M. Harding. The .5. Division.M. Hardinge. The .5. Diuision.

M. Harding. The .5. Division.

M. Hardinge. The .5. Diuision.

S. Cyprian declaring the contempt of the 93 High Priest Christs Vicar in earth, to be cause of Schisms and Heresies, writeth thus to Cornelius Pope, and Martyr. Neque enim aliunde Haereses obortae sunt &c. Neither have Heresies, or Schisms risen of any other occasion, then of that, the Priest of God is not obeyed, and that one Priest for the time in the Church, and one Judge for the ⟨p. 228⟩time in stead of Christ, is not thought upon. To whom if the whole brotherhood, (95¹ that is the whole number of Christian people which be brethren together, and were so called in the Primitive Church) would be obedient according to God's teachings:² then no man would make a do against the College of Priests: no man would make him self Judge, not of the Bishop now, but of God, after God's judgement, after the favour of the people declared by their voices at the election, after the consent of his fellow bishops: No man through breach of unity, and strife, would divide the Church of Christ: No man standing in his own conceit, and swelling with pride, would set up by him self abroad without the Church a new Heresy.

S. Cyprian declaringe the contempte of the 93 High Priest Christes Vicar in earthe, to be cause of Schi•mes and Heresies, writeth thus to Cornelius Pope, and Martyr. Neque enim aliunde Haereses obortae sunt &c. Neither haue Haeresies, or Schismes risen of any other occasion, then of that, the Prieste of God is not obeied, and that one Priest for the time in the Churche, and one Iudge for the ⟨p. 228⟩time in steede of Christe, is not thought vpon. To whom if the whole brotherhead, (95