A27045:163
The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members…
The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members I. defended against the opposition of Mr. William Johnson, II. proved by many arguments / by Richard Baxter ; whereunto is added 1. an account of my judgement to Mr. J. how far heretics are or are not in the church, 2. Mr. Js. explication of the most used terms, with my queries thereupon, and his answer and my reply, 3. an appendix about successive ordination, 4. letters between me and T.S., a papist, with a narrative of the success.The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members I. defended against the opposition of Mr. William Johnson, II. proved by many arguments / by Richard Baxter ; whereunto is added 1. an account of my judgement to Mr. J. how far hereticks are or are not in the church, 2. Mr. Js. explication of the most used terms, with my queries thereupon, and his answer and my reply, 3. an appendix about successive ordination, 4. letters between me and T.S., a papist, with a narrative of the success.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1660
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Though therefore you profess never to have seen convincing proof of this in the first 400 years, & labour to infringe it in the next ages, yet I will make an essay to give you a taste of those innumerable proofs of this visible Consent in the Bishop of Rome's Supremacy, not of Order only, but of Power, Authority, & Jurisdiction over all other Bishops, in the ensuing instances, which happened within the first 400, or 500, or 600, years.
Though therefore you profess never to have seen convincing proof of this in the first 400 years, & labour to infringe it in the next ages, yet I will make an essay to give you a taste of those innumerable proofs of this visible Consent in the Bishop of Rome's Supremacy, not of Order only, but of Power, Authority, & Iurisdiction over all other Bishops, in the ensuing instances, which happened within the first 400, or 500, or 600, years.
(a)John Bishop of Antioch makes an Appeal to Pope Simplicius. And Flavianus (bBishop of Constantinople, being deposed in the false Council of Ephesus, immediately appeals to the Pope, as to his judge. (c)Theodoret was by Pope Leo restored, and that by an (d)appeal unto a just judgement. (e)Saint Cyprian desir•• Pope Stephen to depose Marcian Bishop of Arles, that another might be substituted in his place. And to evince the supreme Authority of the Bishops of Rome, it is determined in the (f)Council of Sardis, That no Bishop deposed by other neighbouring Bishops, pretending to be heard again, was to have any successor