THE IUDGEMENT Doéior RAINOLDES touching the Originall [of E 7’ I 8 C0 ‘P ACT. A l\/Iorc largely confirmed A out of e/fntiquity ~ M 5“ »r.:.,x1..%,/ A j By 7: /1ES,::‘Archb1'fl‘10p of * L0_N'DON', V printed by for T H o M D 6 vv N 12 s, and are to be {old by W:/liam Lee at the Tu head in Flmffrcet. I 6 41. IVDGEMENT pg C ?r;o R RA 1 No L055 tOL1Chif}g the Orfgiliall‘ of % Epz‘/Eropacie,-. A H E N " Elders were = Aéh :4. ;;.~ ordain’a' by the A 1:-oflles « in e’)9eryC/Jurc/Jftlaraug/J ., -1~,-,_,.5._- %e‘bery City, " to “ feed Aa.zo,z°. _ -7roz_:.«.1:I£—1v, that 13, tbfi fiflfkfi Of to go: tht.‘ may of a L ‘whereof the Holy G/30$? P““°" ‘° “' bad maderbem o'vejr-fem: they to the in- tent they might the bent: doc it by common counfcll and ’<‘:onfent¥, did ufe‘to aflcmble thcmfelvcs and meets % A 2 % togethcn 2 d AG: 7‘ E 3. ‘O ' ' f In 1' 3! Luke 12.42. g t.Tim ;,2. Tit. 1. 7. A&.z0.2.3. rm ortgtnazz ofEpffc0pa'cie;l together. In the which meetings, for the more orderly handlingand conclu- ding of things pertaining to their charge; they chofc one amongfi them to be the Prefident of their company and Moderator of their atftions. As in e the Church’ of Eptlaejw, though ithacl "1 fiftnidry Elder: and Pafioirs to gui‘dcit”:i yet amottgfl; thofe {ttndry was thcreone chiefe, whom our Saviour. calleth c the Angel} the C/mrcb, and writeth that to him, which by him the reli lhould“ know. , And this is, he whom afterward in the Primitive Church the Fathers cal- led Bi/720;). For as the name of F ZvIz‘m'-‘- flm, common to all them who ferve ChriPc in " t/as fleward/lvip qft/ae myfle-» ries of God, thatis in preaching of the Gofpell, is now by the cttltome of our Englilh fpeechitellrained to Elders who are under a BI/7J0_p : fo the name of 3 B2//zap common to all Elder: and Pa- flors of the Church, was then by the, , ufuall language of the Pathersappro-, priated we 0rz'gizm[1 o/Epifcopocio.‘ priatcdro him who had the Prefidcnt—- lhipovcrBIdrr:. ' r V Thus are ccrtaine, Eldon rcproved by " Cyprian; for receiving to the commu- nion tbabrfiw/Jo baa! fallen (in timTeofpcr« fcCu:tio'n) before’ the ‘Bi/bop /Md gzdiozfird ofiorwiolortbom and others. And 1' Come.- Iiroo:-w'tit'ct»h that the .Crzt/Jallck Clmrcb committed V to /91?: clmrgo bod flow andfortj Elders, andoug/or to laws but one B2/bop. A%n:d.*‘booth. ofthem being Blfl70j?>3, the en.e;“of Roma, the. other of Carthage, “ doc wimcfl7e of themfclvcs that aloe} dealt in matters off/ocir C/sure/yo; go)acrno— mono by the conjem: and mm/ell” of too company of Eldon, or the Eldorflvép, as they both (afccrS. “i Poul) doc call it. " fllus or " Ipi/Z‘. I g.Prcf3gI!eri£ (gr Diacarzzk. u,;__ r, 5 Eufcba Hf/2‘. Earle;/.' 1.6. 6‘. 42. “ Co1'nc'1ius Cypriano 130.45. C‘y'{.v.’:m'xtts ,Pre[iymz': q9° ‘Die corzia £p.6. 1 Cornclius Ep. 46. apml Cyprimsurrxuu ff 1. "1 im.4. 14.. u 7), Raiflolrl. Coni’<'-- fence with” Ha?! , ehap. 3. d1v1L3- T/9: Orzigimrfll "0fEp%'0p4c'ie.ii Vfiljfifldf “ Doétor 2:”: whofe obfervarion touching é/M:AngeUof7 the C /Jurc/7 of: Ep/aefusi 0 A A A ( in the {econd ofthej Revelation) that he was the famearwith’ him whom afterwards in the Primitive he Church the Fathers called Bi/bop, is clearely confirmed, both by the fuccefIi-- on of the firfi’Bi[hops of that Church, and by the tefiimony of Ignatizzcr, who (within no greater compafie of time then twelve yeares afterwards) difiirh guitheth the fingular and confiant Prefil dent thereof, fromthe refi of the num- ber of the Presbytery, by appropriating the name of Bi/Imp unto him. As forthe former: we ‘finde it .open-- _ ly declared in the generall Councellof Cbzzlcedon,by Lcontim Bifhop ofzkiagncyiag ~* that ~ .. efarre, that Re?-in n.,a4.r~s.. ~x-¢——;,. .»g§~§_2 _ , 1} BI./50}? 3 ‘felled by we 0r~,;g;m1z of Epi/comic. ithlat "' lfromT1'mot/vie (and {o from the R edaies ofthcApofllcs) there had beenc etconltinucd fucceflion offwm andtwm- all of them ordained in , I ‘’ A''7r3 qilcijlts TI]/0-j‘ 3&1; ,1/éxpt 1/UV .§I7000't- Wlrxi ivzfoxovrot éflx/or- ‘Tat 7:2’:/'71: Er E’goéat;t> §;Ce:gfloz/t'19xauv.. Car.- ctzt. 4. balcedon.A€t.t 1. ".E];be[M. Ofwhich numbertheldngell of the Church of Ep}3efzo.v, mentioncdin ‘the Revelation, muflnceds be one : who- that it were T imar/vice vhimlfelfe, as “ fame «conceive 5 »or one of his next‘Succe1lots, as others rather C_l0l‘IT1E1gl1'l€¢” e - “ V ' Forthat Timlot/Jiethadl been fometime 17.? the new}; which is the appellation which Iuflin Martyr giveth unto him, whom other of thcFathers do pet-uli~ oily teatme a 19ijZ2op) or Aiztiflagor Pre- flzflent of the HP/.?t°flfl6 Preslgyt6_’ry, is con- Bean himfelfez and that he, ‘was lordainedl t/re firfl BI/Imp of the Chtttrchl of the Epbeflam, we doe not ‘o‘»"mtely reald in thefubfcription; Of the feeond Epilllc to Timotlrlie, and the Ec- ‘cleefiaflicall I-lilloryof .‘ Eujebius, but Jallfo in two ancient Trcatifes concet- 'ning the Martyrdome of 7"z'mor/9185 t»helone§ namelcllcin the Library of l 5 Pborizza‘, "4 'Di;1.P l-Ialloix.No- Mr. 172 "Off. l’0lyca1‘p.; caP.7, d Nommfzmz rfl ex‘ lac loco, Timotht-um in fpk-efira Prejl._-;/ztfo mm jwfle atecegzvac (id tj/, amt;/tuem_) at _ ‘U002! juflitztts. lfcz. xlmzotat. in 1 .Tm‘v_. 5.. :9. .Quipc1i1i.t>mu- /ii 1‘(‘IiquiSjraIriI:uS 1» term }‘~nt*tmt (qzirm Iuflir. us 72:» vrgceg-Erzzzt. tvomt) ptculiariterrlst, ti lpz/tofu: ttrpit. 1:13 in 1"-’lnl1p. 1. ll. 0 t-:urtI~. Hi/1.. L:e{.;. Oc- 6 Orégi 71 all 0)(0P4Ci€as 1 "071 wpggw ~r4,4s. ‘" Plaotiw, she Aprthcr bearing thenamc 9*°""’r ””“”°“"’°‘ ' of =5 Po cram, even of that %Po1)zcmr 9,9:z.~pn $210‘!!! Ecpms }'*”"”°.°'~”?‘»"'i“~ ‘'9’ P5»? tes, who was not omzlyhimf¢1fG4Bi(hop one mrogpixas T1¢c€o- A. A . ‘ . Bees, 67:6 «-3: mm of tzhxs Church of 4Ep/asfila‘, but borne Hot N: .c,Ll . o7‘o- .b . % A _ , «' mic. ‘:3; alfo w1t.h1.n fix‘ or {men and thxrty 5/..wz'po47ro}\£ca; 2-7n37¢o~ 7”; w‘éV.9€/M597” 4yacavI- A~‘tx.(ro- Vbcenc ordamcd Blfhop of Anmcb by mo 2. Oonciliar. p . 2.20. edit. Binij,avn.S,Pt?17t3‘}‘; andwirhout all conttovcrfic I606) ‘Johan. Mulch _,4n- in that SEC, [ha Vcty famc tiocbenus‘, ” Chronic. ‘ ,‘,,_w_ M5. whefl:in»t,hat VE%pifiJ:: iumo tbe Angafl of . In ggag 75; 7'£7\€-!~'T;1‘§ the Cburtb of Epbafuw was com»mandcd to be w ri._tt:en. In the ‘Mn: of Pamoslmd 1Ao‘¢.;evz1dV§r"/.b*i£;?}’7"";;l,. S. John his Rev4ela;ion manif€ficd unto ,”ZZ;“§§“£mb_z;».5%. him, m :onmrd+:zbe%Rmd of the Empzre of H V“ - W "° Domitian, Preslgytery did, being ‘fl; conjojnea‘ (as. t B ‘Tbs 0rz:gina[lofEp_zflopacie'. i Domitian, as Iremwr re-flifieth e or the foureteenth yeatre of his governemenr, as " Euflsbiwe and Hzamm {pccifie it. From thence there are but rwcl'r>e yeares reckoned unto the tenth of Tm- jdnt” wherein lgmztim, in that 130: jour- % ney which he made for the confum- mation of his glorious Mfiartyrdome at Rome, wrote another rEpiFt!e unto the felfe--fame Church of Eplaeflos. Ad In which he maketh mentiou~ of their then Bithop Onqimzw : as it appeares 7". 3, EUreh.C77r0ni6. HiC“' tron. Coral. fcripfor. Egclefiafliin Johatmc. K e , ‘ \ both by 0 Eafelzim‘ citing this out of “Eu”-‘I’-‘fl’-3-3’*/3-=¢t¢t~ it, andiby the Epiitle it {elfe yet exe- Ignatius havmg acknowledged that their ‘’ numtrow multitude was recei- ved by him in the perfon of their Biihop One/zimzgxx, and 9 blefied God for granting unto them {uch aBz/bop as he was : doth afterwards put them in mind of their “' duty in concurring With him, as he fheweth their worthy In this Epiftle to the Wliphéfians, i A6. P ‘Illa? Ora) u7r5\z’i9e¢:zv' Juror EV 51/5,uom 92:? aivrémnoac év (j)mai;.cq;. I-3n 1t.'r;‘pl//I .ad ‘e ph 1. ‘!E'"uAo'yt173;5(-)e32‘v;, ti p5o&etanc'_u:§ta; zf_r/fir» 331%- ‘rot; war 7“oluu']‘aV* .«iniaxo7rov.llmJ. V "'09?! tI;.ci'v vrgévrgg a'W'7;éj(_eIV 75? rig 5.. '7rta7r67rou y:=;.3}z,q1.11;i,1_ I T3 )3 d§laV£’J,uag:mt vfpficrfintfvéegovg éfxov 9:! ‘ 785993, uu-mg az,m’;P... WW 7'95‘ emxévrw, he or p§pJ‘od )cl9aip;t..lblid. 4 3 V The Original1ofEpifcop4tiet;{ he faitb)wz‘th their Bz'fhop,.:ts theflringt are with the Harps; and toward the end exe t t7m1tz':oV7'f€, 3.7 2- horteth them to '= oheyhoth the Bi/hop and maxhmja met no '7rpeo‘- flu7ggj,¢:',,: a;7~W,.2,c,;5.¢, the Preshytetjy, with an undtvided minds. ”"’“”‘{‘‘’‘~‘‘'”’’‘'’’ " In the fame journey wrote Ignatizts alfo an Epiftle unto the Church of Smyrna; another of theft: feven unto 13 ..‘\"0':~;c§fa‘//‘tab! 7ap_¢azj- whom thofe letters are direfitedh ineS. "‘5:4’¢?';.’.., [jg ;‘ _ u 0 f:é7Cj[oA1h'm:7p7:r::_:[0V2L£'}x':h: Iohm R evelatlon. wherem he alfo " fa-- scre.‘ ,_»- h t ' - . _ ,____ oz/‘.2 §JT:;2tqf2;vi/Kt.wE:z£.-1 luteththefl. and Préubjtgry ' ex‘ Szzrgyrn, ’:?l"Ia':I’7T:§T‘§J%7’176’3£57T(:J honing an the People’ to X fbfiom tbflr . ctVj£oAx9€3ze,a;§5}:g/rhi (I5 15fil5 did /353' Ffltbflra 1143?; Try 1"l'oc73,0I‘, tggst ' rm. vr;~£-zffuvegfga 5;; and the Presbytery, 45 the flpofilesg 7 TOE cZ7:'u‘="5?.cl;_ MM. \ }’1\~1l‘Ic.fE-I4 we}; imttth- and than that Y "°"man°"8b‘ '77‘:-: 77 vrhtfmvizw ':t2)';I I , 1, A ,, either’ to adminifter thc-:Sacraments, or zLl'1r1.:’..02’7Tx}I’ EM 7U..U 5:5“ >¢?\2to’Iau'-%%—t'z':rtSez’=’:Lr'cé doe any thing appertaining to the :2 3:633 V ’ ‘ Ir-°:m, c*.:,a,-V V. ' zgtaéifiihfjaumiiiig Church, wnchout the confent of the _, U .4‘ , " “E . - , , °('§',;,,,°‘;§r,f, §§”%,e’{; B2/hop. And that Polytarpztg was then 7'05‘ é7t'l5‘7£67I°3 W fldWfi§m3&E,_ Im Bi/hop, when S. Iohh wrote unto the An- z0it<»224ezvi7vJ1mJ‘e- gel] of the Church in Smyrna; who can , we .’ ‘ ‘W 11. - , t 2tu?£é§}:::;ap7é3:X3:rc§. better mforme us then .Irtmczts.? who 1 g H». a . :a;J,:’:iEuf:g_(:;([;_4zia.¢'/3‘, dtd not onely know thofe whrtlay men, jf9fl:cf,_'mPl./Z W.” 7: who ftttcetdca’ Polycatpus zn bl/5’ See 5 ‘WW-' W"1Euf°**- hut alfoe "‘ Was prefent, when he lzh.s'. tctgb. ta.) (9-' ad "VtéIarem(ih2d.;te;:.n.¢.,) himfelfe did difcourfi: of his conver{a- ' tion The OriginellefEpifi'apecie. rtionwieh S.1o/m, and of thofe things which he heard from thofe who had feene our ‘Lord Iefw. -Polycerpt/A‘ ‘’ faith he, was not onely taught by the Apoflles and cenvetfid with many of zthofe e/me bed flame Cbrifl, Izue ezlfo ‘W45 5} the Apofller cenfiituted in 44./21¢ tBi/bop of 27l9eeClmre/9 which in Smyrna: whom we our felvesc ezlfo did fee in i our younger age. for be continued long, ema’be- ing ‘very aged, he mofl glerioufly and ne- .5_/y [ufiering Zvlertyrdeme departed t/Jie life. ‘ Now being ordained Bilhop of Symme by the Apoiiiesg who had fini-. 3.-wfilpm‘-. {had their courfe, and departed out of this life before 8.10/m (thelafi futviver of them) did write his Re'veleition:who buthe could there be meant by the Angel! ofitbe Cburc/2 inSm_yrna? in which that he ilill held his Epifcopall office unto the V time of his Martyrdome (which fell out LXXIIII yeares afterward)%may fufiia ciently appeare by. this tcflimony, which the brethren of the Church B: e of Smyrna, who were ptefent at his fufiering h IToAz5:{glpvro; J32‘ ts ‘I./.6VOV zfvro A’r;ras"6Aceu ,ccec9n7'su9ei€, mi ez/you 2z.ic§potet'-12:‘ -:r<>c7~Aot;, mg I 7159 _Xg.'s:o:: :g\wg/:;.x'omAo-: mrasromwc my; 7rgo¢n7¢x8§, W3- ;4poflolical1 and Projsbetimfl Dmfior, and ”§lu:I’;j,”;‘°°’,f;9Z:,:'§§i Bi‘/bop oftbe Cat/Jolick C /mrc/J which is in imwm Svwwf Symrna. W/hereunto we may add the £6‘6¢’(3j.€p1'[f..18226_}-I-'1 de _ , _ mrwwrio i’c1ywrPi- ilkfi of Polycrates Blihop of Epbqfw, Eufcb. 705$‘ ' 19*» ‘ who lived alfo in his time and in his d 1’IoAv';cocp7fo~:, 5 iv v A ' dd , ., -,.;1Lf,;f,3,_,,,,w,~m ;W;W,,,o; flClgilb0UI“i]0_OCi«, aflirnexng P0_l)vdVPm flgfi‘/§fj§°;’i§,a;;‘?jf;;:; to have beene both In/790p and A/Iozrzavr E3:cb.zib.s- hi1?-sue in Smyrna. So faith he in his Synodi- K 9 . u o M o , 0 call Epxfile, dxreéled unto Vzéior B1- Ihop of Rome, about :7 yeares efrer the Martyrdome of Polymrpzos; he ' himfelfe being at that time 65 ycaircs of l M Km ' ' ‘ About the very. fame time wherein A Polykmtes wrote this Fpifllc unto Viftor, fi:’(4)J1’:I’Li:le1.‘0}:‘lz1l::: did Tertuliian Bubliih bisdbook of Pre- “”1“““"““e‘°”’“”“" fcriptions agamft I-Iercucks: wherein tum refert; flout Ra» _ , maaeormn Llcmcnrcm he avouchcth agamflhthem, that ‘ as ‘i P» -e d‘ 1‘ ,. ‘'1 he « 212:: ;,‘:f?g,uz:{(.:f},‘:,‘:::i the Lamb of Smfrm badPo1ycarpus ple- ;’fc%,-b‘;j,j,%qu°';";,,z,ffj‘;§';‘f_ cad time by John, and the Church a2‘Rome Cicméht iordainca’ by Peter; /otberefl of /emimlr rrarlum 104- the Churches alfa did (hem, ‘ea/Mt Bi/ho}: I2 2*. T ~ 1‘ d A . V . l 1 iiiiwp-rzpi.i:}.§iii1Vi4i tbgtbad received by the appozntmenv Ofelia (9-‘ cjujil lib.4. comm " M i A A Marc1on.mp. 5. ofllgji -1- -- -wmmwuru--w"-- v- 'n1v-» h Th_e Orzggine/10/Epi/ctpetie. t u: ’Apoflle5,At0,tmduce the Ape/toiitalffeed tm-7 ‘W-“€17W~' EP’f6~4P°' _ ‘_ % mm, ‘but A fl li- to them. And lo before him did Ireheue «am $32 in 534304 loco e/t Etclefiam tra-.- urge againfi them ‘ the fmcefliens of didemmx Iran. 1211.4. Bifhops, unto ‘whom V the Apefiles c0m- ""'”"fl""”f‘“P‘63:1é g Omnesenim " *v I mitted the charge of the Church in every P”/3"?”’"°‘f"./‘*?"=‘y egrim‘ A ~ 3 4 W h i . % _ §.'pt[capt,quzhm_ Apa- plece. F or all t c I-letcncks (Ruth /21‘? Tradzogerunt Ec- t_ A‘ cezett. .'l._ , , he) are much later then thofie B2/hops, em. 1, Ha;,,,,,,,m,‘,,f,,“,{,’,§§_ to ‘whom the Apoflles committed the 6Ihttr~‘— "W ’1”"“” ”P”fl””“ A tin/tiruri fun: Epifcopé thee. And, " we are able to number 1." mlefijtraze [me are: comm ufigf ad nos; IIJO/‘6’ ‘D’/39 3356 ,'W6’?"8 Ordciififid nqutnihilteledocuerunt neg, cogwverzmt quale L Bz'(ho_ps in the Churches, and their Sutce/- ahhit eeumzur. (mt. fimrs unto out dates 5 who neither taught 3"“Pe3'~ . _ .1 ‘@e_wzAIa§mp7'5; 3:: not knew etgy [MC/J thing .45 thefe men fie‘ 5,I><-0c’hw’r=W';*2c 03 l [tcaucacem AWOSUAOI dreeme of. va.~,1;nmafa.:», Am.» vino‘ 717»; emmcowl? M»:-— ’ A For proofe whereof, he bringeth in .,W;,£, gywrcfm, ; l- V kw ~A'«rx.~..m the fu_ccefIion of the Bxlhops of Rome, §;f::5£::;_P;:jTMga; from ‘ Linus (unto whom the bleiled zegynrw-3 . . .. .96 “not own A_/20/1163 commuted that Em‘/Eopecze) A*uey3§:m..‘g.,,m2 «re. ‘Toll J? 7327:,» 767;» and Amzeletzze (by others called Cletmr) c,;,3‘ W3, A»,mt-M,, and Clement (who did both fee the Ape- “§"€;f; . files, end confilrred with them) untoV€wr:wW'7=?w==%~ta?ee Nvragzkxzst. Jc-:21)’ av/u..£3s- k Eleutherim-5 who, when he wrote; lC’?M1xc¢3ta.U"ra7;.1d.ihizl. l-.- v * "f; l7.tll‘5;lb,' . had the charge of that /J’_Z/lJOPrlCk m the...» E“ ‘- M9 s twelfth pleceafierl the Apnfllett Conccr. k -Nut! .;z~.;em.v~<-> vo- vrgo 73:! "I'll; §am'm:afi.'§ l- , ning whom, and the integrity which °5Wv'n=3VA"WosiAwvze~ ,6-1 xkhat E”Aéu8s.-. B 3 then wilted. 12. i Th 0rigimt[10fEpifl*op4cie. then continued in each other flieceflion ifromthc Apofiles daies, Hageflppmr, who at the fame time publilhed his Hifiory of the Church, faith thus; 1‘I‘Iee<2 A’vuw5m“(es— ‘ Soter jmceeded iAnic:etus, and afi:-gr J¥’,;\:277u2w'rr‘;§,4.(29,0V . . _ . E’Ae!J9eg9s. E’v§K<$?g1blWl Wdi Eleuthemus. NOW, 1}‘? 3176?] J? J) J5’ y \7 e_ r ' . V . . fvwaifigg fucceflzon, and m every Czt:y,,al7 It/mg: [0 u_ Imp enggu at __ , _ . ;_e§;fi§;m K9; 5KU,W_ flaw:/, as the Law and the Prophets, and Hegefip. «pad Bum» our Lord doe preac/2:, lib ./1:‘/t. MB. - L . . m tam xéleuchcrinls WhCn th1_S f“ Elfufibfirllli (as 0u1'Bga’g ”’W‘"fl“‘ P”'”’fi"“' relateth) was B17/mp of the C/yum’? of mi Romame .Ecr;1efi.e ., J I if‘ (1 , 0 . 4 , _ gfifi’ gggjwjfijgj Roms, ~I}uc1-us] Kmg sf;/ae Brztmznesflznt R "Iae;°I»/van A2 at to Jim! ei'n ' crgisefififar man—- P fl 3 fin g that éy /‘"5 datum Cl3riflianuscfli'- means: he might be made C/Jrzflian. who ;i:%rfluz;i’§3:zf~flfonf P’ 5/ ‘W13’ 0/Wmned the ejfcfi of bu‘ plows‘ {gfgguf Bfjngfzfgz. reqmfl : and the Brimzines kept the faith ufqzmrempom Dioc1c- then received fizzmd and undafiled in quiet ti.u1iPTinGipi$'in'Ui0ld- ‘ ~ ram integramrjqufetfi P5455, Until.” the timgf Of. Di-OCICHQH F/76...: f,§‘,j§‘ff53;;‘j3}‘,«’j,},i’_','¢,,,§,"j,i,; Emperour. By whofc bloudy pcrfecu... ‘i”-ie1-WP-4- tion the faith and difcipline of our Brie- tiib Churches was notyct: {o quite ex- tinguilhed; but that within ten yeares after (and eleven before the firfl gene-- rall Councell of Nice) three of our Bi- flnops were prefent and fubferibcd unto ' the 7736 Original! of Epi/mpczcie. the Councell of Aries: Torke, Reflitutim of London, and .Adcl- 6/11't.pag.9. A fizz»: of Colcbe§tcr,' called there Colonia Londinmfium. the fitfi root of whole is ‘H in T0m.1. Cancilior. Ga17i.-2, :2 Sirmando fuccclT1o'n we mull fetch beyond EIeut/7e- . rims, and as high as S.‘Peter himfelfe: if it be true, that he ‘’ conflituted Cimrc/yes bc’?‘6,dnd ordained Bi//20153, Preslzytcrs and .Dmcom in them; as Symcon .Mez:zz}>}Jra— fie; rclateth out of fome part of P Eufi=- lwiua" (as it feemeth) that is not come ttnto our hands. a ' ' But, to tetutnc unto the Angels of the even C lmrclm, mention ed in the Revela- tion ofS.1ol:me:» by whatwhatltbeene faid, it is apparent, that {even fingular Bi//aophs, who were the conllant Ptefidents over thofe Churches, are P0im€d 311 Una‘-Y that name. For other fun: they could not be, if all of them were cal’: into one mould, and were of the fame qua-» 13,), with 1>to/ymrpus, the then Angel! of plygc/mrcly intSm}rmz: who without all quefiion waé fuch, if any C1‘CCl1t may be given herein unto thofe that law 2’ ‘ a hint» 0 E:m;{c~:'zIat; tie év B 95-- ’J’€b1’lv;L H[Jé@_o.’s' wzIe€;,:~g-gt? *7t"oi)tav‘§~ 'rr,3"A6gu;o of-.3- Wang 7214 351617134, 21:. gwravds as av§»roa,,te:'o;, ;c.'7:mto'r,t't-:4; 9 7{§L2v7r§§0‘... /3117 3.98; J({L!' Jloutévu-; gLe153'rot*t'1a;cft;, JwJ\;;Laf- Ttu we-1 -73 ]_{cu’m:zg¢«; rN€Pé’1’0§ w 469:; .31»; I’a€p.lz» 7m€;r.3.lV5'7cu. [U 13:‘ (Z17 l77‘(£fl' . (3 gym, en- Mr. de Perm (g° pau- 10; ad z1im2~ 2 9 Izmifi. I‘ 51505310; 5 Ilczpzgblhts J&lcf"+';:ga {xév "e"n4 «Doc. ‘7§’i\l.dl Tllzvpaxr Nfyet EV o°c£'cc7r?\l‘y’, 72,I?.oo7 Jla‘ Jggtl‘ '73lc€.cr§r;rozn1c€z»'c'.¢ E15‘ '3': 7135.3/1'1/12 Jfgbi '7r}.<; 7np!7iu3 Jwzzr '7r62.ca9~ Iéllltsltl '14. Tbe Original! 0/iE[>,§fl‘0pacAie. » him and were wellb" acquainted with him. A And as Termllian in expteiie terrnes aflirmeth him to have beenc placed there by S. Iobn himfclfe (in the tefiimony be- qVTer=u11-Prev/‘m'1m fore alledged outof his “ PI‘6/i.‘7'Z'Ptl.0fl5i:) mpg ;. Q37’, pa/2.‘ cum, ’ . Hiflonymusin Carat. {o doth he cife--where, from the order fcrzpt. Ecclefiafz‘. cap. ,7_ %L,01ym.,,l,5, _,._,__ of the fucceeding Biihops, not ob(curc- “nit «4P°f’°“ “’/“‘ Iy intimate, that the refl of that number pzzlut, ab ea‘ 6‘m_yrme EPz]i'0Pm0rdimW~ were to be referred unto the fame de- riflabemus @' ,'In:m- fC€flC. ' 6 £7456, faith i]C, t/J8 C/mrcbe: nis alumnus Ecclefiaa. Nam em A#Wa,m;m tbat were bred by John. For azltbougb ¢_]1l$‘ MarCi<)I1 rejfxuit, ordo mmen Eptfl 0170- ‘ i rum ad _ar1'gim’m re-— order of tbe Bi/bops reckoned up unto tbazr CIT! ., . . ' . ]‘ift;zQbii:’ai¢’¢ifoiie(2:imSic orzgzmzll, ‘W211 [land for Iohn to be then‘ - ~ ene- 1 ' ' a%aiiEi?.§i';'§'f,'0_,§,,u,_ Foutadar. 1\e1ther doth the anclenflt '1*~m}”“*“: ‘W’/' Writer of the Martyrdom: of T2... Matc1on.ltb.4.cap-5- . i . ~ a moth} (mcnttoned by Pbotzz//5) mcane any other by thofe feven Bi//pops, whofe affifiance he faith 5. Io/an did ufc, after his return: from Patmas, in the’ govemement of tbe Metropolis of tbe Epbeflam, that is, of the Chat». ehes of Aflamofi properly {O Called, ' which in his time acknowledged the ~ Biihop :9 7723 Origim:lle,ofiEpi[eop4cie; 15 Bifliopeof,tiE1>1?6fII»5‘f0rtheir Priimate; .‘ hiBeingre'vokedfi'om biei exileVb)r ti/3e_/en-V (N ~:»g_¢za7,em Népfiac we vmgcaid; aEx/aucM- tent: ofN¢rva»beii1W00k ebimfelfetto the» em, w'g1‘,E’¢eo5wp gm iMctropole5e« of Epbqfies 5 and being efizfted §“f,’§;f7?:§:=é*;;47:;fU::f With tbeprefince of the S E V E N B2/Zvops, 7Wes’m‘v %m>w'vmv» 7?; Ebeeimv oi:/'r:?\cc;/.— he took upon him the government of the eegeecge /Mtqfovtéhewj. Metropolis of tbe'Epbefiens: and continued, i§§§E;%:§;’f,::PL}Z§;v'f§2f pr caching the ‘word of piety, umrill the ?1i’€";-j.f,§gf."’”I‘t, f§f’g‘;,j‘f 8 TIE]-&ll‘o i Q i K " lfoiffeczzzazn 2.54.‘ That he remaiped with the Hp/Jefiem and the ref’: of the brethren of Afle,unti.Il the daies of Trajan; and that during the ~ timeofghis abode with Ehfm-5:: he publiu ’ ifhed his tGofl9efl 5 is {uihciently ewitncfled . ' Irenew‘. That UPOH tIrc.na:.ad'L'c:f.lrcr.g/.‘ lt’b.z. 0412.39. item lib. from the mend, after the deathofbo- 3.5 I, (3. 3_ mitiem, he applied himfelfe to the government of the Churches of Afla, is confirmed likewife both by “ Euflrbizex, “ Burch like W- and by " Hierom: who furtheraddeth, :e:5i3$nvm-*nCarat- that V at the eameflz intreaty of the B11 {»6r3€i.“iiii1ifi§¥'?féf£r. fbops ofAfla he wrote there his Goflnefl. ”’ E”“”3e"Ma“M‘ And that he himfelfe alfo, being free from his banifhrnenr, did ordaine Bi/hop; in divers Churches, is elearely tefiified by 16 The 0r1;ginall¢y'Epifl:opacie. by Clement of Alemmfiih ; “who lived iii the next agcaftet, and dclivcreth it as a cettaine truth, which he had received from thofe who went before him and '1. E°7ra1J¥? 955; 7*Jpg?Vf:8 could HOE bC farrc {T0111 thctimc Whcfcin a‘eM,u'n'1ozw7'o; 307:6 ‘T175 vI‘Iac'T;/.3 7;; meat the thing it fclfc was aazcd. ‘ W/hcnS. 7‘ 737"~95”%“* ”““3.E”<°€°”"’ Io/m (faith he) Domitian the tyrant be.- ~etwg5e¢ 7721. .z(g.Aau’ptezIa; ‘Jew/F3 we wM715xeJ€§'~ iezg dead, removed from the (flame! of Pat. ‘”' 329 “:2, ‘ct [Lev _ >gg.':wr,_:§o'ca}’; mos unto Epbefuy, by tibe mpreazty of fimg a'7r3 ‘ "A ’2cmM07d$ Q ~ . . V . ,,;9,,¢agwZ_c“1’;§a. m_ex_- he went ezlfo unto the nezgbfiourzng muons; j;‘fij,’;‘;,j,}‘0"’;;f,‘§ €33}; m fame places conflituting B2/bop.s,z'n other: Origeni: nomine ba- whale Cburc/96” . bcmr editur, ad ca!- cem tomig. Commenu thus [nuch- may filfficg fog mriorum Mich aelis (fbi/Ierij.)Eufcb.bz'[z‘. the dcduflion of Ejlifiopatie from the "”'3'e"’*‘”"‘9’~ . Apofiolicall times. FINIS. '5 'A1YI av