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

IV. And those that make the Ignorant believe that seditious disobedient Presbyters have in all Ages been the dividers of the Church, and the Bishops the means of Unity, concord and suppression of such Schismatics and Heretics, could never thus deceive the people, were but so much Church-History commonly known, as I have here collected. Read Church-History and believe that if you can.

IV. And those that make the Ignorant believe that seditious disobedient Presbyters have in all Ages been the dividers of the Church, and the Bishops the means of Vnity, concord and suppression of such Schismaticks and Hereticks, could never thus deceive the people, were but so much Church-History commonly known, as I have here collected. Read Church-History and believe that if you can.

V. And many that take up any new opinion or dotage which is but newly broached among them, would have been saved from it, if they •a• but known how that same opinion or the like, was long ago taken up by Heretics, and exploded by the faithful Pastors and people of the Church.

V. And many that take up any new opinion or dotage which is but newly broached among them, would have been saved from it, if they •a• but known how that same opinion or the like, was long ago taken up by Hereticks, and exploded by the faitbful Pastors and people of the Church.

VI. And the sectaries who rashly separate from some Churches, because of some forms, opinions or ceremonies, which almost all Christians on earth have used, in the former purer ages, and still use, would be more cautelous and fearful in examining their grounds, and would hardly venture to separate from any Church for that, which on the same reason would move them to separate from almost all Christians in the whole world; if not Unchurch the Church of Christ: And ancient errors and crimes would affright us from imitating them.