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The works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker
The works of that learned and judicious divine Mr Richard Hooker Author:Richard Hooker Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BOOK VII. THEIR SIXTH ASSERTION, THAT THERE OUGHT NOT TO BE IN THE CHURCH, BISHOPS ENDUED WITH SUCH AUTHORITY AND HONOUK AS OURS ARE. THE MATTER CONTAINED ... more »IN THIS SEVENTH BOOK. I. The state of Bishops, although some time oppugned, and that by such as therein would most seem to please God, yet by his providence upheld hitherto, whose glory it is to maintain that whereof himself is the author. II. What a Bishop is, what his name doth import, and what duth belong unto his office as he is a Bishop. III. In Bishops two things traduced; of which two, the one their authority; and in it the first thing condemned, their superiority over other ministers : what kind of superiority in ministers it is which the one part holdeth, and the other denieth lawful. IV. From whence it hath grown that the Church is governed by Bishops. V. The time and cause of instituting every where Bishops with restraint. VI. What manner of power Bishops from the first beginning have bad. VII. After what sort Bishops, together with presbyters, have used to govern the churches which were under them. VIII. How far the power of Bishops hath reached from the beginning in respect of territory, or local compass. IX. In what respects episcopal regiment hath been gainsaid of old by Aerius. X. In what respect episcopal regiment is gainsaid by the authors of pretended reformation at this day. XI. Their arguments in disgrace of regiment by Bishops, as being a mere invention of man, and not found in Scripture, answered. XII. Their arguments to prove there was no necessity of instituting Bishops in the Church. XIII. The fore-alleged arguments answered. XIV. An answer unto those things which are objected concerning the difference between that power which Bishops now have, and that wh...« less