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The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended…
The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to show their dangerous error, who think that a general council, or college of bishops, is a supreme governor of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entitled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Corke and Rosse in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to shew their dangerous errour, who think that a general council, or colledge of bishops, is a supream governour of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entituled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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2. At present I will but recite one clause in Whitlock's Memorials, pag. 45. even after they thought themselves under a necessity to please the Scots as far as they could. [Anno 1640. The Commons had debate about a new Form of Ecclesiastical Government, and July 17. agreed, That every Shire shall be a several Diocese; a Presbytery of Twelve Divines in each Shire, and a President as a Bishop over them; and he with the assistance of some of the Presbytery to ordain, suspend, deprive, degrade and excommunicate. To have a Diocesan Synod once a year, and every third year a National Synod, and they to make Canons, but none to be binding till confirmed by Parliament.
2. At present I will but recite one clause in Whitlocks Memorials, pag. 45. even after they thought themselves under a necessity to please the Scots as far as they could. [Anno 1640. The Commons had debate about a new Form of Ecclesiastical Government, and July 17. agreed, That every Shire shall be a several Diocess; a Presbytery of Twelve Divines in each Shire, and a President as a Bishop over them; and he with the assistance of some of the Presbytery to ordain, suspend, deprive, degrade and excommunicate. To have a Diocesan Synod once a year, and every third year a National Synod, and they to make Canons, but none to be binding till confirmed by Parliament.
The Primate of Armagh offered an expedient for conjunction in point of Discipline, that Episcopal and Presbyterian Government might not be at a far distance, but reducing Episcopacy to ⟨p. 45⟩the Form of Synodical Government in the Primitive Church
Were not these men Episcopal? It's much like Mr. Thorndike's own motions saving his Opinion for Foreign Jurisdiction.