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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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XIV. The new Historians would make us believe that the Reformed Church of England before Bishop Lauds time were of their mind that now call themselves Bishops and Doctors of the Church of England, in holding as they do, that there is an Universal humane Sovereignty with Legislative and Judicial power over all the Churches on earth: and that this is in Councils, or an Universal College of Bishops; of which the Pope may be allowed to be president, and Principium Unitatis &c. and that he must be obeyed as Patriarch of the West; and so we must be under a foreign Jurisdiction. Whereas it is notoriously known that before Bishop Lauds time the doctrine of this Church was quite Contrary, as may be seen at large in the Apology, the Articles of Religion, the writings of the Bishops and Doctors; Yea they writ copiously to prove that the Pope is Antichrist, and put it into their Liturgy. And Dr. Heylin tells us that the Reason why Bishop Laud got it out was, that it might not offend the Papists and hinder our reconciliation with them; And the Oath of Supremacy sweareth us against all foreign Jurisdiction.
XIV. The new Historians would make us believe that the Reformed Church of England before Bishop Lauds time were of their mind that now call themselves Bishops and Doctors of the Church of England, in holding as they do, that there is an Universal humane Soveraignty with Legislative and Judicial power over all the Churches on earth: and that this is in Councils, or an Universal Colledge of Bishops; of which the Pope may be allowed to be president, and Principium Unitatis &c. and that he must be obeyed as Patriarch of the West; and so we must be under a forreign Jurisdiction. Whereas it is notoriousy known that before Bishop Lauds time the doctrine of this Church was quite Contrary, as may be seen at large in the Apology, the Articles of Religion, the writings of the Bishops and Doctors; Yea they writ copiously to prove that the Pope is Antichrist, and put it into their Liturgy. And Dr. Heylin tells us that the Reason why Bishop Laud got it out was, that it might not offend the Papists and hinder our reconciliation with them; And the Oath of Supremacy sweareth us against all forreign Jurisdiction.
XV. The same Historians would make us believe that these