Idem, Lib. III. c. 3. p. 110. Hermes his Pastor", and the homilies of the fathers. In the reformed churches in Flanders and France read are T. C. 2 Rep. M. Calvin's sermons upon Job: and in the Italian, French, D. Sutelif, Dutch and Scottish churches, the said Calvin his catechism is the Petit. c. both read and expounded publicly, and that before the whole Smeton. concongregation 10. The errors and adversaries unto this truth. Answer to 1, p. 23. tra Hamilton, p. 106. against the Love, p. 75. Deceived then, and out of the way of truth, are they, Wilkinson which of preaching by the mouth conceive either too basely, Fam. of or too highly too basely, as do the Anabaptists and Family of Love, they affirming there ought to be no preaching at all", and that preachers are not sent of God, neither do preach Bullinger. God's word, but the dead letter of the scripture 12; these, with the said Anabaptists, terming them letter-doctors 13, H. N. lamen. preaching the letter, and imagination of their own knowledge, Idem, 1. Exbut not the word of the living God 14. b Editæ sunt igitur jampridem Gallicæ istæ conciones (Calvini in Jobum) &c. Neque id vero temere factum fuisse res ipsa mox ostendit, maximo cum remotissimarum etiam Gallicarum ecclesiarum fructu, quibus usque adeo privatim et publice placuerunt, ut plurimis in locis, quibus quotidiani pastores deerant, [conciones istæ in communi cœtu ex pulpito recitata] pastorum vice fuerint.-Beza, Præf. Concionum, J. Calv. in Jobum. [Opp. Tom. II.] [ Επεὶ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς ἀπόστολος, ἐν ταῖς ἐπὶ τέλει προσρήσεσι τῆς πρὸς Ῥωμαίους, μνήμην πεποίηται μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων καὶ Ἑρμᾶ, οὗ φασὶν ὑπάρχειν τὸ τοῦ ποιμνίου βιβλίον· ἰστέον ὡς καὶ τοῦτο πρὸς μὲν τινῶν ἀντιλέλεκται, δι' οὓς οὐκ ἂν ἐν ὁμολογουμένοις τεθείη· ὑφ ̓ ἑτέρων δὲ ἀναγκαιότατον οἷς μάλιστα δεῖ στοιχειώσεως εἰσαγωγικῆς κέκριται. ὅθεν ἤδη καὶ ἐν ἐκκλησίαις ἴσμεν αὐτὸ δεδημοσιευμένον, κ.τ.λ. Ibid. Lib. irr. cap. 3. p. 90.] [ Another council decreed that in the minister's sickness one deacon should read the homilies of the fathers, &c.-The rest of the Second Replie of Thomas Cartwright, 1577. p. 110.] [ There seems to be an error in the reference.] [10 Summam Christianæ fidei brevi libello complexus est Geneva Joan. Calvinus; quam Itali, Galli, Belgæ, Scoti, &c. publice in ecclesiis suis interpretantur.Smeton. contr. Hamilton. Edinburg. 1579. p. 106.] [They said there ought to be no more any preaching because the door was shut. Apoc. I.— -Wilkinson's Confut. Lond. 1579. p. 75. (from Bullinger against the Anabaptists.)] [12 Hi scripturarum interpretationem ægerrime ferunt, et multo ægrius cum ex illis corripiuntur. Itaque dicunt, se quidem verbum Dei non illibenter audire, sed interpretationem et adjecta ministrorum verba non posse agnoscere pro verbo Dei, aut libenter audire et recipere.-Bulling. adv. Anabapt. (Simler. Vers.) Tigur. 1560. cap. XI. p. 114.] [13 See Wilkinson's Confut. p. 57.] [14 H. N. First Exhortation, Translated, &c. cap. xvI. § 18.] contra Anab. Complaint. hort. 16, 18. T. C. 1 Rep. p. 173. For say Too highly, as do the Puritans of all sorts. they, Except God work miraculously and extraordinarily, (which is not to be looked for of us) the bare reading (yea not) of the scriptures, without preaching, cannot deliver so 1 Admon. to much as one poor soul from destruction: reading (of whatsoever in the church) without preaching, is not feeding, but as ill as playing upon a stage, and worse too2. the Parliam. D. B. Sab. 277. Sleidan. Gifford against the Fruct. Ser. on Without preaching of the word (viz. by the lively voice of a minister, and without the book) the Sabbath cannot be hallowed either of a minister or people, in the least measure which the Lord requireth of us3. Next, err do they, which set their wits and learning, either against all books in general, except the sacred Bible, or against the public reading of any learned men's writings, be they never so divine and godly, in the open and sacred assemblies. Of the former sort are the Anabaptists; who, as Sleidan1 recordeth, did burn the books, writings, and monuments of learned men, reserving and preserving only the holy scriptures from the fire. Of the latter be the Brownists, Disciplinarians, and Sabbatarians. The Brownists do say, that no Apocrypha must be brought Brown. 15. into the christian assemblies: so the Disciplinarians; ministers Rom. xii. p. ought not to read openly in the congregation any writings, but only the canonical scriptures: they complain that human writings are brought into the church': they cry out, 60. Def. of the god. Min. p. 116. [1 And indeed unless the Lord work miraculously and extraordinarily (which is not to be looked for of us) the bare reading of the scriptures without the preaching cannot deliver so much as one poor sheep from destruction.-A Reply to an Answer, &c. by T. C. p. 173.] [2 For bare reading of the word, and single service saying is bare feeding, yea, it is as evil as playing upon a stage, and worse too.-An Admonition to the Parliament, fol. B.] [3 Nich. Bownde, Doct. of the Sabbath, Lond. 1595. Bk. 11. p. 277.] [ Post hæc idem propheta (Joannes Mathæus) mandabat, ne quis ullum deinceps librum haberet, aut sibi servaret, præter sacra Biblia: reliquos omnes in publicum deferri jussit et aboleri: hoc se mandatum divinitus accepisse dicebat: itaque magno numero libri comportati flamma fuerunt omnes absumpti.—Sleidan. Comment. Argentorat. 1555. Lib. x. fol. 151.] [5 See, A Plaine Declaration that our Brownists be full Donatists, &c. by George Gyffard. London, 1590. p. 83.] ...so ought not the ministers of God to expound or read openly, &c.—A Fruitful Sermon on the 3, 4, &c. verses of the 12th chap. of the Epistle to the Romans. London, 1589. p. 53.] [ From this we come unto the Homilies, which are allowed by one of the Remove homilies; and they supplicate unto K. James, that 1 Admon. to the canonical scriptures only may be read in the church?. the Parlia- And so, but much more bitterly and erroneously, the Sab- the thousand. batarians. We damn ourselves (say they) if we go not from those ministers and churches where the scriptures and homilies only be read, and seek not unto the prophets, when (and so D. B. Sabbat. often as) we have them not at home 10. Doct. 2 Book, pag. 173. ARTICLE XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers. The Book of Consecration (1) of Archbishops and Bishops, and Ordering of Priests and Deacons, set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth, and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such Consecration and Ordering: neither hath it anything that of itself is superstitious or ungodly. And therefore (2) whosoever are consecrated or ordered according to the Rites of that Book, since the second year of the aforenamed K. Edward unto this time, or hereafter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same Rites; we decree all such to be rightly and orderly and lawfully consecrated and ordered. The propositions. 1. It is agreeable to the word of God, and practice of the primitive church, that there should be archbishops, Articles, where beside the contrariety they have in the order itself, that the human writings of men are brought to be read in the church, and that to underpropt (sic), a yet more foul abuse, even the inability of ministers to teach, &c.-A Defense of the Godly Ministers against the Slaunders of D. Bridges. 1587. p. 116.] [ Remove Homilies, Articles, Injunctions, and that prescript order of service made out of the mass-book.-An Admonition, &c. fol. A. 4.] [ See the Humble Petition of the Ministers of the Church of England, desiring Reformation, &c. prefixed to the Answer of the Vice-Chancellor, Doctors, &c. in the University of Oxford to the same. Oxford, 1604. Art. 1.] [10 What cause have we to be sorry for ourselves and others? which have so many times broken this law by wilful absenting ourselves from the church without any just cause, or by not seeking to the prophets to teach us when we had not them at home, &c.-Nich. Bownde, Doct. of the Sabbath. Book II. p. 173.] Beza in Act. bishops, and such like differences and inequalities of ecclesiastical ministers. 2. Whosoever be, or shall be consecrated or ordered according to the rites of the Book of Consecration of Archbishops, Bishops, and Ordering of Priests and Deacons, they be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. Proposition I. It is agreeable to the word of God, and practice of the primitive church, that there should be archbishops, bishops, and such like differences and inequalities of ecclesiastical ministers. The proof from God's word. Albeit the terms and titles of archbishops we find not, yet the superiority which they enjoy, and authority which the bishops and the archbishops do exercise, in ordering and consecrating of bishops, and ecclesiastical ministers, is grounded upon the word of God. For we find that In the apostles' days how themselves both were in dignity above the evangelists, and the seventy disciples, and for authority both in and over the church, as twelve patriarchs, saith Beza1, and also established an ecclesiastical hierarchy. D. Chrysost. Hence came it that bishop was of Jerusalem, James2; in Act. Hom. 33. D. Hieron. in in 2 Tim. iv. Of Antioch, Peter3; of the Asian churches, John1; of Alexandria, Mark5; of Ephesus, yea, and all Asia, Timothy7; [...illos omnino oportuit, novæ ecclesiæ quasi duodecim patriarchas futuros, peculiari quadam forma divinitus consecrari. Sicut etiam ipsis peculiariter promissus fuerat Spiritus Sanctus, &c.-Bez. Annot. in Nov. Test. Genev. 1598. Pars I. p. 455. In Act. ii. 1.1 [8 Επίσκοπος ἦν τῆς ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐκκλησίας οὗτος (Ιάκωβος)· διὸ καὶ VOTEρos AéYEL.-Chrysost. Opp. Par. 1839. Tom. Ix. p. 279. In Act. Apost. xv. 13.] [3 Denique primum episcopum Antiochenæ ecclesiæ Petrum fuisse accepimus, &c.-Hieron. Opp. Paris. 1693-1706. Tom. IV. Pars I. col. 244. In Epist. ad Galat. cap. 2.] [4 Ἐπὶ τούτοις κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἔτι τῷ βίῳ περιλειπόμενος αὐτὸς ἐκεῖνος, ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ ̓Ιησοῦς, ἀπόστολος ὁμοῦ καὶ εὐαγγελιστής Ιωάννης, τὰς αὐτόθι διεῖπεν ÈKKλnoías, K.T.A.-Euseb. Eccl. Hist. Cantab. 1720. Lib. I. cap. 23, p. 112.] [5 Nam et Alexandriæ a Marco evangelista usque ad Heraclam et Dionysium episcopos, presbyteri semper unum ex se electum, in excelsiori gradu collocatum, episcopum nominabant.-Hieron. Opp. Tom. IV. Pars 2. col. 803. Epist. 101. ad Evang.] [6 Ministerium tuum imple...episcopatus scilicet.-Id. Opp. Tom. v. col. 1100. In Ep. 2. ad Tim. cap. 4.] [ This does not seem to be directly stated: it may be inferred perhaps from Chrysost. Hom. XII. in 1 Tim. cap. 1v. 11-14. Opp. Tom. xi. p. 671, b.] of all Crete, Titus; of Philippos, Epaphroditus; of Corinth Theod. arg. and Achaia, Apollos; of Athens, Dionysius; of France, Tit. Crescens10; of Britain, Aristobulus 11. in Epist. ad In the purer times, succeeding the apostles, so approved Doroth. in was the administration of the church-affairs by these kind of Apost. Sy men, as They ordained patriarchs and chor-episcopi 12. at the first and most famous council at Nice 13. nop. Heming. Syntag. tit. de Guber. Eccles Beza, Epist. 1. c. 3. Leg. Voc. They gloried much, and greatly, that they had received D. Iren. 13, the apostles' doctrine by a succession of bishops 14, that they Sadeel. de were the successors in the apostles' doctrine of the godly g p. 20. bishops 15, and that bishops succeeded in the room of apostles 16, in Psal. xliv. Their godly monuments, and worthy labours and books yet extant, do shew, that bishop was of Lyons, Irenæus; of [ Theod. Opp. Paris. 1642-84. Tom. 1. p. 507. c.] [9 Id. p. 322. c.] [10 lt is only said: Κρίσκης μὲν ἐπὶ τὰς Γαλλίας στειλάμενος ὑπ ̓ αὐτοῦ (SC. TOû Пaúλov) μaρтvρeîтai.—Euseb. Eccles. Histor. Lib. III. cap. 4. pp. 91, 2.] [ Aristobulus et ipse ab apostolo ad Roman. commemoratus episcopus Brittaniæ factus est.-Doroth. Synopsis, Wolf. Musc. Interpret. in Euseb. Eccles. Hist. Basil. 1570. p. 664.] [12 Hinc ecclesia secuta tempora apostolorum, alios patriarchas, alios episcopos, alios chorepiscopos quos Justinus Martyr #poeσTwτas vocat, nos præpositos, &c. instituit.-Nic. Hemming. Opusc. Theolog. 1636. p. 799. Syntagm. Inst. Christ. cap. xxIII. Art. 15.] [13 Beza is arguing against the pretensions of the church of Rome. The passage is as follows: Primates et archiepiscopos esse politiæ Romanæ umbram et imaginem quæ paulatim emerserit, omnes vel mediocriter historiarum periti norunt. Confirmavit illam graduum distinctionem Nicena Synodus.-Bez. Epist. Genev. 1575. Ep. 1. pp. 17, 18.] [14 Traditionem itaque apostolorum in toto mundo manifestatam, in omni ecclesia adest perspicere omnibus qui vera velint videre, et habemus annumerare eos qui ab apostolis instituti sunt episcopi in ecclesiis, et successores eorum usque ad nos, qui nihil tale docuerunt neque cognoverunt quale ab his [sc. hæreticis] deliratur.Iren. Opp. Oxon. 1702. Adv. Hær. Lib. 111. cap. 3.] [15 Ergo sic apud Tertullianum exclamans ecclesia nobis objiciebatur, "sum,” inquit, "hæres apostolorum, sicut caverunt testimonio, sicut fidei commiserunt, sicut adjuraverunt, ita teneo." Quibus verbis apertissime significat se de successione doctrinæ gloriari.-Sadeel. De Legitim. Vocat. Pastor. Eccl. Reform. Morgiis. 1580. p. 20.] Patres missi sunt apostoli, [16 Quid est, Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii? pro apostolis filii nati sunt tibi constituti sunt episcopi. sunt per totum mundum, unde nati sunt? Ipsa ecclesia patres illos appellat, ipsa illos genuit, et ipsa illos constituit in sedibus Patrum.-August. Opp. Paris. 1836-8. Tom. iv. col. 564. c. Enarr. in Psalm. xliv. v. 17. cap. 32.] |