The State of the f r ft Churches, $rc. 97 and addedunto them, after theywere left by the Apo1 les. Thefe Bífhops he affirms to be , and have been the Presby- tersor Elders of the Church, even the lame with thosede- pored by the Corinthians, in the fame manner as the Apot ledoth, Ate. 20.2tá. `Ai.;,yp a y5 ïag $7' & ss p ec' Als%v h-'cuq,éáv T s á1.44x: ws óóíws- rp)a- , ywvercuau d't'`yc -As 'Gxoxoatrts ázrcc(3clAc ev> F.cc e/Ot S orp00%/2fo-a rr5s arpeoCú Tepoi, &c. It is nofmall fn in to to rejca or cafi off them, who have offered theGifts, ;or difeharged the Duties) of Epifcopacy, holily andwithout blame. Bleh ed are the El- ders who went before; namely, as he expreffeth it, hecaufe they are freed from that amotion from their Office , which thofe Elders now amongft them had undergone, after they had duely difeharged the Office of Epifcopacy. Other di., ftinétion and difference of ordinary Officers, betides that of Bífhops or Elders and Deacons the Church at Rome in thofe days knew not. Such ought to be in every parti- cular Church. Of any one tingle perfon to prefide over many churches , which is neceffary unto the Conftitution ofa church -fiate dittind from that which is Congrega- tional, Clemens knew nothing in his days; but gives us fuch a defcriptionof theChurch and its order, as is incon- fittent with fueh a pretence. 6. I thall add no more from this excellent Epia!e,but only the account given in it, of the firft conítitution of Officers in the Churches. Ka'i 5 «.7i-65-0A.0, ñ414,watt .v ' TF1 w.: -e 1:?r rivino-sx} , o71 Eejs Eç-'aq6 t'r ovdfLc/Ta tr4107s0- 11i15, 24, ?LGÚTLW v7&i./ ai1 v7r#yvomw cX3ITÓTes 7eA4av, VS.- r 7FSnouv Tsarpoerpnµtives, iÿ rheatoV ó?nvottiuJ b SJS> ,o v, o wws ;tit' n991/IA&&Qly, b 'iaáá wvvaq hept, h.Nuq.ao .ÉVOi ävd`pes , TLvJAss- TdpytaP /JTifjV, 7 V 7L7aSMti4ÉV7a5 ; I2 ÉxCLVWV, tdeTx. Ú ÚtTt' é7rpwv éAAoyi¡,ty)v civd`pra"v, vuvóúS merlans 'axis s'xxAnoias 17ú0-as, YA. Our Apojlles therefore, knowing by our Lord yefus Chriff, that there would contention arife about the nameof O Epif-
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