Five disputations of church-government and worship

Was it in one degree of subordination of Officers only, or in all, that the Apostles suited the Ecclesiastical Government to the Civil? If in One, how is it proved that they intended it in that one, and not in the rest? If in all, then we must ⟨p. 11⟩have many degrees of Officers, more then yet we have▪ Inferiors very many, and Superiors some of all conscience too high: then we must have some to answer the Correctors, the Consular Presidents, and the Vicars, and Lieutenants, the Pro-consuls and Prefects, and the Emperor himself: Even one to be Universal in the Empire (that's yet some Limit to the Pope, and will hazard the removing of the Supremacy to Constantinople, by the Rule that the Apostles are supposed to go by.) And great variety must there be in the several Dioceses of the Empire (which Blondel hath punctually described de primatu in Eccles. pag. 511. to 519. showing the causes of the inequality of Bishoprics and Churches.) 8. According to this Opinion the form of Church must alter as oft as Emperors will change their Policy, or Wars shall change them: And upon every change of the Privileges of a City, the Churches Preeminence must change, and so we shall be in a mutable frame: Which if Basil and Anthymius had understood, might have quicklier decided their controversy. Yea according to this opinion, Princes may quite take down Metropolitans at pleasure, by equalling the privileges of their Cities. The best is then, that it is in the power of our Civil Governors to dissolve our obligation to Metropolitans, yea and to all Bishops too, if Cities must be their only residence, as I have showed.

Was it in one degree of subordination of Officers only, or in all, that the Apostles suited the Ecclesiasticall Government to the Civil? If in One, how is it proved that they intended it in that one, and not in the rest? If in all, then we must ⟨p. 11⟩have many degrees of Officers, more then yet we have▪ Inferiors very many, and Superiors some of all conscience too high: then we must have some to answer the Correctors, the Consular Presidents, and the Vicars, and Lieutenants, the Pro-consuls and Prefects, and the Emperor himself: Even one to be Vniversal in the Empire (thats yet some Limit to the Pope, and will hazzard the removing of the Supremacy to Constantinople, by the Rule that the Apostles are supposed to go by.) And great variety must there be in the several Diocesses of the Empire (which Blondell hath punctually described de primatu in Eccles. pag. 511. to 519. shewing the causes of the inequality of Bishopricks and Churches.) 8. According to this Opinion the form of Church must alter as oft as Emperours will change their Policy, or Wars shall change them: And upon every change of the Priviledges of a City, the Churches Preheminence must change, and so we shall be in a mutable frame: Which if Basil and Anthymius had understood, might have quicklier decided their controversie. Yea according to this opinion, Princes may quite take down Metropolitans at pleasure, by equalling the priviledges of their Cities. The best is then, that it is in the power of our Civil Governours to dissolve our obligation to Metropolitans, yea and to all Bishops too, if Cities must be their only residence, as I have shewed.