A27045:297
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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4. You say, they prohibited Dioscorus to sit by his order] Reply. 1. What then? therefore he was Universal Governor of the Church. All alike. Any accuser in a Parliament or Synod may require that the Accused may not sit as judge, till he be tried. 2. But did you not know that Leo's Legates were not obeyed; but that the Gloriosissimi judices & amplissimus senatus, required that the cause should be first made known: and that it was not done till Eusebius Episcop. Dorylaei had read his bill of complaint? Binnius Act 1. pag. 5.
4. You say, they prohibited Dioscorus to sit by his order] Reply. 1. What then? therefore he was Universal Governour of the Church. All alike. Any accuser in a Parliament or Synod may require that the Accused may not sit as judge, till he be tried. 2. But did you not know that Leo's Legates were not obeyed; but that the Gloriosissimi judices & amplissimus senatus, required that the cause should be first made known: and that it was not done till Eusebius Episcop. Dorylaei had read his bill of complaint? Binnius Act 1. pag. 5.
5. You say the Popes Legates pronounced the Church of Rome to be Caput omnium Ecclesiarum] Reply. 1. What then? therefore he was Governor of all the Christian world? I deny the consequence. You do nothing but beg: not a word of proof. Caput was but membrum principal, the Patriarch primae sedes, and that but in the Empire. 2. The Popes Legates were not the Council, nor judges in their own cause, and not opposing, signifies not always a consent. 3. But the Council do as I said, expressly define the point, both what your Primacy is, and of how long standing, and of ⟨p. 157⟩whose institution, and that Constantinople on the same grounds had equal privileges.
5. You say the Popes Legates pronounced the Church of Rome to be Caput omnium Ecclesiarum] Reply. 1. What then? therefore he was Governour of all the Christian world? I deny the consequence. You do nothing but beg: not a word of proof. Caput was but membrum principale, the Patriarch primae sedes, and that but in the Empire. 2. The Popes Legates were not the Council, nor judges in their own cause, and not opposing, signifies not alwayes a consent. 3. But the Council do as I said, expresly define the point, both what your Primacy is, and of how long standing, and of