Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…

V. And no doubt but very many of the Bishops themselves were humble holy faithful men, that grieved for the miscarriages of the rest. Though such excellent persons as Gregory Neocesareae, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory Nyssen, Basil, Chrysostom, Augustine, Hillary, Prosper, Fulgentius, &c. ⟨p. 17⟩were not very common, no doubt but there were many that wrote not Books, nor came so much into the notice of the world, but avoided contentious and factious Stirs, that quietly and honestly conducted the Flocks in the ways of piety, love, and justice. And some of them (as S. Martin) separated from the Councils and Communion of the prevailing turbulent sort of the Prelates, to signify their disowning of their sins.

V. And no doubt but very many of the Bishops themselves were humble holy faithful men, that grieved for the miscarriages of the rest. Though such excellent persons as Gregory Neocesareae, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory Nyssen, Basil, Chrysostome, Augustine, Hillary, Prosper, Fulgentius, &c. ⟨p. 17⟩were not very common, no doubt but there were many that wrote not Books, nor came so much into the notice of the world, but avoided contentious and factious Stirs, that quietly and honestly conducted the Flocks in the ways of piety, love, and justice. And some of them (as S. Martin) separated from the Councils and Communion of the prevailing turbulent sort of the Prelates, to signifie their disowning of their sins.

VI. And oft times, when the Prelates were at the worst, God raised up some very Godly Princes, that maintained Religion more than the Clergy, and were an honour to it when the Bishops dishonoured it.