A27045:538
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I shall only instance in the currant Testimony of their own Historians, of the Beginning of their Universal Headship. Saith Regino Chron. l. 1. An. 808. p. 13. [Bonifacius obtinuit apud Phocam Principem, ut sedes Romana Caput esset omnium Ecclesiarum: quia Ecclesia Constantin•p•litana primum see omnium Ecclesiarum scribebat.]
I shall only instance in the currant Testimony of their own Historians, of the Beginning of their Universal Headship. Saith Regino Chron. l. 1. An. 808. p. 13. [Bonifacius obtinuit apud Phocam Principem, ut sedes Romana Caput esset omnium Ecclesiarum: quia Ecclesia Constantin•p•litana primum se omnium Ecclesiarum scribebat.]
Hermannus Contractus, An. M. 4550. p. 122. [Hoc tempore Phocas Romanam Ecclesiam omnium Ecclesi•rum Caput esse constituit: Nam Constantinop. primam se esse scripsit.]
So Marianus Scotus in Phoc. [Bonifacius P. 67. impetravit á Phoca Caesare ut sedes Apostolica Romana Caput esset Ecclesiae, quum antea Constantinopolis Primam omnium see scriberet.] The same hath Sigebertus Gemblac. ⟨p. 271⟩An. 607. p. 526. And so Compilat. Chron. and many more.
So Marianus Scotus in Phoc. [Bonifacius P. 67. impetravit á Phoca Caesare ut sedes Apostolica Romana Caput esset Ecclesiae, quum antea Constantinopolis Primam omnium se scriberet.] The same hath Sigebertus Gemblac. ⟨p. 271⟩