A33359:171
Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times
Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times, or, A defence of the answer to Dr. Stillingfleets allegations out of antiquity for such churches against the exceptions offered in the preface to a late treatise called A vindication of the primitive church, where what is further produced out of Scripture and ancient authors for diocesan churches is also discussed.Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times, or, A defence of the answer to Dr. Stillingfleets allegations out of antiquity for such churches against the exceptions offered in the preface to a late treatise called A vindication of the primitive church, where what is further produced out of Scripture and antient authors for diocesan churches is also discussed.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1682
Diocesan Churches not yet discovered in the Primitive times.
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But let us hear what he says to it; yet what can be expected to be said by one who makes his own dream the Foundation of his Discourse? However let us try if we can find any one clause that is true and pertinent in the whole, and begin with the best of it.
But let us hear what he sayes to it; yet what can be expected to be said by one who makes his own dream the Foundation of his Discourse? However let us try if we can find any one clause that is true and pertinent in the whole, and begin with the best of it.
Though Strabo says that Temples and great Palaces took up a 4th. or a 3d. of the City, yet our Examiner ⟨p. 47⟩will have us think there might be inhabitants there; when Epiphanius says, as I cited him, that part was [Greek or Hebrew], destitute of Inhabitants, so he tells us Bruchium was. The Examiner denies not Bruchium to be that Region of the City which Strabo says, was taken up with Public Buildings, but adds, what all the public buildings of the Town in one Region? But who said all the Public Buildings? This is his own fancy still.
Though Strabo sayes that Temples and great Palaces took up a 4th. or a 3d. of the City, yet our Examiner ⟨p. 47⟩will have us think there might be inhabitants there; when Epiphanius sayes, as I cited him, that part was 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, destitute of Inhabitants, so he tells us Bruchium was. The Examiner denies not Bruchium to be that Region of the City which Strabo sayes, was taken up with Publick Buildings, but adds, what all the publick buildings of the Town in one Region? But who said all the Publick Buildings? This is his own fancy still.