An assertion of the government of the Church of Scotland in the points of…

¹Chrysostom compareth the Church to a house, because as in a house there are wife, children and servants, and the care or government of all is incumbent to the master of the family: So is it in the Church, wherein, beside the ruler of the same, nothing is to be seen, but as it were wife, children, and servants, [Greek or Hebrew]. But if the Governor of the Church, saith he, hath fellows or consorts in the government thereof, so hath the man also the wife to be his consort in the government of his house. If it be said, that by the Ruler of the Church, he meaneth the Bishop, and by his consorts preaching Presbyters, who ⟨p. 67⟩are the Bishops helpers in the government of the Church; I answer, If we understand by [Greek or Hebrew] the Bishop,² then we make Chrysostom contradict himself: for in his next Homily he showeth plainly, that Presbyters have [Greek or Hebrew], the ruling of the Church as well as Bishops, and that the whole purpose of his former Homily agreed to Presbyters no less then Bishops. Now then, who were the consorts which Pastors of Churches, or preaching Elders had in the government of the Church? Could they be any other then Ruling Elders?

¹Chrysostome compareth the Church to a house, because as in a house there are wife, children and servants, and the care or government of all is incumbent to the master of the family: So is it in the Church, wherein, beside the ruler of the same, nothing is to bee seen, but as it were wife, children, and servants, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. But if the Governour of the Church, saith he, hath fellows or consorts in the government thereof, so hath the man also the wife to be his consort in the government of his house. If it be said, that by the Ruler of the Church, he meaneth the Bishop, and by his consorts preaching Presbyters, who ⟨p. 67⟩are the Bishops helpers in the government of the Church; I answer, If wee understand by 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the Bishop,