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A
Preface to the
Reader.
better
free thofe Epifilesfrom the wordo:yiis,us'd
in
the
fence
whereunto
it was applyed
by
the
Valentiniant
long
after the death
of
Ignatiuu
then
any
other Apologie,
I
have
as
yet
!yen,
for
the
fecuring
ofits
abode
in
them.
It
is
not
a
little burdenfome
to
the thought of
lobee and learned men
,
to
confider how
frequently,
cauflefy,
abfurdly in the
midit
of
difcourfes quite
of
another
n.:tere,
and
tenden-
cy, the Author of thole Epifiles ( or fome body for him)breaks
w
upon the
Corn
roerd,
;;o
:t
of
Church
Officers
Bilhops
and
Prefbyters,
exalting them with titles
of
honout
to the greateft
Potentates on earth and comparing
them
to
God
the
Father
and
Son ;
where
as
none
of
the
Sacred
writers
that
went before him, nor any
ofthofegood
and
holy men who(as
is
hippo
fed)
followed
after him
do hold the
leafs
communion or fociety with him.
',
vay.u.v
't;r
,'v
lap
nctan,ävsu
añ'Emrroax"
J'Y
regi,77e,vtfptes
Epifl:adTeal:
whereunto
is
immcdiafly fubjoynrd
thatDo&rine
concerning Deacons,which will
fcarcely be
thought
to beexegetical
of
Aci
6.v:ÿ
A
eel)
dlaxóveQSÓV7at
µvsreíwr
Xprsê
Inns
4m
orat7u
`óxo}r
ápcT2tiv,é
Ft
dpw
úr>rw
wo7mee
mMzr
-o,
arc.
And
TiyZ4nrinísaove-'ata`
v40175p
fxñs
ÿ
i
doiati7(3r-t,va
adv7wv
ea;.
What the
Wri-
ter
of
this paffage
intended
to
make
of
a
73i/hop
well
I
know not
: but thus
he (peaks of him
Epifl:
ad
Magnet.
1pfvwvéhtd
'ÿlitaf,vaméc,vi,t'Emre7G)(Wit.
rmue,dtra
arri,s'y
v.rsc;s
=v
yS
rd
(
as
the Apoftle
fpeaks
concerning
God,
Heb
:6.
to.)
rotúrw dvned
.'
r. Thus indeed
force
would
have
it
who
to
help
the matter
,
have
further
framed
filch
an
Epifcapacy
,
as
was
never
thought
on
by
any
in
the dayes
of
Ignatius,
as
(hall
afterwards
be
made evident. And
in the
fame
Epifile this
is
fomewhat
uncouth
and ftrange.
`Evo sr--
,
Wo7t
tiu;,vct
7:
ego'
dt'
ndr;
ëa
Xptsrr.r;ercp
óUV
i
Kúeta.
;nu
zû nuvy2ssdiv-
svrc+,
é
f,ravru
yS,
pnci,iuor.
v e,r
=_u.
tnä
ñEr.'OraattjtipsÑiársvToti
'
E7ntrxó7fxenj'
áttleaßtfrsp
e-,t*++,,ioavg-,o',Aaï;ùs
"'J
nya<uprmy`¡.ÜViv.
t
awiv
eapi
7lw
kr
vxyvoia.srv.
Whether
the Lord Chrift
hellhound
any fuch
burden upon the
fhoulders
of
the
Saints,
I
much queftion ; nor can I
tell
What
to
make
of
the
comparifon, be-
tween
God
the
Father,
and the Bifhop, Chrifi,and
the
reft
of the
Church; the whole lenience
in
word
and
matter,
being
mat
remote from the
loft
Countenance from the
Sacred
writings
Epifl:adPhiladel
titapéa3uTseytxjaia
wexoeotao`Tetaasrtip(
,
44974r7i7úeet.
x7:75 SoTteirrao,
xj 701s
ápxxvt
xj
7fÌ
Kvs?uet
(well aimed however
)
7Gi umaeOaw
7rrsu;xtl
utnovr.
The
Epiftle
to the
Church
at
Stetyrna
is
full
of
fuchfluff, inferted
without
any occafion,
order,coherence or any
colour to
induce
us
to
believe
that
it
is
part
of
the Epifile
as
firft
written.
One
paffage I may
not
omit
.Tlra
;Heir
(tria)T8sdv,s;ßamT4n
igw
Ps
enrnn'
(
in
the
language
ofour
Saviour
repudia,
ting
the
Pharifees
corrupted
gio(fes
on the
Law
)
7iva
a
es
6v
u;sat7tov
7=~,v
T
-,v
xip,ov
,
Ind.
oz,n n,
éÆ
a`f
eitepta
NoV
Éix
p
m0VY7a,>47+
for
tóápxn,v
310E7
nsTI
ó
4
7i
ieo®7ejem
Xg:o'
)
un'
úrot
rxeñ ßaoo,fe. SoPeter's
millake
is
correeledi
his reafons
follow,
7i>
,,41,37rdv,",i1
m
aTñvt©-
dv
arñvr
z
Zvaty'
óure
¡1
e,
term
'nn
ëlnaxóere ri
an
.n.
iapmusys
Oerá'
:, °d
në
nSeen
vrec
mt
7,,,..41,3
(as
was Jefus
Chrifi)
and
it
is
added,
a'ó
:aato.uvty
5myt-r,jnon
d
'coo
nifi
oe
`knit
ckethc;tdv 7t.u'aotrpvyiyvtottiar,
váonr
engii7s
xelev
%á
to3nñ?7,n
tguedu,
i
,'vev
s'iaxó'n
,irtos'v
,
xtps¡r<vtiJ-t
'c.itpwavvn}ápt2,7Ó71dornv4en
'yéo¿o páorotsdvaCn?nads,Howwellthisfaitsthedo-
C ine
of
Peter
and
Paul,
the
Reader will
eafìly difcerne.
Cesar
or
the Icing
is
upon
all ac-
counts
thrufi
behind
the Bifhop, who
is Paid
to be
Cenfecreted to God
for
the
(alvation
of
the
World:him
he
is
exhorted
to
obey; and
in exprefs
oppofition
to
the Holy
Ghoft,
the Bifhop's
name
is
thruft
in
between
God
and the
King,
as
in
a way
of
preheminence above the
latter:
'And
to
doe any thing
without the
Bifhop
is
made
a
farre greater
crime
then to
rife up
againft
the
Icing. As this
feemes fcarce
to
be the language
of
one
,
going upon
an
Accusation
to
appeare before the
Emperour,
fo
I
am
certaine,
ie
is
moil remote
from the
likenels
of
any
thing, that
in
this
affaire we
are inftru
&ed in
from the Scripture. Plainly
this
language
is
the
fame
with that
of
the
falle
Impofior
Pfeudo-
Clement
in his
pretended
4pefiolical Conftitutions.
At
this
rate,or
fomewhat beyond it
have you him ranting,
Lib.
z,
cap.
z.
E'or&,oaov
(0.;
7ÚV.y
ixttvix¿e pdoots,adv7wvzpxervúv9pám.v,h
;
éwv,Raont
a
p,
dptia'
v,oe,n47'spoeu'<e;,11doedtnvre
7tav7fw
;n
áfe
n'sCirne
All
Topes,
with
all
forts
of
Perfens
whatever
'Priefis, Kings,
and
Princes,
Fathers
and
Children, all under
thefeet
of
this Exemplar ofGod,
and
Ruler over
men.
A
paffage
which doubtlefs eminently interprets and illuftrares
that
place
of
Peter
a
Epifile
ch.
5.
t'.
t.
2.3. The
Elders
that
are among
you
I
exhort,
mho
alto am an
Elder,
and
no
munef
of
the
fufferings
of
Chrifl
and
alfo
apartaker
of
the
glory
that
£ball
be
revealed
j
eed
the
flock
ofGod,whith
W
among
you,taf
ing
the everfzght
thereofnot
by
cunflraint
,
but
willingly
,not
for
filthy
lucre,
bort
of
a
ready
mind,
neither
as
being Lords over
God's
heritage,but bring Examples
to
the
flock
.
But
yet
as
if
the man were fiarke mad,with wordldy pride
and
pompe
He
afterwards
in
the
name
of
the
Holy e.e
poffles
of
?erns
Chrifl
,
commands all the Laity
(
forfooth)
to honour
,
lore,
and
feare
the
Bifhop,
ws
Kóetov,r
s
Ino'mirsr,Jo `Apyrpsa osoO.
Lib,
a.Cap
zo. And that
you may
fee