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Five disputations of church-government and worship
Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659
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And saith Usher ibid. p. 800. [Hector Boethius fuisse dicit Palladium primum omnium qui Sacrum inter Scotos eager Magistratum à summo Pontifice Episcopum creatum: quum antea Populi suffragiis ex Monachis & Caldeis pontifices assumerentur. Both. Scotorum Histor. lib. 7. fol. 128. b.
And saith Vsher ibid. p. 800. [Hector Boethius fuisse dicit Palladium primum omnium qui Sacrum inter Scotos egere Magistratum à summo Pontifice Episcopum creatum: quum antea Populi suffragiis ex Monachis & Caldeis pontifices assumerentur. Boeth. Scotorum Histor. lib. 7. fol. 128. b.
And he adds the saying of Balaeus, (Scriptor. Britanic. centur. 14. cap. 6.) [A Caelestino illum missum ait Johannes Balaeus, ut Sacerdotalem ordinem, inter Scotos Romano ritu institueret. Habebant (inquit) antea Scoti suos Episcopos ac Ministros, ex verbi Divini Ministerio plebium suffragiis electos, prout Asianorum more fieri apud Britannos videbant: Sed haec Romanis, ut magis ceremoniosis atque Asianorum osoribus, non placebant] By these passages it is easy to conjecture whether they were Bishops of a County, or Bishops of a Parish that were there in those days. For my part I heartily wish that Ireland had three hundred sixty ⟨p. 98⟩five good Bishops and Churches at this day, even when the whole Nation profess themselves to be Christians, (which then they did not.)
And he adds the saying of Balaeus, (Scriptor. Britanic. centur. 14. cap. 6.) [A Caelestino illum missum ait Johannes Balaeus, ut Sacerdotalem ordinem, inter Scotos Romano ritu institueret. Habebant (inquit) antea Scoti suos Episcopos ac Ministros, ex verbi Divini Ministerio plebium suffragiis electos, prout Asianorum more fieri apud Britannos videbant: Sed haec Romanis, ut magis ceremoniosis atque Asianorum osoribus, non placebant] By these passages it is easie to conjecture whether they were Bishops of a County, or Bishops of a Parish that were there in those daies. For my part I heartily wish that Ireland had three hundred sixty ⟨p. 98⟩