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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 keys of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word of God / by Mr. John Cotton ...The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word of God / by Mr. Iohn Cotton ...
London: printed by M. Simmons for Henry Overton, 1644
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3. Conclus. We read of many Bishops to one Church, Phil. 1.1. Act. 14.23. and Chap. 20.17, 28. Tit. 1.5.7. but not of many Churches (much less all the Churches in a large Diocese) to one Bishop.
3. Conclus. We read of many Bishops to one Church, Phil. 1.1. Act. 14.23. and Chap. 20.17, 28. Tit. 1.5.7. but not of many Churches (much lesse all the Churches in a large Diocesse) to one Bishop.
4. Conclus. There is no transcendent proper work, cut out, or reserved for such a transcendent officer as a Diocesan Bishop throughout the New Testament. The transcendent acts reserved to him by the Advocates of Episcopacy, are Ordination and Jurisdiction. Now both these are acts of Rule. And Paul to Timothy acknowledgeth no Rulers in the Church above Pastors and Teachers, who labour in word and doctrine, but rather Pastors and Teachers above them. The Elders (saith he) that rule well, are worthy of double honour, but especially they that labour in word and doctrine. 1. Tim. 5.17.
4. Conclus. There is no transcendent proper work, cut out, or reserved for such a transcendent officer as a Diocesan Bishop throughout the New Testament. The transcendent acts reserved to him by the Advocates of Episcopacie, are Ordination and Iurisdiction. Now both these are acts of Rule. And Paul to Timothy acknowledgeth no Rulers in the Church above Pastors and Teachers, who labour in word and doctrine, but rather Pastors and Teachers above them. The Elders (saith he) that rule well, are worthy of double honour, but especially they that labour in word and doctrine.