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…

Chrysostom saith [Greek or Hebrew], that is, saith ^oJunius, the Ecclesiastical Synedrium made up of Pastors and Elders. Thus ^pCamero likewise expoundeth the place. Ecclesiae nomine saith he, videtur Christus significasse Collegium Presbiterorum qui Ecclesiae Christianae erant praefuturi, cujus Presbyterij mentio fit, 1 Tim. 4. Now if Christ hath committed the power of Excommunication unto the Church, what have Bishops to say for themselves, who appropriate th• power unto themselves, each one in his own Diocese? ^qfor we can not give the name of the Church unto a Bishop: because he is but one man, and the Church is a company of many men. Nay, nor yet can we give the name of the Church unto a company of Bishops; for if they might be called the Church, it should be for this respect alone, because they represent the Church. But solely Episcopi, &c. Bishops alone saith ^rGerard, or they who teach, can not represent the Church, since hearers also pertain to the definition thereof, but the Presbytery can represent the Church, whereunto not only they pertain who labour in the Word, but also Elders or Governors, put in authority, for expediting of Ecclesiastical matters in name of the whole Church. We grant then, ^sthat by the Church, Christ meaneth that company of Church Governors, whereby a certain particular Church is represented, but for as much as the Church consisteth of two integrant parts, viz. Pastors and Sheep, Teachers and Hearers, we therefore deny, that the representative Church whereof Christ speaketh, can be any other, then that Ecclesiastical Consistory, whereof we have spoken.

Chrysostome saith 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that is, saith ^o