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:odp evorfhip and Converfatian, andnot ofStrangers f rmo te, as Awe only an intentai beast Communion, or an external Communion by the Mediation of' otbent. Chap. , I. Diet a Bifóiop or Pater ofa Particular Church of theftrft rank.afrre- defcribed, malt govern it Elatedly asprefint, by btm/élf, andnot a">fent by others. Chap. 12. The juft opening and und flandingof the true nattera of the Patin sal Office, andfhurch Government, wombd'end thefe Contrevetf:s alrutst Pre- lacy. Chap. 13. That there is no heedoffueh dsoar Diocefanes for the 'Unity, ortie Government of thepartietdat leliniffers, norfor the f lencing of the unworthy. Chap. i4. The true original of thewarrantablefort of Epifcoptey in partial- lar Churches, was the notoriousdi/parity of abilities in the Páitors. And the o,iginìl of that tyrannical. Prelacy into which it did degenerate, was the worldly Spirit in the Fafiots andpeople, which with the World came bypro, fp'erity into the Church. ( are, Whether the thing ceafe not When the Eea- fòn ofit ceafeth. -. PART. 1. hap.1 He clearingofthe State ofthe Q.eeflton. Chap. 2. ?be JO' Argument again!f the afor'edeferibed Diocefanes that their form ( quantum in.Fe) d Jtroye,l'i the particular Churchforam of Gods inftitution, andfttetlaup: a_hsmanc form in itsHead Chap. 3. That the PrimitiveEpifcopal Churches of theHoly Choi?!7iallitutiort, were but fuel, Congregations asIbeforedefcribed P ed by Scripture. Chap. 4. The fame proved l&y the Cor.cefons ofthe mr f learned Defenders of Prelacy. Chap. 5. Thefarmprovedby thefull Tefirtoy of Antiquity Chap. 6. The famefurther confirmed bythe Ancients. Chap. 7. More proofof the aforefaid Ancient Church limits, from the Ancient- Cuffoms. Chap. 8; That the Diocefanes caufe the Error of the Separati(ts, who avoid our Churches asfalfe in their Conflitution, andrsottld difable us to confute them, Chap. 9., Thefecond Argument from the depofiekon of the. Primitive fpecier of Bithops, and the eretting.of a humane inconfi¡feiet fpecies in their(lead. Afpe cificb,diTerenceproved. Chap. co. Whether anyform ofChurch Government beinffituted by'God as ceffary,or all be left to humane prudence and choice, Chap. I. Argument thirdfrom the dffrttiaint of the Order cf Presbyters of divine Inffitution, and theinvention of a newOrder ofhalf Sub-presbyters in theirdead. Chap. I2..:-That God dinffitutedfilch Presbyters as bad theforeraidpower of the Keyes

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