[ )O.I ) . ~ 1. Did not Apo!Hes and other Preachers fingly convert men -: (even thoufands) before the·re was any Gen~·al ·Couric.il? and that by fuch evi– dence as the Gogle Preacher brought? Or was it by the Argument of Univerfal Confent that ·eve– ry one then was ' converted .? e.!!· the Eunuch, .Act. 8. The Jailor and Lydia, .ACZ.. r6. Corneliz-u and his houfe, Ail.. 10. The three thoufand, /it'l:. ' 2. 3.7,&c. · £!..:. 2~ Did none that St. Paut wrote his Epiil:les.\ · to believe them till they were cold that all the · Teachers and Bifhops of.tbe Churches gave them their Authority? Were the Gofpels written by Matthew, Mark.., Lttk! and 'John . receivea only by the Argument of the Councils or Colleges Authority ? · · ~ 3. Did not Chrill: that Cent out his • Preachers by two and two,and bid them Jbakeoff ·the dufl of their feet as a VVicnefs ag1inlt thofe that did not receive them,expect that tl:iey t11ould be received and believed without the Authority of a Council ? , · ~4· Did Chrifl or his Apofiles ever infii– tute a General ,Council, or Unifying College of Bifr1ops to be the Handing Arill:ocratical Govern– ment of a11 the Univerfal Cburch as one ? ~ 5'. Would not this have been plainly done, if the certainrv ofScripture and Salvation, and the Churches Unity had been found ed on it? .!2..:_6. If thoufands.. were theri made Chriflians without .the knowledge· of Councils or Coflege, · may .they not be fo now ? Jr' £2.:_ 7. VYas che Chur~h no Church, or ungq– verned for che fit·fl: 300years when there wasno <?enel'al Co,Qncil? Kk 3 , ~8.
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