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Part Second. PROOFS.
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1. The Terms and State of the Question, settled and agreed upon 182
2. Church Government begun by our Saviour in a manifest Imparity 186
3. The Execution of this Apostolical Power, after our Saviour's
Ascent into Heaven
4. The Derivation of this Power and Majority, from the Apostles
to the succeeding Bishops
5. The clear Testimonies of Scripture for this Majority, especially
those out of the Epistles to Timothy and Titus, urged.
6. Some Elusions of these Scriptures met with, and answered
7. The Testimony of St. John, in his Revelation, pressed
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190
8. The Estate and Order of Episcopacy deduced from the Apo-
stles to the Primitive Bishops
9. The Testimony and Assent of Bucer, and some famous French
Divines
10. The Superiority and Jurisdiction of Bishops, proved by the
Testimony of the First Fathers and Apostolical Men: and,
first, of Clemens, the Partner of the Apostles
11. The Pregnant and Full Testimonies of the Holy Saint and Mar-
tyr, Ignatius, urged
12. The Testimony of the Ancient Canons, called the Apostles'
13. The State and History of the Next Age
207
14. Proofs of the confessed Superiority of Bishops, from several
Arguments out of Antiquity
15. Power of Ordination only in Bishops
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224
16. Power of Jurisdiction appropriated to the Bishops, from the first 227
17. Exceptions against our Episcopacy answered: and, particularly,
of the Dissimilitude of our Bishops to the Primitive; espe-
cially, in their Pomp and Perpetuity
18. The Practice of the Whole Christian Church, in all Times and
Places, is for this Government by Bishops
229
234
19. Of the Suppression of Contrary Records: and the Sole Oppo-
sition of the Heretic Erius .
237
20. The Vindication of those Fathers, which are pretended to se-
cond Erius's Opinion .
238
21. The Practice of the Waldenses and Albigenses, in Allowance of
Episcopal Government .
1. The Appellation of Lay-Elders, and the State of the Question
concerning them
2. No Lay-Elder ever mentioned or heard of, in the Times of the
Gospel, in all the World, till this present Age. The Texts of
Scripture particularized, to the contrary
249
3. Lay-Eldership a mere Stranger to all Antiquity; which ac-
knowledgeth no Presbyters, but Divines
252
4. St. Ambrose's Testimony, urged commonly for Lay-Elders, fully
answered.
5. The utter Disagreement and Irresolution of the Pretenders to
the New Discipline, concerning the particular State of their
Desired Government .
6. The Imperfections and Defects, which must needs be yielded to
follow upon the Discipline Pretended: and the Necessary
Inconveniences, that must attend it, in a Kingdom otherwise
settled
7. The known Newness of this Invention, and the Quality of the
late Authors of it
CONCLUSION.
1. A Recapitulation of the several Heads: and a vehement Ex-
hortation to all Readers: and, first, to our Northern Bre-
thren.
2. An Exhortatory Conclusion to our Brethren at Home
VI. AN HUMBLE REMONSTRANCE TO THE HIGH COURT OF PAR-
LIAMENT.
VIL A DEFENCE OF THE HUMBLE REMONSTRANCE,
AGAINST THE FRIVOLOUS AND FALSE EXCEPTIONS OF SMECTYM-
NUUS. WHEREIN THE RIGHT OF LITURGY AND EPISCOPACY IS
CLEARLY VINDICATED FROM THE VAIN CAVILS AND CHALLENGES OF
THE ANSWERERS. SECONDED, IN WAY OF APPENDANCE, WITH THE
JUDGMENT OF THE FAMOUS DIVINE OF THE PALATINATE, D. ABRA-
HAMUS SCULTETUS, LATE PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVER-
SITY OF HEIDELBERG: CONCERNING THE DIVINE RIGHT OF EPI-
SCOPACY, AND THE NO-RIGHT OF LAY-ELDERSHIP: FAITHFULLY
TRANSLATED OUT OF HIS LATIN.
VIIL A SHORT ANSWER TO THE TEDIOUS VINDICA-
TION OF SMECTYMNUUS
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256
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261
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269
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287
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IX. A MODEST OFFER OF SOME MEET CONSIDERA-
TIONS TENDERED TO THE LEARNED PROLOCUTOR, AND TO THE
BEST OF THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES MET AT WESTMINSTER.
X. XEIPOOEZIA: OT, THE APOSTOLIC INSTITUTION OF IMPOSITION OF
HANDS, FOR CONFIRMATION, REVIVED
XI. FOR EPISCOPACY AND LITURGY
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439
466
PART THIRD. ON THE FIVE POINTS.
I. VIA MEDIA: THE WAY OF PEACE: IN THE FIVE BUSY
ARTICLES, COMMONLY KNOWN BY THE NAME OF ARMINIUS: TOUCH-
ING, 1. PREDESTINATION. 2. THE EXTENT OF CHRIST'S DEATH.
3. MAN'S FREE-WILL AND CORRUPTION. 4. THE MANNER OF OUR
CONVERSION TO GOD. 5. PERSEVERANCE. WHEREIN IS LAID
FORTH SO FAIR AN ACCOMMODATION OF THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS,
AS MAY CONTENT BOTH PARTS AND PROCURE HAPPY ACCORD .
II. A LETTER CONCERNING FALLING AWAY FROM
471
GRACE
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