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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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CHAP. X. Of his Accusation, That I make the Bishops the Authors of all Heresies and Schisms, as distinct from Presbyters, Monks and People.
§ 1. This also runs throughout his Book; and must such Books be answered or believed? I never denied the guilt and concurrence of others with them. I only say, That as Bishops were the Chief, so they had the chief hand, as far as I can yet learn, in Heresies and Schisms, since they came to their height of Power, and specially in those grand Heresies and Schisms, which have broken, and keep the Churches in those great Sects and Parties, which in East and West it consisteth of to this day. I never doubted or denied but that 1. The Heresies that were raised before the Church had any Patriarchs, or the turgent sort of Bishops, were certainly raised without them. 2. And afterward sometime a Presbyter began a Heresy. 3. And the Bishops were but as the Generals of the Army in all the Church Civil Wars. But I never denied but the Prelatical Priests, Monks, and multitude were their obsequious Army.
§ 1. THis also runs throughout his Book; and must such Books be answered or believed? I never denyed the guilt and concurrence of others with them. I only say, That as Bishops were the Chief, so they had the chief hand, as far as I can yet learn, in Heresies and Schisms, since they came to their height of Power, and specially in those grand Heresies and Schisms, which have broken, and keep the Churches in those great Sects and Parties, which in East and West it consisteth of to this day. I never doubted or denyed but that 1. The Heresies that were raised before the Church had any Patriarchs, or the turgent sort of Bishops, were certainly raised without them. 2. And afterward sometime a Presbyter began a Heresie. 3. And the Bishops were but as the Generals of the Army in all the Church Civil Wars. But I never denyed but the Prelatical Priests, Monks, and multitude were their obsequius Army.