And the consonant Testimonies of the Ancients, with the general consent ⟨p. 60⟩of Modern Divines, and Protesta•• Writers of good esteem and approbation do assent and acknowledge, That Timothy and Titus were not only Evangelists, but Bishops set and fixed by some of the Apostles to Oversee, Order, and Govern Churches, Ordain Bishops and Presbyters, and to exercise Authority over them, according to the Laws, Canons and Constitutions of Christ and his Apostles given unto them. Walo, (m)called Salmasius, who professedly pleaded for the Identity of Bishops and Presbyters, confessed concerning the Ancients that Chrysostom, Epiphanius, Theophylact, Theodoret, and other Greek Commentators have collected out of the words of St. Paul, That Titus was verily the Bishop of Crete.(n) Hierom hath recorded both Timothy and Titus Bishops, the one of Ephesus, and the other of Crete, to whom(o) Ambrose, Primasius and(*) Gregory the ⟨p. 61⟩Great, do consent; so do Reverend Beza, (p)Learned Scultetus, Luther, Master Moulin, Tossanus, Zuinglius, Calvin, Dr. Gerard, Dr. Reynolds, and several others assert and acknowledge, That the Presbytery had their Presbyter (or President) over them, in the Apostolical Age, when the community of Names of Presbyters and Bishops remained among them. Such were Timothy and Titus, whom the Apostles ordained Bishops, 1 Tim. 4.14. & 2 Tim. 1.6. & Titus 1.5. Scultetus in Titum, cap. 8. p. 10. At Paulus Ephesi, & in Creta aliquandiu docuerat, ideo Titum & Timotheum in Creta jubet manere, non utique ut Evangelistas, sed Ecclesiae Gubernatores, &c. Luther. tom. 1. fol. 309. conclus. 13. Probo quamlibet civitatem habere debere Episcopum proprium jure divino, quod ex Paulo ad Titum ostendo dicente, v. 5, 7. [Greek or Hebrew], As I have ordained thee, Calvinus in Titum, 1.5: Discimus (saith he) ex hoc loco non eam fuisse aequalitatem inter Ministros, quia unus aliquis Authoritate praeesset.
And the consonant Testimonies of the Antients, with the general consent ⟨p. 60⟩of Modern Divines, and Protesta•• Writers of good esteem and approbation do assent and acknowledge, That Timothy and Titus were not only Evangelists, but Bishops set and fixed by some of the Apostles to Oversee, Order, and Govern Churches, Ordain Bishops and Presbyters, and to exercise Authority over them, according to the Laws, Canons and Constitutions of Christ and his Apostles given unto them. Walo, (m)called Salmasius, who professedly pleaded for the Identity of Bishops and Presbyters, confessed concerning the Antients that Chrysostome, Epiphanius, Theophylact, Theodoret, and other Greek Commentators have collected out of the words of St. Paul, That Titus was verily the Bishop of Crete.(n) Hierom hath recorded both Timothy and Titus Bishops, the one of Ephesus, and the other of Crete, to whom(o) Ambrose, Primasius and(*) Gregory the ⟨p. 61⟩Great, do consent; so do Reverend Beza, (p)Learned Scultetus, Luther, Master Moulin, Tossanus, Zuinglius, Calvin, Dr. Gerard, Dr. Reynolds, and several others assert and acknowledge, That the Presbytery had their Presbyter (or President) over them, in the Apostolical Age, when the community of Names of Presbyters and Bishops remained among them. Such were Timothy and Titus, whom the Apostles ordained Bishops, 1 Tim. 4.14. & 2 Tim. 1.6. & Titus 1.5. Scultetus in Titum, cap. 8. p. 10. At Paulus Ephesi, & in Creta aliquandiu docuerat, ideo Titum & Timotheum in Creta jubet manere, non utique ut Evangelistas, sed Ecclesiae Gubernatores, &c. Luther. tom. 1. fol. 309. conclus. 13. Probo quamlibet civitatem habere debere Episcopum proprium jure divino, quod ex Paulo ad Titum ostendo dicente, v. 5, 7. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, As I have ordained thee, Calvinus in Titum, 1.5: Discimus (saith he) ex hoc loco non eam fuisse aequalitatem inter Ministros, quia unus aliquis Authoritate praeesset.
- (m)Walo, alias Salmas. lib. de Episc. pag 229. Titum Cretae Insulae praefecit Paulus, qui non singulari in aliqua Civitate Episcopus fuit, sed totam illam Provinciam ad tempus procuraret, &c.
- (n)Hierom. de Eccles. script. Ephesiorum Episcop. à Paulo ordinatus, &c.
- (o)Ambros. in Praefat. ad Timoth. c. 3. hunc creatum Episcopum, &c.
- (*)Gregor. Pap. de Curat. Past. part. 2. c. 11. Prima• in Trin.
- (p)Beza, de Minist. gra. cap. 22. Habuit jam tum Presbyterium suum aliquem [Greek or Hebrew] Presbyterum, etiam Presbyterorum manente communi appellation.Beza, de Minist. gra. cap. 22. Habuit jam tum Presbyterium suum aliquem 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Presbyterum, etiam Presbyterorum manente communi appellatione.
