjayrzvs

we joymt iggepaﬁtian of: the: B7i{hopsa~ and  Ptesbyters? A lhands,
‘vveﬁmlll:iveyoureMajef’cy an accompt, whmweefhall

be mice to   the clifquitﬁtien thereof 5 Albeit ‘that we do

not for: the prefent lllee: dhut that itltis Promﬂv of yaw%~M4‘Te-.-

§2‘y,otenders ouraccotnnlodation to the Apoilolicallmlczl

V Pritmittivel titnhfes (Wheote unto You did exhort us) unfef~ V
lﬁhle. We notwitltftanditzggvdol fully profeﬂet out ao-
'* know-ledgemtent 0f_fﬂ&§Irdm»tti0Z‘.$Of the mtnwd cxercife of
 Ixrzfdiifim, to the Sovereign Ralwerl, atn”d'otz:r%ttaccompt:1¥~

A A blleneill.-élltothe Lamrtfof:tt'he Lend; ;As+for your Majeﬁies ’

threegm;/liaaraslof;gteatimportance , Wketéer there be a
certain form of Government lefthy C hull; or hiis Apo-.

flles, to be ohferved by all Chriﬁian Churches; W/2:. -«
A war it blade perpetutallyt,» or be upooloccaﬁont alteralv/e 
A in whole, or in patt;. h‘W[7?il7£f'th£1t~CC‘17t;€lilIl form of’Go-‘- A

vernment , be the Eplljltapltif, Prcshyteriav,” eeorllllfome 0» I
tbcr, differing from them both .1 The wholcimlamaof 

V ECCleﬁaﬁiCallP0liry, is containedin" them; and we hope  A

that neither your Majeflylexpelsﬁtcd of us a particulaf. an-

t {wet to them atthis ;time‘_.," not will take offence ;it<=u§ , “if
% we hold enely to that which ts the queﬁion , in order to

t tlzeﬁillef :r.Wi‘i0"5 fer  Eeebly prefcﬂewrl readi-

 
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the propm4:tionofsou~m mea%mj;«aMi4itie$.     A

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¢'£W17m‘in fuclamxwlierrvj of W1’-£e', A a4m.4for%»~Y0ut“ exceed ixjzg

 
. caﬂdmsr , ﬂc1eWed*tofuCﬁ men as *wcfareA; {and ?%f0r%the am.  

ceptation. mfaur humb1e~:dut:y,A we render t y@‘uz;,_Majef%y
Vmmkﬂ Abnméle tabarkkx, %:»md {hail pray ,LThat fucIm,.~a“ pm in
ma hand of fuchabilities , may everbei4mp10ycd inia fub-s
jcﬁg worthAy,oﬁ::.V      ' A   * A‘  4 A

  your Majeﬁy weﬁld pleﬁfé t%con Vﬁ&er-, tbatiﬁ;  

,this‘ poimﬁunder d¢bate,fr¢cceﬁ’:ozaAis notathe Vbeﬁalewg anﬂ
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