The keys of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…

The sum cometh to these conclusions. 1 That Timothy and Titus did not ordain Elders in many Churches, as Bishops, but as Evangelists. Timothy is expressly termed an Evangelist, 2 Tim. 4.5. And Titus is as clearly deciphered to be an Evangelist as Timothy, by the characters of an Evangelist, which either Scripture holdeth forth, or Eusebius noteth in his Ecclesiast. histor. lib. 3. cap. 37. Gr. cap. 31. Lat. Not to be limited to a certain Church, but to follow the Apostles, finishing their work in planting and watering Churches, where they came. They did indeed ordain officers where they wanted, and exercised jurisdiction (as the Apostles did) in several Churches; yet with the rest of the Presbytery, and in the presence of the whole Church, 1 Tim. 5. But for the continuance of this office of an Evangelist in the Church, there is no direction in the Epistles either to Timothy or Titus, or any where else in Scripture.

The summe cometh to these conclusions. 1 That Timothy and Titus did not ordain Elders in many Churches, as Bishops, but as Evangelists. Timothy is expresly termed an Evangelist, 2 Tim. 4.5. And Titus is as clearly decyphered to be an Evangelist as Timothy, by the characters of an Evangelist, which either Scripture holdeth forth, or Eusebius noteth in his Ecclesiast. histor. lib. 3. cap. 37. Gr. cap. 31. Lat. Not to be limited to a certain Church, but to follow the Apostles, finishing their work in planting and watering Churches, where they came. They did indeed ordain officers where they wanted, and exercised jurisdiction (as the Apostles did) in severall Churches; yet with the rest of the Presbyterie, and in the presence of the whole Church, 1 Tim. 5. But for the continuance of this office of an Evangelist in the Church, there is no direction in the Epistles either to Timothy or Titus, or any where else in Scripture.