Mr. Richard Baxter's last legacy in select admonitions and directions to all sober dissenters

The Instances which he gives, are in the Episcopacy of the ⟨p. 48⟩Protestant Churches in Poland, from Adrian Regenvolscius, Hist. Eccles. Sclavon. l. 3. p. 424. N. B. Whereas from the first Reformation of the Churches in the Province of the lesser Polonia, it hath been received by Use and Custom, that out of the Elders of all those (Districtus) Divisions, which are 36 in Number, one Primate, or Chief, in Order, who is commonly called Superintendent of the Churches of lesser Poland, and doth preside over the Provincial Synods, be chosen by the Authority, Consent, and Suffrage of the Provincial Synod, and that he be inaugurated, and declared (not by imposition of Hands, to avoid the suspicion of Primacy, and the appearance of Authority and Power over the other Elders) only by Benediction, and fraternal Prayers, and by reading over the Offices which concern this Function, and the Prayers of the whole Synod, for the sake of Government and good Order in the Church of God, &c.

The other instance is of the Churches of the Bohemian Confession, who have among the Pastors of the Churches, their Conseniors and Seniors, and one President over all, related by the same Regenvolscius, p. 315. The Elders or the Superintendents of the Bohemian and Moravian Churches, &c. are for the most part chosen out of their Fellow-Elders, and are Ordained and Consecrated to the Office of Seigniory by Imposition of Hands, and Public inauguration, &c.

The other instance is of the Churches of the Bohemian Confession, who have among the Pastors of the Churches, their Conseniors and Seniors, and one President over all, related by the same Regenvolscius, p. 315. The Elders or the Superintendents of the Bohemian and Moravian Churches, &c. are for the most part chosen out of their Fellow-Elders, and are Ordained and Consecrated to the Office of Seigniory by Imposition of Hands, and Publick inauguration, &c.