A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…A dispute against the English-popish ceremonies, obtruded vpon the Church of Scotland Wherein not…

Wherefore it is manifest, that beside those two orders of Elders and Deacons, there is no other Ecclesiastical order which hath any divine institution, or necessary use in the Church. And Princes should do well to apply their power and authority to the extirpation and rooting out of Popes, Cardinals, Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, Suffragans, Abbots, Deans, Vice-Deans, Priors, Archdeacons, Subdeacons, Chancellors, Chantours, Subchantours, Exorcists, Monks, Hermits, Acoluths, and all the whole rabble of Popish orders, which undo the Church, and work more mischief in the earth, then can be either soon seen or shortly told.

Wherefore it is manifest, that beside those two orders of Elders and Deacons, there is no other Ecclesiasticall order which hath any divine institution, or necessary use in the Church. And Princes should doe well to applie their power and auctority to the extirpation and rooting out of Popes, Cardinals, Patriarches, Primats, Archbishops, Bishops, Suffragans, Abbots, Deanes, Vice-Deans, Priors, Archdeacons, Subdeacons, Chancellours, Chantours, Subchantours, Exorcists, Monkes, Eremits, Acoluths, and all the whole rabble of Popish orders, which undoe the Church, and worke more mischief in the earth, then can be either soone seene or shortly told.

But contrary wise, Princes ought to establish and maintain in the Church, Elders and Deacons, according to the Apostolical institution. Now Elders are either such as labour in the Word and Doctrine, or else such as are appointed for Discipline only. They who labour in the Word and Doctrine, are either such as do only teach, and are ordained for conserving in Schools and Seminaries of learning, the purity of Christian Doctrine, and the true interpretation of Scripture, and for detecting and confuting the contrary heresies and ⟨image 141⟩[…] ⟨image 141⟩[…] ⟨p. 162⟩errors, whom the Apostle calleth Doctors or Teachers: Or else they are such as do not only teach, but also have a more particular charge to watch over the flock, to seek that which is lost […] to bring home that which wandereth, to heal that which is diseased, to bind up that which is broken, to visit every family, to warn every person, to rebuke, to comfort, &c, whom the Apostle calleth sometimes Pastors, and sometimes Bishops, or Overseers. The other sort of Elders are ordained only for Discipline and Church government, and for assisting of the Pastors, in ruling the people, overseeing their manners, and censuring their faults. That this sort of Elders is instituted by the Apostle, it is put out of doubt, not alone by Calvin, Beza, and the Divines of Geneva, but also by Chemnitius, exam. part. 2. pag. 218. Gerard loc. theol. tom. 6. pag. 363. 364. Zanchius in 4. praec. col. 727. Martyr in