Five disputations of church-government and worship

And in the Epistle to the Philadelphians he hath [[Greek or Hebrew].] i. e. [Una enim est caro Domini nostri Jesu Christi, & unus illius sanguis qui pro nobis effusus est, & unus calix qui pro omn•bus nobi• distributus est, unus panis qui omnibus fractus est, unum altare omni Ecclesiae, & unus Episcopus cum presbyterorum Collegio & Diaconis conservis meis.]

And in the Epistle to the Philadelphians he hath [〈non-Latin alphabet〉.] i. e. [Vna enim est caro Domini nostri Iesu Christi, & unus illius sanguis qui pro nobis effusus est, & unus calix qui pro omn•bus nobi• distributus est, unus panis qui omnibus fractus est, unum altare omni Ecclesiae, & unus Episcopus cum presbyterorum Collegio & Diaconis conservis meis.]

Here it is manifest that the particular Church which in those days was governed by a Bishop, Presbytery and Deacons, was but one Congregation; for every such Church had but one Altar.

Here it is manifest that the particular Church which in those dayes was governed by a Bishop, Presbytery and Deacons, was but one Congregation; for every such Church had but one Altar.

Object. But some Greek Copies leave out [Greek or Hebrew]. Answ. 1. The corrupt vulgar translation might occasion the change of the text, saith Bishop Usher (Annot. in loc. page 40.) [intermedia illa, ex interpretatione hâc excidisse videantur.] 2. The old translation of Bishop Usher which leaves it out, yet hath Unum Altar & unus Episcopus, &c. and the sense is he same if the other words were out. 3. Ignatius hath the like in other places, as we shall see anon; which forbiddeth such quarrels here.