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Now / if you will conclude hereupon / that Cyprian ruled the church of Rome / or Ireneus the churches of Phrygia / or master Calvin / or M. Beza the churches of France / or that they were bishops or archbishops of those places / you shall but conclude as you were wont to do / but yet all men understand / that here is nothing less then an archbishop / or any such bishop / as we have and use in our church. And if so be that Chrysostom should be bishop or archbishop of all these churches which were in all Asia / Pontus / Thracia / as you would give the reader to understand / you make him bishop of more churches / then ever the Pope of Rome was / when he was in his greatest pride / and his Empire largest. For there were six presidentships in Thracia / and in Asia there were a eleven Princes / and had several regions or governments / and in Pontus as many / and if he were bishop or archbishop of all the churches within these dominions / he had need of a long spoon to feed with all. It is certain therefore / that he was bishop only of the church in Constantinople / and had an eye & a care to those other churches. And that he was bishop of one city / or of one church / it may appear by that which I have before alleged out of the Greek Scholiast upon Titus / who citeth there Chrysostom / where it is said that S. Paul did not mean to make one over the whole Isle / but that every one should have his proper congregation. &c. * And in an other place he showeth the difference ¹between the Emperor and the bishop / that the one is over the world / and the other that is the bishop / is over one city.

Now / if you will conclude heereupon / that Cyprian ruled the churche of Rome / or Ireneus the churches of Phrigia / or maister Caluin / or M. Beza the churches of Fraunce / or that they were byshops or archbyshops of those places / you shall but conclude as you were wont to doe / but yet all men vnderstand / that heere is nothing lesse then an archbyshop / or any such byshoppe / as we haue and vse in our church. And if so be that Chrysostome should be byshop or archbyshop of al these churches which were in al Asia / Pontus / Thracia / as you wold geue the reader to vnderstand / you make hym byshop of more churches / then euer the Pope of Rome was / when he was in hys greatest pryde / and hys Empire largest. For there were sixe presidentships in Thracia / and in Asia there were a eleuen Princes / and had seuerall regions or gouernmentes / and in Pontus as many / and if he were byshop or archbyshop of all the churches within these dominions / he had neede of a long spone to feede with all. It is certayne therefore / that he was byshop only of the church in Constantinople / and had an eye & a care to those other churches. And that he was byshop of one citie / or of one church / it may appeare by that which I haue before alleaged oute of the Greeke Scholiaste vpon Titus / who citeth there Chrysostome / where it is sayd that S. Paule dyd not meane to make one ouer the whole Ile / but that euery one should haue hys proper congregation. &c. * And in an other place he sheweth the difference