( i) words ( though fame can make the plaints words to ßgttife what they would have them) For r. Hebegins with a [ Pres- byteris, id eft Epifcop's, ] and 2. proceedeth from many fcri- Alpho;afu, á pture paflages, to prove them in fcriprure times the fame : and tCaint.doth that not only quoad nomen, but opiiiam ; for ; 3. When he had H erns opi- don_ with the Tcilimoniesof Saint 74hn in his two Epiftles, he nionwas immediatel'yaddeth [ 'uod . utem poftea u ^us eletlus ell, qui famesth cateris preponeretur &C. ] where note, both that [ rtnur qui fromhsplain caterit prtponeretur ] is more then the bare name : and alto that and frequent E. Poflea ] referreth to the dete of Ì,hns Epiffles, and th.. efcre expretfions he plainly averreth, that it was after yohns Epiales, that [one we averr it to seaschofen to be before the refi. ] 5. And to the Anfwer I further be, and re- reply, that here is all that was done, and all that was needful! 'uketh theca that l;retened to be done, afcribed to the Presbyters : For r. They elected the contrary. one. 2. They did in excel(iori grade elertum collocare, place Hector ase- him in an higher degree, and 3. Epifcopumnominabant :they cited) before namedhim theBiílaop ( by way of excellency.) And if Eledi (Sco`. on andplacing him in the Degree, and giving him peculiarly the Hiftor.lq.foa name, be not Ordination, then Ordination is but tome Ceremo- rz8.b, allthae ny ; for these contain the fubl ance. 6. And Hierom exprefly ú Poplfut refembleth this a&ion of the Presbyters ro an Armies making an f;.ag; ex Mo- Emperour or General ; as if he had laid, As the Army makes ;AZ' & Gal- an Empereur (Imperatorem faciat) fo Presbyters made the dæis pentifcee Bifhop : but the Army fo made the Empereur, that they left NoE,iemi it not to another power romake him ( and to them only.) So thenordained that it is both [Making a B fhop ] that is here afcribed to the the«, but;ces.. Presbyters, and ; fuch amaking] as leavech hira not unmade, byters. to the makingof another. 7. Arid he refembleth it to the making (Ç Masts of an Arch -deacon, fuppofing that the Deacons do i. Elect. 6.) faith[Ha- 2. Judgeof the perfon ( q;lcm indufirium noverint.) 3. And bebant aurea give him the name ( Archi diaconumDocent.) 8. And he Scoti fuocE- affirmeth this to be (fernper) the confant cuftcm of the Alex- P?fcopo, acMi- andrian Presbyters, till the dayes of Heraclas and Dion cur n'Itros exver- - f bi Divi;z; Mi- intimating that then the cullomchanged : but what cultam was ,tfc.,,ioplebitam then changed? Not theEleEtion of a Bishop by the Presbyters, fie¡fragias ele- ( with the people) for that continued longafter : and therefore ttor,prour Aß- it mutt be .he Conflitution, which afterwardwas done by Neigh- Geri rtpud re bour Bishops in Confecration, but till then by the ilet1ion, Cd- range vide location, and nominationof thcPresbyters of that City-Church. boot, Ff 9. Having
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