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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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If he say that he meant it [Even from the Apostles time, and that of such Diocesans as have scores or hundreds of true Churches and Altars without their particular Bishops, or any Presbyters that were Ejusdem Ordinis with the Bishops, and were Episcopi Gregis, and that had such Power of the Keys over their flocks, as ours have not: or that had so many such Assemblies that were no true Churches;] if he will be proved a Historian worthy Credit, Let him give us any proof that all men described by him agreed de facto that there was so long, such a superiority of such Bishops. But these ⟨p. 104⟩men deride distinguishing, and banish Logic, that is Reason, from their History.
If he say that he meant it [Even from the Apostles time, and that of such Diocesans as have scores or hundreds of true Churches and Altars without their particular Bishops, or any Presbyters that were Ejusdem Ordinis with the Bishops, and were Episcopi Gregis, and that had such Power of the Keys over their flocks, as ours have not: or that had so many such Assemblies that were no true Churches;] if he will be proved a Historian worthy Credit, Let him give us any proof that all men described by him agreed de facto that there was so long, such a superiority of such Bishops. But these ⟨p. 104⟩men deride distinguishing, and banish Logick, that is Reason, from their History.
§ 5. V. The next Evidence of certainty which I mentioned, was from [continued Existent visible Effects which prove their Causes.] And here this undistinguishing Historian is at it again. The Superiority of Bishops over Presbyters is proved by the Laws and Customs of all Churches. This hath the same answer, which I will not repeat. Either it falsely reporteth my denial, or it falsely affirmeth that all Churches in all ages have left us visible Effects of the foresaid species. And I would he would help us that are ignorant therein with such History and Evidence from the beginning of the Churches in Scotland, and in the Southern and Eastern Countries that were without the Empire.