r 57 " Arius the Heretick, that ever held " that there ought to be no Difference " betwixt a Bithopand a Prieft (I mean " i an ordinary Minifter of the Word :) " and that his Opinion was imputed " unto him i 200 Years hence by Epi- c` phanius and St. Au/lin, for an Here- " fy : As all the chief of the learned " Men, that were the principal Inftru- " ments, under God, in this latter cc for the Reflitution of the Got " pet, allow'd fully of Bithops, and " of their Authority, and would wil- " Tingly have fubmitted themfelves to " their Obedience, if theymight have " been receivedwith any tolerable Con- " ditions : As all the Reform'dChurches " in Germany, that do embrace the 4` Auguffan Confegion, have (for the " moft part) their Superintendents and " General Superintendents, the fame `` in effect with our Bifhops and Archbi- " lhops : As the chiefefl of the German " Writers, now living, do juflify the " Calling and Offices of their Superin- " tendents and General Superintendents " by the Word of God: As none of lat- `` ter Times ever condemn'd the Calling " and Authority of fuck Bifhops and " Archbifhops, as embrace the Gofpel " (for ought I find) but Beza and his Scholars. As Zanchius, a Favourer cc of
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