(347 §. 13. ;1 Bezel ( the Leader againfl Prelacy ) faith, degrad. re a. .Mini(1. Evang. Iniituti Divini eft, ut in Omni ceetu Presbytero rum onus fit qui ordine prxe.at profit reliquis. It is of Divine Inflitution that in every .flTrembly of Presbyters, there be one that go beforeand be above the reg.] Anddividing Bifhops into Divine, Humane, and Diabolical hemakes the Humane tolerable Pre- lacy tobe the fixed Prefidenr. §. 14. 4. Calvin (wino is accufed for ejeâing Epifcopacy) alvin, befìdes what he writes of it to Card. Sadolet, faith in his Inffi- See allo Dan. tut. lib. 4. cap. 4. § 1. [ Ea cautione town fuam Oeccnomiam coloniur in his compofwerunt (Ecclefia veterisEpircopi) ad unicum illam Dei Di(putat.ex .atut. .ce verbi normarn, ut facile vide.as nihil fere hac parte Jiabn;ffe -d 1.4 4 Dfp.s. verbo Dei alienum. ] §. 2. [ 2nibus ergo docendi munusin- g. Ig. 7,4. jet .6lum crac, cos enanos nominabant Presbyteros. Illi ex foe nu- rnero in fngnlis civita:ibus, nnum eligcbant, cui fpecialiter da- bunt titulumEpifcopi : me ex equaaitate,ut cri Yet, difdia naf- cerentur. Neque tannen (ie honore & dignitate fuperior Brat Epif- copus, ut Dominium in Collegar haberte : fedquas partes habet Confal in Senato, ut referee de negotiú, fententias raget,confulendo, monendo, hertando, alois preens, aestheritate floe tetam aElionem resat ; el- quad decretum Ccmmuni Con[lio fsterit, exequatur : id munups fuflinebat Epi[Copus in Presbyterorumccetu ] C §. 4. fine [ Gubernationem fic co,affituti nonnalli Hierarchtam vocarunt, no,, ine (ut mild videtnr) improprio, corte fcripfaris irruJtato : Cavere cuimvolait [piritas fendus, nequos principatam aut do.. minationem fomniaret , qusm de Ecclefie gubernatione agitar. Vertu.);fi rem, omifro vocabaole,inteoeamur ( N. B. ) repersemus veteres Epifcopos non alum regenda Ecclefia formam voluifre fingere ab ea quamDeus verbo foso prafcripfit ] This he writes after the mention of Archbifhops and Patriarcks, as well as of Bifhops governing in Synods. §. i s. Where by the way let me give you this obfervation, that Bifbops Governing but in Synods can have no other power of Goverment then the Synods them felves have : But Synods them;ilves as fuck are not directly for Government , but for. Concord and Communion of Churches, and fo confequently for well -governing the feveral flocks : Nor hath a Synod any Go- verning Power over a particular Pallor, as being his fuperiour appointed to that end e bút only a Power ofCoulent or Agree- Yy z ment
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