Book 1THE FIRST BOOKE, TREATING CHIEFELY of Lay-Elders.
Chapter 1CHAP. I. Answering the Refuters Preamble.
Chapter 2CHAP. II. Diuiding the Sermon, and defending the first part thereof which he calleth the Preface.
Chapter 3CHAP. III. Defending the two first Sections concerning Elders.
Chapter 4CHAP. IIII. Containing my first Reason, why Lay-Elders are not proued, out of 1. Tm. 5.17.
Chapter 5CHAP. V. Containing my second reason, why Lay-Elders are not proued out of 1. Tim. 5.17.
Chapter 6CHAP. VI. Maintaining the third reason, that Lay-Elders are not mentioned nor meant 1. Tim. 5.17.
Chapter 7CHAP. VII. … Ambros… in 1. Tim. 5.…. doth not giue testimonie to the Lay-… that their exposition of Ambrose…
Chapter 8CHAP. VIII. The proofe of their Exposition of Ambrose, disproued, and the reas…os which I alleadged, why…
Chapter 9CHAP. IX. Answering the testimonies which by the refuter are alleaged to proue Lay-Elders.
Chapter 10CHAP. X. Containing an answere to the same testimonies, and some other proofes, as they are vrged by other…
Chapter 11CHAP. XI. Answering the Allegations out of the Fathers, for Lay-Elders.
Colophon
Book 2THE SECOND BOOKE, PROVING That the Primitiue Churches, indued with Power of Ecclesiasticall Gouernment,…
Chapter 1The First Chapter entreating of the diuers acceptations of the words …, Church, Diocesse, and that which is…
Chapter 2CHAP. IJ. Prouing by other Arguments that the ancient Churches which had Bishops, were not Parishes, but…
Chapter 3CHAP. III. Maintaining the first Argument in the Sermon, prouing that the seuen Churches of Asia, &c. were…
Chapter 4CHAP. 4. That Presbyters were appointed, not to parishes, but to dioceses.
Chapter 5CHAP. V. Answering their obiection, who say, that in the first two hundred yeeres, all the Christians in…
Chapter 6CHAP. VI. Answering the Refuters arguments.
Chapter 7CHAP. VII. Prouing the third point of the Sermon, that the Bishops of the primitiue Church were Diocesan…
Book 3THE THIRD BOOK, prouing the superiority of Bishops aboue other Ministers.
Chapter 1CHAP. 1. Confuting the refuters preamble to the fourth point, and defending mine owne entrance thereinto.
Chapter 2CHAP. II. That Bishops were superior to other Ministers in degree.
Chapter 3CHAP. III. Shewing wherin the superiority of Bishops did and doth consist: and first of the singularity of…
Chapter 4CHAP. IIII. That Bishops were superior in power, and first in the power of ordination.
Chapter 5CHAP. V. That Bishops were superior to other Ministers in the power of iurisdiction.
Chapter 6CHAP. VI Titles of honour giuen to BB.
Book 4THE FOVRTH BOOKE, Maintayning the fift point, that the Episcopall function is of Apostolicall and diuine…
Chapter 1The I. CHAPTER: Prouing the Episcopall function to be of Apostolicall institution, because it was generally…
Chapter 2The II. CHAPTER. Prouing the function of BB. to be of Apostolicall institution, because it was vsed in…
Chapter 3The III. CHAPTER: Prouing that the Apostles themselues ordayned Bishops.
Chapter 4The IIII. CHAPTER. Shewing the Places where, and the Persons whom, the Apostles ordayned BB: but chiefly,…
Chapter 5The V. CHAPTER. Answering the allegations out of Ierome.
Chapter 6The VI. CHAPTER. Prouing directly, that the Episcopall function is of Diuine institution.
Chapter 7The VII. CHAPTER. Defending the conclusion of the Sermon, and shewing that the chiefe Protestant writers…
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Errata
Book 1Errata, In the first Booke.
Book 2In the second Booke.
Book 3In the third Booke.
Book 4The fourth Booke.